-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, CtDExcpTeiGuiTBnLlxwS7AAgb0yKHmOiuoJXMqxnWogrYKzJVKFWQdUMpaSoW/y bPb2mEOOWzFzmB3DdKt+nw== 0000000000-06-010799.txt : 20061027 0000000000-06-010799.hdr.sgml : 20061027 20060303154655 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-06-010799 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20060303 FILED FOR: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TAYLOR DEVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096536 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT, NEC [3569] IRS NUMBER: 160797789 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 TAYLOR DR STREET 2: P O BOX 748 CITY: NORTH TONAWANDA STATE: NY ZIP: 14120 BUSINESS PHONE: 7166940800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 90 TAYLOR DR CITY: N TONAWANDA STATE: NY ZIP: 14120-0748 LETTER 1 filename1.txt Mail Stop 7010 March 3, 2006 via U.S. mail and facsimile to (716) 695-6015 Mr. Douglas P. Taylor Chief Executive Officer Taylor Devices, Inc. 90 Taylor Drive, P.O. Box 748 N. Tonawanda, NY 14120-0748 RE: Taylor Devices, Inc. Form 10-KSB for Fiscal Year Ended May 31, 2005 Filed August 26, 2005 File No. 000-03498 Dear Mr. Taylor: We have reviewed your response letter dated February 27, 2006 to our letter dated January 27, 2006 and have the following comments. If you disagree with a comment, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments. Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed at the end of this letter. Item 1. Description of Business, Principal Products 1. We have reviewed your response to our prior comment 1 and it is unclear to us how you will comply with the requirements in paragraph 37 of SFAS No. 131. Based on your response, it appears that you will disclose that all revenue is derived from similar products and services. However, we note your disclosure under Item 1. Description of Business discusses six major product lines. Please revise your proposed disclosure to disclose revenue by product line as required in paragraph 37 of SFAS No. 131 or provide us with an analysis if your disclosure will be less than the six product lines currently discussed in your Business section. Capital Resources, Line of Credit and Long-Term Debt, Inventory and Maintenance Inventory 2. We note your response to our prior comment 5. Due to the significance of your allowance for inventory obsolescence related to maintenance and other inventory, we remind you that if you sell this inventory in future periods, your MD&A disclosure should reflect the impact the subsequent sales had on your gross margins and earnings. Note 11. Income Taxes 3. We note your response to prior comment 10 with regards to why you believe that it is more likely than not that your deferred tax asset would be recoverable at May 31, 2005. As previously requested, provide us with an analysis of all the positive and negative factors considered in making this assessment as outlined in paragraphs 20 through 25 of SFAS No. 109. We note your history of operating losses and a steady decline in net sales from 2002 to 2005, resulting in a decline of 30% in net sales over this period. Tayco Developments, Inc. "Developments" 4. In future filings, please consider disclosing, in your consolidation policy, your analysis that Developments does not meet the consolidation requirements of FIN 46R and therefore is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. * * * * Please respond to these comments within 10 business days, or tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please provide us with a supplemental response letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our review. Please file your supplemental response on EDGAR as a correspondence file. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your responses to our comments. If you have any questions regarding these comments, please direct them to Ryan Rohn, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551-3739 or, in his absence, to Melissa Rocha, Staff Accountant, at (202) 551- 3854, or to the undersigned at (202) 551-3255. Sincerely, Nili Shah Accounting Branch Chief ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Douglas P. Taylor Taylor Devices, Inc. March 3, 2006 Page 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-7010 DIVISION OF CORPORATION FINANCE -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----