# Break out incentives on calculator

**URL:** <https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/break-out-incentives-on-calculator/283786>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/break-out-incentives-on-calculator/283786 "2020-08-13T01:16:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/break-out-incentives-on-calculator/283786/39 "2020-08-13T21:15:29Z")

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> [@Rsantoro12](#):
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> I totally support any and all small monetization options to help improve the site/ increase funding beyond donations.

Just to be precise, I’m not saying LH should charge (though they could), maybe the brokers or other members of the site want to do it.

I hope the responses to this thread don’t discourage people from making suggestions (keep them coming), but they are usually from the perspective of one person trying to save time leasing their 1 car a year. Breaking out the incentives (for instance) solves the problem of where to put those, but which are/aren’t taxable varies, and so you would still need to know that to calculate the lease correctly. You still end up with a user education problem, even though we have

> **[How To Calculate Lease Payments By Hand — Leasehackr](https://leasehackr.com/blog/2016/4/17/how-to-calculate-lease-payments-by-hand)**
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> What is a money factor anyway?

and (courtesy of @mllcb42):

> [@LH Calculator and how to use it](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/lh-calculator-and-how-to-use-it/246415):
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> One of the more common posts we see here are from people trying to utilize the [LH Calculator](https://leasehackr.com/calculator/) and struggling to get the correct numbers. More often than not, this is the result of user error, so let this be a guide on how to use the calculator and what values go where. With that said, a few starting notes. Read these 3 times before continuing: The calculator is not perfect, there are some limitations in how things are calculated. Do not expect to match an offer perfectly. There are often diffe…

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