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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Nature of Business. We are a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative, proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions.  Our primary focus is on two products: our Urgent PC® Neuromodulation System, which we believe is the only FDA-cleared minimally invasive, office-based neuromodulation therapy for the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) and associated symptoms of urinary urgency, urinary frequency, and urge incontinence; and Macroplastique® Implants, a urethral bulking agent for the treatment of adult female stress urinary incontinence primarily due to intrinsic sphincter deficiency (ISD).  Outside of the U.S., our Urgent PC Neuromodulation System is also approved for treatment of fecal incontinence, and Macroplastique is also approved for treatment of male stress incontinence and vesicoureteral reflux.
 
Our primary focus is on growth in the U.S. market, which we entered in 2005.  Prior to that, essentially all of our business was outside of the U.S.  We believe the U.S. market presents a significant opportunity for growth in sales of our products.
 
The Urgent PC Neuromodulation System uses percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) to deliver to the tibial nerve an electrical pulse that travels to the sacral nerve plexus, a control center for pelvic floor and bladder function.  We have received regulatory clearances for sale of the Urgent PC System in the United States, Canada and Europe.  We launched sales of our second generation Urgent PC System in late 2006.  We have intellectual property rights relating to key aspects of our neurostimulation therapy, and we believe our intellectual property portfolio provides us a competitive advantage.
 
We have sold Macroplastique for urological indications in over 40 countries outside the United States since 1991.  In October 2006, we received from the FDA pre-market approval for the use of Macroplastique to treat adult female stress urinary incontinence.  We began marketing Macroplastique in the United States in 2007.
 
Principles of Consolidation.  The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Uroplasty, Inc. and its wholly owned foreign subsidiaries.  We have eliminated all significant intercompany accounts and transactions in consolidation.

Revenue Recognition.  We recognize revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, title and risk of ownership have passed, the sales price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured.  Generally, these criteria are met at the time the product is shipped to the customer.  We include shipping and handling charges billed to customers in net sales, and include such costs incurred by us in cost of goods sold. Typically our agreements contain no customer acceptance provisions or clauses.  We sell our products to end users and to distributors.  Payment terms range from prepayment to 120 days.  The distributor payment terms are not contingent on the distributor selling the product to end users.  Customers do not have the right to return products except for warranty claims.  We offer customary product warranties.  During fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011, none of our customers individually accounted for 10% or more of our consolidated net sales.  We present our sales in our statement of operations net of taxes, such as sales, use, value-added and certain excise taxes, collected from the customers and remitted to governmental authorities.

Use of Estimates.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.  Our significant accounting policies and estimates include revenue recognition, accounts receivable, valuation of inventory, foreign currency translation/transactions, the determination of recoverability of long-lived and intangible assets, share-based compensation, defined benefit pension plans, and income taxes.

Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments.  Estimates of fair value for financial assets and liabilities are based on the framework established in the accounting guidance for fair value measurements.  The framework defines fair value, provides guidance for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures.  The framework prioritizes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.  The following three broad levels of inputs may be used to measure fair value under the fair value hierarchy:
 
·  
Level 1: Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
 
·  
Level 2: Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.
 
·  
Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs that cannot be corroborated by observable market data and reflect the use of significant management judgment.  These values are generally determined using pricing models for which the assumptions utilize management's estimates of market participant assumptions.
 
If the inputs used to measure the financial assets and liabilities fall within more than one of the different levels described above, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.
 
The following table provides the assets carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis at March 31:
 
Asset Class
 
Fair Value
 
 
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
 
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
 
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
$
 3,757,000
 
 
$
 -
 
 
$
 3,757,000
 
 
$
-
 
Long-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
 
 3,452,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 3,452,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
$
 1,001,000
 
 
$
 -
 
 
$
 1,001,000
 
 
$
-
 
Long-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
 
 2,029,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 2,029,000
 
 
 
-
 

U.S. Government and U.S. Government Agency debt securities.  Our debt securities consist of bonds, notes and treasury bills with risk ratings of AAA/Aaa and maturity dates within two years from date of purchase.  The estimated fair value of these securities is based on valuations provided by external investment managers.

