SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2018 |
Accounting Policies [Abstract] | |
Organization | Liberated Syndication Inc., (“Company”, “parent”), a Nevada Corporation, was organized on September 30, 2015. Webmayhem, Inc. (“Libsyn”), a Pennsylvania corporation, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, was originally organized on January 1, 2001. Libsyn provides podcast hosting services for producers of content. Libsyn also offers ad insertion on certain of the producers’ content. On December 27, 2017, the Company purchased all the issued and outstanding shares of Pair Networks Inc., (“Pair”), a Pennsylvania corporation, and subsidiaries Ryousha Kokusai, LLC (”Ryousha”) and 660837 N.B., Inc. (“NB”), in a transaction accounted for as a purchase. Pair provides web hosting services and domain name registrations. |
Prior Period Reclassifications | Reclassifications of certain immaterial prior period amounts have been made to conform to the current period presentation. |
Consolidation | The financial statements presented reflect the accounts of the parent, Libsyn, Ryousha, NB and Pair. All inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. |
Accounting Estimates | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management made assumptions and estimates for determining reserve for accounts receivable, depreciation of fixed assets and in determining the impairment of definite life intangible assets and goodwill. Actual results could differ from those estimated by management. Our more significant estimates include: ● the determination of the best estimate of selling price of the deliverables included in multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements; ● the fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed in business acquisitions; ● the assessment of recoverability of long-lived assets, including property and equipment, goodwill and intangible assets; ● the estimated reserve for refunds; ● the estimated useful lives of intangible and depreciable assets; ● the grant date fair value of equity-based awards; ● the recognition, measurement, and valuation of current and deferred income taxes; We periodically evaluate these estimates and adjust prospectively, if necessary. We believe our estimates and assumptions are reasonable; however, actual results may differ from our estimates. |
Cash and Cash Equivalents | The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity date of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. At March 31, 2018, the Company had $6,045,217 cash balances in excess of federally insured limits. |
Accounts Receivable | Accounts receivable consist of trade receivables arising in the normal course of business. At March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company has an allowance for doubtful accounts of $14,000 and $14,000, respectively, which reflects the Company’s best estimate of probable losses inherent in the accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance based on known troubled accounts, historical experience, and other currently available evidence. During the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company adjusted the allowance for bad debt by $0. |
Depreciation | Depreciation of property and equipment is provided on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. |
Long-lived intangible assets | The Company evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or change in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to the future net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value of the asset. |
Software Development Costs | Software development costs associated with software to be sold, leased, or for internal use are expensed as incurred until technological feasibility, defined as a working model or prototype, has been established. At that time, such costs are capitalized until the product is available for general release. To date, costs incurred between the completion of a working model and the point at which the product is ready for general release have been insignificant. Accordingly, the Company has expensed all such costs to research and development during the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017. Research and development costs totaling $373,326 and 143,042 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, were included in cost of revenue. |
Goodwill | Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually in the fourth quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. Triggering events that may indicate impairment include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in customer demand or business climate that could affect the value of goodwill or a significant decrease in expected cash flows. Management noted no triggering events during the period ended March 31, 2018. |
Fair Value of Financial Instruments | The Company accounts for fair value measurements for financial assets and financial liabilities in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820. The authoritative guidance, which, among other things, defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. Fair value is defined as the exit price, representing the amount that would either be received to sell an asset or be paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the guidance establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows: ● Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; ● Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and ● Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. Unless otherwise disclosed, the fair value of the Company’s financial instruments including cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable, deferred revenue and accrued expenses approximates their recorded values due to their short-term maturities. |
