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The interest holder is also assigned a specific unit if the undivided interest is in the entire improved property.\"><span>Time-Sharing</span></a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-06/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class=\"entry\">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"><strong class=\"ph b\">Undivided Interest</strong> (2nd def.)</td><td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-06/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06</a></td><td class=\"entry\">03/14/2014</td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"></td><td class=\"entry\"></td><td class=\"entry\"></td><td class=\"entry\"></td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/asc/976/10/#976-10-05-1\" class=\"xref\">976-10-05-1</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2016-02/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02</a></td><td class=\"entry\">02/25/2016</td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/asc/976/10/#976-10-05-1\" class=\"xref\">976-10-05-1</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-09/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class=\"entry\">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/asc/976/10/#976-10-05-2\" class=\"xref\">976-10-05-2</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Amended</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-09/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class=\"entry\">05/28/2014</td></tr><tr><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/asc/976/10/#976-10-15-2\" class=\"xref\">976-10-15-2</a></td><td class=\"entry\">Superseded</td><td class=\"entry\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-09/\" class=\"xref\">Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a></td><td class=\"entry\">05/28/2014</td></tr></table></div></div>","snippet":"The following table identifies the changes made to this Subtopic.\nParagraph | Action | Accounting Standards Update | Date |\n| | | |\nTime-Sharing | Amended | Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-06 | 03/14/2014 |\nUndivide…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:26a51945a774ee65ca96146591de7cff9729410ff1e1e6c2ab8d0272d71f1615","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482734","source_sha256":"6d2871191fb1229fd9f6b94db135ae7f7b33f5eb941bd1e10f4295163c69ec2d"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:0e478d9bcabaa4617457d525b7d238e0b5c0393158306f05e6651cb15b219956","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482734","source_sha256":"6d2871191fb1229fd9f6b94db135ae7f7b33f5eb941bd1e10f4295163c69ec2d"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:185b25be1df82ded97dd1c3886205474d201192c7eb27566c3f2c829b9686748","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:50.000Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482734","source_sha256":"6d2871191fb1229fd9f6b94db135ae7f7b33f5eb941bd1e10f4295163c69ec2d"}},{"number":"05","label":"05 Overview and Background","anchor":"05-overview-and-background","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":null,"paragraphs":[{"citation":"976-10-05-1","para":"05-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The Codification contains several Topics for real estate due to the differing accounting treatment for various real estate subindustries. 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The sales are characterized by very small down payments and a sales contract or buyer's note for the balance of the purchase price. This Topic includes the following Subtopics:<ol class=\"ol-norm\"><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">a</span><div class=\"p\">Overall</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">b</span><div class=\"p\">Receivables</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">c</span><div class=\"p\">Inventory</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">d</span><div class=\"p\"><a href=\"/updates/asu-2014-09/\" class=\"xref\">Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09</a>.</div></li><li class=\"li-norm\"><span class=\"linum\">e</span><div class=\"p\">Cost of Sales and Services.</div></li></ol></div> </div>","snippet":"The Real Estate—Retail Land Topic addresses the unique accounting and reporting issues for retail land sales that are sales, on a volume basis, of lots that are subdivisions of large tracts of land. The sales are charact…","pending":false,"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:7ee935e315c2d9ae8d6fc8a43d0e5993d13cf6a0714ba089660447749a62cebf","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482709","source_sha256":"44f2522ddb446c4dd050f3d874a4f197e8b6f35d88ba22712ac8b308a0e9c23f"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:0e148300fc0d9c9a56fb074f90d33da64e2bc7a0b6b9050054061cc6c781a4a4","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482709","source_sha256":"44f2522ddb446c4dd050f3d874a4f197e8b6f35d88ba22712ac8b308a0e9c23f"}}],"provenance":{"source_url":"https://asc.fasb.org/","snapshot_version":"sha256:15aea8165dff9f5ae47d9484f8470588b13b307f56e1d50801bf4d85ec190e3f","record_version":"sha256:74125fa59adca2a0047a2f88c3b8341d99018b802248b12ae125e41fff826934","downloaded_from":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","last_downloaded_at":"2026-09-10T02:26:53.549Z","date_scope":"source_page","effective_as_of":null,"effective_as_of_status":"Not established by retrieval timestamps","source_key":"1943274/2147482709","source_sha256":"44f2522ddb446c4dd050f3d874a4f197e8b6f35d88ba22712ac8b308a0e9c23f"}},{"number":"15","label":"15 Scope and Scope Exceptions","anchor":"15-scope-and-scope-exceptions","is_sec":false,"groups":[{"block":null,"heading":"Overall Guidance","paragraphs":[{"citation":"976-10-15-1","para":"15-1","html":"<div class=\"asc-body\"><div class=\"norm-text\">The Subtopics within the Real Estate—Retail Land Topic only provide incremental industry-specific guidance for the entities defined in this Scope Section, or as further defined in the Scope Sections of the individual Subtopics. 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Such sales are characterized by down payments so small that local banks and savings and loan institutions would not loan money on the property at market rates or purchase the buyer's note for the remaining purchase price without a substantial discount. The seller is unable to enforce the sales contract or the buyer's note against the buyer's general credit. If the buyer cancels the contract within an established cancellation period, its money is refunded. Defaults by the buyer after the cancellation period result in recovery of the land by the seller and forfeiture of at least some principal payments made by the buyer. </span></span><span class=\"sfragment\" id=\"sfr_2E0B7EF1-6E94-1014-A13F-6E4B94C84136\"><span class=\"sfragment-source\">Federal and state laws may affect the amount that can be retained by the seller. </span></span></div></div>","snippet":"This Topic provides guidance for all entities that sell, on a volume basis, lots that are subdivisions of large tracts of land. 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Forms of time-sharing arrangements include but are not limited to fixed and floating time, interval ownership, undivided interests, points programs, vacation clubs, right-to-use arrangements such as tenancy-for-years arrangements, and arrangements involving special-purpose entities. In this context, an undivided interest is a time-sharing arrangement that involves a tenant-in-common interest in a condominium unit or entire improved property, and in which the interest holder is assigned a specific period (generally, a specific week). 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