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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

[X]   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009

 

or

 

[ ]   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE

ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from __________ to __________

 

Commission file number 0-20610

 

 

NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

California

93-1017959

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification No.)

 

55 Beattie Place, PO Box 1089

Greenville, South Carolina  29602

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(864) 239-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes  [ ] No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). [ ] Yes  [ ] No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer [ ]

Accelerated filer [ ]

Non-accelerated filer [ ]

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company [X]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). [ ] Yes  [X] No

 


PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

Item 1.     Financial Statements

 

 

NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

 

 

 

September 30,

December 31,

 

2009

2008

 

(Unaudited)

(Note)

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in and advances to Local Partnerships

 

 

  (Note 2)

$   454

$   553

Cash and cash equivalents

  1,622

  2,446

Receivable – limited partners

     64

     64

Mortgage note receivable (Note 3)

  3,985

  4,047

Total assets

$ 6,125

$ 7,110

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' (DEFICIENCY) CAPITAL

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

$   126

$   125

Accrued fees due to general partner (Note 4)

     23

     --

 

 

 

Contingencies (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

Partners' (deficiency) capital:

 

 

General partner

    (569)

    (559)

Limited partners

  6,545

  7,544

 

  5,976

  6,985

Total liabilities and partners' (deficiency)

 

 

  capital

$ 6,125

$ 7,110

 

 

Note: The balance sheet at December 31, 2008 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

(in thousands, except per interest data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

2009

2008

 Revenues:

 

 

 

 

   Interest income

$    --

 $    10

$     3

$    47

 Other income

    --

      --

      2

      8

   Gain on legal settlement (Note 5)

    --

      --

     --

    109

     Total revenues

    --

      10

      5

    164

 

 

 

 

 

 Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

   Management fees - partners (Note 4)

    70

      79

    209

    236

   General and administrative (Note 4)

    21

      28

     75

     85

 Tax expense (Note 6)

    18

      13

     26

     39

   Legal and accounting

    24

      21

     73

     79

     Total operating expenses

   133

     141

    383

    439

 

 

 

 

 

 Loss from partnership operations

   (133)

    (131)

    (378)

    (275)

 Impairment loss (Notes 1 and 2)

    --

     --

     --

    (118)

 Distributions from Local Partnerships

 

 

 

 

   recognized as income (Note 2)

    --

      44

      8

     55

 Advances made to Local Partnerships

 

 

 

 

   recognized as expense (Note 2)

   (173)

    (225)

    (540)

    (371)

 Equity in income (loss) of Local

 

 

 

 

   Partnerships and amortization of

 

 

 

 

   acquisition costs (Notes 2 and 3)

    11

     (31)

     (99)

    (131)

 

 

 

 

 

 Net loss

$  (295)

 $  (343)

 $(1,009)

 $  (840)

 

 

 

 

 

 Net loss allocated to general

 

 

 

 

   partner (1%)

$    (3)

 $    (3)

 $   (10)

 $    (8)

 Net loss allocated to limited

 

 

 

 

   partners (99%)

   (292)

    (340)

    (999)

    (832)

  

 

 

 

 

  

$  (295)

 $  (343)

 $(1,009)

 $  (840)

 Net loss per limited partnership

 

 

 

 

   interest (Note 1)

$ (4.04)

 $ (4.70)

 $(13.81)

 $(11.50)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' (DEFICIENCY) CAPITAL

 

(in thousands, except interest data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

General

Limited

 

 

Partner

Partners

Total

 

 

 

 

Partnership interests (Note 1)

 

 72,315

 

 

 

 

 

Partners' (deficiency) capital,

 

 

 

  December 31, 2008

$ (559)

$ 7,544

$ 6,985

 

 

 

 

Net loss for the nine months

 

 

 

  ended September 30, 2009

   (10)

    (999)

  (1,009)

 

 

 

 

Partners' (deficiency) capital,

 

 

 

  September 30, 2009

$ (569)

$ 6,545

$ 5,976

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

2009

2008

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

Net loss

 $(1,009)

 $  (840)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in

 

 

operating activities:

 

 

   Distributions recognized as income from sale of Local

 

 

     Partnerships investment properties

     --

     (42)

   Distributions from Local Partnerships recognized as a

 

 

     return on investment

     62

     15

   Advances made to Local Partnerships recognized as

     expense

 

    540

 

    371

Equity in loss of Local Partnerships and amortization

 

 

of acquisition costs

     99

    131

    Impairment loss

     --

    118

Change in accounts:

 

 

Accounts receivable

     --

     (60)

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

      1

      (8)

Accrued fees due to general partner

     23

     --

Net cash used in operating activities

    (284)

    (315)

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 Distributions from sale of Local Partnership’s

 

 

investment properties

     --

    591

Advances to Local Partnerships

    (540)

    (371)

Net cash (used in) provided by investing

 

 

  activities

    (540)

    220

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

    (824)

     (95)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

  2,446

  2,865

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$ 1,622

$ 2,770

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements


NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 - Organization And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

 

General

 

The information contained in the following notes to the unaudited financial statements is condensed from that which would appear in the annual audited financial statements; accordingly, the financial statements included herein should be reviewed in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes thereto contained in the annual report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed by National Tax Credit Investors II (the “Partnership” or “NTCI-II”). Accounting measurements at interim dates inherently involve greater reliance on estimates than at year end.  The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.

 

In the opinion of the Partnership, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting primarily of normal recurring items) necessary to present fairly the financial position as of September 30, 2009 and the results of operations and changes in cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

 

Organization

 

NTCI-II is a limited partnership formed under the California Revised Local Partnership Act as of January 12, 1990. The Partnership was formed to invest primarily in other limited partnerships (“Local Partnerships”) which own and operate multifamily housing complexes that are eligible for low income housing federal income tax credits (the “Housing Tax Credit”). The general partner of the Partnership is National Partnership Investments Corp. (the “General Partner” or “NAPICO”), a California corporation. The Partnership shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2030 unless terminated earlier pursuant to the Partnership Agreement or law.