Revenue Recognition | On January 1, 2018, we adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) new revenue recognition standard using the modified retrospective method applied to those contracts not completed as of January 1, 2018. Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under the new standard, while prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historic accounting. The adoption of the new standard did not have a material impact to our financial statements. Revenue is recognized when control of the promised services is transferred to our customers, in an amount reflecting the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those services. Certain products are generally sold with a right of return within our policy, which are accounted for as variable consideration when estimating the amount of revenue to recognize. Refunds are estimated at contract inception using the expected value method based on historical refund experience and updated each reporting period as additional information becomes available and only to the extent it is probable a significant reversal of any incremental revenue will not occur. Refunds reduce deferred revenue at the time they are granted and resulted in a reduced amount of revenue recognized over the contract term of the applicable service compared to the amount originally expected. Our revenue is categorized and disaggregated as follows: |
Domains | Domains revenue primarily consists of domain registrations and renewals, domain privacy, domain application fees, domain back-orders, aftermarket domain sales and fee surcharges paid to ICANN. Domain registrations provide a customer with the exclusive use of a domain during the applicable contract term. After the contract term expires, unless renewed, the customer can no longer access the domain. Consideration is recorded as deferred revenue when received, which is typically at the time of sale, and revenue, other than for aftermarket domain sales, is recognized over the period in which the performance obligations are satisfied, which is generally over the contract term. Aftermarket domain revenue is recognized when ownership of the domain is transferred to the buyer. |
Hosting Services | Hosting services revenue primarily consists of website hosting products, website building products and services, website security products, an online shopping cart and online visibility products and email accounts. Consideration is recorded as deferred revenue when received, which is typically at the time of sale, and revenue is recognized over the period in which the performance obligations are satisfied, which is generally over the contract term. |
Podcast Hosting | Podcast hosting publishing services are billed on a month to month basis, with first month’s bill prorated to the end of the month so all performance obligations are satisfied at each month-end. Consideration is recorded as revenue as the services, the underlying performance obligation, are provided and or satisfied and collection is probable which is generally when received. |
Media Subscription Services | The Company facilitates the sale of producers’ premium content through the sale of subscriptions. The amount earned per transaction is fixed with the producers determine the price for the sale of each subscription, and the Company earns a percentage of what the customer pays. The performance obligation is providing the subscription hosting medium and billing services. Accordingly, the Company reports premium subscription revenue on a net basis over the subscription service period in which the performance obligation is satisfied. |
Advertising | The Company recognizes revenue from the insertion of advertisements in digital media. The performance obligation is the download of the digital media with the advertisement inserted. The performance obligation to recognized advertising revenue is satisfied upon delivery of the media download and collection is probable. |
Equity-Based Compensation | Our equity-based awards are comprised of options and stock and are accounted for using the fair value method. We grant options at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of our common stock as reported on the OTCQB on the date of grant. We measure and recognize compensation expense for equity-based awards made to employees and directors based on the grant date fair values of the awards. Stock is measured based on the fair market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. For options with service or performance-based vesting conditions, the grant date fair value is estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, which requires management to make assumptions and apply judgment in determining the grant date fair value. Options and award vest and compensation is recognized over the requisite service period. The measurement date for performance vesting awards is the date on which the applicable performance criteria are approved by our board of directors. Key assumptions used in the determination of fair value for stock options are as follows: Expected term. Expected volatility. Expected dividend yield. Risk-free interest rate. |
Leases | The Company accounts for leases in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 840. Leases that meet one or more of the capital lease criteria of standard are recorded as a capital lease, all other leases are operating leases. |
Earnings Per Share | The Company computes earnings per share in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 260 Earnings Per Share, which requires the Company to present basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share when the effect is dilutive (see Note 9). |
Income Taxes | The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 740 Accounting for Income Taxes. This topic requires an asset and liability approach for accounting for income taxes (See Note 7). |
Recently Enacted Accounting Standards | In February 2016, the FASB issued changes to the accounting for leases that primarily affect presentation and disclosure requirements. The new standard will require the recognition of a right to use asset and underlying lease liability for operating leases with an initial life in excess of one year. This standard is effective for us beginning in the first quarter of 2019. We have not yet determined the impact of the new standard on our consolidated financial statements. R |