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Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

NOTE 7 GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

In November 2013, the Company entered into a Distribution Agreement with E-motion Apparel, Inc., which designs women’s apparel and accessories. The agreement grants Bitzio the exclusive worldwide right to distribute E-motion Apparel’s products using the E-motion Apparel trademarks, copyrights and trade dress. The agreement also provides that Bitzio will make a five year non-interest-bearing $75,000 working capital loan to E-motion Apparel, and will pay a license fee of $300,000 to E-motion Apparel. The Distribution Agreement was replaced by the acquisition agreement on July 18, 2014.

On July 16, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of Lexi Luu Designs, Inc. (“LL”), in exchange for 500,000,000 shares of Company common stock, plus a subordinate term note in the amount of $300,000 payable from LL on or before December 31, 2017, subject to compliance with applicable provisions of the Company’s senior loan agreements. We accounted for the transaction as an equity purchase. $183,629 of the purchase price paid was allocated among the assets and liabilities and the difference was allocated to intangible assets in the amount of $690,629. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the net carrying amount is $100,284 and $186,376, respectively. The associated intangible asset is being amortized over a life of 2 years.

On July 18, 2014, the Company acquired 100% of the stock of E-motion Apparel, Inc. (“EA”), in exchange for 350,000,000 shares of Company common stock, plus a subordinate term note in the amount of $300,000 payable from EA on or before December 31, 2017, subject to compliance with applicable provisions of the Company’s senior loan agreements. We accounted for the transaction as an equity purchase. $26,235 of the purchase price paid was allocated among the assets and liabilities and the difference was allocated to intangible assets in amount of $74,235. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the net carrying amount is $10,982 and $20,236. The associated intangible asset is being amortized over a life of 2 years.

Under our agriculture segment, GreenShift accounts for its intangible assets pursuant to ASC 350-20-55-24, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”. Under ASC 350, intangibles with definite lives continue to be amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of their estimated useful lives or contractual terms. Intangibles with indefinite lives are evaluated at least annually for impairment by comparing the asset’s estimated fair value with its carrying value, based on cash flow methodology. Intangibles with definite lives are subject to impairment testing in the event of certain indicators. Impairment in the carrying value of an asset is recognized whenever anticipated future cash flows (undiscounted) from an asset are estimated to be less than its carrying value. The amount of the impairment recognized is the difference between the carrying value of the asset and its fair value.

The Company’s intangible assets at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, include the following:

		3/31/2016				12/31/2015
License fees		$	150,000			$	150,000
Patent			50,000				50,000
Website			45,076				45,076
Customer relation			764,864				764,864
Accumulated amortization			(881,498	)			(785,351
Intangible assets, net		$	128,442			$	224,589

Amortization of intangible assets is computed using the straight-line method and is recognized over the estimated useful lives of the intangible assets. Amortization of intangible assets was $95,346 and $94,298 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Estimated amortization expense for future years is as follows:

2016			$	113,667
2017				3,202
2018				3,202
2019				3,202
2020				3,202
Thereafter				1,967
Total			$	128,442

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The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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