Lease Vs Hire Purchase
Hire-purchase transaction is also almost similar to a lease transaction with the basic difference that the person using the asset on hire-purchase basis is the owner of the asset and full title is transferred to him after he has paid the agreed installments. The asset will be shown in his balance sheet and he can claim depreciation and other allowances on the asset for computation of tax during the currency of hire-purchase agreement and thereafter.
In a lease transaction, however, the ownership of the equipment always vests with the lessor and lessee only gets the right to use the asset. Depreciation and other allowances on the asset will be claimed by the lessor and the asset will also be shown in the balance sheet of the lessor. The lease money paid by the lessee can be charged to his Profit and Loss Account. However, the asset as such will not appear in the balance sheet of the lessee. Such asset for the lessee is, therefore, called off the balance sheet asset.
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