For-profit HUD projects are given the opportunity two times a year to distribute surplus cash to the owners involved in the property. These biannual distributions always depend on calculating the property’s surplus cash and must be in correspondence to the guidelines established in the HUD regulatory agreement.
If you’re like many affordable housing property owners or managers, you’re likely swimming in paperwork and files, desperate for decluttering. While there are many documents you can dispose of, there are many that are critical to your property’s compliance and legal obligations.
A new accounting standards update (ASU) requires all entities that produce financial statements to make a few changes to their classification and disclosures of restricted cash. These changes have multiple effects on not-for-profits and affordable housing properties, including HUD projects.
Balancing your daily responsibilities and answering an auditor’s request list can be competing interests, but gathering those documents as early as possible will save you and your organization time and hassle during the audit.
Though it can be a nerve-wracking discovery, missing a HAP check doesn’t doom your property. Notify HUD and take action to make sure your property stays financially stable during this temporary lull in revenue.
Calculating surplus cash without an experienced accountant can be tricky and downright dangerous. If you do the calculation early, however, our accountants will be happy to review, re-calculate, and make suggestions where needed so you take home the right amount of surplus cash.
HUD loans finance many non-profit-seeking properties across the country, all of which are dedicated to the mission of providing safe, affordable housing for members of at-risk communities. The agreements drawn up for non-profit HUD properties include the calculation of surplus cash, which may sound like cash that can be used to upgrade the property’s facilities,…
As of December 31, 2017, partners who sell more than 50% of their interest in a 12-month period no longer have to file a technical termination. This simplifies the tax filing process throughout the year, but organizations should keep their tax preparer informed of these changes so they have up-to-date information for next year’s return.