Remeasurements to fair value on a nonrecurring basis relate primarily to our Property, plant and equipment and Intangible assets and occur when the derived fair value is below the carrying value on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.  As of March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 we had no remeasurements of such assets to fair value.

The carrying amounts reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for Short-term and Long-term investments include certificates of deposit of $4,180,000 and $8,600,000 at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for which, due to the negligible risk of changes in value resulting from changes in interest rates of these investments, cost approximates fair market value.

The carrying amounts reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for Cash and cash equivalents, Accounts receivable, Inventories, Other current assets, Accounts payable and Accrued liabilities approximate fair market value.

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities.  We consider all cash on-hand and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.  We classify marketable securities having original maturities of more than three months when purchased and remaining maturities of one year or less as short-term investments and marketable securities with remaining maturities of more than one year as long-term investments.  We further classify marketable securities as either held-to-maturity or available-for-sale.  We classify marketable securities as held-to-maturity when we believe we have the ability and intent to hold such securities to their scheduled maturity dates.  All other marketable securities are classified as available-for-sale.  We have not designated any of our marketable securities as trading securities.

We carry held-to-maturity marketable securities at their amortized cost and available-for-sale marketable securities at their fair value and report any unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the fair value of available-for-sale marketable securities in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).  We monitor our investment portfolio for any decline in fair value that is other-than-temporary and record any such impairment as an impairment loss.  We recorded no impairment losses for other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of marketable securities in fiscal 2013, 2012, and 2011.

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid money market funds and debt securities with original maturities of three months or less of $2.2 million and $3.3 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Money market funds present negligible risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates, and their cost approximates their fair market value.  We maintain cash in bank accounts, which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits.  We have not experienced any losses in such accounts.  Cash and cash equivalents held in foreign bank accounts totaled $639,000 and $858,000 at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

The amortized cost and fair value of our marketable securities classified as available-for-sale at March 31 are summarized as follows:

 
Amortized Cost
 
 
Unrealized Gains
 
 
Unrealized Losses
 
 
Fair Value
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
$
3,756,000
 
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
3,757,000
 
  Long-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
 
3,453,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(1,000
)
 
 
3,452,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
7,209,000
 
 
$
1,000
 
 
$
(1,000
)
 
$
7,209,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Short-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
$
1,001,000
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
1,001,000
 
  Long-term investments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Government and Agency debt securities
 
 
2,030,000
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(1,000
)
 
 
2,029,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
$
3,031,000
 
 
$
-
 
 
$
(1,000
)
 
$
3,030,000
 

All our available-for-sale marketable securities mature within two years from the date of purchase.

Short-term investments include held-to-maturity certificates of deposit of $4.2 million and $6.2 million at March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.  Long-term investments of at March 31, 2012 include $2.4 million of held-to-maturity certificates of deposit that mature within two years from the date of purchase.  There were no long-term, held-to-maturity investments at March 31, 2013.  Due to the negligible risk of changes in value due to changes in interest rates of these investments, their cost approximates their fair market value.

Accounts Receivable. We grant credit to our customers in the normal course of business and, generally, do not require collateral or any other security to support amounts due.  If necessary, we have an outside party assist us with performing credit and reference checks and establishing credit limits for the customer.  Accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms, are considered past due.  We carry our accounts receivable at the original invoice amount less an estimated allowance for doubtful receivables based on a periodic review of all outstanding amounts, and less an estimated sales return allowance.  We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts based on the customer's financial health, and both historical and expected credit loss experience.  We write off our accounts receivable when we deem them uncollectible.  We record recoveries of accounts receivable previously written off when received.  We are not always able to timely anticipate changes in the financial condition of our customers and if circumstances related to these customers deteriorate, our estimates of the recoverability of accounts receivable could be materially affected and we may be required to record additional allowances.  Alternatively, if more allowances are provided than are ultimately required, we may reverse a portion of such provisions in future periods based on the actual collection experience. We determine the sales return allowance based on historical experience.  Historically, the accounts receivable balances we have written off and the sales returns have generally been within our expectations.
 
