Companies whose main activity consists in concluding contracts for the leasing of plant, machinery, including vehicles, and – less frequently – consumer durables. – The advantage of leasing – apart from fiscal effects – is primarily the use of capital goods without equity capital or without borrowing, so that a given financing scope is maintained for the company. In 2009, leasing contracts accounted for around 25 percent of capital expenditure in Germany: Leasing has become very important, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises. – In Germany, corresponding service providers are classified as financial enterprises under Section 1, Paragraph 3, № 3; they require a license under Section 32 of the German Banking Act (KWG) and are subject to supervision by the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). – See sale-and-lease-back, V-institutions. – Cf. BaFin’s 2009 Annual Report, p. 158 (supervisory issues; prevention of money laundering) and the respective BaFin Annual Report, chapter “Supervision of Banks, Financial Service Providers and Payment Institutions,” Deutsche Bundesbank Monthly Report of July 2011, pp. 39 ff. (lease financing in Germany; numerous overviews, references).
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