opportunistically leased completed homes. Depreciation associated with owned real estate leased or intended to be leased was $29,000 and $48,000 for the three and six months ended October 31, 2023 and there was no such depreciation for the three and six months ended October 31, 2022.
| ● | From April 30, 2023 to October 31, 2023: |
| o | The change in other assets was primarily due to a decrease in prepaid expenses related to the termination of a land development cash collateralized performance guaranty. |
| o | The change in deferred income taxes, net was primarily due to the income tax effect of the amount of income before income taxes during the year. |
| o | The change in prepaid pension costs was primarily due to the funding levels of the Company’s frozen defined benefit pension plan. The Company recorded no other comprehensive income for the three and six months ended October 31, 2023. The Company recorded, net of tax, other comprehensive income of $77,000 and $143,000 for the three and six months ended October 31, 2022 reflecting the change in accrued pension costs during each period net of the related deferred tax and unrecognized prepaid pension amounts. |
| o | The change in accounts payable and accrued expenses was primarily due to the payment of invoices and a decrease in accrued property taxes. |
| o | The change in taxes receivable (payable), net was primarily due to the payment of taxes and the accrual of state income taxes payable related to the amount of income before income taxes for the six months ended October 31, 2023. |
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. As of October 31, 2023 and October 31, 2022, the Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K).
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. Refer to Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements contained in the 2023 Form 10-K for a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements.
Statement of Forward-Looking Information
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company and its representatives may from time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking”, including statements contained in this report and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, reports to the Company’s shareholders and news releases. All statements that express expectations, estimates, forecasts or projections are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In addition, other written or oral statements, which constitute forward-looking statements, may be made by or on behalf of the Company. Words such as “expects”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “seeks”, “estimates”, “projects”, “forecasts”, “may”, “should”, variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and contingencies that are difficult to predict. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference, the date of that document. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or any person acting on behalf of the Company are qualified by the cautionary statements in this section. Many of the factors that will determine the Company’s future results are beyond the ability of management to control or predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in or suggested by such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements contained in this report include, but are not limited to, statements regarding (1) the Company’s ability to finance its future working capital, land development, acquisition of land, homebuilding, commercial projects, general and administrative expenses and capital expenditure needs, (2) the Company’s expected liquidity sources, including the availability of bank financing for projects and the utilization of existing bank financing, (3) the conditions resulting in homebuyer affordability challenges persisting through 2024, (4) the amount of developed residential revenues in the Company’s land development business segment during the remainder of 2024, (5) the backlog of homes under contract and in production, the dollar amount of expected sale revenues when such homes are closed and homes and buildings leased or intended to be leased to third parties, (6) the timing of recognizing unrecognized compensation expense related to shares of common stock issued under the AMREP Corporation 2016 Equity