Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] | 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Principles of Consolidation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Collectors Universe, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. At June 30, 2016, such operating subsidiaries were Certified Asset Exchange, Inc. (CAE), Collectors Universe (Hong Kong) Limited, Collectors Universe (Shanghai) Limited, and Expos Unlimited, LLC. (Expos), all of which are ultimately 100% owned by Collectors Universe, Inc. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Reclassification Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. See Recent Accounting Pronouncements which discuss the reclassification of certain deferred tax assets classified as current assets at June 30, 2015 to long-term deferred tax assets at June 30, 2015 to conform to the 2016 presentation. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results from continuing operations could differ from results expected on the basis of those estimates, and such differences could be material to our future results of operations and financial condition. Examples of such estimates that could be material include determinations made with respect to the capitalization and recovery of software development costs, the valuation of stock-based compensation awards and the timing of related stock-based compensation expense, the valuation of coin inventory, the amount and assessment of goodwill for impairment, the sufficiency of warranty reserves, the provisions or benefit for income taxes and related valuation allowances and adjustment to the fair value of our remaining lease obligations for our discontinued jewelry businesses. Cash and Cash Equivalents We consider all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash and cash equivalents. At June 30, 2016, substantially all of our cash was deposited at two FDIC insured financial institutions. Those deposits exceeded the banks’ FDIC insured deposit limits of approximately $9,800,000 at June 30, 2016. Cash in overseas bank accounts was approximately $1,249,000 at June 30, 2016. Concentrations Credit Risks. Cash Balances. Accounts Receivable. Customers. Suppliers Fair Value of Financial Instruments The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their estimated fair values due to the short-term nature of such instruments. Inventories Our inventories consist primarily of (i) collectible coin inventories, and (ii) consumable supplies that we use in our authentication and grading businesses. Collectible coin inventories are recorded at estimated market value using the specific identification method. Consumable supplies are recorded at the lower of cost (using the first-in, first-out method) or market. Inventories are periodically reviewed to identify slow-moving items, and an allowance for inventory loss is recognized, as necessary. The allowance for inventory losses was $739,000 and $613,000 at June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. It is possible that our estimates of market value could change in the near term due to market conditions in the various collectibles markets served by the Company, which could require us to increase that allowance. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation and amortization are provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives ranging from three to five years. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the estimated useful lives of the improvements or the term of the related lease. Coin reference sets are non-depreciable assets. Repair and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets The Company evaluates the carrying value of its goodwill and certain indefinite-lived intangible assets at least annually for impairment, or more frequently if facts and circumstances indicate that impairment may have occurred. Management formally evaluates the carrying value of its goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment on the anniversary date of each of the acquisitions that gave rise to the recording of such assets or more frequently if a triggering event has occurred. We considered qualitative factors as part of the formal evaluation of the carrying value of goodwill. If qualitative factors are not applicable and the carrying value of a “reporting unit,” defined as an operating segment of an entity that contains goodwill, is determined to be less than the fair value of the reporting unit, there exists the possibility of impairment of goodwill. An impairment loss of goodwill is measured in two steps by first allocating the current fair value of the reporting unit to net assets and liabilities, including recorded and unrecorded other intangible assets to determine the implied carrying value of goodwill. The next step is to measure the difference between the carrying value of goodwill and the implied fair value of goodwill, and, if the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the carrying value of goodwill, we would record an impairment loss of goodwill calculated as the difference between the implied and carrying values on the Consolidated Statements of Operations in the period in which the impairment is determined. No goodwill impairment was recorded in the three years ended June 30, 2016. Capitalized Software Software development costs are capitalized as part of intangible assets and amortized on a straight-line basis over its useful life of three years. Through June 30, 2016 and 2015, we had capitalized approximately $4,281,000 and $3,529,000 respectively, as capitalized software and recognized related accumulated amortization of $3,261,000 and $2,989,000. During fiscal years 2016, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded amortization expense for capitalized software of approximately $272,000, $122,000 and $115,000, respectively. Planning, training, support and maintenance costs incurred either prior to or following the implementation phase of a project are recognized as expense in the period in which they occur. Management evaluates the carrying value of capitalized software to determine if the carrying value is impaired, and, if necessary, an impairment loss is recorded in the period in which the impairment is determined to have occurred. Long-Lived Assets The Company regularly reviews property and equipment and other long-lived assets, including certain identifiable intangibles, for possible impairment. This review occurs annually, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable in full. If there is an indication of impairment to property, equipment or definite lived intangible assets, then management prepares an estimate of future undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use of that asset and its eventual disposition. If these cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the asset, an impairment