Revenue | NOTE 10—REVENUE The core principle of ASC 606 is to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. ASC 606 defines a five-step process to achieve this core principle, which includes: (1) identifying contracts with customers, (2) identifying performance obligations within those contracts, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligation in the contract, which may include an estimate of variable consideration, and (5) recognizing revenue when or as each performance obligation is satisfied. Sales of OmniMetrix monitoring systems include the sale of equipment (“HW”) and of monitoring services (“Monitoring”). Revenue (and related costs) associated with sale of equipment are recorded to deferred revenue (and deferred charges) upon shipment for PG and CP monitoring units. Revenue and related costs with respect to the sale of equipment are recognized over the estimated life of the units which are currently estimated to be three years (two years up to December 31, 2017). Revenues from the prepayment of monitoring fees (generally paid twelve months in advance) are initially recorded as deferred revenue upon receipt of payment from the customer and then amortized to revenue over the monitoring service period. The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017: HW Monitoring Total Three months ended March 31, 2018: PG Segment $ 293 $ 593 $ 886 CP Segment 274 49 323 Total Revenue $ 567 $ 642 $ 1,209 HW Monitoring Total Three months ended March 31, 2017: PG Segment $ 375 $ 524 $ 898 CP Segment 179 18 198 Total Revenue $ 554 $ 542 $ 1,096 Deferred revenue activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 can be seen in the table below: HW Monitoring Total Balance at December 31, 2017 $ 2,227 $ 1,337 $ 3,564 Additions during the period 589 654 1,243 Recognized as revenue (567 ) (642 ) (1,209 ) Balance at March 31, 2018 2,249 1,349 $ 3,598 Amounts to be recognized as revenue in the year ending: March 31, 2019 1,565 1,193 2,758 March 31, 2020 539 149 688 March 31, 2021 and thereafter 145 7 152 $ 2,249 $ 1,349 $ 3,598 Deferred charges relate only to the sale of equipment. Deferred charges activity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 can be seen in the table below: Balance at December 31, 2017 $ 1,374 Additions during the period 277 Recognized as cost of sales (295 ) Balance at March 31, 2018 $ 1,356 Amounts to be recognized as cost of sales in the year ending: March 31, 2019 $ 963 March 31, 2020 313 * March 31, 2021 and thereafter 80 * $ 1,356 * Amounts included in Other Assets in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2018. The Company pays its employees sales commissions for sales of HW and for first sales of monitoring services (not for renewals). In accordance with Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification ( “ASC 606”), the Company capitalizes as a contract asset the sales commissions on these sales. Contract assets associated with HW are amortized over the estimated life of the units which are currently estimated to be three years (two years up to December 31, 2017). Contract assets associated with monitoring services are amortized over the expected monitoring life including renewals. The contract asset balance at December 31, 2017 of $152 has been recorded as an adjustment to retained earnings in adopting ASC 606 under the modified retrospective method. The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s sales commissions contract assets for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018: HW Monitoring Total Balance at December 31, 2017 $ 125 $ 2 $ 152 Additions during the period 23 4 27 Amortization of sales commissions (25 ) (2 ) (27 ) Balance at March 31, 2018 $ 123 $ 29 $ 152 The capitalized sales commissions are included in Other Current Assets ($111) and Other Assets ($41) in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2018. |