TOTAL CARE AUTO, POWERED BY LANDCAR
Notes to Combined Financial Statements
For the Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
8. | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued) |
Notes receivable: Notes receivable with interest rates ranging from of 0.35% - 3.43% from an affiliated company of $91,680,000 and $39,755,061 were held by the Company as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 with accrued interest of $20,652 and $0, respectively.
On December 20, 2019, as part of adopting ASC 606 as described in Note 10, the Company entered into notes receivable agreements with its owners in the amount of $73,000,000 with an interest rate of 1.69% annually. The agreements call for annual principal and interest payments on January 1st of each year for four years. These notes were repaid in full during the year ended December 31, 2020.
On March 23, 2020, the Company signed a line of credit with an affiliated company to provide up to $20,000,000 in financing. The line of credit bears a fixed interest rate of the LIBOR daily floating rate plus 1% per year, interest payable monthly. The line of credit may be repaid at any time. As of December 31, 2020, the balance on the line of credit was $14,000,000 which is included in the $91,680,000 disclosed above.
Minimum payments due from the notes receivable above are as follows:
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Years ending December 31, 2021 | | $ | 22,000,000 | |
2022 | | | 18,000,000 | |
2023 | | | 6,648,000 | |
2024 | | | 27,000,000 | |
Thereafter | | | 18,032,000 | |
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Total | | $ | 91,680,000 | |
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Unearned premiums: Approximately 99% and 97% of the gross unearned premiums for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were from related party dealerships which amounts to $595,990,829 and $535,945,698, respectively.
Dividends: Upon approval of the board of directors, TCA paid dividends totaling $77,607,500 and $52,450,000 to their stockholders during the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Management fees: TCA pays a management fee to an affiliated company per contract sold for extended vehicle service, GAP, VTA, paintless dent repair, and appearance protection contracts. The management fee for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 totaled $1,732,558 and $1,420,011, respectively.
Service and licensing fee income: Effective January 1, 2020, the Company receives a management fee from an affiliated company on a monthly basis for maintenance and use of policy administration software. The management fee for the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $37,600,000.
Service and maintenance contract income: TCA had gross sales of extended vehicle service contracts and prepaid maintenance contracts in the amount of $174,519,203 and $167,764,647 and also paid gross commissions of $72,423,494 and $67,739,532 to related party dealerships for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
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