loss would be recognized to write-down the asset to its estimated fair value. Fair value is estimated using the present value of the future cash flows discounted at a rate commensurate with management’s estimate of the business risks. As a result of the impairment of the Expos tradename recorded at June 30, 2011, the tradename was determined to have a finite life and effective July 1, 2011; the tradename is being amortized over a period of 10 years. No impairment loss was recorded in 2014 to 2016. Revenue Recognition We record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the customer, net of any taxes collected. Due to the insignificant delay between the completion of our authentication and grading services and the shipment of the collectible or high-value asset back to the customer, the time of shipment corresponds to the completion of our services. We recognize revenue for the sale of special coin inserts at the time the customer takes legal title to the insert. Many of our authentication and grading customers prepay our authentication and grading fees when they submit their collectibles to us for authentication and grading. We record those prepayments as deferred revenue until the collectibles have been authenticated and graded and shipped back to them. At that time, we record the revenues from the authentication and grading services we have performed for the customer and deduct this amount from deferred revenue. For certain dealers to whom we extend open account privileges, we record revenue at the time of shipment of the authenticated and graded collectible to the dealer. With respect to our Expos trade show business, we recognize revenue in the periods in which the shows take place. A portion of our net revenues are comprised of subscription fees paid by customers for annual memberships in our Collectors Club. Those membership subscription fees entitle members to access our on-line and printed publications and, in some cases, to receive vouchers for free grading services during the membership period. We recognize revenue attributed to the free grading vouchers on a specific basis, and classify those revenues as part of authentication and grading fees. The balance of the membership fees is recognized over the life of the membership. We recognize revenues from coin sales when they are shipped to customers. Coin sales consist primarily of sales of collectible coins that we have purchased pursuant to our coin authentication and grading warranty program. However, those sales are not considered an integral part of the Company’s ongoing revenue generating activities. Shipping and Handling Costs Shipping and handling costs incurred to return to our customers their collectibles property submitted to us for grading or authentication are recorded as costs of revenues, net of amounts received from such customers. Warranty Costs We offer a warranty covering the coins and trading cards that we authenticate and grade. Under the warranty, if any coin or trading card that was previously authenticated and graded by us is later submitted to us for re-grading and either (i) receives a lower grade upon that re-submittal or (ii) is determined not to have been authentic, we will offer to purchase the collectible, or, in the alternative, at the customer’s option, pay the difference in value of the item at its original grade, as compared with its lower grade. However, this warranty is voided if the collectible, upon re-submittal to us, is not in the same tamper-resistant holder in which it was placed at the time we last graded it, or there is evidence that the holder was tampered with. We accrue for estimated warranty costs based on historical trends and related experience. We monitor the adequacy of our warranty reserves on an ongoing basis. Effective July 1, 2014, the Company reduced its warranty accrual rate on coins and cards based on a review of the overall level of warranty reserves and trends in warranty payments over an extended period of time. In the third quarter fiscal 2016, the Company performed a detailed analysis of our coin warranty payments and related reserve requirements made possible by improved operational systems, which enabled us to better match warranty payments to the periods in which the coins were originally authenticated and graded by us. We concluded that, although there is no time limitation on our warranty obligation, the majority of our warranty claims arise within five years of the coin being authenticated and graded by us. Therefore, we deemed it appropriate to reduce our warranty reserve, which resulted in a warranty credit of $145,000 in fiscal 2016 as compared to a warranty expense of $535,000 in fiscal 2015. Significant claims for coins and trading cards, resulting from resubmissions receiving lower grades, or deemed not to be authentic, could result in a material adverse effect on our results of operations (see Note 8 below). Advertising Costs Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to approximately $725,000, $401,000 and $394,000 in the fiscal years ended June 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Income Taxes Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recorded for the future consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Measurement of the deferred tax items is based on enacted tax laws. In the event the future consequences of differences between financial reporting bases and tax bases of the Company’s assets or liabilities result in a deferred tax asset, we evaluate the probability of realizing the future benefits comprising that asset and record a valuation allowance if considered necessary. Accounting standards prescribe a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of the positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. A "more likely than not" tax position is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than fifty percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement, or else a full reserve is established against the tax asset or a liability is recorded. Interest and penalties accrued on uncertain tax positions are recorded in income tax expense. See Recent Accounting Pronouncements Foreign Currency Stock-Based Compensation Stock-based compensation expense is measured at the grant date fair value of an equity-incentive award, and is recognized as expense over the employee or non-employee director’s requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the award. However, if the vesting of a stock-based compensation award is subject to satisfaction of a performance requirement or condition, the stock-based compensation expense is recognized if, and when, management determines that the achievement of the performance requirement or condition (and therefore the vesting of the award) has become probable. If stock-based compensation is recognized due to a determination