 

The General Partner has a one percent interest in the operating profits and losses of the Partnership. The limited partners will be allocated the remaining 99 percent interest in proportion to their respective investments. The General Partner is an affiliate of Apartment Investment and Management Company ("AIMCO"), a publicly traded real estate investment trust.

 

Upon total or partial liquidation of the Partnership or the disposition or partial disposition of a project or project interest and distribution of the proceeds, the General Partner will be entitled to a property disposition fee as mentioned in the partnership agreement.  The limited partners will have a priority item equal to their invested capital plus 6 percent priority return as defined in the partnership agreement.  This property disposition fee may accrue but shall not be paid until the limited partners have received distributions equal to 100 percent of their capital contributions plus the 6 percent priority return. No disposition fees have been paid or accrued.

 

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. 

 

The Partnership’s management evaluated subsequent events through the time this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q was filed.

 

Certain reclassifications have been made to the 2008 information to conform to the 2009 presentation.

 

Method of Accounting for Investment in Local Partnerships

 

The investments in Local Partnerships are accounted for on the equity method. Acquisition fees, selection fees and other costs related to the acquisition of the projects have been capitalized as part of the investment account and are being amortized by the straight line method over the estimated lives of the underlying assets, which is generally 30 years.

 

Mortgage Note Receivable

 

The Partnership reviews its mortgage note receivable whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.  The Partnership has recorded its mortgage note receivable at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 at the amount at which the Partnership acquired the mortgage note receivable during 2006 less equity in loss recognized with respect to the Local Partnership that is obligated under the mortgage note.  No reserve was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 or 2008.  See “Note 3 – Mortgage Note Receivable” for further information.

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

The Partnership reviews long-lived assets to determine if there has been any impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.  If the sum of the expected future cash flows is less than the carrying amount of the assets, the Partnership recognizes an impairment loss. No impairment loss was recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Partnership recognized an impairment loss of approximately $118,000 during the nine months ended September 30, 2008.  See “Note 2 – Investments in and Advances to Local Partnerships”.

 

Net Loss Per Limited Partnership Interest

 

Net loss per limited partnership interest was computed by dividing the limited partners’ share of net loss by the number of limited partnership interests outstanding at the beginning of the year. The number of limited partner interests used was 72,315 and 72,360 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 

Variable Interest Entities

 

The Partnership consolidates any variable interest entities in which the Partnership holds a variable interest and is the primary beneficiary.  Generally, a variable interest entity, or VIE, is an entity with one or more of the following characteristics: (a) the total equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support; (b) as a group the holders of the equity investment at risk lack (i) the ability to make decisions about an entity’s activities through voting or similar rights, (ii) the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity, or (iii) the right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity; or (c) the equity investors have voting rights that are not proportional to their economic interests and substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve, or are conducted on behalf of, an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.  The primary beneficiary of a VIE is generally the entity that will receive a majority of the VIE’s expected losses, receive a majority of a VIE’s expected residual returns, or both.

 

In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the Partnership considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: the amount and characteristics of the Partnership’s investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Partnership or other investors to provide financial support; the Partnership’s and the other investors’ ability to control or significantly influence key decisions for the VIE; and the similarity with and significance to the business activities of the Partnership and the other investors.  Significant judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair values and performance of real estate held by these VIEs and general market conditions.

 

At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Partnership holds variable interests in nine and ten VIEs, respectively, for which the Partnership is not the primary beneficiary. These nine and ten VIEs consist of Local Partnerships in which the Partnership acquired an interest prior to the adoption of FIN 46 that are directly engaged in the ownership or management of nine and ten apartment properties with a total of 774 and 1,063 apartment units, respectively.  The Partnership is involved with those VIEs as a non-controlling limited partner equity holder.  The Partnership’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with unconsolidated VIEs is limited to the Partnership’s recorded investments in and receivables from those VIEs, which was approximately $4,439,000 and $4,600,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.  The Partnership may be subject to additional losses to the extent of any financial support that the Partnership voluntarily provides in the future. Additionally, the provisions of financial support in the future may require the Partnership to consolidate a VIE.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 168, The FASB Accounting Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles—a replacement of FASB Statement No. 162, or SFAS No. 168, which is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  Upon the effective date of SFAS No. 168, the FASB Accounting Standards Codification, or the FASB ASC, became the single source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The FASB ASC superseded all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards, and all other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the FASB ASC is now non-authoritative.  Subsequent to the effective date of SFAS No. 168, the FASB will issue Accounting Standards Updates that serve to update the FASB ASC.

 

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46R (SFAS 167). SFAS 167 amends FIN 46R to require ongoing analysis to determine whether a company holds a controlling financial interest in a VIE. The amendments include a new approach for determining who should consolidate a VIE, requiring a qualitative rather than a quantitative analysis. SFAS 167 also changes when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a VIE. Previously an enterprise was required to reconsider whether it was the primary beneficiary of a VIE only when specific events had occurred.  The new standard requires continuous reassessment of an enterprise's interest in the VIE to determine its primary beneficiary. This statement will be effective for the Partnership in 2010. Early adoption is prohibited.  The Partnership does not believe that the adoption of SFAS 167 will have a significant effect on the Partnership’s financial statements.  As of September 30, 2009, SFAS 167 had not been added to the FASB ASC.

 

Note 2 - Investments In and Advances to Local Partnerships

 

As of September 30, 2009 the Partnership holds limited partnership interests in 15 Local Partnerships, located in ten states and Puerto Rico.  As a limited partner of the Local Partnerships, the Partnership does not have authority over day-to-day management of the Local Partnerships or their properties (the "Apartment Complexes"). The general partners responsible for management of the Local Partnerships (the "Local Operating General Partners") are not affiliated with the General Partner of the Partnership, except as discussed below.

 

At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, the Local Partnerships own residential projects consisting of 1,186 and 1,485 apartment units, respectively.

