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pre-determined rental payment. The vehicle is supplied by the finance
company, who takes full responsibility for it's depreciation, administration
and funding costs. If a maintenance contract is included, responsibility
is extended to the provision of all servicing and repairs (excl. accident
repairs, but inc. tyre's, exhausts etc..). Typically, it also covers
the Road Fund License and replacement vehicles where specified. The
rental calculation is built on time & mileage and sometimes cost of
maintenance (where included in the contract). Contract hire is about
purchasing a service (not just the vehicle) at a fix and pre-determined
price, therefore quality of service can be as important as price. The
vehicle also stays off the customer's balance sheet, thus not degrading
their credit position as much as it otherwise would.
A Finance Lease is as flexible to the point that it may be a balloon, or a fully amortised lease. The balloon option has a larger final payment (?the balloon payment?), which is calculated at the outset. The latter option (amortised loan) costs include the total cost plus interest repaid in monthly installments throughout the term of the lease. Although title remains with the lender, the customer is responsible for selling at the end of the contract.
A conditional sale agreement which is structured as the customer contracting to buy the vehicle over a definite period of time. Typically it will incorporate full maintenance (as does Contract Hire). Usually there will be a final balloon payment (a single large final payment), after this legal ownership passes to the customer.
The customer has 3 options at the end of contract:
Lease Purchase is very much like a Hire Purchase contract that includes a single larger payment at the end of the contract (balloon payment). This will reduce the monthly payment during the contracts life. Repayments do not carry VAT, for tax purposes capital cost is written down in the same way as Hire Purchase.
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