that a performance condition is probable, and it is subsequently determined that the performance condition was not met in the expected vesting period, then if the shares can vest in future periods, management will refine the period over which the remaining expense would be recognized. If the shares ultimately fail to vest, or management concludes that it is not probable the share will vest, then all expense previously recognized with respect to the performance condition would be reversed. We recognized stock-based compensation expense for service-based stock option awards, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. No stock options were granted in fiscal years 2014 through 2016 and all options previously granted had become fully vested and had been fully expensed by June 30, 2012. Net Income Per Share Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the periods presented. Diluted net income per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period presented assuming the exercise of all outstanding stock options and other dilutive securities. However, options with exercise prices that exceeded the average market price of the Company’s common shares for the period for which the calculation of diluted net income per share was made, were disregarded because they are non-dilutive in their effect. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income (loss) per common share (in thousands except per share data): Year Ended June 30, 2016 2015 2014 Income from continuing operations $ 7,599 $ 7,384 $ 7,434 Income (loss) from discontinued operations (net of income taxes) 41 17 (75 ) Net income $ 7,640 $ 7,401 $ 7,359 Net income per basic share: From continuing operations $ 0.90 $ 0.88 $ 0.91 From discontinued operations (net of income taxes) - 0.01 (0.01 ) Net income per share $ 0.90 $ 0.89 $ 0.90 Net income per diluted share: From continuing operations $ 0.89 $ 0.87 $ 0.90 From discontinued operations (net of income taxes) - - (0.01 ) Net income per share $ 0.89 $ 0.87 $ 0.89 Weighted-average shares outstanding: Basic 8,445 8,345 8,167 Effect of dilutive shares 100 173 80 Diluted 8,545 8,518 8,247 Options to purchase shares of common stock and unvested restricted shares of common stock totaling 57,000 for the year ended June 30, 2014, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted income per share, as they would have been anti-dilutive. At June 30, 2016, there were no outstanding options to purchase shares of common stock. In addition, approximately 267,000, 263,000 and 393,000 performance-based restricted shares were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the years ended June 30, 2016, 2015, 2014, respectively because we had not reached the Performance Goals for those shares at June 30, 2016. Comprehensive Income The Company does not have any items of other comprehensive income requiring separate disclosure. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-09, on Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The updated guidance modifies the guidance companies use to recognize revenue from contracts with customers for transfers of goods or services and transfers of nonfinancial assets, unless those contracts are within the scope of other standards. The guidance also requires new qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including information about contract balances and performance obligations. In July 2015, the FASB approved a one year deferral of the effective date. Accordingly, the update is effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2019 with retrospective application to prior periods presented or as a cumulative effect adjustment in the period of adoption. Early adoption is permitted in the first quarter of 2018. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)." This new guidance provides additional implementation guidance on how an entity should identify the unit of accounting for the principal versus agent evaluations. In May 2016, the FASB issued 2016 ASU 2016-12, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients." This new ASU provides more specific guidance on certain aspects of Topic 606. We are currently evaluating the impact these updates will have on our consolidated financial statements. In September 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-16, on Business Combinations and Simplifying the Accounting for measurement-period adjustments. Under this guidance an acquirer is required to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The guidance requires that the acquirer record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. In addition, the guidance requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes, the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 and interim periods thereafter. In November 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2015-17, on Income Taxes and the Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. Under this updated guidance, deferred tax assets and liabilities are required to be classified as noncurrent asset or liabilities in the Company’s balance sheet. The guidance is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company implemented this guidance at June 30, 2016 and retrospectively restated its comparable balance sheet at June 30, 2015. Deferred tax assets of $1,599,000 classified as part of current assets at June 30, 2015 were reclassified to noncurrent deferred tax assets, such that noncurrent deferred tax assets increased from $1,945,000 to $3,544,000 June 30, 2015. There was no change to total assets at June 30, 2015 arising from this guidance. In February 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 on Accounting for Leases. The core principle of this guidance is that a lessee should recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases. A lessee should recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. If a lessee makes this election, it should recognize lease expense for such leases generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The adoption of this guidance is expected have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statement and related disclosures. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. In March 2016, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 Compensation–Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. Under this updated guidance all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies, should be recognized as income tax expense or benefit in the income statement. The tax effects of exercised or vested awards should be treated as discrete items in the reporting period in which they occur. An entity should recognize excess tax benefits regardless of whether the benefit reduces taxes payable in the current period. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 5, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. |