 

The projects owned by the Local Partnerships in which NTCI-II has invested were developed by the Local Operating General Partners who acquired the sites and applied for applicable mortgages and subsidies, if any. NTCI-II became the principal limited partner in these Local Partnerships pursuant to arm's-length negotiations with the Local Operating General Partners.  As a limited partner, NTCI-II's liability for obligations of the Local Partnerships is limited to its investment. The Local Operating General Partner of the Local Partnerships retains responsibility for developing, constructing, maintaining, operating and managing the Projects.  Under certain circumstances, an affiliate of NAPICO or NTCI-II may act as the Local Operating General Partner.  An affiliate, National Tax Credit Inc. II ("NTC-II") is acting either as a special limited partner or non-managing administrative general partner (the “Administrative General Partner”) of each Local Partnership in which the Partnership has an investment.

 

The Partnership, as a limited partner, does not have a contractual relationship with the Local Partnerships or exercise control over the activities and operations, including refinancing or selling decisions, of the Local Partnerships that would require or allow for consolidation. Accordingly, the Partnership accounts for its investments in the Local Partnerships using the equity method. The Partnership is allocated profits and losses of the Local Partnerships based upon its respective ownership percentage (between 50.49% and 99%). The Partnership is allocated profits and losses and receives distributions from refinancings and sales in accordance with the Local Partnerships’ partnership agreements. These agreements usually limit the Partnership’s distributions to an amount substantially less than its ownership percentage in the Local Partnership. 

 

The individual investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s profits less the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s losses, distributions and impairment charges. See “Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for a description of the impairment policy. The Partnership is not legally liable for the obligations of the Local Partnerships and is not otherwise committed to provide additional support to them. Therefore, it does not recognize losses once its investment in each of the Local Partnerships reaches zero.  Distributions from the Local Partnerships are accounted for as a reduction of the investment balance until the investment balance is reduced to zero. When the investment balance has been reduced to zero, subsequent distributions received are recognized as income in the accompanying statements of operations.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership received approximately $8,000 and $13,000, respectively, in operating distributions from Local Partnerships that were recognized as income in the statements of operations since the Partnership’s investment in those Local Partnerships had been reduced to zero.

 

For those investments where the Partnership has determined that the carrying value of its investments approximates the estimated fair value of those investments, the Partnership’s policy is to recognize equity in income of the Local Partnerships only to the extent of distributions received and amortization of acquisition costs from those Local Partnerships.  Therefore, the Partnership limits its recognition of equity earnings to the amount it expects to ultimately realize.

 

As of September 30, 2009, the investment balance in 13 of the 15 Local Partnerships had been reduced to zero. As of December 31, 2008, the investment balance in 13 of the 16 Local Partnerships had been reduced to zero.

 

Advances made by the Partnership to the individual Local Partnerships are considered part of the Partnership’s investment in limited partnerships.  Advances made to Local Partnerships in which the investment balance has been reduced to zero are charged to expense.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Partnership advanced to Local Partnerships approximately $540,000 and $371,000, respectively, for property operations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Partnership recognized approximately $540,000 and $371,000, respectively, as expense for advances.

 

The following is a summary of the investments in and advances to Local Partnerships for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 (in thousands):

 

Investment balance, beginning of period

$    553

Equity in loss of Local Partnerships (see Note 3)

     (20)

Distributions recognized as a reduction

 

  of investment balance

     (62)

Advances to Local Partnerships

     540

Advances made to Local Partnerships

 

 recognized as expense

    (540)

Amortization of capitalized acquisition costs and fees

     (17)

Investment balance, end of period

$    454

 

The following are unaudited condensed combined estimated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 for the Local Partnerships in which the Partnership has investments.  The 2008 amounts exclude Kentucky River Apartments due to the sale of its investment property in July 2008, Rancho Del Mar Apartments due to the Partnership assigning its limited partnership interest during 2008 to the local general partner and Quivira due to the sale of its investment property in August 2009.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

September 30,

 

2009

2008

2009

2008

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

Rental and other income

$ 2,161

$ 2,125

$ 6,616

$ 6,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

  Operating expenses

  1,307

  1,389

  4,213

  4,217

 

  Interest

    593

    612

  1,779

  1,838

 

  Depreciation and

 

 

 

 

 

    amortization

    502

    491

  1,506

  1,473

 

      Total expenses

  2,402

  2,492

  7,498

  7,528

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing

 

 

 

 

 

  operations

 $  (241)

 $  (367)

 $  (882)

 $  (993)

 

 

An affiliate of the General Partner is currently the Local Operating General Partner in five of the Partnership’s 15 Local Partnerships included above, and another affiliate receives property management fees of approximately 5 percent of gross revenues from one of the Local Partnerships (See “Note 4 – Transactions with Affiliated Parties”).

 

Six Local Partnerships, Fourth Street Investors LP, Michigan Beach Limited Partnership, Northwestern Partners, Ltd., Columbus Junction Park, Grimes Park Apartments and Norwalk Park Apartments are currently marketing their respective investment properties for sale at September 30, 2009. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, one Local Partnership, Quivira Place Associates, LP, sold its investment property on August 5, 2009, to a third party, for a sales price of approximately $6,250,000. The Partnership did not receive any proceeds from the sale as the Local Partnership’s liabilities exceed the sale proceeds it received from the sale. The Partnership has no investment balance remaining at September 30, 2009 or December 31, 2008 in Northwestern Partners, Ltd., Quivira Place Associates, Columbus Junction Park, Grimes Park Apartments and Norwalk Park Apartments. The Partnership’s investment balance in Fourth Street Investors, LP is approximately $425,000 and $392,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. The Partnership’s investment balance in Michigan Beach Limited Partnership is approximately $3,985,000 and $4,047,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.  Subsequent to September 30, 2009, Michigan Beach Limited Partnership entered into a sale contract to sell its investment property to a third party.  The sale is expected to close during the first quarter of 2010 for a purchase price of $11,979,717.  The Partnership anticipates receiving repayment of the note receivable due from Michigan Beach Limited Partnership from the sale proceeds.

 

During September 2009, the Partnership entered into an assignment and assumption agreement with a third party affiliated with the local general partner of Palm Springs View Apartments, Ltd. The agreement provides for an assignment of the Partnership’s 50.49% limited partnership interest in Palm Springs View Apartments, Ltd. for $200,000. The assignment is subject to HUD approval. The Partnership has no investment balance remaining in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.

