Nature of Operations [Text Block] | NOTE 1. NATURE OF OPERATIONS, HISTORY AND PRESENTATION Nature of Operations General Cannabis Corp, a Colorado Corporation (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or “GCC”) (formerly, Advanced Cannabis Solutions, Inc.), was incorporated on June 3, 2013, and provides services and products to the regulated cannabis industry. On April 28, 2015, our common stock was uplisted and on May 6, 2015, resumed quotation on the OTC Market’s OTCQB. Our operations are segregated into the following four segments: Security and Cash Transportation Services (“Security Segment”) We provide advanced security, including on-site professionals and cash transport, to licensed cannabis cultivators and retail shops, under the business name IPG, and security services to non-cannabis customers in the hospitality business, such as hotels, under the business name Mile High Protection Services (“MHPS”). The drop in wholesale prices in Colorado has negatively impacted security services in Colorado, as grow facilities and retailers seek cheaper alternatives or curtail services. We acquired Mile High in order to expand our Colorado security business into the non-cannabis space, as we believe that market provides an opportunity for growth. We have opened an IPG office in California, which recently legalized recreational cannabis in addition to previously legal medical marijuana. In states that have recently legalized cannabis, whether medical, recreational or both, license applications require a security plan and, if approved, implementation of that security plan. Accordingly, we are assessing the opportunity to expand our security consulting business to assist companies with their application process and the subsequent implementation of compliant security services. Marketing Consulting and Apparel (“Marketing Segment”) Chiefton’s apparel business, Chiefton Supply, strives to create innovative, unique t-shirts, hats, hoodies and accessories. Our apparel is sold through our on-line shop, cannabis retailers, and specialty t-shirt and gift shops. We are pursuing relationships with national apparel retailers and distributors, as well as expanding our offerings nationwide within the cannabis industry. Chiefton Design provides design, branding and marketing strategy consulting services to the cannabis industry. We assist clients in developing a comprehensive marketing strategy, as well as designing and sourcing client-specific apparel and products. We now have the capacity of a full service marketing agency. Chiefton Design also supports our other segments with marketing designs and apparel. Operations Consulting and Products (“Operations Segment”) Through Next Big Crop (“NBC”), we deliver comprehensive consulting services to the cannabis industry that include obtaining licenses, compliance, cultivation, retail operations, logistical support, facility design and construction, and expansion of existing operations. Our business plan for NBC correlates to future growth of the regulated cannabis market in the United States. NBC oversees our wholesale equipment and supply business, operated under the name “GC Supply,” which provides turnkey sourcing and stocking services to cultivation, retail and infused products manufacturing facilities. Our products include infrastructure, equipment, consumables and compliance packaging. Finance and Real Estate (“Finance Segment”) Real Estate Leasing Until December 29, 2017, we owned a cultivation property in a suburb of Pueblo, Colorado, consisting of approximately three acres of land, which currently includes a 5,000 square foot steel building and a parking lot. The property is zoned for cultivating cannabis and is leased to a medical cannabis grower until December 31, 2022. On December 19, 2017, the Company entered into an agreement to sell this property for $625,000 in cash, which closed on December 29, 2017. Our real estate leasing business plan includes the potential future acquisition and leasing of cultivation space and related facilities to licensed marijuana growers and dispensary owners for their operations. Management anticipates that these facilities would range in size from 5,000 to 50,000 square feet. These facilities would only be leased to tenants that possess the requisite state licenses to operate cultivation facilities. The leases with the tenants would include certain requirements that permit us to continually evaluate our tenants’ compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Shared Office Space, Networking and Event Services In October 2014, we purchased a former retail bank located at 6565 East Evans Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80224, which has been branded as “The Greenhouse.” The building is a 16,056 square foot facility, which we use as our corporate headquarters. The Greenhouse has approximately 10,000 square feet of existing office space and 5,000 square feet on its ground floor that is dedicated to a consumer banking design. We continue to assess the opportunity to lease shared workspace for entrepreneurs, professionals and others serving the cannabis industry. Clients would be able to lease office, meeting, lecture, educational and networking space, and individual workstations. We expect to continue the renovation of The Greenhouse in 2018. We plan to continue to acquire commercial real estate and lease office space to participants in the cannabis industry. These participants may include media, internet, packaging, lighting, cultivation supplies and financial services-related companies. In exchange for certain services that may be provided to these tenants, we expect to receive rental income in the form of cash. In certain cases, we may acquire equity interests or provide debt capital to these businesses. Industry Finance Our industry finance strategy includes evaluating opportunities to make direct term loans or to provide revolving lines of credit to businesses involved in the cultivation and sale of cannabis and related products. These loans would generally be secured to the maximum extent permitted by law. We believe there is a significant demand for this type of financing. We are assessing other finance services including customized finance, capital formation and banking, for participants in the cannabis industry. Desert Created Company LLC / DB Products Arizona, LLC In January 2018, we entered into a limited liability company operating agreement with DNFC LLC (“DNFC”), pursuant to the formation of Desert Created Company LLC (“Desert Created Company”). Each party owns a 50% interest in Desert Created Company, the successor company to DB Arizona. Desert Created Company is the successor entity to DB Products Arizona, LLC (“DB Arizona”). DB Arizona produced and distributed cannabis-infused elixirs and edible products in Arizona. We loaned $26,500 and $75,000, respectively, to DB Arizona during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. In June 2017, we purchased 100% of the ownership interests in GC Finance Arizona LLC (“GC Finance Arizona”) from Infinity Capital for $106,000 in cash. GC Finance Arizona holds a 50% ownership interest in DB Arizona, an $825,000 loan to DB Arizona, and no liabilities. We expected future positive cash flows, if any, would first go towards paying the holders of DB Arizona’s notes payable. Accordingly, we allocated the entire consideration of $106,000 to the note receivable from DB Arizona. During the quarter ended December 31, 2017, DB Arizona ceased operations and we impaired the full amount of our notes receivable from DB Arizona. Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the results of GCC and its six wholly-owned subsidiary companies: (a) ACS Colorado Corp., a Colorado corporation formed in 2013; (b) Advanced Cannabis Solutions Corporation, a Colorado corporation formed in 2013; (c) 6565 E. Evans Avenue LLC, a Colorado limited liability company formed in 2014; (d) General Cannabis Capital Corporation, a Colorado corporation formed in 2015; (e) GC Security LLC (“GCS”), a Colorado limited liability company formed in 2015; and (f) GC Finance Arizona LLC (“GC Finance Arizona”), an Arizona limited liability company . Advanced Cannabis Solutions Corporation has one wholly-owned subsidiary company, ACS Corp., which was formed in Colorado on June 6, 2013. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Although these estimates are based on our knowledge of current events and actions we may undertake in the future, actual results may ultimately differ from these estimates and assumptions. Furthermore, when testing assets for impairment in future periods, if management uses different assumptions or if different conditions occur, impairment charges may result. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period segment reporting to conform to the current period presentation related to now including GC Supply in our Operations Segment. The reclassifications had no effect on net loss, total assets, or total stockholders’ equity (deficit). During the year ended December 31, 2017, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, Accounting Standards Update, or FASB ASU 2017-11, which impacts accounting for financial instruments with down round features. This change in accounting principle was applied retrospectively and, accordingly, impacted all periods presented. See Note 16. Significant Accounting Policies Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits with banks, and investments that are highly liquid and have maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase. We maintain our cash balances in financial institutions that, from time to time, may exceed amounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ($250,000 as of December 31, 2017). Inventory Our inventory consists of finished goods, including apparel and supplies for the cannabis market. Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, using the first-in, first-out method (“FIFO”) to determine cost. We monitor inventory cost compared to selling price in order to determine if a lower of cost or market reserve is necessary. Property and Equipment Property and equipment are recorded at historical cost. The cost of maintenance and repairs, which are not significant improvements, are expensed when incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets: thirty years for buildings, the lesser of five years or the life of the lease for leasehold improvements, and three to five years for furniture, fixtures and equipment. Land is not depreciated. Business Combinations Amounts paid for acquisitions are allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets is based on detailed valuations that use information and assumptions provided by management, including expected future cash flows. We allocate any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net assets and liabilities acquired to goodwill. Identifiable intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their useful lives. Acquisition-related costs, including advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other costs, are expensed in the periods in which the costs are incurred. The results of operations of acquired businesses are included in the consolidated financial statements from the acquisition date. Intangible Assets and Goodwill Goodwill is the cost of an acquisition less the fair value of the net assets of the acquired business. Intangible assets consist primarily of customer relationships and marketing-related intangibles. Our intangible assets are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a period of two years. Impairment of Long-lived Assets and Goodwill We periodically evaluate whether the carrying value of property, equipment and intangible assets has been impaired when circumstances indicate the carrying value of those assets may not be recoverable. The carrying amount is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the asset. If the carrying value is not recoverable, the impairment loss is measured as the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value. We evaluate goodwill for impairment annually in the fourth quarter, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit containing goodwill is less than its carrying amount. The goodwill impairment test consists of a two-step process, if necessary. The first step is to compare the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying value, including goodwill. We typically use discounted cash flow models to determine the fair value of a reporting unit. The assumptions used in these models are consistent with those we believe hypothetical marketplace participants would use. If the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying value, the second step of the impairment test must be performed in order to determine the amount of impairment loss, if any. The second step compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit's goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. If the carrying amount of the reporting unit's goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment charge is recognized in an amount equal to that excess. The loss recognized cannot exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. Our impairment analyses require management to apply judgment in estimating future cash flows as well as asset fair values, including forecasting useful lives of the assets, assessing the probability of different outcomes, and selecting the discount rate that reflects the risk inherent in future cash flows. If the carrying value is not recoverable, we assess the fair value of long-lived assets using commonly accepted techniques, and may use more than one method, including, but not limited to, recent