I have bought and leased several vehicles for our business. If you own a business you can write off 100 percent of your payment and maintance on your taxes. We always buy our vehicles at the end of our leases, it is true you will get hosed with most leases at the end. What we do is lease the vehicle with no residule at the end. In other words there is no pay-off at the end, you outright own the vehicle at the end of the lease. You will not be able to get this deal through a dealership, you need to go through a commercial fleet leasing company. Trans Lease out of Colorado is a very good one. You do have to be a legitimate business for the write-off to be legal. If you don't own a business you cannot write off the lease payment or expenses. In that case I have always found the best thing to do is just outright purchase the vehicle (IMO). Another thing to consider on a lease is any damage to the vehicle at the end of the lease, you will be responsable to repair at the time of the turn in. Good Luck!