Total cost of revenues consists of (i) service fees, which primarily include vendor fees associated with the client’s benefit program selections, (ii) the direct labor cost associated with claim management and processing services, and (iii) direct labor costs associated with providing customer support and services to the clients, members, and other external stakeholders.
Research and Development Expenses
We incurred $1,309,157 of research and development expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $285,363 for the three months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1,023,794. The increase is attributable to increased expenditures in EYME amounting to approximately $210,960, associated primarily with a higher number of research and development personnel, and a decrease of approximately $261,451 in the amount of research and development costs that were capitalized in the three months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2021. We began to capitalize certain research and development costs when certain projects reached the development stage in August 2020, which resulted in a substantial portion of the software development costs being capitalized commencing at that time. In March 2022, we added a new President of Product and Development whose time is being split in all aspects of the business which resulted in additional compensation of $185,954 included in research and development expenses. A onetime expense of $378,535 was incurred for the release of the remaining RSA shares of a founding company member upon his exit from the company.
We incurred $1,902,264 of research and development expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $549,374 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1,352,890. The increase is attributable to increased expenditures in EYME amounting to approximately $455,897, associated primarily with a higher number of research and development personnel, and coupled with a decrease of approximately $289,784 in the amount of research and development costs that were capitalized in the six months ended June 30, 2022 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2021. We began to capitalize certain research and development costs when certain projects reached the development stage in August 2020, which resulted in a substantial portion of the software development costs being capitalized commencing at that time. In March 2022, we added a new President of Product and Development, whose time is being split in all aspects of the business, which resulted in an allocation of additional compensation of $300,811 included in research and development expenses.
General and Administrative Expenses
We incurred $2,319,976 of general and administrative expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $2,059,608 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $260,368. The reason for the increase is due to the addition of our President of Product and Development in March 2022, whose time is being split in all aspects of the business, which resulted in additional compensation of $185,954 included in general and administrative expenses.
We incurred $5,222,109 of general and administrative expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $2,861,445 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $2,360,664. The increase was due to general and administrative expenses of Continental Benefits amounting to approximately $876,110 which were not included in the operating results of the Company prior to its acquisition on April 1, 2021, as well as an increase in the general and administrative expenses of Continental Benefits amounting to $373,544 and Marpai, Inc. amounting to $2,130,096, related to increases in the cost of personnel and professional fees associated with the growth of the Company over the last year and it becoming a publicly traded company. In March 2022, we added a new President of Product and Development, whose time is being split in all aspects of the business, which resulted in an allocation of additional compensation of $300,811 included in general and administrative expenses.
Sales and Marketing Expenses
We incurred $2,216,788 of sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $1,122,665 for the three months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $1,094,123. This increase was primarily due to Continental Benefits’ and Marpai Inc. sales and marketing increased staffing, and the inaugural tradeshow. In March 2022, we added a new President of Product and Development, whose time is being split in all aspects of the business, which resulted in an allocation of additional compensation of $185,954 included in sales and marketing expenses.
We incurred $3,775,904 of sales and marketing expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $1,443,785 for the six months ended June 30, 2021, an increase of $2,332,119. This increase was primarily due to Continental Benefits’ sales and marketing expenses in the amount of approximately $2,875,937 (which were not included in the operating results of the Company prior to its acquisition on April 1, 2021). In March 2022, we added a new President of Product and Development, whose time is being split