third party comparable sales and discounted cash flow models. If actual results are not consistent with our assumptions and estimates, or our assumptions and estimates change due to new information, we may be exposed to an impairment charge in the future. Debt We issue debt that may have separate warrants, conversion features, or no equity-linked attributes. Debt with warrants We determine the value of the non-complex warrants using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (“Black-Scholes”) using the stock price on the date of issuance, the risk free interest rate associated with the life of the debt, and the volatility of our stock. For warrants with complex terms, we use the binomial lattice model to estimate their fair value. Convertible debt derivative treatment If the conversion feature within convertible debt meets the requirements to be treated as a derivative, we estimate the fair value of the convertible debt derivative using Black-Scholes upon the date of issuance. If the fair value of the convertible debt derivative is higher than the face value of the convertible debt, the excess is immediately recognized as interest expense. Otherwise, the fair value of the convertible debt derivative is recorded as a liability with an offsetting amount recorded as a debt discount, which offsets the carrying amount of the debt. The convertible debt derivative is revalued at the end of each reporting period and any change in fair value is recorded as a gain or loss in the consolidated statement of operations. The debt discount is amortized over the life of the debt. Convertible debt – beneficial conversion feature If the conversion feature does not qualify for either derivative treatment or as a BCF, the convertible debt is treated as traditional debt. Modification of debt instruments – Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The fair value hierarchy is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, as follows: Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 – Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the measurement of the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Our financial instruments include cash, accounts receivable, notes receivable, accounts payables and tenant deposits. The carrying values of these financial instruments approximate their fair value due to their short maturities. The carrying amount of our debt approximates fair value because the interest rates on these instruments approximate the interest rate on debt with similar terms available to us. Revenue Recognition We recognize revenue when the four revenue recognition criteria are met, as follows: Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists Delivery The price is fixed or determinable Collectability is reasonably assured Refunds and returns, which are minimal, are recorded as a reduction of revenue. Share-based Payments Nonemployees – Awards of common stock with a service or performance condition, where the ultimate number of shares to be issued is uncertain, are classified as liabilities. All other nonemployee awards are classified as equity. Employees – Market price-based awards Shipping and Handling Payments by customers to us for shipping and handling costs are included in revenue on the consolidated statements of operations, while our expense is included in cost of goods sold. Shipping and handling for inventory is included as a component of inventory on the consolidated balance sheets, and in cost of goods sold in the consolidated statements of operations when the product is sold. Income Taxes We recognize deferred income tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax and financial reporting carrying amount of our assets and liabilities. We monitor our deferred tax assets and evaluate the need for a valuation allowance based on the estimate of the amount of such deferred tax assets that we believe do not meet the more-likely-than-not recognition criteria. We also evaluate whether we have any uncertain tax positions and would record a reserve if we believe it is more-likely-than-not our position would not prevail with the applicable tax authorities. Our assessment of tax positions as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, determined that there were no material uncertain tax positions. Reportable Segments Our reporting segments consist of: a) Security and Cash Transportation Services; b) Marketing Consulting and Apparel; c) Operations Consulting and Products; and d) Finance and Real Estate. Our Chief Executive Officer has been identified as the chief decision maker. Our operations are conducted primarily within the United States of America. Related Parties Related parties are any entities or individuals that, through employment, ownership or other means, possess the ability to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company. We disclose related party transactions that are outside of normal compensatory agreements, such as salaries or board of director fees. We had related party transactions with the following individuals / companies: Michael Feinsod Infinity Capital West, LLC (“Infinity Capital”) GC Finance Arizona DB Arizona Recently Issued Accounting Standards FASB ASU 2017-11 “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)” FASB ASU 2017-09 “Scope of Modification Accounting (Topic 718)” FASB ASU 2017-04 “Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment (Topic 350)” FASB ASU 2017-01 “Clarifying the Definition of a Business (Topic 805)” FASB ASU 2016-15 “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230)” – FASB ASU 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842)” – FASB ASU 2015-17”Income Taxes (Topic 740)” – The following recently issued accounting standards all impact revenue recognition for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017: FASB ASU 2016-12 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” FASB ASU 2016-11 “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)” FASB ASU 2016-10 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” We have reviewed our contracts with customers, identified the rights of the parties, evaluated the payment terms, assessed the commercial substance of the contracts, and estimated the probability of collectability. We have also considered the goods and services we deliver compared to the contractual performance obligations. Our agreements predominantly have a fixed price for the goods or services to be delivered, we do not provide financing, and settle in cash. Each separate performance obligation within our contracts with customers is priced individually, and we recognize revenue as each good or service is delivered, that is, when the performance obligation is satisfied. Based on this assessment, adoption of these ASUs will not have a significant impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position. |