NOTE 15 - ACCOUNT PAYABLE
As of June 30, 2021, and December 31, 2020, the balances of accounts payable were $17,205,345 and $20,448,001 respectively. The balance of accounts payable as of June 30, 2021 included unpaid development fee of Linyi project of $2,021,108 and HATX project of $ 13,896,763. The remaining balance was due to agents of the operating business.
NOTE 16 – AMOUNT DUE TO AFFILIATES
As of June 30, 2021, the amount due to Shanghai Shengji (“SHSJ”), a shareholder of HATX, was $31,829,416 and JXSY was $544,194, was an intercompany transfer for day-to-day operations.
NOTE 17 – CUSTOMER DEPOSITS
Customer deposits consisted of the sales from real estate development project (the Linyi project and the HATX project) which cannot be recognized as revenue at the accounting period and deposits received for rental.
The Linyi project started pre-sales in November 2013 and in 2019, the Project recognized its revenue along with customer deposit; as of June 30, 2021, the pre-sales amounted to $20,856,757. The HATX project started pre-sales in December 2019; as of June 30, 2021 the pre-sales amounted to $138,972,330.
NOTE 18 – INCOME TAX PAYABLE
The 2017 Tax Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. Due to the complexities involved in the accounting for the 2017 Tax Act, the SEC issued SAB 118, which provides guidance on the application of US GAAP for income taxes in the period of enactment. SAB 118 requires companies to include in their financial statements a reasonable estimate of the impact of the 2017 Tax Act, to the extent such an estimate has been determined. As a result, our financial results reflect the income tax effects of the 2017 Tax Act for which the accounting is complete, as well as provisional amounts for those impacts for which the accounting is incomplete but a reasonable estimate could be determined.
NOTE 19 – DEFERRED GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
Deferred government subsidy consists of the cash subsidy provided by the local government.
Government subsidy was received in 2012, and as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company’s deferred government subsidy amounted to $5,129,837 and $5,079,835, respectively. The subsidy is given to reimburse the land acquisition costs and certain construction costs incurred for the Company’s property development project and is repayable if the Company fails to complete the subsidized property development project before the agreed date. The entire government subsidy is deferred and included as deferred government subsidy in consolidated balance sheets.
NOTE 20 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Operating Lease Commitments
The Company leases certain of its office properties under non-cancellable operating lease arrangements. Payments under operating leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the periods of their respective terms, and the terms of the leases do not contain rent escalation, or contingent rent, renewal, or purchase options. There are no restrictions placed upon the Company by entering into these leases. Rental expenses under operating leases for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 were $28,288 and $18,165, respectively.