2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

USE OF ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Trust’s operations are affected by numerous factors, including the economy, competition in the hotel industry and the effect of the economy on the travel and hospitality industries. The Trust cannot predict if any of the above items will have a significant impact in the future, nor can it predict what impact, if any, the occurrence of these or other events might have on the Trust’s operations and cash flows. Significant estimates and assumptions made by management include, but are not limited to, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets and estimates of future cash flows used to test a long-lived asset for recoverability and the fair values of the long-lived assets.

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND HOTEL PROPERTIES

Furniture, fixtures, building improvements and hotel properties are stated at cost and are depreciated using the straight-line method over estimated lives ranging up to 40 years for buildings and 3 to 10 years for furniture and equipment.

Management applies guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), codified in Accounting Standards Codification Topic 360-10-35 (“ASC 360-10-35”), to determine when it is required to test an asset for recoverability of its carrying value and whether an impairment exists. Under ASC 360-10-35, the Trust is required to test a long-lived asset for impairment when there is an indicator of impairment. Impairment indicators may include, but are not limited to, a drop in the performance of a long-lived asset, a decline in the hospitality industry or a decline in the economy. If an indicator of potential impairment is present, then an assessment is performed of whether the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated undiscounted future cash flows over its estimated remaining life.

If the estimated undiscounted future cash flows over the asset’s estimated remaining life are greater than the asset’s carrying value, no impairment is recognized; however, if the carrying value of the asset exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, then the Trust would recognize an impairment expense to the extent the asset’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, if any. The estimated future cash flows are based upon, among other things, assumptions about expected future operating performance, and may differ from actual cash flows. Long-lived assets evaluated for impairment are analyzed on a property-specific basis independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. Evaluation of future cash flows is based on historical experience and other factors, including certain economic conditions and committed future bookings. Management has determined that no impairment of long-lived assets exists during the Trust’s fiscal years ending January 31, 2015 and 2014.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The Trust considers all highly liquid short-term investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Trust believes it places its cash and cash equivalents only with high credit quality financial institutions, although these balances may periodically exceed federally insured limits.

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash consists of amounts held in reserve by lenders to fund capital improvements to the properties.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, “Revenue Recognition” summarizes the SEC’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. SAB No. 104 establishes the SEC’s view that it is not appropriate to recognize revenue until all of the following criteria are met: persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed or determinable; and collectability is reasonably assured. Further, SAB No. 104 requires that both title and the risks and rewards of ownership be transferred to the buyer before revenue can be recognized. We believe that our revenue recognition policies as described below are in compliance with SAB No. 104.

Revenues are primarily derived from the following sources and are recognized as services are rendered and when collectability is reasonably assured. Amounts received in advance of revenue recognition are considered deferred liabilities.

Revenues primarily consist of room rentals, food and beverage sales, management and trademark fees and other miscellaneous revenues from our properties. Revenues are recorded when rooms are occupied and when food and beverage sales are delivered. Management and trademark fees from hotels include a monthly accounting fee and a percentage of hotel room revenues for managing the daily operations of the Hotels and the three hotels owned by affiliates of Mr. Wirth. IBC Development revenues are recognized after services are rendered by the IBC member hotel.

We are required to collect certain taxes and fees from customers on behalf of government agencies and remit these back to the applicable governmental agencies on a periodic basis. We have a legal obligation to act as a collection agent. We do not retain these taxes and fees and, therefore, they are not included in revenues. We record a liability when the amounts are collected and relieve the liability when payments are made to the applicable taxing authority or other appropriate governmental agency.

Based on our policy, we believe that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the seller's price to the buyer is fixed or determinable, and the collectability of our revenues are reasonably assured.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Accounts receivable are carried at original amounts billed less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based on a review of outstanding amounts on a quarterly basis. Management generally records an allowance for doubtful accounts for 50% of balances over 90 days and 100% of balances over 120 days. Accounts receivable are written off when collection efforts have been exhausted and they are deemed uncollectible. Recoveries, if any, of receivables previously written off are recorded when received. The Trust does not charge interest on accounts receivable balances and these receivables are unsecured.

