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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2012
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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of presentation

 

The consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The financial statements reflect the financial position of the Company and its subsidiary, Changzhou Huayue Electronic Co., Ltd., as of November 30, 2012 and May 31, 2012 and the results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiary, Changzhou Huayue Electronic Co., Ltd., for the three months and six months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011.

  

Principles of consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of China Metal Holding, Inc. and Changzhou Huayue Electronics Co., Ltd.   All inter-company transactions and balances are eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant accounting estimates reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements include: the allowance for bad debt, the valuation of inventory, and estimated useful lives and impairment of property and equipment.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

For purposes of the statement of cash flow, the Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Bad Debt

 

Accounts receivable are stated at net realizable value. An allowance for doubtful accounts is established based on the management’s assessment of the recoverability of accounts and other receivables. A considerable amount of judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables, including the current credit worthiness of each customer and the related aging analysis.

 

Inventory

 

Inventory is primarily composed of raw materials and packing materials for manufacturing, work in process, and finished goods. Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market with cost determined on a weighted average basis. Management compares the cost of inventory with the market value and an allowance is made for writing down the inventory to its market value, if lower than cost.

 

Machinery and equipment

 

Machinery and equipment are stated at cost. The cost of an asset comprises its purchase price and any directly attributable costs of bringing the asset to its present working condition and locations for its intended use. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the following useful lives:

 Machinery, equipment, and automobiles 

 7-15 years

Expenditures for maintenance and repairs are charged to expense as incurred. Additions, renewals and betterments are capitalized.

 

Revenue recognition

 

The Company’s revenue recognition policies are in compliance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 104, included in the Codification as ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. Sales revenue is recognized at the date of shipment to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are recorded as customer deposits.

 

Customer deposit

 

Revenue from the sale of goods or services is recognized at the time that goods are delivered or services are rendered. Receipts in advance for goods to be delivered or services to be rendered in a subsequent period are carried forward as customer deposit.

 

Prepaid account

 

Prepaid account represents the payments made and recorded in advance for goods and services received. The Company makes advances for raw materials purchased from certain domestic vendors. In order to maintain a long-term relationship with the vendors, the Company frequently needs to make advances from one and one-half months to three months ahead. The prepaid account was $3,181,292 as of November 30, 2012 and $2,389,547 as of May 31, 2012.

 

Impairment of long-lived assets

 

The Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may no longer be recoverable. An impairment loss, measured based on the fair value of the asset, is recognized if expected future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the assets.

 

Income taxes

 

The Company accounts for income tax under the asset and liability method as stipulated by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (”SFAS”) No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes”, which requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of the events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns.  Deferred income taxes will be recognized if significant temporary differences between tax and financial statements occur.  Valuation allowances are established against net deferred tax assets when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized. The deferred tax asset at November 30, 2012 and May 31, 2012 were $39,573 and $39,226, respectively.

 

Value-added tax

 

Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of a Value-Added Tax (“VAT”). All of the Company’s products that are sold in the PRC are subject to a Chinese value-added tax at a rate of 17% of the gross sales price. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by the Company on raw materials and other materials included in the cost of producing their finished product.

 

The Company recorded $142,340 and $134,962 VAT payable net of payments in the financial statements as of November 30, 2012 and May 31, 2012, respectively.

 

Advertising costs

 

Advertising costs for newspaper and television are expensed as incurred.  The Company incurred no advertising costs for the three months ended November 30, 2012 and incurred $6,610 advertising costs for the three months ended November 30, 2011.

 

The Company incurred advertising costs of $184 and $8,509 for the six months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

Mailing and handling costs

 

The Company accounts for mailing and handling fees in accordance with the FASB ASC 605-45 (Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 00-10, Accounting for Shipping and Handling Fees and Costs). The Company includes shipping and handling fees billed to customers in net revenues. Amounts incurred by the Company for freight are included in cost of goods sold. For the three months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred $1,127 and $5,663 mailing and handling costs, respectively. For the six months ended November 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company incurred $8,251 and $6,494 mailing and handling costs, respectively.

 

Risks and uncertainties

 

The Company’s operations are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environments in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC’s economy. The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in the North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in governmental policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.

 

Fair value of financial instruments

 

For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term debt, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their short maturities.

 

As of November 30, 2012, the Company did not identify any financial instruments that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value other than those whose carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short maturities.

 

Foreign currency translation

 

The accounts of the Company’s Chinese subsidiary are maintained in the RMB and the accounts of the U.S. parent company are maintained in the USD. The accounts of the Chinese subsidiary were translated into USD in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 830 “Foreign Currency Matters,” with the RMB as the functional currency for the Chinese subsidiary. According to Topic 830, all assets and liabilities were translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date; stockholders’ equity is translated at historical rates and statement of income items are translated at the weighted average exchange rate for the period. The resulting translation adjustments are reported under other comprehensive income in accordance with ASC Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income.” Gains and losses resulting from the translations of foreign currency transactions and balances are reflected in the statements of income.

 

Translation adjustments resulting from this process amounted to $335,047 and $91,744 as of November 30, 2012 and May 31, 2012, respectively.

 

The following exchange rates were adopted to translate the amounts from RMB into United States dollars (“USD$”) for the respective years:

 

November 30,

May 31,

November 30,

2012

2012

2011

Period End RMB Exchange Rate (RMB/USD$)

 

 

6.2892

    6.3449

   6.34824

Average Period RMB Exchange Rate (RMB/USD$)

 

 

6.3219

   6.3277

   6.4063

 

Statutory Reserve

Subsidiaries incorporated in China are required to make appropriations to reserve funds, based on after-tax net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the People’s Republic of China (“PRC GAAP”).  Effective January 1, 2006, the Company is only required to contribute to one statutory reserve fund at 10% of net income after tax per annum, and any contributions are not to exceed 50% of the respective companies’ registered capital.

As of November 30, 2012, the Company has appropriated USD $31,263 to the statutory reserve.

 

New accounting pronouncements

The Company has reviewed all recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements and does not believe the future adoption of any such pronouncements may be expected to cause a material impact on its financial condition or the results of its operations.