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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS  
Discontinued Operations

NOTE 8. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

We apply the provisions of ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”, which requires that long-lived assets that are to be disposed of by sale be measured at the lesser of (1) book value or (2) fair value less cost to sell.  In addition, it requires that one accounting model be used for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and broadens the presentation of discontinued operations to include more disposal transactions.

 

 

Discontinued operations relates to properties that were either sold or held for sale as of the period ended March 31, 2013.  Included in the loss from discontinued operations are legal expenses relating to a commercial property sold in 2011. There were no properties sold in 2013.  The gain on sale of the properties, if applicable, is also included in discontinued operations for those years. The following table summarizes revenue and expense information for the properties sold and held for sale (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

 

2012

 

Revenue and Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Rental

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

     Property operations

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Other Income (expense)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Interest

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

     General and administration

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(7

)

     Depreciation

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(7

)

Net loss from discontinued operations before gains on sale of real estate, taxes, fees and non-controlling interest

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(7

)

     Gain on sale of discontinued operations

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of non-controlling interest before tax

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(7

)

     Tax benefit

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of non-controlling interest

 

$

(12

)

 

$

(5

)



Our application of ASC Topic 360 results in the presentation of the net operating results of these qualifying properties sold or held for sale during 2012 as income from discontinued operations. This does not have an impact on net income available to common shareholders and only impacts the presentation of these properties within the Consolidated Statements of Operations.