Today's Top Stories

June’s Top Five Woodworking Equipment Lenders Account for 69.6% of Total

AUG 21, 2018 - 1:55 pm

JetLoan Capital Appoints Kleinman Director of Midwest Sales

AUG 21, 2018 - 1:53 pm

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rises 8.6% Compared to July 2017

AUG 21, 2018 - 1:52 pm

Wesleyan Bank, D&D Leasing Sign Wholesale Line

AUG 21, 2018 - 1:51 pm

Deere Q3 Equipment Sales Climb 36%; Financial Services Up 95% YTD

AUG 21, 2018 - 6:33 am

June’s Top Printing Equipment Lenders Account for 56.8% of Total

AUG 21, 2018 - 6:21 am

ATEL Funds Transportation Equipment for Matson

AUG 21, 2018 - 6:19 am

FASB Proposal Addresses Sales Tax, Variable Payments and Lessor Costs

AUG 21, 2018 - 6:12 am

Recent Articles

Is the Service Contract the new Operating Lease?

Joe Sebik, CPA

Jul/Aug 2018

With the first implementation of ASC 842 fast approaching and lessees recognizing that the off-balance sheet operating lease will be a thing of the past, the leasing industry is now starting to see inquiries regarding whether financing structures can be... read more

Stipulate — and Lose? The Danger of Relying on Casualty Values

Stephen T. Whelan

Monitor 100 2018

It used to be so easy. Lessors would attach schedules of casualty values and early termination values to an equipment lease agreement. These values typically were expressed as a percentage of the lessor’s cost of the items of equipment suffering... read more

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Recent Opinion

100% Depreciation and Aircraft Personal Use

David G. Mayer, Partner, Shackelford, Melton & McKinley

March 2018

David G. Mayer, who is a partner in the global Aviation Practice Group at Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, explains how an aircraft owner can claim 100% bonus depreciation even if they plan on using it for personal use.

Examining Sales Commission Plans and Pricing

Scott Thacker, CEO, Ivory Consulting

January 2018

Ivory Consulting’s CEO Scott Thacker provides advice and counsel to equipment lessors and lenders on ways to improve customer satisfaction, enhance employee engagement and increase shareholder value using modeling and pricing techniques.

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