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Equipment Financing Made Easy.

Flexible and easy financing for the equipment and technology that keeps your business running.

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The Philosophy

Two accounting principles that shape every deal.

These simple rules are at the heart of why equipment financing makes sense.

1

Match revenues and expenses.

Your business earns revenue monthly — so your expenses should follow the same rhythm. Financing aligns the cost of equipment with the income it generates.

2

Buy assets that go up. Rent the ones that go down.

Assets that depreciate the moment you use them are better leased than owned — it preserves your balance sheet and your cash.

"If it appreciates, buy it. If it depreciates, lease it." — A Smart Business Owner
Why Lease

Six reasons the math works.

Leasing isn't just "financing in disguise." It's a different set of trade-offs — ones that favor businesses that want to stay nimble.

Conserve Capital

Acquire the equipment you need without depleting the cash you could be putting toward growth, payroll or inventory.

Preserve Bank Credit

A lease is a separate source of credit — it doesn't draw down the bank line you're saving for expansion, real estate or emergencies.

Fixed-Rate Payments

Payments are locked in at signing for the full term. Market rates move; your budget doesn't have to.

Technical Freedom

Electronic payment equipment can be outdated within a year or two. Leasing lets you refresh when the technology moves, not when a balance sheet lets you.

Stretch Your Budget

Spreading cost over the useful life of the equipment increases your buying power — often for less monthly outlay than the revenue the equipment produces.

Tax-Deductible Payments

Unlike a loan principal, a lease payment may be fully deductible as an operating expense. Consult your tax advisor — and keep more of what you earn.

The Other Side

The hidden costs of owning equipment.

The benefit of the device itself is obvious. The costs that come with owning it — less so. Ownership can expose a business to three separate problems most buyers don't price in.

Obsolescence Lock-In

Ownership can trap a business in outdated technology well past its useful life — or force a sale on the secondary market at a loss.

Property Tax Filings

Equipment is tangible personal property. Owners file annual returns in every county where a device sits — a headache that grows with your footprint.

Nexus Exposure

Equipment deployed in another state can create legal presence — obligating the owner to register as a foreign corporation and comply with that state's tax code.

Scenario

What a "simple" $1,000 device actually costs.

Consider a bank with 100 check scanners deployed across Virginia. Because ownership makes the bank a remarketer, it owes sales tax on every rental invoice, personal property tax to every county where equipment sits, and — if any units cross state lines — exposure to foreign-corporation registration in each new jurisdiction.

Leasing through CDFS shifts those obligations to us. We handle sales, use and personal property taxes; you get one predictable monthly payment.

How We Help

Fast, flexible, and built around your business.

Simple Documentation

Minimal paperwork and clear terms — no surprises.

Low ACH Payments

Predictable monthly payments that protect working capital.

One Bundled Payment

Hardware, software, service, training and support — all in one.

End-of-Term Options

Continue, return, or purchase. No automatic fixed-term renewals.

Common Questions

Things people ask before they sign.

Why lease or rent rather than purchase?

Leasing eliminates the upfront capital cost that often blocks a sale, and it bundles recurring costs — hardware, software, service, shipping, support — into one monthly payment. For depreciating equipment, the monthly outlay is frequently less than the cash benefit the equipment itself produces.

What if I already have equipment?

In many cases CDFS can help with the sale, trade-in or disposal of existing equipment as part of structuring a new lease. Talk to us — we can usually work it into the deal.

How long does approval take?

For transactions under $25,000, we typically turn quotes around in 24–48 hours. Documentation is intentionally minimal and the process is designed to keep deals moving rather than gum them up.

What happens at the end of the lease?

CDFS sends an end-of-contract letter well before the term closes, outlining your options: continue month-to-month, return the equipment, or purchase it (for Operating/FMV leases, at fair market value; for Capital leases, you already own it). We don't do automatic fixed-term renewals.

Who handles sales, use and personal property taxes?

CDFS does. The U.S. has more than 8,000 tax jurisdictions and rates change monthly — we've built the systems to track, collect and remit on every contract so you don't have to.

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