 

During December 2008, the Partnership assigned its limited partnership interest in Rancho Del Mar Apartments Limited Partnership (“Rancho Del Mar”) to the general partner of Rancho Del Mar. The Partnership did not receive any proceeds and the assignment was effective as of January 1, 2008. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2009 or December 31, 2008.

 

During 2002, a Local Partnership, Michigan Beach, reached a settlement with the City of Chicago to complete necessary repairs to the exterior façade of the building.  As of December 31, 2008, the Partnership had advanced Michigan Beach approximately $1,347,000 to complete these repairs and an additional approximately $1,138,000 for other operational items. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Partnership advanced Michigan Beach approximately $245,000 for operating expenses. These advances bear interest at prime plus 2% (approximately 5.25% at September 30, 2009) and interest earned by the Partnership was approximately $93,000 and $124,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The Partnership has charged to expense all of the advances to Michigan Beach and has not recognized the interest earned on the advances due to the uncertainty of collection of these amounts.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Partnership recognized an impairment loss of approximately $118,000 for one Local Partnership, Kentucky River Apartments, Ltd.   Based upon information obtained by the Partnership relating to the estimated fair value of Kentucky River Apartments, the Partnership determined that the carrying amount of its limited partnership investment in Kentucky River Apartments Limited exceeded the estimated proceeds the Partnership would expect to receive from a sale of the investment property owned by Kentucky River Apartments Limited Partnership. The Partnership had an investment balance in this Local Partnership of approximately $549,000 at June 30, 2008. During the third quarter of 2008, the Local Partnership sold its investment property to a third party and the Partnership received a distribution of approximately $549,000 in July 2008 from the sale proceeds.

 

On April 5, 2007, a local partnership, Pampa Partnership Limited, sold its investment property to a third party. The Partnership received approximately $942,000 in distributable proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2007. The Partnership received additional distributable proceeds of approximately $19,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2008 and the proceeds were recognized as a distribution in excess of investment balance on the statements of operations.

 

On December 27, 2007, a local partnership, Huntsville Properties Limited Partnership, sold its investment property to a third party. The Partnership received approximately $5,048,000 in distributable proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2007. The Partnership received additional distributable proceeds of approximately $23,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2008 and the proceeds were recognized as a distribution in excess of investment balance on the statements of operations.

 

Note 3 – Mortgage Note Receivable

 

On May 30, 2006, the Partnership purchased the second mortgage for a Local Partnership, Michigan Beach, from the second mortgage holder, PAMI Midatlantic, LLC (“PAMI”) for a purchase price of $4,320,000. PAMI had filed an action for foreclosure and the appointment of a receivor for the alleged failure to make surplus cash payments and provide required financial reporting. As a result of the purchase, the Partnership was substituted in place of PAMI in the foreclosure action and then the Partnership dismissed the foreclosure action with prejudice on June 9, 2006.   The Partnership is the sole limited partner in Michigan Beach.  The Partnership borrowed $4,320,000 from AIMCO Properties, L.P., an affiliate of NAPICO in order to purchase the second mortgage at Michigan Beach.  This advance was repaid during the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

The second mortgage had a principal balance of approximately $3,596,000 at the time of purchase and accrues interest at a fixed rate of 6.11%.  Semiannual payments from 50% of surplus cash are required and the note matures in July of 2031.  There is an option to the noteholder to accelerate maturity of the second mortgage after October 2008. There have been no payments made on the loan and Michigan Beach did not generate any surplus cash for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.  The accrued interest at the time the Partnership purchased the second mortgage was approximately $1,605,000.  The accrued interest balance at September 30, 2009 was approximately $2,338,000. The local general partner is currently marketing the property for sale. The Partnership recognized approximately $62,000 and $105,000 in equity in loss from Michigan Beach during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and reduced the carrying value of the mortgage note receivable. The Partnership currently expects to receive payment in full on the second mortgage from Michigan Beach upon the ultimate sale of the property and accordingly no reserve has been established against the carrying value of the mortgage note receivable at September 30, 2009, however, the Partnership has fully reserved any additional accrued interest.

 

The following is a summary of the mortgage note receivable activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 (in thousands):

 

Mortgage note receivable balance, beginning of period

$ 4,047

Equity in losses of Local Partnership

    (62)

Mortgage note receivable balance, end of period

$ 3,985

 

 


Note 4 – Transaction with Affiliated Parties

 

Under the terms of its Partnership Agreement, the Partnership is obligated to the General Partner for the following fees:

 

(a)   An annual Partnership management fee in an amount equal to 0.5 percent of invested assets (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) at the beginning of the year is payable to the General Partner. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, partnership management fees in the amount of approximately $209,000 and $236,000, respectively, were recorded as an expense. At September 30, 2009, the Partnership owed the General Partner approximately $23,000 for management fees and this amount is included in accrued fees due to general partner. Subsequent to September 30, 2009 approximately $23,000 in management fees accrued and included in due to general partner were paid.

 

(b)   A property disposition fee is payable to the General Partner in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) one-half of the competitive real estate commission that would have been charged by unaffiliated third parties providing comparable services in the area where the apartment complex is located, or (ii) 3 percent of the sale price received in connection with the sale or disposition of the apartment complex or local partnership interest, but in no event will the property disposition fee and all amounts payable to unaffiliated real estate brokers in connection with any such sale exceed in the aggregate, the lesser of the competitive rate (as described above) or 6 percent of such sale price. Receipt of the property disposition fee will be subordinated to the distribution of sale or refinancing proceeds by the Partnership until the limited partners have received distributions of sale or refinancing proceeds in an aggregate amount equal to (i) their 6 percent priority return for any year not theretofore satisfied (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) and (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate adjusted investment (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) of the limited partners.  No disposition fees have been paid or accrued.

 

(c)   The Partnership reimburses NAPICO for certain expenses. The reimbursement to NAPICO was approximately $58,000 and $66,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses.

 

NTC-II or another affiliate of the General Partner is the Administrative General Partner in four and the Local Operating General Partner in one of the Partnership's 15 Local Partnerships. In addition, NTC-II is typically either a special limited partner or an administrative general partner in each Local Partnership, in which the Partnership has an investment.

