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Fair Value Information
6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Fair Value Information [Abstract]  
Fair Value Information
Note 7. Fair Value Information

     For certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash and equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate their fair values due to their short maturities. Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” requires disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments held by the Company. ASC Topic 825, “Financial Instruments,” defines fair value, and establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures of fair value measurement that enhances disclosure requirements for fair value measures. The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheets for receivables, current liabilities and borrowings under the credit facilities each qualify as financial instruments and are a reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short period of time between the origination of such instruments and their expected realization and their current market rate of interest. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
 
Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
 
Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.
 
Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of both liabilities and equity under ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” and ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging.”
 
     As of January 31, 2015, the Company identified that the contingent acquisition liability is required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value.  Any future change required to the contingent acquisition liability will be reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive (Loss) Income Statement.

     Non-financial assets such as goodwill, intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are measured at fair value when there is an indicator of impairment or when tested for impairment at least annually and recorded at fair value only when impairment is recognized. No impairment indicators existed as of January 31, 2015.