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Note 3 - Home Services Subsidiary Divestiture
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
3.
HOME SERVICES SUBSIDIARY DIVESTITURE
 
On
May 24, 2019, 
as per the Current Report on Form
8
-K filed with the SEC on
May 28, 2019, 
the Company completed a divestiture of its Home Services Operations, via its subsidiary, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC (formerly known as HVAC Value Fund, LLC), to an unaffiliated
third
-party purchaser, Rooter Hero Plumbing, Inc. (“Rooter Hero”). In the transaction, the Company sold and conveyed all of the subsidiary’s personal property and customer lists and records, excluding stock inventory and other current assets. As part of the transaction, Rooter Hero assumed the subsidiary’s obligations under lease and/or loan agreements for all outstanding vehicles and equipment, as well as the obligations to service all of the subsidiary’s remaining customer accounts going forward. 
No
cash consideration was exchanged in the transaction. As consideration for the transaction, Rooter Hero will pay monthly royalties for the
sixty
(
60
) months following the closing, calculated on the basis of any revenue received from the customer accounts transferred. Under such royalty arrangements, the Company will receive
7.5%
of any monthly revenue generated from qualified sales during the
first
year, and
5%
of any monthly revenue during years
two
through five. Royalties received will be reduced by pre-approved warranty-related costs for select customers.
 
As reported in prior periods, the home services subsidiary had failed to meet approved budgets and had underperformed since its inception in
2016.
Management noted that the largely decentralized management approach was
not
a good fit for this industry, and the extensive operating requirements were
not
conducive to smaller company capacities. The cyclical nature of the business also resulted in unpredictable cash flows, which created immediate and significant needs for additional Company resources. Due to the past performance of the company, management determined that additional resources should
not
be allocated to this subsidiary. 
 
The decision was made to exit the business during the quarter ended
June 30, 2019. 
The operations of Specialty Contracting Group, LLC were considered a component of, and the sale reflects a strategic shift in, the Company’s business. As such, Specialty Contracting Group, LLC’s historical operations are now classified as discontinued operations in the Company’s financial statements. The divestiture of the home services subsidiary resulted in an initial pre-tax loss of
$1,158,732,
which has been included on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations in discontinued operations and under the home services segment for the year ended
December 31, 2019.
The loss from discontinued operations has been determined using a loss recovery approach, as the collection of future royalties is uncertain and a reasonable estimate could
not
be made. This approach requires that the contingent consideration, the future royalties to be received, be valued at the lesser of the amount of the “probable,” defined as a greater than
50%
likelihood, future proceeds or the carrying value of the disposed assets. Due to the unpredictability of the contingent consideration, and management’s inherent lack of control over the buyer’s operations, management determined it would
not
be reasonable to attempt to value the contingent consideration. This resulted in assigning the contingent consideration a current valuation of zero. As and to the extent any royalties are deemed probable, they will be subsequently recognized as a “gain from discontinued operations” on the statements of operations and will offset, or recover, the initial loss recorded. Accordingly, during the year ended
December 31, 2019,
an offsetting
$21,629
 gain on discontinued operations is included within the
$1,510,475
 reported loss on discontinued operations.
 
A breakdown of discontinued assets and liabilities as reported on the face of the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
is as follows:
 
   
December 31, 2019
   
December 31, 2018
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $
428
    $
23,954
 
Accounts receivable
   
     
136,785
 
Other current assets
   
     
71,624
 
Total current assets - held for resale
   
428
     
232,363
 
                 
Property and equipment, net
   
     
270,603
 
Goodwill
   
     
1,024,591
 
Other long-term assets
   
     
5,375
 
Total long-term assets - held for resale
   
     
1,300,569
 
                 
Accounts payable
   
96,848
     
75,208
 
Accrued expenses
   
     
81,213
 
Lease liabilities    
50,110
     
 
Other current liabilities
   
     
2,368
 
Notes payable, current
   
     
158,698
 
Total current liabilities - held for resale
   
146,958
     
317,487
 
                 
Notes payable, long term - held for resale
   
     
50,738
 
Total long-term liabilities - held for resale
  $
    $
50,738
 
 
A breakdown of the initial recorded pre-tax loss as reported on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as of the year ended
December 31, 2019
is presented below. Asset and liability values used in the calculation represent the Company’s carrying value as of the date of sale,
May 24, 2019.
 
Sale of vehicles, equipment, and furniture, net of depreciation
 
 $
230,578
 
Impairment of remaining goodwill
 
 
1,024,591
 
Total carrying value of assets sold
 
 
1,255,169
 
 
 
 
 
 
Vehicle and equipment notes payable assumed by the buyer
 
 
76,791
 
Service agreements assumed by the buyer
 
 
19,646
 
Total carrying value of liabilities assumed
 
 
96,437
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss on sale of subsidiary, pre-tax
 
 $
1,158,732
 
 
A reconciliation of discontinued operations as reported on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2019
and
2018,
is as follows:
 
   
For the year ended
 
   
December 31, 2019
   
December 31, 2018
 
Revenues
  $
675,963
    $
3,077,631
 
Cost of revenues
   
432,872
     
2,003,876
 
Gross profit
   
243,091
     
1,073,755
 
Selling, general, and administrative expenses
   
535,650
     
1,235,346
 
Loss on sale of subsidiary, net of recoveries
   
(1,125,364
)    
 
Other income (expense), net
   
(92,552
)    
(753,572
)
Net income (loss) reported as discontinued operations
  $
(1,510,475
)   $
(915,163
)