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FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2013
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]
(9)           FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
The Financial Instruments Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification requires disclosure of fair value information about financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheet, for which it is practicable to estimate that value. The Topic excludes all nonfinancial instruments from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented do not represent the underlying value of the Company. The following methods and assumptions are used in estimating fair value disclosure for financial instruments.  The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and trade payables approximate fair value because of the short maturity of these financial instruments. Debt that bears variable interest rates indexed to prime or LIBOR also approximates fair value as it re-prices when market interest rates change.

The estimated fair value of the Company’s long-term, fixed-rate mortgage receivables was $34,000 and $35,000 at July 31, 2013 and April 30, 2013 and was the approximate carrying amount at those dates.  At July 31, 2013 and April 30, 2013, the estimated fair values of the Company’s long-term, fixed-rate notes payable were $16,496,000 and $17,000,000 compared with carrying amounts of $20,297,000 and $20,358,000.