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Basis of Presentation
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

1. Basis of Presentation

General

America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. (the “Company” or “Partnership”) was formed on April 2, 1998, under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act for the purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing for affordable multifamily and student housing residential properties (collectively “Residential Properties”) and commercial properties. The Partnership expects and believes the interest earned on these mortgage revenue bonds is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes.  As a result, most of the income earned by the Partnership is exempt from federal income taxes.  The Partnership may also invest in other types of securities that may or may not be secured by real estate and may make property loans secured by multifamily residential properties which are financed by mortgage revenue bonds held by the Partnership.   The Partnership may, acquire real estate securing its mortgage revenue bonds or property loans through foreclosure in the event of a default or through the receipt of a fee simple deed in lieu of foreclosure.  In addition, the Partnership may acquire interests in multifamily, student, and senior citizen residential properties (“MF Properties”) in order to position itself for future investments in mortgage revenue bonds issued to finance these properties or to operate the MF Property until its “highest and best use” can be determined by management. The Partnership expects to sell its interest in these MF Properties in connection with the future syndication of low income housing tax credits under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code (“LIHTCs”) or to a tax-exempt organization and to acquire mortgage revenue bonds on these properties to provide debt financing to the new owners.

The general partner is America First Capital Associates Limited Partnership Two (“AFCA 2” or “General Partner”).  The general partner of AFCA2 is The Burlington Capital Group LLC (“Burlington”). The Partnership has issued Beneficial Unit Certificates (“BUCs”) representing assigned limited partner interests to investors (“Unitholders”). In March 2016, the Partnership issued, in a private placement, 1.0 million newly-designated non-cumulative, non-voting, non-convertible Series A Preferred Units (“Series A Preferred Units”) which are redeemable and represents limited partnership interests in the Partnership pursuant to a subscription agreement with a financial institution resulting in $10.0 million in aggregate proceeds to the Partnership (Note 18).  

The “Partnership,” as used herein, includes America First Multifamily Investors, L.P. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The “wholly-owned subsidiaries” include the MF Properties owned by a limited partnership in which one of the wholly-owned subsidiaries (a “Holding Company”) holds a 99% limited partner interest. All intercompany transactions are eliminated.  On March 31, 2016, the consolidated subsidiaries of the Partnership (the “Consolidated Subsidiaries”) consist of:

 

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ATAX TEBS I, LLC, a special purpose entity owned and controlled by the Partnership, created in 2010 to hold mortgage revenue bonds in order to facilitate the Tax Exempt Bond Securitization (“TEBS”) Financing (“M24 TEBS Financing”) with Freddie Mac (Note 12).

 

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ATAX TEBS II, LLC, a special purpose entity owned and controlled by the Partnership, created in 2014 to hold mortgage revenue bonds in order to facilitate the second TEBS Financing, (“M31 TEBS Financing”) with Freddie Mac (Note 12).

 

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ATAX TEBS III, LLC, a special purpose entity owned and controlled by the Partnership, created in 2015 to hold mortgage revenue bonds in order to facilitate the third TEBS Financing (“M33 TEBS Financing”), with Freddie Mac (see Note 12).

 

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ATAX Vantage Holdings, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Partnership committed to loan money or provide equity for the development of multifamily properties (see Notes 8 and 9).

 

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Eight MF Properties which are either wholly or majority owned by the Partnership or subsidiaries of the Partnership (see Note 7).

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, two properties, Bent Tree and Fairmont Oaks, in which the Partnership did not hold an ownership interest but which owned multifamily properties financed with mortgage revenue bonds owned by the Partnership were variable interest entities (“VIEs”) and were sold in the fourth quarter of 2015.  The Partnership had been determined to be the primary beneficiary of these VIEs, the “Consolidated VIEs”. The Partnership determined the sales qualified to be presented as discontinued operations. As such, the results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 are presented as discontinued operations and all other significant transactions and accounts between the Partnership and the VIEs have been eliminated in consolidation (Notes 3, 7, and 10).

The General Partner does not believe that the consolidation of VIEs for reporting under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) impacts the Partnership’s status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes or the status of Unitholders as partners of the Partnership, the treatment of the mortgage revenue bonds on the properties owned by Consolidated VIEs as debt, the nature of the interest payments, which it believes to be tax-exempt, received on the mortgage revenue bonds secured by the properties owned by Consolidated VIEs or the manner in which the Partnership’s income is reported to Unitholders on IRS Form K-1.

The unallocated deficit of the Consolidated VIEs was comprised of the accumulated historical net losses of the Consolidated VIEs since the applicable consolidation date. The unallocated deficit of the Consolidated VIEs and the Consolidated VIEs’ net losses subsequent to that date are not allocated to the General Partner and Unitholders as such activity is not contemplated by, or addressed in, the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership dated September 15, 2015, as amended (the “Amended and Restated LP Agreement”).

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Partnership invested and committed to invest, through its wholly owned subsidiary, ATAX Vantage Holdings, LLC, in Vantage Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC (“Vantage”), holding a limited membership interest in the entity. The investment will be used to assist with the construction of a multifamily property. The Partnership does not have a controlling interest in Vantage and therefore, accounts for its limited partnership interest under the equity method of accounting.  The Partnership earns a return on its investment accruing immediately on its contributed capital which is guaranteed by an unrelated third party.  Due to the guarantee, cash flows are expected to be sufficient to make the payments, therefore, the Partnership will record the return in the Partnership’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Note 8).

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted according to such rules and regulations, although management believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes have been prepared consistently with the 2015 Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal and recurring accruals) necessary to present fairly the financial position on March 31, 2016, and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been made. The results of operations for the interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation.

In the first quarter of 2016, the Partnership began  to classify its amortization of deferred financing costs as a separate line within the Partnership’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Previously this amount had been classified within depreciation and amortization. Accordingly, for the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership has reclassified the amortization of deferred financing costs and has included them in conformity with the three months ended March 31, 2016.  This reclassification has no effect on the Partnership’s reported net income or partners’ capital in the Partnership’s condensed consolidated financial statements for the periods presented.