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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation -Unaudited Interim Financial Information

 

The accompanying condensed unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods have been included.  Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2011 and notes thereto contained in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company as filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on April 16, 2012.

 

Reclassification

 

Certain amounts in the prior period financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.   These reclassifications had no effect on reported losses.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company follows applicable accounting guidance for disclosures about fair value of its financial instruments. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and requires disclosures about fair value measurements.  To provide consistency and comparability in fair value measurements and related disclosures, U.S. GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels.  The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.  The three levels of fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1

 

Quoted market prices available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date.

Level 2

 

Pricing inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.

Level 3

 

Pricing inputs that are generally not observable inputs and not corroborated by market data.

 

Financial assets are considered Level 3 when their fair values are determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques and at least one significant model assumption or input is unobservable.

 

The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs.  If the inputs used to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one level described above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.

 

The carrying amounts of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, such as cash, accounts receivable, prepayments and other current assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, payroll taxes payable, and due to factor, approximate their fair values because of the short maturity of these instruments. 

 

The Company’s notes payable, convertible notes payable, convertible secured notes payable, and capital leases payable approximate the fair value of such instruments based upon management’s best estimate of interest rates that would be available to the Company for similar financial arrangements at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011.

 

The Company’s Level 3 financial liabilities consist of the derivative financial instruments for which there is no current market for these securities such that the determination of fair value requires significant judgment or estimation.  The Company valued the automatic conditional conversion, re-pricing/down-round, change of control; default and follow-on offering provisions using a lattice model, with the assistance of a valuation specialist, for which management understands the methodologies. These models incorporate transaction details such as Company stock price, contractual terms, maturity, risk free rates, as well as assumptions about future financings, volatility, and holder behavior as of the date of issuance and each balance sheet date.

 

Transactions involving related parties cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm's-length basis, as the requisite conditions of competitive, free-market dealings may not exist.

 

Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis

 

Level 3 Financial Liabilities – Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company uses Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy to measure the fair value of the derivative liabilities and revalues its derivative liability at the end of every reporting period and recognizes gains or losses in the Statements of Operations that are attributable to the change in the fair value of the derivative liability.

 

Discount on debt

 

The Company allocates the proceeds received from convertible debt instruments between the liability component and equity component, and records the conversion feature as a liability. The conversion feature and certain other features that are considered embedded derivative instruments, such as a conversion reset provision, a penalty provision and redemption option, have been recorded at their fair value as its fair value can be separated from the convertible note and its conversion is independent of the underlying note value. The conversion liability is marked to market each reporting period with the resulting gains or losses shown in the Statement of Operations. The Company has also recorded the resulting discount on debt related to the warrants and conversion feature and is amortizing the discount using the effective interest rate method over the life of the debt instruments.

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Derivative instruments are required to be recognized as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of a derivative instrument depends on: (i) whether the derivative has been designated and qualifies as part of a hedging relationship, and (ii) the type of hedging relationship. For those derivative instruments that are designated and qualify as hedging instruments, a company must designate the hedging instrument based upon the exposure being hedged as either a fair value hedge, cash flow hedge or hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. The Company evaluates its convertible debt, options, warrants or other contracts to determine if those contracts or embedded components of those contracts qualify as derivatives to be separately accounted for under applicable accounting guidance. The result of this accounting treatment is that the fair value of the embedded derivative is marked-to-market each balance sheet date and recorded as a liability, and the change in fair value is recorded in the Statement of Operations as other income or expense. Upon conversion or exercise of a derivative instrument, the instrument is marked to fair value at the conversion date and then that fair value is reclassified to equity.

 

In circumstances where the embedded conversion option in a convertible instrument is required to be bifurcated and there are also other embedded derivative instruments in the convertible instrument that are required to be bifurcated, the bifurcated derivative instruments are accounted for as a single, compound derivative instrument.

 

The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is re-assessed at the end of each reporting period. Equity instruments that are initially classified as equity that become subject to reclassification are reclassified to liability at the fair value of the instrument on the reclassification date. Derivative instrument liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement of the derivative instrument is expected within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

 

The fair value model utilized to value the various compound embedded derivatives in the secured convertible notes comprises multiple probability-weighted scenarios under various assumptions reflecting the economics of the secured convertible notes, such as the risk-free interest rate, expected Company stock price and volatility, likelihood of conversion and or redemption, and likelihood of default status and timely registration.  At inception, the fair value of the single compound embedded derivative was bifurcated from the host debt contract and recorded as a derivative liability which resulted in a reduction of the initial notional carrying amount of the secured convertible notes (as unamortized discount which is being amortized over the term of the notes under the effective interest method).

 

Embedded Beneficial Conversion Feature of Convertible Instruments

 

The Company recognizes and measures the embedded beneficial conversion feature of applicable convertible instruments by allocating a portion of the proceeds from the convertible instruments equal to the intrinsic value of that feature to additional paid-in capital. The intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature is calculated at the commitment date as the difference between the conversion price and the fair value of the securities into which the convertible instruments are convertible. The Company recognizes the intrinsic value of the embedded beneficial conversion feature of the convertible notes so computed as interest expense.

 

From time to time, the Company transfers the liability under the indenture instrument to a third party in certain circumstances.

 

Related Parties

 

Related parties include a. affiliates of the Company; b. entities for which investments in their equity securities would be required to be accounted for by the equity method by the investing entity; c.  trusts for the benefit of employees, such as pension and profit-sharing trusts that are managed by or under the trusteeship of management; d. principal owners of the Company; e. management of the Company; f. other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests; and g. other parties that can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or that have an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

 

Stock-Based Compensation for Obtaining Employee Services

 

The Company accounts for share-based employee compensation plans under the fair value recognition and measurement provisions of GAAP. Those provisions require all share-based payments to employees, including grants of stock options, to be measured based on the grant-date fair value of the awards, with the resulting expense generally recognized in statements of income over the period during which the employee is required to perform service in exchange for the award.

 

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing valuation model.

 

The ranges of assumptions for inputs are as follows:

 

 

Expected term of share options and similar instruments.

Expected volatility of the entity's shares and the method used to estimate it. The Company uses historical data to estimate holder's expected exercise behavior.

The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods within the contractual life of the option and similar instruments.

The expected dividend yield is based on the Company's current dividend yield as the best estimate of projected dividend yield for periods within the expected contractual life of the option and similar instruments The Company has not declared any dividends since inception.

 

The Company's policy is to recognize compensation cost for awards with only service conditions and a graded vesting schedule on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. Additionally, the Company's policy is to issue new shares of common stock to satisfy stock option exercises.

 

Equity instruments issued to parties other than employees for acquiring goods or services

 

The Company accounts for equity instruments issued to parties other than employees for acquiring goods or services under applicable accounting guidance. All transactions in which goods or services are the consideration received for the issuance of equity instruments are accounted for based on the fair value of the consideration received or the fair value of the equity instrument issued, whichever is more reliably measurable.  The measurement date used to determine the fair value of the equity instrument issued is the earlier of the date on which the performance is complete or the date on which it is probable that performance will occur. The fair value of option or warrant award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing valuation model.  

 

The Company may grant fully vested, non-forfeitable equity instruments that are exercisable by the grantee only after a specified period of time if the terms of the agreement provide for earlier exercisability if the grantee achieves specified performance conditions. Any measured cost of the transaction is recognized in the same period(s) and in the same manner as if the entity had paid cash for the goods or services or used cash rebates as a sales discount instead of paying with, or using, the equity instruments. A recognized asset, expense, or sales discount is not  reversed if a stock option that the counterparty has the right to exercise expires unexercised.

 

 If the Company receives a right to receive future services in exchange for unvested, forfeitable equity instruments, those equity instruments are treated as unissued for accounting purposes until the future services are received (that is, the instruments are not considered issued until they vest). Consequently, in such cases, there is no recognition at the measurement date and no entry is recorded.