Inventories.  We state inventories at the lower of cost or market using the first-in, first-out method.  We value at lower of cost or market the slow moving and obsolete inventories based upon current and expected future product sales and the expected impact of product transitions or modifications.  Historically, the inventory write-offs have generally been within our expectations.  Inventories consist of the following at March 31:

 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raw materials
 
$
219,000
 
 
$
219,000
 
Work-in-process
 
 
21,000
 
 
 
1,000
 
Finished goods
 
 
479,000
 
 
 
479,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
719,000
 
 
$
699,000
 

Property, Plant, and Equipment.  We carry property, plant, and equipment, including leasehold improvements, at cost, less accumulated depreciation which consist of the following at March 31:

 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Land
 
$
157,000
 
 
$
163,000
 
Building
 
 
716,000
 
 
 
745,000
 
Leasehold improvements
 
 
383,000
 
 
 
376,000
 
Internal use software
 
 
543,000
 
 
 
468,000
 
Equipment
 
 
1,374,000
 
 
 
1,315,000
 
 
 
3,173,000
 
 
 
3,067,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
 
(2,140,000
)
 
 
(1,895,000
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
1,033,000
 
 
$
1,172,000
 

We provide for depreciation using the straight-line method over useful lives of three to seven years for equipment and 40 years for the building.  We charge maintenance and repairs to expense as incurred.  We capitalize renewals and improvements and amortize them over the shorter of their estimated useful service lives or the remaining lease term.  We recognized depreciation expense of approximately $290,000, $261,000 and $276,000 in fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
 
We capitalized internal use software and web site development costs of $75,000, $109,000, and $54,000 in fiscal 2013, 2012, and 2011, respectively.  These costs are amortized over a three-year period.  The net book value of our capitalized software for internal use was $125,000 at March 31, 2013 and 2012.

Intangible Assets. Our intangible assets are comprised of patents which we amortize on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of six years.

 
Gross Carrying Amount
 
 
Accumulated Amortization
 
 
 
Net value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
$
5,603,000
 
 
$
5,502,000
 
 
$
101,000
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
5,586,000
 
 
 
4,640,000
 
 
 
946,000
 

At March 31, 2013, we estimate the following annual amortization for these assets in subsequent fiscal years:

2014
 
$
27,000
 
2015
 
 
25,000
 
2016
 
 
23,000
 
2017
 
 
20,000
 
2018 and beyond
 
 
6,000
 
 
$
101,000
 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets.  Long-lived assets at March 31, 2013 consisted of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.  We review our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or business circumstances indicate that we may not recover the carrying amount of an asset.  We measure recoverability of assets held and used by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows we expect to generate by the asset.  If we consider such assets impaired, we measure the impairment recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.  We completed our impairment analysis and concluded there were no impairments in fiscal 2013, 2012, and 2011.

Product Warranty.  We warrant our products to be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of twelve months after the date of sale.  Under the terms of these warranties, we repair or replace products we deem defective due to material or workmanship.  We recognized warranty expense of $11,000, $37,000 and $15,000 for the years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  

Deferred Rent.  We entered into an 8-year operating lease agreement, effective May 2006, for our corporate facility in Minnesota.   As part of the agreement, the landlord provided an incentive of $280,000 for leasehold improvements.  We recorded this incentive as deferred rent and are amortizing it as a reduction in rent expense over the lease term.

Foreign Currency Translation.  We translate all assets and liabilities using period-end exchange rates.  We translate statements of operations items using average exchange rates for the period.  We record the resulting translation adjustment within accumulated other comprehensive loss, a separate component of shareholders' equity.  We recognize foreign currency transaction gains and losses in our consolidated statements of operations, including unrealized gains and losses on short-term intercompany obligations using period-end exchange rates.  We recognize unrealized gains and losses on long-term intercompany obligations within accumulated other comprehensive loss, a separate component of shareholders' equity.

