Note 5 - Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Notes to Financial Statements

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

5. Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities

Contract assets represent contract billings for sales per contracts with customers and are classified as current. Our contract assets include our accounts receivables. For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2019,

the Company had contract assets balance of

$1,492,000,

a decrease of

$475,000

from the prior year due to cash receipts exceeding new contract assets. For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2018,

the Company had contract assets balance of

$1,244,000,

an increase of

$282,000

from the prior year due to new contract assets exceeding cash receipts.

Contract liabilities consist of cash payments in advance of the Company satisfying performance obligations and recognizing revenue. The Company currently classifies deferred revenue as a contract liability. For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2019,

the Company had contract liabilities balance of

$475,000.

For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2018,

the Company had contract liabilities balance of

$76,000.