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Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
NOTE
2:
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Revenue Recognition
 
Product and service sales, including those based on time and materials type contracts, are recognized when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, product delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, pricing is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. Service sales, principally representing repair, maintenance and engineering activities are recognized over the contractual period or as services are rendered.
 
Revenues from fixed price contracts are recognized on the percentage of completion method, measured on the basis of incurred costs to estimated total costs for each contract. This “cost to cost” method is used because management considers it to be the best available measure of progress on these contracts.
Contract costs include all direct material and labor costs and those indirect costs related to contract performance, such as indirect labor, supplies, tools, repairs and depreciation costs.
 
The asset, “Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on contracts in progress,” represents revenues recognized in excess of amounts billed.
 
The liability, “Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on contracts in progress,” represents amounts billed in excess of revenues recognized.
 
Research and Development
 
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Due to the highly technical nature of our projects, we use our technical staff in a dual role, and based on their contribution to the customer or research and development projects, their costs are charged accordingly to either cost of goods sold or research and development.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In
May 2014,
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No.
2014
-
09,
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic
606
), which changes the criteria for recognizing revenue. The standard requires an entity which recognizes 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 in exchange for those goods or services. The standard requires a
five
-step process for recognizing revenues including identifying the contract with the customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction prices, allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and recognizing revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. The Company is currently analyzing the impact of the standard on its contract portfolio by reviewing its current accounting policies and practices to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard to its revenue contracts. The Company has made progress on its contract reviews and continues to evaluate the impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements, related disclosures and transition method The Company does
not
believe the standard will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.
 
We believe there is
no
additional new accounting guidance adopted, but
not
yet effective that is relevant to the readers of our financial statements. However, there are numerous new proposals under development which, if and when enacted,
may
have a significant impact on our financial reporting.