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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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Sep. 30, 2013
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| SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Reclassifications
Certain amounts in September 30, 2012 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the September 30, 2013 presentation. This reclassification had no effect on net loss, total assets, total liabilities or total stockholders’ equity, as previously reported.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are charged to expense as incurred. Such expenses were $31,800, $211,600, for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively and $167,600 and $218,400 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC“) 740, Income Taxes, which utilizes the asset and liability method of computing deferred income taxes. The objective of this method is to establish deferred tax assets and liabilities for any temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the Company‘s assets and liabilities at enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when such amounts are realized or settled. The current and deferred tax provision is allocated among the members of the consolidated group on the separate income tax return basis.
ASC 740 also provides detailed guidance for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in the financial statements. Tax positions must meet a “more-likely-than-not“ recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 the Company recognized no adjustments for uncertain tax positions.
The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions were recognized at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The Company expects no material changes to unrecognized tax positions within the next twelve months.
The Company has filed federal and state tax returns through December 31, 2011 but has not filed its return for 2012. The tax periods for the years ending December 31, 2008 through 2012 are open to examination by federal and state authorities. The Company has not been contacted by federal and state taxing authorities regarding these open tax periods although there can be no assurance they will not commence investigative procedures. Since we have had significant operating losses for the open years we do not believe that taxes owed, if any, would be material. The income tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2012 is in the process of being prepared by independent certified public accountants.
Recently issued accounting pronouncements
New Accounting Pronouncements Implemented
Changes to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the form of accounting standards updates (ASU’s) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all new or revised ASU’s.
In July 2012, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB“) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU“) No. 2012-02, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment, which simplifies how entities test indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment and improves consistency in impairment testing requirements among long-lived asset categories. These amended standards permit an assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying value. For assets in which this assessment concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value is more than its carrying value, these amended standards eliminate the requirement to perform quantitative impairment testing. The amended guidance is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. Our adoption of this guidance effective January 1, 2013 did not materially impact our condensed consolidated financial statements.
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB“) issued new accounting guidance to update the presentation of reclassifications from comprehensive income to net income in consolidated financial statements. Under this new guidance, an entity is required to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income either by the respective line items of net income or by cross-reference to other required disclosures. The new guidance does not change the requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012. We adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2013, and it did not have any effect on our consolidated financial statements
In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-10, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes, permitting entities to use the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815, in addition to the U.S. Treasury rate and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The amendments also remove the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. The amendments in this ASU were effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. We adopted the amendments in this ASU effective July 17, 2013, and the initial adoption of the amendments in this ASU did not impact our condensed consolidated financial statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements to be Implemented
In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-05, “Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity,” (“ASU 2013-05”). The objective of ASU 2013-05 is to clarify the applicable guidance for the release into net income of the cumulative translation adjustment upon derecognition of a subsidiary or group of assets within a foreign entity. ASU 2013-05 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013 with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the adoption will have on the determination or reporting of its financial results.
New Accounting Pronouncements to be Implemented, continued
In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists. ASU No. 2013-11 requires that entities with an unrecognized tax benefit and a net operating loss carryforward or similar tax loss or tax credit carryforward in the same jurisdiction as the uncertain tax position present the unrecognized tax benefit as a reduction of the deferred tax asset for the loss or tax credit carryforward rather than as a liability, when the uncertain tax position would reduce the loss or tax credit carryforward under the tax law, thereby eliminating diversity in practice regarding this presentation issue. This new guidance is effective prospectively for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013, although retrospective application in permitted. We are currently assessing the impact of this guidance, if any, on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
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