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NOTE 10 - CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Research and Development [Abstract]  
Research, Development, and Computer Software Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE 10 – CAPITALIZED SOFTWARE

In the second quarter of 2016, the Company capitalized developmental software in accordance with ASC 730 – Research & Development and ASC 985 –Software.

Within that accounting guidance, companies may elect to capitalize certain portions of their R&D expenses relating to the development of new products or services.  R&D expenses are capitalized as follows: 1) All R&D costs incurred in developing a new product or service must be expensed as incurred until “technological feasibility” has been achieved; that is, until R&D efforts substantiate the new product or service can, in fact, be made; 2) Upon achieving “technological feasibility”, the Company capitalizes all incurred costs until the product is ready for production and or for sale; 3) Once the product/service is ready for production or for sale, then all future costs, (maintenance & support) are expensed as incurred; and 4) The capitalized costs are then amortized over the future beneficial life cycle of the product/service.

All costs incurred to establish the technological feasibility of a computer software product to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed are research and development costs. Those costs are charged to expense when incurred as required by Subtopic 730-10.

The technological feasibility of a computer software product is established when the Company has completed all planning, designing, coding, and testing activities that are necessary to establish that the product can be produced to meet its design specifications including functions, features, and technical performance requirements.

Based upon the accounting guidance, the Company has concluded that at different points in time during the second and third quarters of 2016, five projects now meet the requirements for achieving “technological feasibility” per “ACS 985-25-2-a-1-3” and has elected to begin capitalizing the R&D expenses incurred for the time-period between that date of achieving “technological feasibility” and the anticipated date when the respective projects conclude with the product or service being ready for production or for sale.

The incurred costs for each of these projects are derived from both in-house and outside work efforts.  The outside work efforts are represented by third-party programming service providers, one of which has been a long-time Company vendor.  For purposes of this procedure and for the second quarter of 2016, the Company has elected to capture and capitalize the applicable costs paid to third-party service providers.  The Company elected this treatment because it could not cost-effectively capture in-house costs during the second quarter of 2016. In the future, and if the Company is in a position to cost-effectively capture the related in-house expenses, the Company may capture these in-house costs as well.

Management believes a three-year period, representing the future beneficial life cycle of the product/service, is a reasonable period of time upon which to amortize the capitalized costs, commencing when the respective project arrives at a point where the product/service is ready for production/sale. The Company anticipates these projects will be complete between December 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017.

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, the Company capitalized $396,145 and $620,949, respectively, in developmental software costs. Total estimated cost for the project is $1,186,000.