SEC Company Response from CAREADVANTAGE INC (CIK 0000937252) — Sep 1, 2005
CAREADVANTAGE INC (CIK 0000937252)
Date: Sept. 1, 2005 · CIK: 0000937252 · Accession: 0001144204-05-027764
AI Filing Summary & Sentiment
Referenced dates: August 5, 2005
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CareAdvantage, Inc.
September 1, 2005
Cicely D. Luckey, Branch Chief
Kelly McCusker, Staff Accountant
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
450 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20549
CareAdvantage, Inc. - Form 10KSB for FY 12/31/04
Form 10QSB for FY 3/31/05
File No. 0-26168
Dear Ms. Luckey and Ms. McCusker:
On behalf of CareAdvantage, Inc. (the "Company), I am responding to your
comment letter dated August 5, 2005. For your convenience, the Staff's comments
on the Company's Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 are set
forth in full below:
COMMENT:
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004
1. We have considered your response to comment 3 and request
further clarification on how you met the criteria in
paragraphs 15 and 16 of SFAS 146 in determining when to
recognize the liability associated with your operating lease.
Please advise us how you determined the cease-use date if you
continued to use a portion of the facilities for your ongoing
business operations.
RESPONSE:
The Company initially recorded the liability for the costs associated with
the operating lease when it stopped using a portion of the facilities, which
coincided with the termination of the BCBSNJ contract on January 1, 2003. The
Company commenced negotiation for the termination of the operating lease with
the landlord due to the BCBSNJ contract termination and the abandonment of its
use of a portion of the premises. Although the negotiations to terminate (or
partially terminate) the lease were not complete, the Company was not deriving
economic benefit from the portion of the lease related to the unused portion of
the facilities. This meets the criteria of Statement of Financial Accounting
Standard No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities" ("SFAS 146"), paragraph 16, "A liability for costs that will
continue to be incurred under a contract for its remaining term without economic
benefit to the entity shall be recognized and measured at its fair value when
the entity ceases using the right conveyed by the contract, for example, the
right to use a leased property or to receive future goods or services
(hereinafter referred to as the cease-use date)."
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During the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company negotiated a lease
amendment whereby it would surrender a portion of the premises and its future
lease commitments would be adjusted. The lease amendment was signed January 10,
2005 and was effective as of January 1, 2005, but the negotiations were
completed during 2004. The Company adjusted its SFAS 146 liability once these
negotiations were completed in 2004. Paragraph 15 of SFAS 146 states, "A
liability for costs to terminate a contract before the end of its term shall be
recognized and measured at its fair value when the entity terminates the
contract in accordance with the contract terms (for example, when the entity
gives written notice to the counterparty within the notification period
specified by the contract or has otherwise negotiated a termination with the
counterparty)." Once the Company had "negotiated a termination," it recorded the
adjustment in accordance with SFAS 146.
Therefore the Company concluded that the termination of the BCBSNJ
contract was the cease-use date under SFAS 146 and initially recorded a
liability at that date. The Company continued to adjust this estimate as
information became known, culminating in the final adjustment recorded at the
time the lease termination was negotiated in 2004.
* * *
In connection with the above, the Company hereby acknowledges that:
o the Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
o staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking action with
respect to the filings; and
o 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 U.S.
I hope that the above responds fully with your inquiries. If you have
further questions, please feel free to contact me at (732) 362-5000.
Yours truly,
/s/ Dennis Mouras
Dennis Mouras,
President and CEO
cc: Steven Kreit, CPA
George Neidich, Esq.
Abba David Poliakoff, Esq.
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