Due at Signing. The term, due at signing or cash due at signing, refers to the total amount of cash that is due at the time a car lease contract is signed. âlease acquisitionâ fee is also sometimes included. The acquisition fee is always included in a car lease but is not always paid in cash at the time of lease signing. Cash due at signing, in car leasing, is often confused with a down payment.
If you qualify as a transportation industry worker, you can use the DOT per diem rate of $63 ($68 outside the continental United States) from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. The rates were updated to $63 ($68 outside the continental United States) starting October 1, 2015..
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2016, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (or a van, pickup or panel truck) will be: 1  54.0 cents per mile for business miles driven (including a 24-cent-per-mile allocation for depreciation). This is down from 57.5 cents in 2015; 2  19 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes.