SEC Company Response from SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC. (SRCO) (CIK 0000318299) (SRCO) — Oct 12, 2005
SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC. (SRCO) (CIK 0000318299)
Date: Oct. 12, 2005 · CIK: 0000318299 · Accession: 0001144204-05-031506
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File numbers found in text: 000-09483
Referenced dates: September 28, 2005
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SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
462 SEVENTH AVENUE
20TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10018
212.239.2802
October 12, 2005
VIA FAX AND EDGAR
Attn.: Ms. Margaret Fitzgerald
Division of Corporate Finance
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Sparta Commercial Services, Inc.
Form 10-KSB for Year Ended April 30, 2005
Filed July 25, 2005
File No. 000-09483
Dear Ms. Fitzgerald :
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter of comment dated September 28, 2005
with regard to the above referenced filing. Our responses, which reference your
comment numbers follow.
Comment 1- Response
During the year ended April 30, 2005, Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. (the
"Company") entered into an option agreement to acquire certain assets from an
entity that the Company's Chief Executive Officer has an equity interest in. The
Company paid $250,000 in consideration for the option. The Company believes the
option fee did not meet the definition of an asset (Financial Concept 6,
Paragraph 25), and accordingly, charged the fee to operations during the year
ended April 30, 2005.
The Company believes its policy of accounting for options payments is reasonable
and in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
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Comment 2- Response
The Company recognizes as revenue non-refundable acquisition fees received at
the inception of the lease. For the year ended April 30, 2005, total revenue
recognized relating to acquisition fee was approximately $700. While not
considered material, the Company acknowledges that non-refundable acquisition
fees should be recognized as income over the term of the respective leases and
agrees to comply with SFAS 13 in its future filings.
The Company acknowledges that:
(1) The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
(2) Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the commission from taking any action with
respect to the filing; and
(3) The Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceedings initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
We thank you in advance for your assistance in this matter. If you have
any questions or additional comments, please do not hesitate to contact me at
212.239.2802.
Yours truly,
SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
/s/ Anthony L. Havens
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Anthony L. Havens
President
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