  We consider first passage times $\tau_u = \inf\{n:\; Y_n>u\}$ for the
perpetuity sequence $$ Y_n = B_1 + A_1 B_2 + \cdots + (A_1\ldots A_{n-1})B_n,
$$ where $(A_n,B_n)$ are i.i.d. random variables with values in ${\mathbb R}
^+\times {\mathbb R}$. Recently, a number of limit theorems related to $\tau_u$
were proved including the law of large numbers, the central limit theorem and
large deviations theorems. We obtain a precise asymptotics of the sequence
${\mathbb P}[\tau_u = \log u/\rho ]$, $\rho >0$, $u\to \infty $ which
considerably improves the previous results. There, probabilities ${\mathbb
P}[\tau_u \in I_u]$ were identified, for some large intervals $I_u$ around
$k_u$, with lengths growing at least as $\log\log u$. Remarkable analogies and
differences to random walks are discussed.
