Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | NOTE 1 - Nature of Operations and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Hour Loop, Inc. (“Hour Loop” or the “Company”) is a technology-enabled consumer products company that uses machine learning and data analytics to design, develop, market and sell products. Hour Loop predominantly operates through online retail channels such as Amazon, Walmart, and Hourloop.com. The Company, as an Internet marketplace seller, sells products in multiple categories, including home/garden décor, toys, kitchenware, apparel, and electronics. The Company has only one segment, which is online retail (e-commerce). The Company was incorporated on January 13, 2015 under the laws of the state of Washington. On April 7, 2021, the Company was converted from a Washington corporation to a Delaware corporation. In 2019, Hour Loop formed Flywheel Consulting Ltd. (“Flywheel”), a wholly owned subsidiary located in Taiwan, to provide business operating consulting services exclusively to Hour Loop. Basis of Presentation These unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and U.S. GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, we have included all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation and such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and notes thereto and other pertinent information contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on March 26, 2024. HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Principles of Consolidation Foreign Currency and Currency Translation The relevant exchange rates are listed below: Schedule of Foreign Currency Exchange Rates March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 Period NTD: USD exchange rate $ 31.950 $ 30.655 $ 30.400 Period Average NTD: USD exchange rate $ 31.641 $ 31.221 $ 30.507 Use of Estimates Significant estimates, include but not limited to, estimates associated with the collectability of accounts receivable, useful life of property and equipment, impairment of long-lived assets, valuation allowance for deferred tax assets, inventory valuation and inventory provision. Reclassification Cash and Cash Equivalents 250,000 HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold The “Cost of revenues” line item in the unaudited consolidated statements of operations is principally inventory sold to customers during the reporting period. Policy for inventory allowance: The Company writes down the cost of obsolete and slow-moving inventories to the estimated net realizable value, based on inventory obsolescence trends, historical experience, forecasted consumer demand and application of the specific identification method. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, $ 637,058 675,886 Property and Equipment 2,500 The majority of the Company’s property and equipment is computers, and the estimated useful life is 3 Impairment of Long-lived Assets HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Leases The Company typically utilizes operating leases for its office space requirements. This means that the Company leases office space, categorizing the lease arrangement as an operating lease. Under this arrangement, The Company does not hold ownership of the leased assets but instead pays rent for the right to use them. For a lessee, a lease is recognized as an operating lease right-of-use asset with a corresponding liability at lease commencement date. The lease liability is calculated at the present value of the lease payments not yet paid by using the lease term and discount rate determined at lease commencement. The operating lease right-of-use asset is calculated as the lease liability, increased by any initial direct costs, and prepaid lease payments, reduced by any lease incentives received before lease commencement. The operating lease right-of-use asset itself is amortized on a straight-line basis unless another systematic method better reflects how the underlying asset will be used by and benefits the lessee over the lease term. Fair Value Measurement 1,677,426 101,510 Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. To increase the comparability of fair value measures, the following hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation methodologies used to measure fair value: i. Level 1 — Valuations based on quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets. ii. Level 2 — Valuations based on observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data. iii. Level 3 — Valuations based on unobservable inputs reflecting our own assumptions, consistent with reasonably available assumptions made by other market participants. These valuations require significant judgment. HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Revenue Recognition The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, which provided a five-step model for recognizing revenue from contracts with customers as follows: ● Identify the contract with a customer. ● Identify the performance obligations in the contract. ● Determine the transaction price. ● Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract. ● Recognize revenue when or as performance obligations are satisfied. The Company evaluated principal versus agent considerations to determine whether it is appropriate to record platform fees paid to Amazon as an expense or as a reduction of revenue. Platform fees are recorded as sales and distribution expenses and are not recorded as a reduction of revenue because the Company as principal owns and controls all the goods before they are transferred to the customer. The Company can, at any time, direct Amazon, similarly, other third-party logistics providers (“Logistics Providers”), to return the Company’s inventories to any location specified by the Company. It is the Company’s responsibility to make any returns made by customers directly to Logistics Providers and the Company retains the back-end inventory risk. Further, the Company is subject to credit risk (i.e., credit card chargebacks), establishes prices of its products, can determine who fulfills the goods to the customer (Amazon or the Company) and can limit quantities or stop selling the goods at any time. Based on these considerations, the Company is the principal in this arrangement. The Company derives its revenue from the sale of consumer products. The Company sells its products directly to consumers through online retail channels. The Company considers customer order confirmations to be a contract with the customer. For each contract, the promise to transfer products is identified as the sole performance obligation. Transaction prices are evaluated for potential refunds or adjustments, determining the net consideration expected. Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 were recognized at a point in time. Customer confirmations are executed at the time an order is placed through third-party online channels. For all of the Company’s sales and distribution channels, revenue is recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer (i.e., when the Company’s performance obligation is satisfied), which typically occurs at shipment date. As a result, the Company has a present and unconditional right to payment and record the amount due from the customer in accounts receivable. HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The customer can return the products within 30 days after the products are delivered and estimated sales returns are calculated based on the expected returns. The rates of sales returns were 5.53 7.25 From time to time, the Company offers price discounts on certain selected items to stimulate the sales of those items. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration for which the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for transferring goods. Consistent with this policy, the Company reduces the amount of these discounts from the gross revenue to calculate the net revenue recorded on the statement of operations. A performance obligation, defined as the promise to transfer a distinct good, is the unit of account in ASC Topic 606. The Company treats shipping and handling as fulfillment activities, not separate performance obligations. Costs for shipping and handling were $ 5,705,385 5,037,251 Segment Information The Company uses the “management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. The Company’s chief operating decision maker has been identified as the chief executive officer of the Company who reviews financial information of separate operating segments based on U.S. GAAP. The chief operating decision maker now reviews results analyzed by customers. This analysis is only presented at the revenue level with no allocation of direct or indirect costs. Consequently, the Company has determined that it has only one operating segment. Income Taxes The Company also complied with state tax codes and regulations, including with respect to California franchise taxes. Management has evaluated its tax positions and has concluded that the Company had taken no uncertain tax positions that could require adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements to comply with provisions set forth in ASC section 740, Income Taxes Deferred tax assets represent amounts available to reduce income taxes payable in future periods. Deferred tax assets are evaluated for future realization and reduced by a valuation allowance to the extent we believe they will not be realized. We consider many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization of our deferred tax assets, including recent cumulative loss experience and expectations of future earnings, capital gains and investment in such jurisdiction, the carry-forward periods available to us for tax reporting purposes, and other relevant factors. Presentation of Sales Taxes The Company assesses sales tax payable including any related interest and penalties and accrues these estimates on its financial statements. Pursuant to the Wayfair decision, each state enforces sales tax collection at different dates. The Company collects and remits sales tax in accordance with state regulations. The Company estimates that as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, it owed $ 288,466 288,466 HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Concentration of Credit Risks The Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on customer accounts when deemed necessary. Significant customers are those which represent more than 10% of the Company’s total net revenue or gross accounts receivable balance at the balance sheet date. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had no customer that accounted for 10% or more of total net revenues. In addition, as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company had no customer that accounted for 10% or more of gross accounts receivable. The Company’s business is reliant on one key vendor which currently provides the Company with its sales platform, logistics and fulfillment operations, including certain warehousing for the Company’s net goods, and invoicing and collection of its revenue from the Company’s end customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, approximately 99 100 Foreign Currency Exchange Risk Advertising and Promotion Expenses 884,000 784,266 Commitments and Contingencies Related Parties HOUR LOOP, INC. NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Earnings per Share Shares Issued for Services |