Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | NOTE A – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements follows. Business Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. (“Sparta,” “we,” “us,” or the “Company”) is a Nevada corporation serving three markets. Sparta is a technology company that develops, markets and manages business mobile application (mobile apps) for smartphones and tablets. The Company also owns and manages websites which sell on-demand motorcycle, recreational vehicle, power-sport vehicle and truck title history reports for consumers, retail dealers, auction houses, insurance companies and banks/finance companies. Notwithstanding our discontinuance of consumer loans and leases, since 2007, we have offered, on a pass through basis, an equipment-leasing finance product for local and state agencies throughout the country seeking an alternative and economical way to finance their essential equipment needs, including police motorcycles and cruisers, buses and EMS equipment. Our historic customers can be viewed at https://www.spartamunicipal.com/clients Our roots are in the Powersports industry and our original focus was providing consumer leasing and retail installment contracts as well as municipal financing to the powersports, recreational vehicle, and automobile industries. Presently, through our subsidiary, iMobile Solutions, Inc. (“IMS”), we offer mobile application development, sales, marketing and support, and Vehicle Title History Reports. Our mobile application (mobile app) offerings have broadened our base beyond vehicle dealers to a wide range of businesses including, but not limited to, racetracks, private clubs, country clubs, restaurants and grocery stores. Our clients can be seen at https://imobileapp.com/app-gallery/ The Company also designs, launches, maintains, and hosts websites for businesses. We provide specific, tailored action plans for our clients’ websites that include services such as eCommerce, CRM (Customer Relationship Management) development and integration, ordering system creation and integration, SEO (search engine optimization), social media marketing, and online reviews to improve their presence online. In addition, we offer text messaging services which are vital for businesses’ marketing, retention and loyalty strategies. Our text messaging platform allows our clients to easily manage, schedule, and analyze text message performance. Our vehicle history reports, which can be found on Kelly Blue Book, AutoTrader, AllState Insurance, as well as on various dealership websites, include Cyclechex (Motorcycle History Reports at www.cyclechex.com www.rvchecks.com www.carvinreport.com www.truckchex.com New World Health Brands, Inc. (NWHB) was formed in April 2019 as a subsidiary and new business line of Sparta Commercial Services, Inc. While anticipating, and with the passing of the 2018 Farm Bill, which resulted in the removal of hemp (CBD) from Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act. Sparta’s management recognized a substantial potential business opportunity in the rapidly expanding Hemp-CBD (Cannabinol) market in the United States. During 2019-2020, management sourced, developed and tested 5 CBD product categories totaling 31 products, procured product packaging, labeling, implemented fulfillment and launched an on-line B to C website, www.newworldhealthcbd.co Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of October 31, 2020 and for the three month periods ended October 31, 2020 and 2019 have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Form 10-Q and Regulation S-K. The information furnished herein reflects all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals and adjustments), which are, in the opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the operating results for the respective periods. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally present in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The Company believes that the disclosures provided are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and explanatory notes for the year ended April 30, 2020 as disclosed in the Company’s Form 10-K for that year as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The results of operations for the three months ended October 31, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year ending April 30, 2020. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of April 30, 2020 contained herein has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of April 30, 2020, but do not include all disclosures required by the U.S. GAAP. Principles of Consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its majority owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. The third-party ownership of the Company’s subsidiary is accounted for as noncontrolling interest in the consolidated financial statements. Changes in the noncontrolling interest are reported in the statement of changes in deficit. Estimates These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in United States of America which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and the disclosures of revenues and expenses for the reported period. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. Included in these estimates are assumptions about collection of accounts receivable, useful life of property and equipment, beneficial conversion feature of convertible notes payable, deferred income tax asset valuation allowances, and valuation of derivative liabilities Revenue Recognition During the first quarter of 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), using the cumulative-effect method. The new standard requires an entity to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The adoption did not have an impact in our consolidated financial statements, other than the enhancement of our disclosures related to our revenue-generating activities. The Company acts as a principal in its revenue transactions as the Company is the primary obligor in the transactions. Revenues from mobile app products and New World Health products are generally recognized upon delivery. Revenues from history reports are generally recognized upon delivery / download. Prepayments received from customers before delivery (if any) are recognized as deferred revenue and recognized upon delivery. Cash Equivalents For the purpose of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. Website Development Costs The Company recognizes website development costs in accordance with ASC 350-50, “Accounting for Website Development Costs.” Fair Value Measurements The Company has adopted ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements .” ● Level 1 — ● Level 2 — ● Level 3 — This hierarchy requires the Company to use observable market data, when available, and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs when determining fair value. For some products or in certain market conditions, observable inputs may not always be available. Income Taxes We utilize ASC 740 “ Income Taxes The Company recognizes the impact of a tax position in the financial statements only if that position is more likely than not of being sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. Our practice is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. Stock Based Compensation We account for our stock-based compensation under ASC 718 “ Compensation – Stock Compensation We use the fair value method for equity instruments granted to non-employees and use the Black-Scholes model for measuring the fair value of options. The stock based fair value compensation is determined as of the date of the grant or the date at which the performance of the services is completed (measurement date) and is recognized over the vesting periods. Inventories The Company’s inventories represent finished goods, consist of products available for sale and are accounted for using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method and valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Inventory consists of finished goods for the Company’s New World Health business. Concentrations of Credit Risk Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and receivables. The Company places its cash and temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit. Net Loss Per Share The Company uses ASC 260-10, “ Earnings Per Share At October 31, 2020 and 2019, 4,748,292,511 potential shares (including 98,119,845 shares to be issued on the balance sheet) and 3,949,236,328 potential shares (including 81,786,511 shares to be issued on the balance sheet), respectively, were excluded from the shares used to calculate diluted earnings per share as their inclusion would reduce net loss per share. Derivative Liabilities The Company assessed the classification of its derivative financial instruments as of October 31, 2020 and April 30, 2020, which consist of convertible instruments and rights to shares of the Company’s common stock and determined that such derivatives meet the criteria for liability classification under ASC 815. ASC 815 generally provides three criteria that, if met, require companies to bifurcate conversion options from their host instruments and account for them as freestanding derivative financial instruments. These three criteria include circumstances in which (a) the economic characteristics and risks of the embedded derivative instrument are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics and risks of the host contract, (b) the hybrid instrument that embodies both the embedded derivative instrument and the host contract is not re-measured at fair value under otherwise applicable generally accepted accounting principles with changes in fair value reported in earnings as they occur and (c) a separate instrument with the same terms as the embedded derivative instrument would be considered a derivative instrument subject to the requirements of ASC 815. ASC 815 also provides an exception to this rule when the host instrument is deemed to be conventional, as described. Convertible Instruments The Company evaluates and accounts for conversion options embedded in its convertible instruments in accordance with professional standards for “ Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities The Company accounts for convertible instruments (when it has determined that the embedded conversion options should not be bifurcated from their host instruments) in accordance with professional standards when “ Accounting for Convertible Securities with Beneficial Conversion Features Reclassifications Certain reclassifications have been made to conform to prior periods’ data to the current presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on reported losses. Recent Accounting Pronouncements- In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02 (Topic 842) “ Leases Leases A variety of proposed or otherwise potential accounting standards are currently under study by standard setting organizations and various regulatory agencies. Due to the tentative and preliminary nature of those proposed standards, we have not determined whether implementation of such proposed standards would be material to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. |