 

An affiliate of the General Partner managed one property owned by a Local Partnership during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.  The Local Partnership pays the affiliate property management fees in the amount of five percent of its gross rental revenues and data processing fees. The amounts paid were approximately $81,000 and $80,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

 

The General Partner is not obligated to advance funds to the Partnership for operations or to fund Partnership advances to Local Partnerships, but may voluntarily do so from time to time. There were no advances received by the Partnership during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The Partnership may receive future advances of funds from AIMCO Properties, L.P., although AIMCO Properties, L.P. is not obligated to provide such advances.  For more information on AIMCO Properties, L.P., including copies of its audited balance sheet, please see its reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Note 5 – Gain on Legal Settlement

 

During 2001, the Partnership and an affiliated partnership filed a suit against several parties for breach of fiduciary duties and breach of the partnership agreements of Quivira Limited Partnership, in which the Partnership has invested, and another Limited Partnership in which the affiliated partnership is invested.  The property in each respective Limited Partnership had been refinanced during 2001; however, the proceeds from the refinancing were being held within the respective Limited Partnership instead of being distributed.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2002, the Partnership received approximately $108,000 from one of the parties involved in this legal action as part of a settlement agreement. Approximately $1,492,000 of its share of the refinancing proceeds of Quivira Limited Partnership were received during August 2002. The Partnership obtained judgments totaling approximately $4,800,000 against certain defendants in 2002. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Partnership received approximately $1,682,000 from the parties involved in this legal action as part of a global settlement agreement with the local general partner. During the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Partnership received approximately $102,000, $80,000 and $193,000, respectively, in additional settlement payments. There were no settlement payments received during the year ended December 31, 2007. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Partnership received an additional settlement payment of approximately $109,000. There were no settlement payments received during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Subsequent to September 30, 2009 the Partnership received the final settlement payment of approximately $56,000.

 

Note 6 – Partnership Income Taxes

 

The Partnership is subject to a New Jersey tax based upon the number of resident and non-resident limited partners and apportionment of income related to the Partnership’s investment in certain Local Limited Partnerships.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the expense related to this tax is reflected in tax expense in the accompanying statements of operations.  At December 31, 2008, the Partnership’s estimate of the tax, as well as penalties and interest related to 2002 and 2003 late filings currently due to the state of New Jersey was approximately $62,000, and this amount was reflected in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying balance sheet. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Partnership paid approximately $14,000 in full satisfaction of the 2002 and 2003 amounts and wrote off the remaining liability. The writeoff is reflected as a reduction of tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.

 

Note 7 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

FASB ASC Topic 825 requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate fair value. Fair value is defined as the amount at which the instruments could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. At September 30, 2009, the Partnership believes that the carrying amount of other assets and liabilities reported on the balance sheet that require such disclosure approximated their fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

Note 8 - Contingencies

 

The General Partner is involved in various lawsuits arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management and the General Partner, the claims will not result in any material liability to the Partnership.

 


Item 2.     Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition and Results Of Operations

 

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements in certain circumstances. Certain information included in this Quarterly Report contains or may contain information that is forward-looking, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Partnership’s future financial performance and the effect of government regulations. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements and, in addition, will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond the Partnership’s control including, without limitation: financing risks, including the availability and cost of financing and the risk that the Partnership’s cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest; national and local economic conditions; the general level of interest rates; the terms of governmental regulations that affect the Partnership and its investment in limited partnerships and interpretations of those regulations; the competitive environment in which the Partnership operates; real estate risks, including fluctuations in real estate values and the general economic climate in local markets and competition for tenants in such markets; litigation, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes; and possible environmental liabilities, including costs, fines or penalties that may be incurred due to necessary remediation of contamination of properties presently owned or previously owned by the limited partnerships in which the Partnership has invested. Readers should carefully review the Partnership’s financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the other documents the Partnership files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The General Partner monitors developments in the area of legal and regulatory compliance.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Some of the properties in which the Partnership has invested, through its investment in other limited partnerships (“Local Partnerships”), receive one or more forms of assistance from the Federal Government.  As a result, the Local Partnership’s ability to transfer funds either to the Partnership or among themselves in the form of cash distributions, loans or advances may be restricted by these government assistance programs.  These restrictions, however, are not expected to impact the Partnership’s ability to meet its cash obligations.

 

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Partnership has cash and cash equivalents of approximately $1,622,000 and $2,446,000, respectively.  The decrease in cash and cash equivalents of approximately $824,000 is due to approximately $540,000 and $284,000 of cash used in investing and operating activities, respectively. Cash used in investing activities consisted of advances made to Local Partnerships.

 

It is not expected that any of the Local Partnerships in which the Partnership invests will generate cash from operations sufficient to provide distributions to the Limited Partners in any material amount.  Such cash from operations, if any, would first be used to meet operating expenses of the Partnership.  The Partnership's investments will not be readily marketable and may be affected by adverse general economic conditions which, in turn, could substantially increase the risk of operating losses for the projects, the Local Partnerships and the Partnership.  These problems may result from a number of factors, many of which cannot be controlled by the General Partner.

 

An infrequent source of funds for the Partnership would be from proceeds received as a result of a sale of a Local Partnership’s investment property or from the sale of the Partnership’s interest in a Local Partnership. During December 2008, the Partnership assigned its limited partnership interest in Rancho Del Mar Apartments Limited Partnership (“Rancho Del Mar”) to the general partner of Rancho Del Mar. The Partnership did not receive any proceeds and the assignment was effective as of January 1, 2008. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, one Local Partnership, Quivira Place Associates, LP, sold its investment property in August 2009, to a third party, for a sales price of approximately $6,250,000. The Partnership did not receive any proceeds from the sale as the Local Partnership’s liabilities exceed the proceeds it received from the sale. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in these Local Partnerships at September 30, 2009 or December 31, 2008.

