Leasing is growing as an ideal financial instrument to dispossess of assets while incurring lower costs and obtaining financial benefits.
In El Salvador, the usage of this mechanism has increased since 2002 when the Financial Leasing Law, which set clear leasing rules, was approved.
In these times of financial crisis, when access to credit has become more and more difficult for businesses, the leasing of production assets such as transportation, machinery, computer equipment, and full payment with cash rather than increasing debt permits businesses to designate available working capital to other purposes while reducing financial and tax liabilities.