Sunday, October 14, 2012

Resurgence of the Indian leasing industry

After staying in doldrums for quite some time, we now see a distinct revival of the Indian leasing industry. Of course, what is moving is operating leasing.

Contrary to what lot of people think, structuring a lease as an operating lease is not greatly difficult. Most of our clients, including MNCs with big-4 auditors, have successfully been structuring operating leases without taking undue residual value risks.

Also, contrary to what one may think, it is not hugely difficult to manage taxes on operating leases. In fact, the recent shift in service tax regime from positive to negative list has been welcome change for leasing industry.

One may see lot of articles on leasing regularly being posted on www.india-financing.com