 

During September 2009, the Partnership entered into an assignment and assumption agreement with a third party affiliated with the local general partner of Palm Springs View Apartments, Ltd. The agreement provides for an assignment of the Partnership’s 50.49% limited partnership interest in Palm Springs View Apartments, Ltd. for $200,000. The assignment is subject to HUD approval. The Partnership has no investment balance remaining in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008.

 

On April 5, 2007, a local partnership, Pampa Partnership Limited, sold its investment property to a third party. The Partnership received approximately $942,000 in distributable proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2007. The Partnership received additional distributable proceeds of approximately $19,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2008 and the proceeds were recognized as a distribution in excess of investment balance on the statements of operations.

 

On December 27, 2007, a local partnership, Huntsville Properties Limited Partnership, sold its investment property to a third party. The Partnership received approximately $5,048,000 in distributable proceeds during the year ended December 31, 2007. The Partnership received additional distributable proceeds of approximately $23,000 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008. The Partnership had no remaining investment balance in this Local Partnership at September 30, 2008 and the proceeds were recognized as a distribution in excess of investment balance on the statements of operations.

 

The General Partner is not obligated to advance funds to the Partnership for operations or to fund Partnership advances to Local Partnerships, but may voluntarily do so from time to time. There were no advances received by the Partnership during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. The Partnership may receive future advances of funds from AIMCO Properties, L.P., although AIMCO Properties, L.P. is not obligated to provide such advances.  For more information on AIMCO Properties, L.P., including copies of its audited balance sheet, please see its reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

The General Partner has the right to cause distributions received by the Partnership from the Local Partnerships (that would otherwise be available for distributions as cash flow) to be dedicated to the increase or replenishment of reserves at the Partnership level.  The reserves will generally be available to satisfy working capital or operating expense needs of the Partnership (including payment of partnership management fees) and will also be available to pay any excess third-party costs or expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with the administration of the Partnership, the preparation of reports to the Limited Partners and other investor servicing obligations of the Partnership.  At the discretion of the General Partner, reserves may be available for advances to the Local Partnerships.

 

The Partnership does not have the ability to assess Limited Partners for additional capital contributions to provide capital if needed by the Partnership or Local Partnerships.  Accordingly, if circumstances arise that cause the Local Partnerships to require capital in addition to that contributed by the Partnership and any equity of the local general partners, the only sources from which such capital needs will be able to be satisfied (other than the limited reserves available at the Partnership level) will be (i) third-party debt financing (which may not be available if, as expected, the projects owned by the Local Partnerships are already substantially leveraged), (ii) other equity sources (which could adversely affect the Partnership's interest in operating cash flow and/or proceeds of sale or refinancing of the projects which would result in adverse tax consequences to the Limited Partners), or (iii) the sale or disposition of projects.  There can be no assurance that any of such sources would be readily available in sufficient proportions to fund the capital requirements of the Local Partnerships.  If such sources are not available, the Local Partnerships would risk foreclosure on their projects if they were unable to renegotiate the terms of their first mortgages and any other debt secured by the projects, which would have significant adverse tax consequences to the Limited Partners.

 

Results of Operations

 

The Partnership was formed to provide various benefits to its Limited Partners. It is not expected that any of the Local Partnerships in which the Partnership has invested will generate cash flow sufficient to provide for distributions to Limited Partners in any material amount. The Partnership accounts for its investments in the Local Partnerships on the equity method, thereby adjusting its investment balance by its proportionate share of the income or loss of the Local Partnerships. The investments in 13 of the 15 Local Partnerships have been reduced to zero as of September 30, 2009, however, as discussed in Note 3 included in the financial statements in “Item 1. Financial Statements”, during 2006 the Partnership acquired the mortgage note receivable with respect to a Local Partnership that is obligated under the mortgage note.

 

Because of (i) the nature of the apartment complexes, (ii) the difficulty of predicting the resale market for low-income housing in the future, and (iii) the inability of the Partnership to directly cause the sale of apartment complexes by local general partners, but generally only to require such local general partners to use their respective best efforts to find a purchaser for the apartment complexes, it is not possible at this time to predict whether the liquidation of substantially all of the Partnership’s assets and the disposition of the proceeds, if any, in accordance with the Partnership Agreement will be able to be accomplished promptly. If a Local Partnership is unable to sell an apartment complex, it is anticipated that the local general partner will either continue to operate such apartment complex or take such other actions as the local general partner believes to be in the best interest of the Local Partnership.

 

The Partnership, as a Limited Partner in the Local Partnerships in which it has invested, is subject to the risks incident to the management and ownership of improved real estate.  The Partnership investments are also subject to adverse general economic conditions, and accordingly, the status of the national economy, including substantial unemployment and concurrent inflation, could increase vacancy levels, rental payment defaults, and operating expenses, which in turn, could substantially increase the risk of operating losses for the projects.

 

The Partnership, as a limited partner, does not have a contractual relationship with the Local Partnerships or exercise control over the activities and operations, including refinancing or selling decisions of the Local Partnerships that would require or allow for consolidation. Accordingly, the Partnership accounts for its investment in the Local Partnerships using the equity method.  Thus the individual investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s profits less the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s losses, distributions and impairment charges.  However, since the Partnership is not legally liable for the obligations of the Local Partnerships, or is not otherwise committed to provide additional support to them, it does not recognize losses once its investment in each of the Local Partnerships reaches zero.  Distributions from the Local Partnerships are accounted for as a reduction of the investment balance until the investment balance is reduced to zero.  Subsequent distributions received are recognized as income in the accompanying statements of operations.  For those investments where the Partnership has determined that the carrying value of its investments approximates the estimated fair value of those investments, the Partnership’s policy is to recognize equity in income of the Local Partnerships only to the extent of distributions received, and amortization of acquisition costs from those Local Partnerships.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership recognized equity in loss and amortization of acquisition costs of approximately $99,000 and $131,000, respectively, from Local Partnerships. Included in equity in loss and amortization of acquisition costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 is approximately $62,000 and $105,000, respectively, of equity in loss related to a Local Partnership, Michigan Beach, that reduced the carrying amount of the mortgage note receivable due from the Local Partnership.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership received approximately $8,000 and $13,000, respectively, in operating distributions from Local Partnerships that were recognized as income in the statements of operations, included in “Item 1. Financial Statements,” since the Partnership’s investment in those Local Partnerships had been reduced to zero.  

