SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 3: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Interim Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and based upon Securities and Exchange Commission rules that permit reduced disclosure for interim periods. For a more complete discussion of significant accounting policies and certain other information, you should refer to the financial statements included in Slinger Bag Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2021. These financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of results of operations and financial condition for the interim periods shown, including normal recurring accruals and other items. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.

Financial Statement Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in these consolidated financial statements to conform to current year presentation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The majority of payments due from banks for credit card transactions process within 24 to 48 hours and are accordingly classified as cash and cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable are non-interest bearing trade receivables resulting from the sale of products and payable over terms ranging from 15 to 60 days. The Company provides an allowance for doubtful accounts at the point when collection is considered doubtful. Once all collection efforts have been exhausted, the Company charges-off the receivable with the allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company had a $10,000 and $0 allowance for doubtful accounts as of January 31, 2022 and April 30, 2021, respectively.

Inventory

Inventory is valued at the lower of the cost (determined principally on a first-in, first-out basis) or net realizable value. The Company’s valuation of inventory includes inventory reserves for inventory that will be sold below cost and the impact of inventory shrink. Inventory reserves are based on historical information and assumptions about future demand and inventory shrink trends. The Company’s inventory as of January 31, 2022 consisted of $4,532,972 of finished goods, $2,441,085 of component and replacement parts, $1,945,664 of capitalized duty and freight, and a $250,000 inventory reserve. The Company’s inventory as of April 30, 2021 consisted of $1,591,826 of finished goods, $1,777,028 of component and replacement parts, $347,362 of capitalized duty and freight, and a $23,000 inventory reserve.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company maintains its cash in bank deposit accounts, the balances of which at times may exceed insured limits. The Company continually monitors its banking relationships and consequently has not experienced any losses in such accounts. While we may be exposed to credit risk, we consider the risk remote and do not expect that any such risk would result in a significant effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, the core principle of which is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes revenue for its performance obligation associated with its contracts with customers at a point in time once products are shipped. Amounts collected from customers in advance of shipping products ordered are reflected as deferred revenue on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The Company’s standard terms are non-cancelable and do not provide for the right-of-return, other than for defective merchandise covered under the Company’s standard warranty. The Company has not historically experienced any significant returns or warranty issues.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities is defined as an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three-tier hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value, which prioritizes the inputs used in the methodologies of measuring fair value for assets and liabilities, is as follows:

Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities

Level 3 — Unobservable pricing inputs in the market

Financial assets and financial liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurements requires judgment and may affect the valuation of the assets and liabilities being measured and their categorization within the fair value hierarchy.

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable. The carrying amount of these financial instruments approximates fair value due to their short-term maturity.

The Company’s derivative liabilities were calculated using Level 2 assumptions on the issuance and balance sheet dates via a Black-Scholes option pricing model and consisted of the following ending balances and gain amounts as of and for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2022:

Note derivative is related to	January 31, 2022 ending balance		Gain (loss) for three months ended January 31, 2022			Gain (loss) for nine months ended January 31, 2022
4/11/21 conversion of 12/24/20 note payable	$	1,027,509	$	232,027		$	(202,342	)
4/15/21 note payable		-		-			(6,014,245	)
5/26/21 conversion of notes payable – related party		-		-			(2,867,749	)
8/6/21 convertible notes		7,898,574		(6,175,994	)		(5,990,544	)
Total	$	8,926,083	$	(5,943,967	)	$	(15,074,880	)

The Black-Scholes option pricing model assumptions for the derivative liabilities during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of the following:

	2022			2021
Expected life in years		1.7 – 5.0 years			N/A
Stock price volatility		50% - 155	%		N/A
Risk free interest rate		0.16% - 1.56	%		N/A
Expected dividends		0	%		N/A

Income Taxes

Income taxes are accounted for in accordance with the provisions of ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. 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 income in the period that includes the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are more likely than not to be realized.

Goodwill

The Company accounts for goodwill in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”). ASC 350 requires that goodwill not be amortized, but reviewed for impairment if impairment indicators arise and, at a minimum, annually.

The goodwill impairment test is a two-step test. In the first step, the Company compares the fair value of each reporting unit with goodwill to its carrying value. The Company determines the fair value of its reporting units with goodwill using a combination of a discounted cash flow and a market value approach. If the fair value of the reporting unit exceeds the carrying value of the net assets assigned to that reporting unit, goodwill is not impaired and the Company is not required to perform further testing. If the carrying value of the net assets assigned to the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, then the Company must perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test in order to determine the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill and compare it to the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. The activities in the second step include valuing the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities. If the implied fair value of goodwill is less than the carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference.

There was no impairment of goodwill during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 or 2021.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets relate to the “Slinger” technology trademark, which the Company purchased on November 10, 2020, as well as the intangible assets related to the purchase of Foundation Sports on June 21, 2021 (see Note 4). The Slinger trademark is amortized over its expected life of 20 years. Amortization expense for the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021 related to the Slinger trademark was $4,348 and $1,299, respectively.

Long-Lived Assets

In accordance with ASC 360-10, the Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their net book value may not be recoverable. When such factors and circumstances exist, the Company compares the projected undiscounted future cash flows associated with the related asset or group of assets over their estimated useful lives against their respective carrying amount. If those net undiscounted cash flows do not exceed the carrying amount, impairment, if any, is based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair value based on the market value or discounted expected cash flows of those assets and is recorded in the period in which the determination is made. There was no impairment of long-lived assets identified during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 or 2021.

Share-Based Payments

The Company accounts for share-based compensation in accordance with ASC Topic 718, Compensation-Stock Compensation (“ASC 718”). Under the fair value recognition provisions of this topic, share-based compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as an expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period.

Warrants

The Company grants warrants to key employees and executives as compensation on a discretionary basis. The Company also grants warrants in connection with certain note payable agreements and other key arrangements. The Company is required to estimate the fair value of share-based awards on the measurement date and recognize as expense that value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest over the requisite service period. Warrants granted in connection with ongoing arrangements are more fully described in Note 6: Convertible Notes Payable, Note 7: Note Payable and Note 10: Shareholders’ Equity.

The warrants granted during the nine months ended January 31, 2022 and 2021 were valued using a Black-Scholes option pricing model on the date of grant using the following assumptions:

	2022			2021
Expected life in years		5 – 10 years			5-10 years
Stock price volatility		50.0% - 156.7	%		148.3% - 151.9	%
Risk free interest rate		0.77% - 1.63	%		0.68% - 0.85	%
Expected dividends		0	%		0	%

Foreign Currency Translation

A portion of SBL’s operations are conducted in Israel and its functional currency is the Israeli Shekel, the Company’s operations of Slinger Bag Canada are conducted in its functional currency of Canadian Dollars, and the Company’s Slinger Bag UK operations are conducted in its functional currency of the British pound (“GBP”). The accounts of SBL, Slinger Bag Canada, and Slinger Bag UK have been translated into U.S. dollars (“USD”). Assets and liabilities are translated into USD at the applicable exchange rates at period-end. Shareholders’ equity is translated using historical exchange rates. Revenue and expenses are translated at the average exchange rates for the period. Any translation adjustments are included as foreign currency translation adjustments on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing income available to shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted earnings per share are computed using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding during the period.

The Company had 0 and 6,921,299 common shares issuable as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, which were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the effect is antidilutive. The Company also had outstanding convertible notes payable that were convertible into 4,400,000 and 0 shares of common stock as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, outstanding warrants exercisable into 37,272,401 and 16,200,000 shares of common stock as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 642,303 and 0 shares related to make-whole provisions as of January 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, which were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the effect is antidilutive. As a result, the basic and diluted earnings per share are the same for each of the periods presented.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”), 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which amends ASC 740, Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). This update is intended to simplify accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740 and amending existing guidance to improve consistent application of ASC 740. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The guidance in this update has various elements, some of which are applied on a prospective basis and others on a retrospective basis with earlier application permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this ASU on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures.

Other recently issued accounting pronouncements did not, or are not believed by management to, have a material effect on the Company’s present or future consolidated financial statements.