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Commitment and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Commitments And Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure Text Block

NOTE 7 – Commitments and Contingencies

a) Liquidity

At December 31, 2013, the Partnership's liabilities exceeded assets by $19,237,607, and for the nine months ended December 31, 2013, the Partnership incurred a net loss of $(175,430). These factors raise substantial doubt about the Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 2, partnership management fees of approximately $2,675,000 will be payable out of sales or refinancing proceeds only to the extent of available funds after payments on all other Partnership liabilities have been made other than those owed to the General Partner and its affiliates. As such, the General Partner cannot demand payment of these deferred fees beyond the Partnership's ability to pay them.

All of the mortgage payable balance of $16,522,071 and the accrued interest payable balance of $4,567,380 is of a nonrecourse nature and secured by the respective properties. The Partnership is currently in the process of developing a plan to dispose of all of its investments. Historically, the mortgage notes and accrued interest thereon have been assumed by the buyer in instances of sales of the Partnership's interest or have been paid off from sales proceeds in instances of sales of the property. In most instances when the Partnership's interest was sold and liabilities were assumed, the Partnership recognized a gain from the sale. The Partnership owns the limited partner interest in all its investments, and as such has no financial responsibility to fund operating losses incurred by the Local Partnerships. The maximum loss the Partnership would incur is its net investment in the respective Local Partnerships and the potential recapture of the Tax Credits if the investment is lost before the expiration of the Compliance Period. Dispositions of any investment in a Local Partnership are not anticipated to impact the future results of liquidity or financial condition of the Partnership.

The Partnership has unconsolidated working capital reserves of approximately $489,000 at December 31, 2013. Such amount is considered sufficient to cover the Partnership's day to day operating expenses, excluding fees to the General Partner, for at least the next year. The Partnership's operating expenses, excluding the Local Partnerships' expenses and related party expenses amounted to approximately $160,000 for the nine months ended December 31, 2013.

Management believes the above mitigating factors enable the Partnership to continue as a going concern. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

b) Uninsured Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Partnership maintains its cash and cash equivalents in various banks. The accounts at each bank are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”).

c) Leases

Certain subsidiary partnerships have land lease arrangements whereby they are obligated to pay $1 per annum through June 2054.

d) Cash Distributions

Cash distributions from the Local Partnerships to the Partnership are restricted by the provisions of the respective agreements of limited partnership of the Local Partnerships and/or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

e) Property Management Fees

Property management fees incurred by the Local Partnerships amounted to $57,542 and $82,315 and $171,831 and $261,425 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Of these fees, $30,935 and $46,967 and $104,904 and $152,159 were incurred to the Local General Partners for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which include $9,283 and $20,922 and $27,671 and $69,999 of fees relating to discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

f) Other

The Partnership is subject to risks incidental to potential losses arising from the management and ownership of real estate. The Partnership can also be affected by poor economic conditions generally; however no more than (29%) of the properties are located in any single state. There are also substantial risks associated with owning properties receiving government assistance, for example the possibility that Congress may not appropriate funds to enable the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to make rental assistance payments. HUD also restricts annual cash distributions to partners based on operating results and a percentage of the owners' equity contribution. The Partnership cannot sell or substantially liquidate its investments in subsidiary partnerships during the period that the subsidy agreements are in existence without HUD's approval. Furthermore there may not be market demand for apartments at full market rents when the rental assistance contract expires.

The Partnership and BACs holders began to recognize Tax Credits with respect to a Property when the Credit Period for such Property commenced (generally ten years from the date of investment or, if later, the date the Property is leased to qualified tenants). Because of the time required for the acquisition, completion and rent-up of Properties, the amount of Tax Credits per BAC gradually increased over the first three years of the Partnership. Tax Credits not recognized in the first three years were recognized in the 11th through 13th years. As of December 31, 2012, all the Local Partnerships had completed their Credit Periods. However, each Local Partnership must continue to comply with the Tax Credit requirements until the end of the Compliance Period in order to avoid recapture of the Tax Credits. The Compliance Periods will continue through December 31, 2017 with respect to the Properties depending upon when the Compliance Period commenced.

g) Subsequent Events

The Partnership evaluated all subsequent events from the date of the balance sheet through the issuance date of this report and determined that there were no events or transactions occurring during the subsequent event reporting period which require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements.