SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Feb. 29, 2012

Notes to Financial Statements

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2:   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

This summary of significant accounting policies of the Company is presented to assist in understanding the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  The consolidated financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management, which is responsible for their integrity and objectivity. These accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements herein as of and for the years ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Principles of Consolidation

The Company is presently comprised of Seychelle Environmental Technologies, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with one wholly-owned subsidiary, Seychelle Water Technologies, Inc., also a Nevada corporation (collectively, the Company or Seychelle). All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Significant estimates made in preparing the consolidated financial statements include the allowance for doubtful accounts and sales returns, stock-based compensation, inventory reserves, valuation allowances for property and equipment and intangible assets, and the deferred income tax valuation allowance. To the extent there are material differences between estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected.  The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents are comprised of certain highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased.  The Company maintains its cash and cash equivalents in bank deposit accounts which at times may exceed federally insured limits of $250,000.  The Company has not experienced any losses related to this concentration of risk. Deposits exceeded insured limits by approximately $628,000 as of February 29, 2012.

Accounts Receivable

The Company performs periodic credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and does not require collateral. Trade receivables generally are due in 30 days. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded when it is probable that all or a portion of a trade receivable balance will not be collected.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, products are shipped and title has passed, the price to the buyer is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured.  These criteria are typically met when the product is shipped. Revenue is not recognized at the time of shipment if these criteria are not met.  Certain of the Company’s sales include a right for the customer to return the product if they are not satisfied.  The Company has an unconditional return policy for the first 90 days.  Customers may return the product for a full refund, or they may receive a replacement at no charge. The same policy applies to any product sold from the period 91 days after purchase to one year, for any defects in materials or workmanship.  In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, the Company makes periodic assessments of return activity and if necessary records a reserve for product returns

Inventory

Inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. Cost is determined on a first-in, first-out basis. Inventory is comprised of raw materials and finished goods.  Raw materials consist of fittings, caps and other components necessary to assemble the Company’s finished goods.  Finished goods consist of water bottles and other filtration systems that are available for shipment to customers.  Finished goods and work in process include the costs of materials, labor and an allocation of overhead.  Total overhead allocated to inventory as of February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011 amounted to $198,629 and $154,001, respectively.

At each balance sheet date, the Company evaluates its ending inventory for excess quantities and obsolescence.  This evaluation includes an analysis of sales levels by product type.  Among other factors, the Company considers current product configurations, historical and forecasted demand, market conditions and product life cycles when determining the net realizable value of the inventory.  Provisions are made to reduce excess or obsolete inventories to their estimated net realizable values.  Once established, write-downs are considered permanent adjustments to the cost basis of the excess or obsolete inventory.  The Company’s reserve for excess and obsolete inventory amounted to $7,715 and $265,285 as of February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, respectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost.  Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the depreciable assets.  The estimated useful lives used in determining depreciation are three to five years for tooling, five years for computers and vehicles, and five to seven years for furniture and equipment. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the useful life of the respective asset.  Management evaluates useful lives regularly in order to determine recoverability.

Maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred; additions and betterments are capitalized. Upon retirement or sale, the cost and related accumulated depreciation of the disposed assets are removed, and any resulting gain or loss is recorded. Fully depreciated assets are not removed from the accounts until physical disposition.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets include patents and trademarks. All patents and trademarks are capitalized and amortized over the economic useful lives using the straight-line method.  The Company assesses whether there has been a permanent impairment of the value of intangible assets by considering factors such as expected future product revenues, anticipated product demand and prospects, and other economic factors.

Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, such as property and equipment, and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset be tested for possible impairment, the Company first compares undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by an asset to the carrying value of the asset. If the carrying value of the long-lived asset is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying value exceeds its fair value. Fair value is determined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and third-party independent appraisals, as considered necessary.

Customer Deposits

Customer deposits represent advance payments received for products and are recognized as revenue in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

For certain financial instruments, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their relatively short maturities. In the case of the notes payable, the interest rate on the notes approximates the market rate of interest for similar borrowings. Consequently the carrying value of the notes payable also approximates the fair value.

Cost of Sales

Cost of sales is comprised primarily of the cost of purchased product, as well as labor, inbound freight costs, allocated overhead costs  and other material costs required to complete products, including inventory markdowns due to excess and obsolete inventory.

Shipping and Handling

All amounts billed to customers relating to shipping and handling are reported as a component of sales. Costs incurred by the Company for shipping and handling, including transportation costs paid to third party shippers, are reported as a component of cost of sales.

Sales Tax

The Company collects sales tax in various jurisdictions. Upon collection from customers, it records the amount as a payable to the related jurisdiction. On a periodic basis, it files a sales tax return with the jurisdictions and remits the amount indicated on the return.

Advertising

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  Total advertising expenses amounted to $10,767 and $1,364 for the fiscal years ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, respectively, and recorded as selling, general and administrative expenses.

