| Lieberman Research Inc., a polling company, called a representative sample of 100 FORTUNE subscribers, each of them involved in helping their company decide whether to lease or buy equipment. Of those who said they leased*, 61% gave non-tax reasons: cash flow advantage, better asset management, convenience, and accounting/Balance Sheet reasons. Only 28% said they leased for the tax benefits. 67% of those who lease equipment said they've been leasing for five years, or more. |  |
| Among all respondants, 79% said that they plan to acquire as much equipment, or more, during the next five years. * Among 54 respondants whose company currently leases equipment.
NOTE: respondants total more than 100% due to multiple mentions. |
