2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Policies | |
Use of Estimates | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions. Such estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of sales and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | Our financial instruments consist of cash, short-term trade receivables, payables and a first mortgage. The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, short-term receivables, and payables approximate their fair value due to their short term maturities. The carrying value of the first mortgage approximates its fair value based on interest rates currently obtainable. |
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ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures ("ASC 820"), provides a comprehensive framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures which are required about fair value measurements. Specifically, ASC 820 sets forth a definition of fair value and establishes a hierarchy prioritizing the inputs to valuation techniques, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable value inputs. ASC 820 defines the hierarchy as follows: |
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Level 1 - Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reported date. The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 1 are highly liquid and actively traded instruments with quoted prices, such as equity securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange. |
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Level 2 - Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, but are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reported date. The types of assets and liabilities in Level 2 are typically either comparable to actively traded securities or contracts or priced with models using highly observable inputs. |
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Level 3 - Significant inputs to pricing that are unobservable as of the reporting date. The types of assets and liabilities included in Level 3 are those with inputs requiring significant management judgment or estimation, such as complex and subjective models and forecasts used to determine the fair value of financial transmission rights. |
Inventories | Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out basis) or market. We reduce inventory for estimated obsolete or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the cost of inventory and the estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demand and market conditions. If actual market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, additional inventory write-downs may be required. At March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, inventory consisted of the following: |
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| | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Raw materials & deposits | | $ | 477,561 | | | $ | 476,941 | |
Work-in-process | | | 128,610 | | | | 132,029 | |
Finished goods | | | 449,688 | | | | 428,955 | |
Total gross inventories | | | 1,055,859 | | | | 1,037,925 | |
Less reserve for obsolescence | | | (92,500 | ) | | | (92,500 | ) |
Total net inventories | | $ | 963,359 | | | $ | 945,425 | |
Income Taxes | We account for income taxes under the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740, "Accounting for Income Taxes" ("ASC 740"). We have determined an estimated annual effective tax rate. The rate will be revised, if necessary, as of the end of each successive interim period during our fiscal year to our best current estimate. |
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The estimated annual effective tax rate is applied to the year-to-date ordinary income (or loss) at the end of the interim period. |
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ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. This pronouncement also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition. |
Revenue Recognition | Revenue from product sales is generally recorded when we ship the product and title has passed to the customer, provided that we have evidence of a customer arrangement and can conclude that collection is probable. The prices at which we sell our products are fixed and determinable at the time we accept a customer's order. We recognize revenue from sales to stocking distributors when there is no right of return, other than for normal warranty claims, and generally have no ongoing obligations related to product sales, except for normal warranty. |
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Deferred revenues arising from service and extended warranty contracts are booked as sales over their life on a straight-line basis. Supplies are recognized as sales when they are shipped. Training revenues are recognized at the time the training occurs. We have discontinued arranging for customer financing and leasing through unrelated third parties and instead are providing for customer financing and leasing ourselves which we recognize as revenue over the applicable lease term. Occasionally, we rent used equipment to customers, and in those cases, we recognize the revenues as they are earned over the life of the contract. |
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Royalty income is recognized in accordance with agreed upon terms, when performance obligations are satisfied, the amount is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. |
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The sales of licenses to our training courses are recognized as revenue at the time of sale. |
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Rental income from space leased to our tenants is recognized in the month in which it is due, which approximates recognition on a straight-line basis. |
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On occasion we receive customer deposits for future product orders. Customer deposits are initially recorded as a liability and recognized as revenue when the product is shipped and title has passed to the customer. |
Deferred Revenue | Deferred revenues arise from service contracts, from extended warranty contracts, and from customer leases. Those revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the contract, which generally are written for one year. However, there are occasions when they are written for longer terms up to four years. In those cases, the revenues from that portion of the contract that extend beyond one year are shown in our balance sheet as long term. Deferred revenues also result from progress payments received on development contracts; those revenues are recognized when the contract is complete. All development contracts are for less than one year and all deferred revenues from this source are shown in our balance sheet as short term. |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements | We have reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (Revenue from Contracts with Customers), which is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We have not yet assessed the impact, if any, of adopting this standard. |
Segment Reporting | We have concluded that we have two operating segments, including our primary business which is as a developer, manufacturer and marketer of portable hand-held breathalyzers and related accessories, supplies and education. As a result of purchasing our building on October 31, 2014, we have a second segment consisting of renting portions of our building to existing tenants, whose leases expire at various times until December 31, 2017. |