Lease Finance

Leasing is a contract between one party called lessor as owner of asset and other called lessee whereas the lessee is provided the right to utilize the asset as without legal ownership and undertakes to pay the lessor periodic lease rental charges because of generation of economic advantages from need of the assets. Leases can be short term as operating leases whether case the lessor incurs the maintenance and operating costs of the assets or long term as finance leases whether the lessee insure and maintains the assets.