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Note 6 - Agreements and Commitments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
6
 - AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS
 
401
(K) Profit Sharing Plan
 -- LiqTech NA has a
401
(k)-profit sharing plan and trust covering certain eligible employees. The amount LiqTech NA contributes is discretionary. For the
three
months ended
March 31, 2019
and
2018,
matching contributions were expensed and totaled
$2,621
and
$2,693,
respectively.
 
Contingencies
-- From time to time, we
may
be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business.
 
On
November 20, 2018
a former supplier to Liqtech International A/S contacted the Company with a claim of
DKK448,500
(
$68,800
) alleging that a former Agreement from
2016
had
not
been respected. The Company has contested the claim due to lack of evidence to support the claim.
No
provision has been made as per
March 31, 2019
as the Company does
not
expect the claim to materialize in any payments to the former supplier.
 
On
February 27, 2019,
LiqTech Systems A/S was contacted by a former supplier alleging that the Company owed
DKK543,905
(
$83,400
) for services rendered in
2017,
The claimant has previously filed a lawsuit to claim payment for the services, which was denied by the Company due to severe errors in the services supplied, and the claim was rejected by the court of law in
2018.
Due to the nature of the new claim and the previous ruling from the court of law,
no
provision has been made as per
March 31, 2019.
  
In connection with certain orders, we have to give the customer a working guarantee or a prepayment guarantee or security bond. For that purpose, we have a guarantee line of DKK
94,620
(approximately
$14,240
at
March 31, 2019)
with a bank, subject to certain base limitations. As of
March 31, 2018,
we had DKK
94,620
(approximately
$15,743
) in working guarantee against the line. 
 
Product Warranties
- The Company provides a standard warranty on its systems, generally for
one
to
five
years. The Company estimates the costs which
may
be incurred under its standard warranty programs and records a liability for such costs at the time product revenue is recognized.
 
In addition, the Company sells an extended warranty for certain systems, which generally provide a warranty for up to
four
years from the date of commissioning. The specific terms and conditions of those warranties vary depending upon the product sold and the country in which the Company does business. Revenue received for the sale of extended warranty contracts is deferred and recognized in the same manner as the costs incurred to perform under the warranty contracts.
 
The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. Factors that affect the warranty liability include the number of units sold, historical and anticipated rates of warranty claim and the cost per claim.
 
Changes in the Company's current and long-term warranty obligations, including deferred revenue on extended warranty contracts, are as follows:
 
   
2019
 
Balance at December 31, 2018
  $
432,225
 
Current year warranty expense
   
313,894
 
Change in estimate related to pre-existing warranties
 
 
-
 
Payments made
   
-
 
Foreign currency effect
   
(11,588
)
Balance at March 31, 2019
  $
734,531