 

At times, advances are made to Local Partnerships in order to preserve the ability to receive applicable Tax Credits.  Advances made by the Partnership to the individual Local Partnerships are considered part of the Partnership’s investment in limited partnerships.  Advances made to Local Partnerships in which the investment balance has been reduced to zero are charged to expense.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Partnership advanced to Local Partnerships approximately $540,000 and $371,000, respectively, for operating expenses. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 the Partnership recognized approximately $540,000 and $371,000, respectively, as expense for advances.

 

A recurring Partnership expense is the annual partnership management fee.  The fee, as defined in the Partnership Agreement, is payable to the General Partner and is calculated at 0.5% of the Partnership’s invested assets as of the beginning of the year.  The management fee represents the annual recurring fee which will be paid to the General Partner for its continuing management of Partnership affairs. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, management fees were approximately $209,000 and $236,000, respectively. The decrease in management fees is due to the loss of investment in two Local Partnerships during 2008.

 

Operating expenses, exclusive of the management fee, consist of legal and accounting expenses for services rendered to the Partnership, tax expense and general and administrative expenses. Legal and accounting expenses were approximately $73,000 and $79,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $24,000 and $21,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. General and administrative expenses were approximately $75,000 and $85,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $21,000 and $28,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Partnership is subject to a New Jersey partner tax. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the expense was approximately $18,000 and $26,000, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the expense was approximately $13,000 and $39,000, respectively. The decrease in expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was due to the write off of accruals related to 2002 and 2003 late filings, partially offset by an increase in tax expense as a result of an increase in the 2008 New Jersey partner tax which was paid during the first quarter of 2009. During the second quarter of 2009, the Partnership paid approximately $14,000 in full satisfaction of the 2002 and 2003 late filings and wrote off approximately $48,000 of prior accruals no longer required. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, the increase in tax expense was due to the 2009 tax expense accrual being based on the final adjusted 2008 tax owed.

 

During 2002, a Local Partnership, Michigan Beach, reached a settlement with the City of Chicago to complete necessary repairs to the exterior façade of the building.  As of December 31, 2008, the Partnership had advanced Michigan Beach approximately $1,347,000 to complete these repairs and an additional approximately $1,138,000 for other operational items. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Partnership advanced Michigan Beach approximately $245,000 for operating expenses. These advances bear interest at prime plus 2% (approximately 5.25% at September 30, 2009) and interest earned by the Partnership was approximately $93,000 and $124,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.  The Partnership has charged to expense all of the advances to Michigan Beach and has not recognized the interest earned on the advances due to the uncertainty of collection of these amounts.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Partnership recognized an impairment loss of approximately $118,000 for one Local Partnership, Kentucky River Apartments, Ltd.   Based upon information obtained by the Partnership relating to the estimated fair value of Kentucky River Apartments, the Partnership determined that the carrying amount of its limited partnership investment in Kentucky River Apartments Limited exceeded the estimated proceeds the Partnership would expect to receive from a sale of the investment property owned by Kentucky River Apartments Limited Partnership. The Partnership had an investment balance in this Local Partnership of approximately $549,000 at June 30, 2008. During the third quarter of 2008, the Local Partnership sold its investment property to a third party and the Partnership received a distribution of approximately $549,000 in July 2008 from the sale proceeds.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, the Partnership received a settlement payment of approximately $109,000 associated with a legal action, see “Item 1. Financial Statements – Note 5”. There were no settlement payments received during the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Subsequent to September 30, 2009 the Partnership received the final settlement payment of approximately $56,000.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Partnership owns limited partnership interests in unconsolidated Local Limited Partnerships, in which the Partnership’s ownership percentage ranges from 50.49% to 99%.  However, based on the provisions of the relevant partnership agreements, the Partnership, as a limited partner, does not have control or a contractual relationship with the Local Limited Partnerships that would require or allow for consolidation under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (see “Note 1 – Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the financial statements in “Item 1. Financial Statements”).  There are no lines of credit, side agreements or any other derivative financial instruments between the Local Limited Partnerships and the Partnership.  Accordingly the Partnership’s maximum risk of loss related to these unconsolidated Local Limited Partnerships is limited to the recorded investments in and receivables from the Local Limited Partnerships.  See “Note 2 – Investments In and Advances to Local Limited Partnerships” of the financial statements in “Item 1. Financial Statements” for additional information about the Partnership’s investments in unconsolidated Local Limited Partnerships.

 

Other

 

In addition to its indirect ownership of the general partner interest in the Partnership, AIMCO and its affiliates owned 397.0 limited partnership interests (the "Units") in the Partnership representing 0.55% of the outstanding Units at September 30, 2009. It is possible that AIMCO or its affiliates will acquire additional Units in exchange for cash or a combination of cash and units in AIMCO Properties, L.P., the operating partnership of AIMCO. Pursuant to the Partnership Agreement, unitholders holding a majority of the Units are entitled to take action with respect to a variety of matters that include, but are not limited to, voting on certain amendments to the Partnership Agreement and voting to remove the General Partner. Although the General Partner owes fiduciary duties to the limited partners of the Partnership, the General Partner also owes fiduciary duties to AIMCO as its sole stockholder. As a result, the duties of the General Partner, as General Partner, to the Partnership and its limited partners may come into conflict with the duties of the General Partner to AIMCO its sole stockholder.

 

Variable Interest Entities

 

The Partnership consolidates any variable interest entities in which the Partnership holds a variable interest and is the primary beneficiary.  Generally, a variable interest entity, or VIE, is an entity with one or more of the following characteristics: (a) the total equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support; (b) as a group the holders of the equity investment at risk lack (i) the ability to make decisions about an entity’s activities through voting or similar rights, (ii) the obligation to absorb the expected losses of the entity, or (iii) the right to receive the expected residual returns of the entity; or (c) the equity investors have voting rights that are not proportional to their economic interests and substantially all of the entity’s activities either involve, or are conducted on behalf of, an investor that has disproportionately few voting rights.  The primary beneficiary of a VIE is generally the entity that will receive a majority of the VIE’s expected losses, receive a majority of a VIE’s expected residual returns, or both.

