Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block] | 3. Franchise and related revenue The Company sells individual franchises. The franchise agreements typically require the franchisee to pay an initial, non-refundable fee prior to opening the respective location(s), and continuing royalty fees on a weekly basis based upon a percentage of franchisee net sales. The initial term of franchise agreements are typically 10 years. Subject to the Company’s approval, a franchisee may may no Under the terms of our franchise agreements, the Company typically promises to provide franchise rights, pre-opening services such as blueprints, operational materials, planning and functional training courses, and ongoing services, such as management of the marketing fund. The Company considers certain pre-opening activities and the franchise rights and related ongoing services to represent two two Royalty fees from franchised stores represent a 5% fee on net retail and wholesale sales of franchised units. Royalty revenues are recognized on an accrual basis using actual franchise receipts. Generally, franchisees report and remit royalties on a weekly basis. The majority of month-end receipts are recorded on an accrual basis based on actual numbers from reports received from franchisees shortly after the month-end. Estimates are utilized in certain instances where actual numbers have not 10 Royalty revenue is recognized during the respective franchise agreement based on the royalties earned each period as the underlying franchise store sales occur. There are two one Gift Card Breakage Revenue The Company sells gift cards to its customers in its retail stores and through its Corporate office. The Company’s gift cards do not not The liability is reduced when the gift cards are redeemed by a franchise. Although there are no Nontraditional and rebate revenue As part of the Company’s franchise agreements, the franchisee purchases products and supplies from designated vendors. The Company may may not Marketing Fund Franchise agreements require the franchisee to pay continuing marketing fees on a weekly basis, based on a percentage of franchisee sales. Marketing fees are not not no Disaggregation of Revenue The following table presents disaggregation of revenue from contracts with customers for the three nine August 31, 2021 August 31, 2020: For three months ended August 31, 2021 For three months ended August 31, 2020 For nine months ended August 31, 2021 For nine months ended August 31 2020 Revenue recognized at a point in time Sign Shop revenue $ 1,182 $ 970 $ 7,801 $ 2,116 Settlement revenue 4,200 6,078 99,508 8,214 Total revenue at a point in time 5,382 7,048 107,309 10,330 Revenue recognized over time Royalty revenue 454,814 375,282 1,222,200 1,001,112 Franchise fees 4,274 4,874 30,285 12,398 License fees 1,375 5,719 9,500 23,010 Gift card revenue 590 84 3,546 3,913 Nontraditional revenue 58,705 58,690 172,062 173,886 Marketing fund revenue 263,613 172,723 715,575 447,275 Total revenue over time 783,371 617,372 2,153,168 1,661,594 Grand total $ 788,753 $ 624,420 $ 2,260,477 $ 1,671,924 Contract balances The balance of contract liabilities includes franchise fees, license fees and vendor payments that have ongoing contract rights and the fees are being straight lined over the contract life. Contract liabilities also include marketing fund balances and gift card liability balances. August 31, 2021 November 30, 2020 Liabilities Contract liabilities - current $ 805,057 $ 599,965 Contract liabilities - long-term 117,164 97,798 Total Contract Liabilities $ 922,221 $ 697,763 For the Nine Months Ended August 31, 2021 Fiscal Year to Date November 30, 2020 Contract Liabilities at beginning of period $ 697,763 $ 702,834 Revenue Recognized during period (577,775 ) (780,940 ) Additions during period 802,233 775,869 Contracts at end of period $ 922,221 $ 697,763 Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations (franchise agreements and license fee agreement) for the year ended November 30: (a) 2021 $ 15,715 2022 $ 33,856 2023 $ 18,958 2024 $ 17,125 2025 $ 15,346 Thereafter $ 59,548 Total $ 160,548 (a) represents the estimate for the remainder of 2021 The Company has elected to apply certain practical expedients as defined in ASC 606 10 50 14 606 10 50 14A, one not |