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”). Sales of OmniMetrix monitoring systems have multiple elements which include the sale of equipment and of monitoring services. Sales of OmniMetrix equipment do not qualify as a separate unit of accounting. As a result, 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 six- and three-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017: HW Monitoring Total Six months ended June 30, 2018: PG Segment $ 568 $ 1,199 $ 1,767 CP Segment 572 100 672 Total Revenue $ 1,140 $ 1,299 $ 2,439 HW Monitoring Total Six months ended June 30, 2017: PG Segment $ 667 $ 1,045 $ 1,712 CP Segment 387 42 429 Total Revenue $ 1,054 $ 1,087 $ 2,141 HW Monitoring Total Three months ended June 30, 2018: PG Segment $ 275 $ 606 $ 881 CP Segment 298 51 349 Total Revenue $ 573 $ 657 $ 1,230 HW Monitoring Total Three months ended June 30, 2017: PG Segment $ 293 $ 521 $ 814 CP Segment 207 24 231 Total Revenue $ 500 $ 545 $ 1,045 Deferred revenue activity for the six months ended June 30, 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 1,217 1,385 2,602 Recognized as revenue (1,140 ) (1,299 ) (2,439 ) Balance at June 30, 2018 2,304 1,423 $ 3,727 Amounts to be recognized as revenue in the year ending: June 30, 2019 1,515 1,247 2,762 June 30, 2020 527 171 698 June 30, 2021 and thereafter 262 5 267 $ 2,304 $ 1,423 $ 3,727 Deferred charges relate only to the sale of equipment. Deferred charges activity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 can be seen in the table below: Balance at December 31, 2017 $ 1,374 Additions during the period 681 Recognized as cost of sales (691 ) Balance at June 30, 2018 $ 1,364 Amounts to be recognized as cost of sales in the year ending: June 30, 2019 $ 917 June 30, 2020 304 * June 30, 2021 and thereafter 143 * $ 1,364 * Amounts included in Other Assets in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 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 six-month period ended June 30, 2018: HW Monitoring Total Balance at December 31, 2017 $ 125 $ 27 $ 152 Additions during the period 45 9 54 Amortization of sales commissions (47 ) (5 ) (52 ) Balance at June 30, 2018 $ 123 $ 31 $ 154 The capitalized sales commissions are included in Other Current Assets ($121) and Other Assets ($33) in the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2018. |