 

In determining whether it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, the Partnership considers qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: the amount and characteristics of the Partnership’s investment; the obligation or likelihood for the Partnership or other investors to provide financial support; the Partnership’s and the other investors’ ability to control or significantly influence key decisions for the VIE; and the similarity with and significance to the business activities of the Partnership and the other investors.  Significant judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair values and performance of real estate held by these VIEs and general market conditions.

 

At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Partnership holds variable interests in nine and ten VIEs, respectively, for which the Partnership is not the primary beneficiary. These nine and ten VIEs consist of Local Partnerships in which the Partnership acquired an interest prior to the adoption of FIN 46 that are directly engaged in the ownership or management of nine and ten apartment properties with a total of 774 and 1,063 apartment units, respectively.  The Partnership is involved with those VIEs as a non-controlling limited partner equity holder.  The Partnership’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with unconsolidated VIEs is limited to the Partnership’s recorded investments in and receivables from those VIEs, which was approximately $4,439,000 and $4,600,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.  The Partnership may be subject to additional losses to the extent of any financial support that the Partnership voluntarily provides in the future. Additionally, the provisions of financial support in the future may require the Partnership to consolidate a VIE.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require the Partnership to make estimates and assumptions. The Partnership believes that of its significant accounting policies, the following may involve a higher degree of judgment and complexity.

 

Method of Accounting for Investments in Limited Partnerships

 

The Partnership, as a limited partner, does not have a contractual relationship with the Local Partnerships or exercise control over the activities and operations, including refinancing or selling decisions, of the Local Partnerships that would require or allow for consolidation. Accordingly, the Partnership accounts for its investments in the Local Partnerships using the equity method. The Partnership is allocated profits and losses of the Local Partnerships based upon its respective ownership percentage of 50.49% to 99%. Distributions of surplus cash from operations from twelve of the Local Partnerships are restricted by the Local Partnerships’ Regulatory Agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”). These restrictions limit the distribution to a percentage, generally less than 10%, of the initial invested capital. The excess surplus cash is deposited into a residual receipts reserve, of which the ultimate realization by the Partnership is uncertain as HUD frequently retains it upon sale or dissolution of the Local Partnership. For the other four Local Partnerships distributions of surplus cash are not restricted. The Partnerships are allocated profits and losses and receive distributions from refinancings and sales in accordance with the Local Partnerships’ partnership agreements. These agreements usually limit the Partnerships' distributions to an amount substantially less than its ownership percentage in the Local Partnership.

 

The individual investments are carried at cost plus the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s profits less the Partnership’s share of the Local Partnership’s losses, distributions and impairment charges. The Partnership is not legally liable for the obligations of the Local Partnerships and is not otherwise committed to provide additional support to them. Therefore, it does not recognize losses once its investment in each of the Local Partnerships reaches zero.  Distributions from the Local Partnerships are accounted for as a reduction of the investment balance until the investment balance is reduced to zero. When the investment balance has been reduced to zero, subsequent distributions received are recognized as income in the statements of operations. 

 

For those investments where the Partnership has determined that the carrying value of its investments approximates the estimated fair value of those investments, the Partnership’s policy is to recognize equity in income of the Local Partnerships only to the extent of distributions received and amortization of acquisition costs from those Local Partnerships. Therefore, the Partnership limits its recognition of equity earnings to the amount it expects to ultimately realize.

 

Item 4T.    Controls And Procedures

 

(a)   Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

The Partnership’s management, with the participation of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the General Partner, who are the equivalent of the Partnership’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the General Partner, who are the equivalent of the Partnership’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively, have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

(b)   Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.

 

There has been no change in the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fiscal quarter to which this report relates that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

Item 5.     Other Information

 

The Partnership has a 98.9% limited partnership interest in Michigan Beach Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (“Michigan Beach”). On November 12, 2009, Michigan Beach entered into a Purchase and Sale Contract to sell its investment property (the “Property”), to a third party, CJD Projects, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).  The purchase price for the Property is $11,979,717. The Partnership’s consent is a condition to the closing of the transaction.  The Partnership is currently reviewing the transaction and expects to provide its consent prior to the closing, which is scheduled to occur during the first quarter of 2010. The Partnership’s investment balance in Michigan Beach was approximately $3,985,000 and $4,047,000 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively

 

Item 6.     Exhibits

 

See Exhibit Index Attached.

 

The agreements included as exhibits to this Form 10-Q contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:

 

  • should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;

 

  • have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;

 

  • may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to an investor; and

 

  • were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.

 

Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. The Partnership acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this Form 10-Q not misleading. Additional information about the Partnership may be found elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and the Partnership’s other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. 

 

 


SIGNATURES

 

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

 

(a California limited partnership)

 

 

 

By:   National Partnership Investments Corp.

 

      General Partner

 

 

Date: November 16, 2009

By:   /s/Steven D. Cordes

 

      Steven D. Cordes

 

      Senior Vice President

 

 

Date: November 16, 2009

By:   /s/Stephen B. Waters

 

      Stephen B. Waters

 

      Senior Director

 

 

 

 


 

NATIONAL TAX CREDIT INVESTORS II

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit     Description of Exhibit

 

 

3           Partnership Agreement (herein incorporated by reference to the Partnership's Form S-11 Registration No. 33-27658)

 

10          Loan Sale Agreement between Pami Midatlantic LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and National Tax Credit Investors II, a California limited partnership dated May 30, 2006. Incorporated by reference to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 30, 2006.

 

10.5        Assignment and Assumption Agreement by and among Investment Concepts, Inc., a California corporation, National Tax Credit, Inc. II, a California corporation, and National Tax Credit Investors II, a California limited partnership, and GAC Realty Advisors, LP, a Nevada limited partnership, dated September 8, 2009. Incorporated by reference to the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 8, 2009.

 

31.1        Certification of equivalent of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

31.2        Certification of equivalent of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

32.1        Certification of the equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.