• Main Input Dialog
• Quick Result Window
• Setup Dialog
• Setup Dialog Password
• Results Window
• Download Demonstration Copy
• Software Updates
• Technical Specifications

Features

• Ultra-fast real time calculations enable you to back into any parameter.
• Sales Tax Rules for all 50 states.
• 20+ Leasing Companies.
• Money-factor and simple-interest leases.
• Non-taxable Other-2 field for Extended Warranties and other non-taxed items.
• Rebate can be taxed or not taxed.
• Roll into price from entered payment.
• Bank fee, lease-end markup, security deposit, excess mileage, rebates, negative trades, and Sales Tax.
• New and used car leases with Hard Adds field for adds/deducts or dealer-added options.
• Quick Results Window provides advance information—the deal can be fine tuned before results are displayed.
• Compare deals easily with multiple results windows.
• Entries in any field can be adjusted with a Microsoft® Wheel Mouse--no keyboard entries are required to run program.
• Entries in any field can be adjusted with [Page Up] & [Page Down] keys to quickly recalculate the deal.
• Written in fast and accurate 32-bit C++ language for Windows.
• See a full screen shot of all windows.

All the input data for the lease is entered on this screen.  You can see all the values and selected options at one time.

The Quick Results Window (lower right corner) shows the payment and drive-off cash (marked "uf") required.

Fees can be capped (or not capped) simply by just checking (or unchecking) the appropriate box.

You can use a Microsoft® Wheel Mouse or the [Page Up]/[Page Down] keys to adjust the entry in any field.  The payment and upfront cash are constantly calculated as you make changes.

You set the options you want on this dialog by using the Setup Dialog.

Detailed help is available on all fields.

Click the [Compute] button to see a full lease disclosure.

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As field entries on the Main Dialog are changed with either the Microsoft® Wheel Mouse or the [Page Up]/[Page Down] keys, the lease is continuously recalculated.  (You can also click on the Quick Results Window to recompute the lease.)

The term, payment (or price, if the price is being calculated), and upfront cash (drive-off cash) are displayed.

If the MSRP has been entered, the relationship between the price and the sum of the MSRP and Hard Adds is shown (in this example, the price is 5% less than the sum of the MSRP and Hard Adds).

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Just click on the "?" mark at the upper-right corner of the dialog and drag the "?" to the field you want help on.  

You can move the help window by dragging it by its title bar.  Just click on the help text to remove the help window when you're done.  

You can have as many help windows as you want on the screen.

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Use the Setup Dialog to select the sales tax state, the leasing company, and to set other options.

The options in the State group are remembered for each of the 50 states, so you can change quickly from one state to another without having to reset the options.

The Security Deposit and Lease End Markup methods are remembered for each lease company so you can switch quickly from one lease company to another.

The Ask Lease Company option puts a lease-company selection box on the Main Dialog so you can jump from company to company without having to reenter the Setup Dialog.

Detailed help is available on all fields.

The settings in the Setup Dialog can be protected by a password to prevent unauthorized persons from making changes.

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Access to the Setup Dialog can be controlled by a password and password hint.

Once a password is set, the user will be queried using the message put into the "Enter password hint" field.

Access is not granted to the Setup Dialog until the correct password is entered.

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When the [Compute] button is clicked on the Main Dialog, the entire FRB Regulation M Lease Disclosure is generated and displayed in a separate results window.

The contents of this window can be printed, or copied to the clipboard and then inserted in any other Windows® program such as Excel or Word.

For long disclosures, scroll bars on the right can be used to bring all parts of the disclosure into view (the sample to the left shows two different scroll bar positions).

Multiple leases can be computed and the results displayed on the screen simultaneously, making it very easy to compare a number of proposals.  Depending on the size of your monitor screen, you can have up to 10 results on the screen at once.

The ability to have multiple results windows on the screen makes it very easy to compare one deal to another.

Non-taxed items are shown with a trailing "~".  In this example, the Florida downpayment tax of $42.50 is capitalized in the lease but is not subject to sales tax (because it is itself a tax).

The Other-2 field (typically used for Extended Warranties and other non-taxed items) entry of  $300 is not taxed -- you can control whether to tax Other-2 by using the Setup Dialog.

The 527B LeaseMaker PC program is available in a variety of configurations, including Local, Floppy-based (can be run without installing), Enterprise and Network Versions.  See Technical Specifications.

If the trade is negative, the trade deficit appears as an item in the Gross Capitalized Cost.

The residual can be entered as a percentage of the MSRP plus Hard Adds, or can be entered directly (commonly required for used vehicles).

If the taxable payment is different than the base payment because of non-taxed items that have been included in the cap cost, it is shown as a separate item.

The local fee (also called a non-financed monthly charge) is added to the monthly rent.

The Excise tax field is added to the payment after the sales tax is computed.

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If you want to try the LeaseMaker PC, you can download a demonstration version from this site.

The full help system is available in the demonstration version.  

Simply click on the "?" in the upper-right corner and drag the "?" to the field you want help on and click on it.  (You can also push [F1] to get help on the field that is active.]

Click here to download a demonstration copy.

The file is about 235K in size and will take about 2 minutes to download at 28.8K Baud.  

After you've downloaded the file, double-click on it to run the program.

Details and Limitations of the Demonstration Version

It will only operate for a limited time, typically 30 days.  It can only be used for test and evaluation purposes.

The money factor and interest rate are fixed and cannot be changed.

It will not install on your computer.  

No files are created on your computer, nor are any registry entries made.

The demonstration version will run from a local hard drive or floppy disk, but cannot be used over a network.

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This is a list of the most recent changes together with the date they were made and the PC Software Version number.

The most recent version is at the top of the following list.

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