 

Income Tax Provision

 

The Company accounts for income taxes under the liability method.  Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse.  Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance to the extent management concludes it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the statements of operations in the period that includes the enactment date.

 

For interim periods, the income tax provision (benefit) is based on the estimated annual effective tax rate.  Due to losses sustained, the applicable estimated tax rate is zero in each period.

 

The Company adopted the uncertainty in income taxes accounting standard which addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements.  Under this guidance, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position.  The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement.  The standard also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties on income taxes, accounting in interim periods and requires increased disclosures.

 

Uncertain Tax Positions

 

The Company’s operations are based in New Jersey and it is subject to federal and New Jersey state income tax. Tax years subsequent to 2007 are open to examination by United States and state tax authorities. The Company had no material adjustments to its liabilities for unrecognized income tax benefits. On classification of all interest and penalties related to income tax, if any, the Company records them under other expenses in the Statement of Operations.

 

Net (Loss) per Common Share

 

Basic net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially outstanding shares of common stock during the period to reflect the potential dilution that could occur from common shares issuable through contingent share arrangements, stock options and warrants.

 

The following table shows the potentially outstanding dilutive common shares excluded from the diluted net loss per common share calculation for the interim periods ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 as they were anti-dilutive:

 

 

 

 

Potentially Outstanding Dilutive Common Shares

 

 

 

For the Six Months Ended

June 30,

2012

 

 

For the Six Months Ended

June 30,

2011

Warrants issued in connection with debentures

 

 

 

2,773,157

 

 

 

1,925,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants sold for cash

 

 

 

222,350,000

 

 

 

188,050,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants issued in consideration of services provided

 

 

 

7,010,000

 

 

 

11,743,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants issued in connection with the sale of common stock

 

 

 

12,777,144

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total - Warrants

 

 

 

244,910,301

 

 

 

201,718,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options issued from 5/20/03 to 4/21/11 to employees to purchase common shares exercisable at $0.0025 to $10.00 per share expiring 3 years to 10 years from the date of issuance

 

 

 

140,027,309

 

 

 

140,027,309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options issued from 12/2/04 to 12/23/10 to consultants to purchase common shares exercisable at $0.006 to $9.00 per share expiring 5 years to 10 years from the date of issuance

 

 

 

2,761,889

 

 

 

2,761,889

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sub-total – Options

 

 

 

142,789,198

 

 

 

142,789,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares of common stock issuable under the conversion feature of convertible notes payable

 

 

 

60,338,607

 

 

 

105,092,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total potentially outstanding dilutive common shares

 

 

 

448,038,106

 

 

 

449,599,813

 

Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date when the financial statements were issued. 

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated guidance on “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other: Testing Goodwill for Impairment”. The guidance simplifies how public and nonpublic entities test goodwill for impairment. The amendments permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described. Under this updated guidance, an entity is not required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the entity determines that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount.

 

The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted.

 

In July 2012, the FASB issued the FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-02 “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment” (“ASU 2012-02”).

 

This Update is intended to reduce the cost and complexity of testing indefinite-lived intangible assets other than goodwill for impairment. This guidance builds upon the guidance in ASU 2011-08, entitled Testing Goodwill for Impairment. ASU 2011-08 was issued on September 15, 2011, and feedback from stakeholders during the exposure period related to the goodwill impairment testing guidance was that the guidance also would be helpful in impairment testing for intangible assets other than goodwill. 

 

The revised standard allows an entity the option to first assess qualitatively whether it is more likely than not (that is, a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that an indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired, thus necessitating that it perform the quantitative impairment test. An entity is not required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative impairment test unless the entity determines that it is more likely than not that the asset is impaired.

 

This Update is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed in fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012.  Earlier implementation is permitted.

 

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, as or if adopted, has or would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.