Property, Equipment, and Related Depreciation

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Property, Equipment, and Related Depreciation [Abstract]

Property, Equipment, and Related Depreciation

NOTE 5. Property, Equipment, and Related Depreciation

Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and equipment is depreciated on a straight-line basis over its estimated economic useful life. Depreciation expense for the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2011 was $344 and $693, respectively, and for the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2010 was $528 and $998, respectively.

Average estimated useful lives for property are as follows.


Machinery and equipment		3 to 10 years
Furniture and fixtures		3 to 10 years
Computer hardware and software		3 to 5 years
Leasehold improvements		10 years

The Company classified as real estate held for sale on the condensed consolidated balance sheets a property owned in Glen Head, New York that is currently under sales contract. The sale of the property is expected to be concluded upon completion of municipal approvals and soil remediation pursuant to the remediation plan approved by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. The net sale proceeds are expected to be $3,800. See Note 13 for a discussion of environmental matters related to this site.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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