Research and Development

Research and development costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to $1,109 and $619 for the fiscal years ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, respectively. These costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which establishes standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, primarily focusing on accounting for transactions where an entity obtains services in share based payment transactions. ASC 718 requires entities to measure the cost of services received in exchange equity instruments, including stock options and warrants, based on the grant date fair value of the award and to recognize it as compensation expense over the period services are to be provided, usually the vesting period.

Stock Based Compensation (Continued)

The fair value of options and warrants is calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. This model was developed to estimate the fair value of freely tradable, fully transferable options without vesting restrictions. As such, the values derived from using that model can differ significantly from other methods of valuing the Company’s stock based  compensation arrangements. The Black-Scholes model also requires subjective assumptions, including future stock price volatility and expected time to exercise, which greatly affect the calculated values.  These factors could change in the future, affecting the determination of stock based compensation expense in future periods.

The Company’s fair value calculations for stock based compensation awards have been based on the following assumptions.

Expected life in years	7
Stock price volatility	244%
Risk free interest rate	2.9%
Expected dividends	None

The assumptions used in the Black Scholes models referred to above are based upon the following data: (1) The expected life of the option or warrant is estimated by considering the contractual term, the vesting period and the expected exercise price. (2) The expected stock price volatility of the underlying shares over the expected life is based upon historical share price data. (3) The risk free interest rate is based on published U.S. Treasury Department interest rates for the expected life. (4) Expected dividends are based on historical dividend data and expected future dividend activity.

Income Taxes

The Company utilizes the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes.  The asset and liability method requires that the current or deferred tax consequences of all events recognized in the financial statements be measured by applying the provisions of enacted tax laws to determine the amount of taxes payable or refundable currently or in future years. Deferred tax assets are reviewed for recoverability and the Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be recovered.

The Company recognizes and measures uncertain tax positions using a “more-likely-than-not” approach. The Company had no material uncertain tax positions at February 29, 2012 or February 28, 2011.

Income Per Common Share

Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of outstanding common shares during each of the periods presented. Diluted net income per common share is determined using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, adjusted for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents. In periods when losses are reported, the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding excludes common stock equivalents, because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. The dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and warrants is reflected in diluted earnings per share by application of the treasury stock method. 

	For the years ended
	February 29		February 28
	2012		2011
Numerator:
Net Income available to common shareholders	$	197,986	$	1,711,790
Weighted average shares – basic		25,932,373		25,861,076
Net income per share – basic	$	0.01	$	0.07
Dilutive effect of common stock equivalents:
Warrants		67,985		-
Weighted average shares – diluted		26,000,358		25,861,076
Net income (loss) per share – diluted	$	0.01	$	0.07

Concentrations

The Company has an agreement with a third party to manufacture the Company’s component parts in China. As of February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, the Company had deposits for inventory purchases in China of approximately $65,560 and $65,100, respectively. For the fiscal years ended February 29, 2012 and February 28, 2011, this vendor accounted for approximately 46% and 57%, respectively, of total raw material purchases.

As of February 29, 2012, the Company had two customers which accounted for approximately 41% of net accounts receivable.  The Company had two customers during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2012 that accounted for approximately 56% of total sales.  As of February 28, 2011, the Company had four customers which accounted for approximately 57% of net accounts receivable.  The Company had three customers during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2011 that accounted for approximately 61% of total sales.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to the fiscal 2011 consolidated financial statements to conform to the fiscal 2012 presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. This ASU represents the converged guidance of the FASB and the IASB (the Boards) on fair value measurement and results in common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements, including a consistent meaning of the term “fair value.” ASU 2011-04 is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued guidance on ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other, for testing goodwill for impairment. The new guidance provides a company the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If the company’s assessment determines that this is the case, it is required to perform the currently prescribed two-step goodwill impairment test to identify potential goodwill impairment and measure the amount of goodwill impairment to be recognized for that reporting unit, if any. If the company determines it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying amount, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not required. The adoption of this guidance is effective for the Company beginning March 1, 2012. The Company does not believe the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued guidance on ASC 220, Comprehensive Income, regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. The new guidance eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. Instead, a company is required to present either a continuous statement of net income and other comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The new guidance also requires companies to present reclassification adjustments out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component in both the statement in which net income is presented and the statement in which other comprehensive income is presented. In December 2011, the FASB issued guidance which indefinitely defers the guidance related to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The new guidance will be effective for the Company beginning March 1, 2012 and will not have an impact on the on the Company’s financial statement presentation.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 (“ASU 2011-04”), Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) . This pronouncement was issued to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. ASU 2011-04 changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. This pronouncement is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The new guidance will be effective for the Company beginning March 1, 2012 and will not have a significant impact on the balance sheet, results of operations or cash flow.