We recognize exchange gains and losses primarily as a result of fluctuations in currency rates between the U.S. dollar (the functional reporting currency) and the Euro and British pound (currencies of our subsidiaries), as well as their effect on the dollar denominated intercompany obligations between us and our foreign subsidiaries.  All intercompany balances are revolving in nature and we do not deem any portion of them to be long-term.  We recognized foreign currency exchange gain of approximately $2,000, $4,000 and $11,000 for the years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Income Taxes. We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method.  The asset and liability method provides that deferred tax assets and liabilities be recorded based on the differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.  We reduce deferred tax assets by a valuation allowance, when we believe it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.
 
ASC 740 "Accounting for Income Taxes", prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for financial statement recognition of tax positions we take or expect to take in a tax return.  It is management's responsibility to determine whether it is "more-likely-than-not" that a taxing authority will sustain a tax position upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position.  We have reviewed all income tax positions taken or that we expect to take for all open tax years and have determined that our income tax positions are appropriately stated and supported for all open years.  Accordingly, we have no reserve for uncertain tax positions in our consolidated financial statements.

Under our accounting policies we recognize interest and penalties accrued on unrecognized tax benefits as well as interest received from favorable tax settlements within income tax expense.  As of March 31, 2013 and 2012, we recorded no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

We recorded income tax expense of $51,000, $48,000 and $29,000 for the years ended March 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Income tax expense is attributed to our Netherlands subsidiary and to the payment of minimum State taxes in the U.S.  We cannot use our U.S. net operating loss carryforwards to offset taxable income in foreign jurisdictions.

The fiscal tax years 2009 through 2013 remain open to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and various state taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.  In addition, we are subject to examination by certain foreign taxing authorities for which the fiscal years 2007 through 2013 remain open for examination.

As of March 31, 2013, we have generated approximately $32 million in U.S. net operating loss carryforwards that we cannot use to offset taxable income in foreign jurisdictions.  We recognize a valuation allowance when we determine it is more likely than not that we will not realize a portion of the deferred tax asset.  We have established a valuation allowance for all U.S. deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty that we will generate enough income in those taxing jurisdictions to utilize the assets.

In addition, future utilization of NOL carryforwards is subject to certain limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.  This section generally relates to a 50 percent change in ownership of a company over a three-year period.  We believe that the issuance of our common stock in the December 2006 follow-on public offering resulted in an "ownership change" under Section 382.  Accordingly, our ability to use NOL attributes generated prior to December 2006 is limited to approximately $750,000 per year.  Additionally, we believe there was an ownership change in December 2012.  Accordingly, our ability to use NOL tax attributes generated after December 2006 and before December 2012 is limited to approximately $2,000,000 per year.
 
Basic and Diluted Net Loss per Share.  We calculate basic per common share amounts by dividing net loss by the weighted-average common shares outstanding, excluding outstanding shares contingently subject to forfeiture.  For calculating diluted per common share amounts, we add additional shares to the weighted-average common shares outstanding for the assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted shares, if dilutive.  Because we had a net loss in fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011, the following options outstanding and unvested restricted stock to purchase shares of our common stock were excluded from diluted net loss per common share because of their anti-dilutive effect, and therefore, basic net loss per common share equals dilutive net loss per common share:

 
Number of options and unvested restricted stock
 
 
Rangeof
exerciseprices
 
Years ended:
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
 
545,000
 
 
$
0.77 - $2.06
 
March 31, 2012
 
 
909,000
 
 
$
0.77 - $3.00
 
March 31, 2011
 
 
2,121,000
 
 
$
0.71 - $6.61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Advertising Expenses.  Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.  We expensed $519,000, $571,000 and $181,000 in fiscal 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2013-02, "Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." ASU 2013-02 requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU 2013-02 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or liquidity.