# ASC 235-972-50: Notes to Financial Statements — Real Estate—Common Interest Realty Associations — 50 Disclosure

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## ASC 235-972-50: 50 Disclosure

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##### [235-972-50-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/235/972/#235-972-50-1)

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In addition to disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for other entities, the notes to a [common interest realty association's](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#common-interest-realty-association "An association, also known as a community association, responsible for the governance of the common interest community, for which it was established to serve. A common interest realty association is generally funded by its members via periodic assessments by the common interest realty association so that it can perform its duties, which include management services and maintenance, repair, and replacement of the common property, among other duties established in the governing documents and by state statute.") financial statements shall also include disclosures about all of the following:

1.  a
    
    The common interest realty association's legal form (corporation or [association](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#association "An organization of unit owners responsible for the operation, administration, and management of the common property. Generally, a not-for-profit corporation with membership of all owners.")) and that of the entity for which it provides services (for example, [condominium](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#condominium "A form of ownership of real property that combines exclusive ownership of a defined space and an undivided interest in the common elements. (Also referred to as a condo.) A common interest realty association is not a condominium unless the undivided interests in the common elements are vested in the unit owners."), [homeowners association](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/h/#homeowners-association "See Association."), cooperative), areas it controls, and the number of units. (In place of the number of units, [cooperative housing corporations](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#cooperative-housing-corporation "Also referred to as a coop, a cooperative housing corporation is an entity established as a corporation that owns the real estate, usually a multi-unit dwelling, and all improvements on it and is responsible for its maintenance and payment of debt service. Ownership in the corporation is evidenced by shares of stock owned by tenant-shareholders who are entitled to occupy a unit under a proprietary lease. The individual ownership interests in most cooperatives are structured as personal property interests, but some are structured as real property interests.") may disclose the number of shares and time-share associations may disclose the number of weeks.)
    
2.  b
    
    Services (such as maintenance) and subsidies provided by the developer
    
3.  c
    
    The number of units (shares for cooperative housing corporations and weeks for time-share associations) owned by the developer
    
4.  d
    
    The proposed use for funds collected in special assessments
    
5.  e
    
    Assessments that were used for purposes other than those for which they were designated.

#### Future Major Repairs and Replacements

##### [235-972-50-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/235/972/#235-972-50-2)

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A common interest realty association shall disclose information in its notes to financial statements about its funding for future major repairs and replacements. Disclosures about such funding shall include all of the following:

1.  a
    
    Requirements, if any, in statutes or the common interest realty association's documents (or mortgage or governmental bodies funding requirements, for example, Federal Housing Administration often has such requirements) to accumulate funds for future major repairs and replacements and the common interest realty association's compliance or lack of compliance with them
    
2.  b
    
    A description of the common interest realty association's funding policy, if any, and compliance with that policy
    
3.  c
    
    A statement that funds, if any, are being accumulated based on estimated future (or current) costs, that actual expenditures may vary from these estimates, and that the variations may be material
    
4.  d
    
    Amounts assessed for major repairs and replacements in the current period, if any
    
5.  e
    
    A statement indicating whether a study was conducted to estimate the remaining useful lives of [common property](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/c/#common-property "A common interest realty association's real or personal property to which title or other evidence of ownership is held by either: Individual members in common The common interest realty association directly.") components and the costs of future major repairs and replacements.
    

Common interest realty associations that fund future major repairs and replacements by special assessments or borrowings when needs occur shall disclose that information.

#### Required Supplementary Information

##### [235-972-50-3](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/235/972/#235-972-50-3)

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Common interest realty associations shall disclose the following as unaudited supplementary information:

1.  a
    
    Estimates of current or future costs of future major repairs and replacements of all existing components, such as roofs, including estimated amounts required, methods used to determine the costs, the basis for calculations (including assumptions, if any, about interest and inflation rates), sources used, and the dates of studies, made for this purpose, if any. There is no requirement for common interest realty associations to obtain studies prepared by professional engineers. The estimates may be made by the board of directors or estimates obtained from licensed contractors.
    
2.  b
    
    A presentation of components to be repaired and replaced, estimates of the remaining useful lives of those components, estimates of current or future replacement costs, and amounts of funds accumulated for each to the extent designated by the board.
