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SEC Company Response from XA, INC. (CIK 0001132034) — Aug 24, 2005

XA, INC. (CIK 0001132034)
Date: Aug. 24, 2005 · CIK: 0001132034 · Accession: 0001332277-05-000056

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File numbers found in text: 000-32885

Referenced dates: August 10, 2005

Date
August 24, 2005
Author
/s/ David M. Loev
Form
CORRESP
Company
XA, INC. (CIK 0001132034)

Letter

DAVID M. LOEV, ATTORNEY AT LAW 2777 ALLEN PARKWAY, SUITE 1000 HOUSTON, TX 77019 TELEPHONE (713) 524-4110 FACSIMILE (713) 524-4122 August 24, 2005 Ms. Yolanda Crittendon Division of Corporate Finance United States Securities and Exchange Commission 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549

RE: XA, Inc. Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 000-32885) and Form 10QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2005

Dear Ms. Crittendon:

In response to your letter dated August 10, 2005, XA, Inc. (the "Company") has the following responses:

Form 10-KSB

Item 7-Financial Statements

1. The Board of Directors determined the fair value of stock-based employee compensation using the intrinsic value services received under APB 25, permissible under FASB 123. The Board of Directors determined that due to the extreme volatility of the Company's stock, using the methodologies prescribed by paragraphs 17-25 of FASB 123 would not produce a fair presentation of the transaction. As a result, after considering FASB 123, the Board elected to use the APB 25 methodology permitted by FASB 123. The FASB 123 methodology is presented as recommended but not mandatory. The Board of Directors does not believe it would be recommended for the circumstances of the Company. The same argument would be applicable for using APB 25 for non employee transactions using the fair value of the consideration received.

2. The owners of the Series A Preferred Stock currently hold more than 70% of the voting stock of the Company. One of the designations and rights of the Series A Preferred Stock includes a voting right, in the unlikely event of a dilution below 51%, of sufficient voting rights to give the Series A Preferred shareholders the right to vote up to 51% of the outstanding shares. (This would be an increase in outstanding shares of over 40% of the existing issues.) There is no right to participate in profits or share in liquidation. This is only the equivalent of a voting arrangement. It is difficult to assign a value, since the shares give the grantees nothing more than they already have. In addition, the volatility of the Company's shares makes the assignment of value to such an ethereal right difficult to determine.

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3. The Company enters into lump sum contracts for organizing events. The profits and losses from these contracts (and the concomitant revenues and costs) are accounted for on the percentage of completion basis. The Company contracts for the price and is responsible for the costs incurred to perform the contract. This is the bulk (more than 90%) of the Company's revenues.

Any arrangements of management fees (very rare) are reported by the management fee earned, only.

4. The comment is a result of imprecise wording in the document. The Company has not changed any revenue recognition policy ( chiefly percentage of completion as explained above) nor the accounting procedure for revenue recognition ( a job by job analysis of work in progress) The only change has been a system mandating more frequent management attention to this analysis. The comment attributing some of the gross profit deterioration to stricter accounting is imprecise since the Company has not really changed their accounting. We would propose that the language be stricken from future filings since it only tends to mislead. The other causes propounded for the profit deterioration (e.g. competitive conditions) more than adequately explain said deterioration.

ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPANY 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 any action with respect to the filings; and

o the Company may not asset staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Very truly yours,
/s/ David M. Loev

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                         DAVID M. LOEV, ATTORNEY AT LAW
                         2777 ALLEN PARKWAY, SUITE 1000
                                HOUSTON, TX 77019
                            TELEPHONE (713) 524-4110
                            FACSIMILE (713) 524-4122

                                August 24, 2005
Ms. Yolanda Crittendon
Division of Corporate Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

RE:  XA, Inc.
     Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2004
    (File No. 000-32885) and Form 10QSB for the quarter ended March 31, 2005

Dear Ms. Crittendon:

In  response  to your letter dated August 10, 2005, XA, Inc. (the "Company") has
the  following  responses:

Form 10-KSB

Item 7-Financial Statements

1. The Board of Directors determined the fair value of stock-based employee
compensation using the intrinsic value services received under APB 25,
permissible under FASB 123. The Board of Directors determined that due to the
extreme volatility of the Company's stock, using the methodologies prescribed
by paragraphs 17-25 of FASB 123 would not produce a fair presentation of the
transaction. As a result, after considering FASB 123, the Board elected to use
the APB 25 methodology permitted by FASB 123. The FASB 123 methodology is
presented as recommended but not mandatory. The Board of Directors does not
believe it would be recommended for the circumstances of the Company. The same
argument would be applicable for using APB 25 for non employee transactions
using the fair value of the consideration received.

2.  The owners of the Series A Preferred Stock currently hold more than 70%  of
the voting stock of the Company.  One of the designations and rights of the
Series A Preferred Stock includes a voting right, in the unlikely event of a
dilution below 51%, of sufficient voting rights to give the Series A Preferred
shareholders the right to vote up to 51% of the outstanding shares. (This would
be an increase in outstanding shares of over 40% of the existing issues.) There
is no right to participate in profits or share in liquidation. This is only the
equivalent of a voting arrangement. It is difficult to assign a value, since the
shares give the grantees nothing more than they already have. In addition, the
volatility of the Company's shares makes the assignment of value to such an
ethereal right difficult to determine.

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3.  The Company enters into lump sum contracts for organizing events. The
profits and losses from these contracts (and the concomitant revenues and costs)
are accounted for on the percentage of completion basis. The Company contracts
for the price and is responsible for the costs incurred to perform the contract.
This is the bulk (more than 90%) of the Company's revenues.

Any arrangements of management fees (very rare) are reported by the management
fee earned, only.

4.  The comment is a result of imprecise wording in the document.  The Company
has  not changed any revenue recognition policy ( chiefly percentage of
completion as explained above) nor the accounting procedure for revenue
recognition ( a job by job analysis of work in progress)  The only change has
been a system mandating more frequent management attention to this analysis. The
comment attributing some of the gross profit deterioration to stricter
accounting is imprecise since the Company has not really changed their
accounting. We would propose that the language be stricken from future filings
since it only tends to mislead. The other causes propounded for the profit
deterioration (e.g. competitive conditions) more than adequately explain said
deterioration.

ADDITIONALLY,  THE  COMPANY  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 any action with
          respect to the filings; and

        o the  Company  may  not  asset  staff  comments  as  a  defense  in any
          proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
          securities laws of the United States.

Very  truly  yours,

/s/  David  M.  Loev

DAVID  M.  LOEV,  ATTORNEY  AT  LAW

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