Fiscal Year	Balance at the Beginning of Year		Charged to Expense		Deductions			Balance at the End of Year
2014	$	34,415	$	5,061	$	(15,883	)	$	23,593
2015	$	23,593	$	112,332	$	(96,880	)	$	39,045

STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

We have an employee equity incentive plan, which is described more fully in Note 21 - “Share-Based Payments.” For fiscal year 2015 and 2014, the Trust has paid the annual fees due to its Trustees by issuing Shares of Beneficial Interest out of its authorized but unissued Shares of Beneficial Interest. Upon issuance, the Trust recognizes the shares as outstanding. The Trust recognizes expense related to the issuance based on the fair value of the shares upon the date of the restricted share grant and amortizes the expense equally over the period during which the shares vest to the Trustees.

During fiscal year 2015, the Trust granted restricted stock awards of 23,100 Shares to members of the Board of Trustees, all of which vested in fiscal year 2015 resulting in stock-based compensation of $36,666. During fiscal year 2014, the Trust granted restricted stock awards of 18,000 Shares to members of the Board of Trustees, all of which vested in fiscal year 2014 resulting in stock-based compensation of $30,960.

The following table summarizes restricted share activity during fiscal years 2015 and 2014.

	Restricted Shares
	Shares			Weighted-Average Per Share Grant Date Fair Value

Balance at January 31, 2013		-			-
Granted		18,000		$	1.72
Vested		(18,000	)	$	1.72
Forfeited		-			—
Balance of unvested awards at January 31, 2014		-		$	-

Granted		23,100		$	1.59
Vested		(23,100	)	$	1.59
Forfeited		-			-
Balance of unvested awards at January 31, 2015		-		$	-

TREASURY STOCK

Treasury stock is carried at cost, including any brokerage commissions paid to repurchase the shares. Any shares issued from treasury stock are removed at cost, with the difference between cost and fair value at the time of issuance recorded against shares of Beneficial Interest.

INCOME TAXES

The Trust is subject to federal and state corporate income taxes, and accounts for deferred taxes utilizing an asset and liability method whereby deferred tax assets are recognized for deductible temporary differences and deferred tax liabilities are recognized for taxable temporary differences. Temporary differences are the differences between the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and their tax bases. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when it is determined to be more likely than not that some portion, or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.

DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

In fiscal years 2015 and 2014, the Trust paid dividends of $0.01 per share in the fourth quarter of each year, or total dividends of $82,665 and $83,449, respectively. The Trust’s ability to pay dividends is largely dependent upon the operations of the Hotels.

NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

Non-controlling interest in the Trust represents the limited partners’ proportionate share of the capital and earnings of certain of our subsidiary entities. As of January 31, 2015, these non-controlling interests included an approximately 49% interest in an InnSuites hotel located in Tucson, Arizona, an approximately 48% interest in the InnSuites hotel located in Ontario, California, an approximately 49% interest in the InnSuites hotel located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and an approximately 26% interest in the InnSuites hotel located in Yuma, Arizona. Non-controlling interest is also represented by the Class A and Class B Partnership units discussed in Note 1, or an approximately 28% interest in the Partnership as of January 31, 2015.

Income or loss is allocated to the non-controlling interest based on a weighted average ownership percentage in the entities throughout the period, and capital is allocated based on the ownership percentage at year-end. Any difference between the weighted average and point-in-time allocations is presented as a reallocation of non-controlling interest as a component of shareholders’ equity.

(LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE

Basic and diluted (loss) income per Share of Beneficial Interest is computed based on the weighted-average number of Shares of Beneficial Interest and potentially dilutive securities outstanding during the period. Dilutive securities are limited to the Class A and Class B units of the Partnership, which are convertible into 3,684,069 Shares of the Beneficial Interest, as discussed in Note 1.

For the fiscal years ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, there were Class A and Class B Partnership units outstanding, which are convertible into Shares of Beneficial Interest of the Trust. Assuming conversion at the beginning of each period, the aggregate weighted-average of these Shares of Beneficial Interest would have been 3,684,069 and 3,693,972 in addition to the basic shares outstanding for fiscal years 2015 and 2014, respectively. These Shares of Beneficial Interest issuable upon conversion of the Class A and Class B Partnership units were anti-dilutive during both fiscal year 2015 and 2014 and are excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share for those years due to the Trust’s losses, and accordingly, no reconciliation is provided of basic earnings per share to diluted earnings per share.

ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

The Trust considers assets held for sale when management approves and commits to a formal plan to actively market a property or group of properties for sale and a signed sales contract and significant non-refundable deposit or contract break-up fee exists. Upon designation as an asset held for sale, the Trust records the carrying value of each property or group of properties at the lower of its carrying value or its estimated fair value, less estimated costs to sell, and we would cease the recognition of depreciation expense. Any gain realized in connection with the sale of a property for which the Trust has significant continued involvement (such as through a long-term management agreement) would be deferred and recognized over the initial term of the related agreement..

SEGMENT REPORTING

During the fourth quarter of 2014 management determined that its operations are comprised of two reportable segments, a Hotel Operating & Corporate segment that has ownership interest in five hotel properties with an aggregate of 843 suites in Arizona, southern California and New Mexico, and the IBC Developments segment serving 6,300 unrelated hotel properties. The Trust has a concentration of assets in the southwest United States, and the southern Arizona market. The Trust has restated the corresponding items of segment information for earlier periods to reflect the change in the IBC Developments review structure. On an overall basis, the Trust has elected to only put the costs directly attributable to the IBC Developments in that segment. Included in these costs are sales, marketing and technology development costs.

IBC Hotels, LLC (IBC Hotels), a wholly owned subsidiary of InnSuites Hospitality Trust, which has a network of approximately 6,300 properties it provides services to, was formed during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014. Operating results became significant during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2015. IBC Hotels charges a 10% booking fee which, we believe, increases the independent hotel profits. Competitors of IBC Hotels can charge anywhere from a 30% to 50% booking fee. InnDependent InnCentives, IBC’s loyalty program, allows hoteliers to benefit from guests who frequently stay at IBC independent hotels. We are planning significant expansion of IBC Hotels during the next couple of fiscal years as we concentrate our sales and marketing efforts towards consumers.

The Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”), the Trust’s CEO, Mr. Wirth

does not see any value in allocating costs for items not directly attributable to the IBC Developments segment for several reasons. The first is that the Trust’s base business is the Hotel Operations & Corporate segment, and the majority of the expenses of the Trust would continue even if the Trust was not in the reservation business. If the Trust were to allocate general expenses to the reservation business based on some allocation method (e.g. on sales), it would not improve the value of the segment reporting, it would only serve to make the Hotel Operations & Corporate business look better and give investors a false sense of the profitability of the Hotel Operations & Corporate business without the IBC Developments segment. The CODM wants to understand the true investment in the reservation business and that result is delivered by allocating only costs directly associated with the IBC Developments segment. By leaving the remainder of costs not associated with the IBC Developments segment in the Hotel Operations & Corporate segment, the Trust is able to compare the Hotel Operations & Corporate segment to historical figures where the bulk of the business was only that segment of operations to gauge relative efficiency of the Hotel Operations & Corporate operation vs. historical norms.

The Trust has chosen to focus its hotel investments in the southwest region of the United States. The CODM does not review assets by geographical region, therefore no income statement or balance sheet information by geographical region is provided.

ADVERTISING COSTS

Amounts incurred for advertising costs are expensed as incurred. Advertising expense totaled approximately $588,000 and $624,000 for the years ended January 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

For disclosure purposes, fair value is determined by using available market information and appropriate valuation methodologies. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. The fair value framework specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques, which is based on whether the inputs into the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. The fair value hierarchy levels are as follows:

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Level 1 – Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are unadjusted quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured;

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Level 2 – Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and / or quoted prices for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured from markets that are not active. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are level 2 valuation techniques.

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Level 3 – Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect a company’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.

The Trust has no assets or liabilities that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis and had no fair value re-measurements during the years ended January 31, 2015 and 2014. The Trust’s financial instruments utilize level 3 inputs in the determination of fair value and consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, advances to related parties and debt.

Due to their short maturities, the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximates fair value. The fair value of mortgage notes payable, notes payable to banks and notes and advances payable to related parties is estimated by using the current rates which would be available for similar loans having the same remaining maturities and are based on level 3 inputs. See Note 18 – “Fair Value of Financial Instruments.”