SEC Comment Letter for NATIONAL PROPERTY ANALYSTS MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (CIK 0000926843) — Aug 9, 2005
NATIONAL PROPERTY ANALYSTS MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (CIK 0000926843)
Date: Aug. 9, 2005 · CIK: 0000926843 · Accession: 0000000000-05-041054
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August 9, 2005
Mail Stop 4561
VIA U.S. MAIL AND FAX (215) 790-4732
Mr. David A. Simon
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EBL&S Property Management, Inc.
230 South Broad Street, Mezzanine Level
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Re: National Property Analysts Master Limited Partnership
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004
Filed March 31, 2005
File No. 000-24816
Dear Mr. Simon:
We have reviewed your July 22, 2005 response letter and have
the following additional comments.
1. We read your response to comments 2 and 4. Please further
explain
to us the circumstances in which each of your wraparound mortgage
obligations were forgiven by NPAEP and PVPG, including how the
underlying third-party mortgages were "satisfied at closing" in
reference to your response to comment 2. Please also explain to
us
why NPAEP and PVPG forgave amounts due under your wraparound
mortgage
since this obligation is cross-collateralized and tell us the
specific accounting literature you rely on to support gain
recognition on the debt forgiveness in light of the fact that Mr.
Lipkin controls NPAEP, PVPG and your Managing General Partner. In
your response, explain how you considered footnote 1 of APB 26 in
your accounting. Refer also to paragraph 16 of SFAS 140.
2. We read your response to comment 3. We do not understand how
the
amounts disclosed in Notes 6 and 9 reconcile to the amounts
reported
in your statement of operations as other income and discontinued
operations. As such, we reissue our prior comment 3 in its
entirety.
Please show us how the amounts disclosed in Notes 6 and 9
reconciled
to the amounts reported in your statement of operations for each
of
the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.
3. Your response to comment 5 does not provide us with a
sufficient
explanation of your basis in accounting to support gain
recognition.
As such, we reissue our prior comment 5 in part. Please tell us
in
sufficient detail how you considered the guidance in EITF 02-4 in
determining whether this transaction is within the scope of SFAS
15.
We note that you appear to meet the condition in paragraph 5(c)(3)
of
SFAS 15. In your response, please explain to us the contrary
evidence you rely on to overcome this characteristic.
4. We note in your response to comment 5 that NPAEP is not
experiencing financial difficulties, however, please tell us how
you
considered the financial difficulties of the individual property
that
secured this first mortgage in reaching your conclusion. If you
do
not believe the property is experiencing financial difficulties,
please explain to us why your creditor granted NPAEP a concession.
5. Notwithstanding your response to our above comments, since you
deemed this modification to be substantial under EITF 96-19 please
tell us how you accounted for the unamortized discount in your
calculation of the gain or loss on debt extinguishment. In your
response, please also show us how you calculated an unamortized
discount of $11,535,000 associated with a wraparound mortgage with
a
balance, net of unamortized discount, of only $3.3 million at
December 31, 2004. Refer to our prior comment 6.
6. We note in your response to comment 7 that the present value of
the reduction in the balloon payments was not greater than 10% of
the
balance of the wraparound mortgages. Please tell us whether the
present value of all cash flows under the terms of the new debt
instrument is at least 10 percent different from the present value
of
all remaining cash flows under the terms of the original
instrument.
In your response, please confirm whether you evaluated the
"substantial" criteria under EITF 96-19 on an individual wrap
mortgage basis. If not, please tell us your basis for evaluating
this modification on an aggregate basis and tell us whether your
evaluation on an individual wrap mortgage basis would yield a
different conclusion.
* * * *
You may contact Josh Forgione, at (202) 551-3431, or me, at
(202) 551-3403, if you have questions. Please respond to the
comments
included in this letter within 10 business days or tell us when
you
will provide us with a response. Please file your response on
EDGAR.
Sincerely,
Steven Jacobs
Accounting Branch Chief
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Mr. David A. Simon
EBL&S Property Management, Inc.
August 9, 2005
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