Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

Note 1.   Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements of Government Properties Income Trust and its subsidiaries, or the Company, we or us, are unaudited.  We operate in one business segment: ownership of properties that are primarily leased to government tenants.  Certain information and disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, for complete financial statements have been condensed or omitted.  We believe the disclosures made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading.  However, the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, Items 6, 7 and 15 of which were subsequently amended and restated to make reclassifications to reflect properties we sold in 2013 as discontinued operations (See Note 3) and are included in our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 12, 2013.  We refer in this Quarterly Report to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, as amended and restated in part by our Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 12, 2013, as our Annual Report.  In the opinion of our management, all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation, have been included.  All material intercompany transactions and balances between the Company and its subsidiaries have been eliminated.  Our operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts. Actual results could differ from those estimates.  Significant estimates in the condensed consolidated financial statements include purchase price allocations, useful lives of fixed assets and impairment of real estate and intangible assets.