Fred's Garage is trying to decide whether to lease or buy some new equipment. The equipment costs $48,000 and has a 6-year life. The equipment will be worthless after the 6 years and will have to be replaced. The company has a tax rate of 31 percent, a cost of borrowed funds of 7.5 percent, and uses straight-line depreciation. The equipment can be leased for $10,600 a year. What is the amount of the aftertax lease payment?
$3,286.00
$7,314.00
$7,862.55
$8,406.16