SEC Comment Letter for ARIZONA LAND INCOME CORP (CIK 0000830748) — Jul 18, 2005
ARIZONA LAND INCOME CORP (CIK 0000830748)
Date: July 18, 2005 · CIK: 0000830748 · Accession: 0000000000-05-036740
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Mail Stop 4561
July 18, 2005
VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (602)952-0924
Thomas R. Hislop
Chief Financial Officer
Arizona Land Income Corporation
2999 North 44th Street, Suite 100
Phoenix, Arizona 85018
Re: Arizona Land Income Corporation
Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2004
Filed March 31, 2005
File No. 001-09900
Dear Mr. Hislop:
We have reviewed your filing and have the following comment.
We have limited our review of your filing to the issue we have
addressed in our comment. In our comment, we ask you to provide
us
with information so we may better understand your disclosure.
After
reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comment or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
Note 4. Mortgage Note Receivable, page 17
1. We note that you recognized the gain on the sale of your
remaining
holdings in May 2004 using the full accrual method. Clarify how
you
determined that this method was appropriate when the consideration
for the sale included an interest only loan from the buyer.
Specifically, clarify how you determined that the continuing
investment criteria of paragraph 12 of SFAS 66 were met.
* * * *
Please respond to this comment within 10 business days or
tell
us when you will provide us with a response. Please understand
that
we may have additional comments after reviewing your response to
our
comment.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to
be
certain that they have provided all information investors require
for
an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they
are
responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they
have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filings; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement
has
access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division
of
Corporation Finance in our review of your filings or in response
to
our comments on your filings.
You may contact Robert Telewicz, Staff Accountant, at (202)
551-3438 or the undersigned at (202) 551-3498 if you have
questions.
Sincerely,
Linda van Doorn
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
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Thomas Hislop
Arizona Land Income Corporation
July 18, 2005
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