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Note
2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of
Estimates
The
preparation of financial statements in conformity with US
GAAP requires management 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 those estimates. Areas
that require estimates and assumptions include valuation of
accounts receivable and inventory, determination of useful
lives of property and equipment, estimation of certain
liabilities and sales returns.
Cash
and Equivalents
Cash
and equivalents include cash in hand and cash in time
deposits, certificates of deposit and all highly liquid
debt instruments with original maturities of three months
or less.
Restricted
Cash
Restricted
cash consists of guarantee deposit in the bank for issuing
letters of credit and bank acceptances.
Accounts
Receivable
The
Company maintains reserves for potential credit losses on
accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of
accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts,
customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness,
current economic trends and changes in customer payment
patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. The
Company has not incurred any bad debts to date. If the
Company finds a possibility that it may incur a
bad debt, the Company will accrue the appropriate allowance
based on the aging of our accounts receivables. The
Company’s policy is to accrue the full amount of
account receivables when their aging exceeds one year.
Based on historical collection activity, the Company
did not record any bad debt allowance at March 31, 2012 and
December 31, 2011.
The
Company sells products in the China domestic market through
regional and national wholesalers and third party
distributors. The standard term of payment of accounts
receivables for several of the Company’s large and
established China domestic retailer customers is 180 days
from the close of the billing cycle, which is 30 – 45
days after the Company’s products are delivered to
the customer. This accounts receivable term is customary
for large and established China domestic retailers.
Historically, the Company has not experienced late payments
or bad debts under such terms from these retailers. The
term of payment of accounts receivable for the
Company’s other China domestic customers is 30
– 90 days from the close of the billing cycle. The
Company provides its major customers with payment terms
based on their payment history, amount they have purchased
in the past, and upon any strategic agreement the Company
may have with them.
As
the Company continues to focus on expanding sales to the
China domestic market, the Company’s sales to the
China domestic market may represent a larger percentage of
the Company’s total revenue. The Company anticipates
that its accounts receivable will remain in line with
standard industry practice relating to accounts receivable
in China, which could be up to seven months.
The
Company sells products to overseas customers under letters
of credit, prepaid arrangements, certain short credit terms
or direct customer purchase orders. As of March 31, 2012
and December 31, 2011, approximately 2 % and 43%,
respectively, of its accounts receivable was from overseas
customers. The Company's export sales-related accounts
receivable typically are less than three months, depending
on customer shipment schedules. Historically, the Company
has not experienced significant bad debts from export
sales. The Company also maintains a substantial amount of
export insurance that covers losses arising from
customers’ rejection of its products, political risk,
losses arising from business credit and other credit risks
including bankruptcy, insolvency and delay in
payment.
The
Company believes its accounts receivable will be collected
in the ordinary course of business within seven months as
the Company has established relationships with many of its
major customers. In addition, the
Company’s domestic customers typically pay according
to the Company’s payment terms and the Company
maintains insurance for its accounts receivable with
respect to its international customers.
The table below provides account receivable roll forward schedules for our three largest customers ---- Gome ,Reed Sea and Tianhong.
VAT
Receivables
VAT
receivables are VAT rebates which arise from our purchase
of raw materials. VAT receivables are returned to the
Company or offset against VAT payable. The Company
anticipates collecting its VAT receivables within one year.
The Company does not experience credit losses with respect
to VAT receivables because they are owed to the Company by
the government. The Company classifies VAT receivables as a
current asset because it is an asset that is reasonably
expected to be realized (or sold or consumed) within one
year or within the Company’s normal operating
cycle.
Advances
to Suppliers
The
Company makes advances to certain vendors to purchase
material and equipment. The advances are interest-free and
unsecured.
Inventories
Inventories
are valued at the lower of cost (determined on a weighted
average basis) or market. The Company compares the cost of
inventories with their market value and allowance is made
to write down inventories to their market value, if
lower.
Notes
Receivable
The
Company sold goods to its customers and received commercial
notes (bank acceptance) from them in lieu of payments for
accounts receivable. The Company discounted the commercial
notes with bank or endorsed the commercial notes to vendors
for payment of their own obligations or to get cash from
third parties. Most of the commercial notes have a maturity
of less than six months. Winder transferred commercial notes
to vendors in lieu of payment. If the original
remitters fail to pay the notes, Winder will be responsible
for making the payment. The Company was contingently liable
for $11.37 million (RMB 71.54 million) and $41.6 million (RMB
262.12 million) for Winder at March 31, 2012, and December
31, 2011, respectively.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures for
maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings as
incurred; additions, renewals and betterments are
capitalized. When property and equipment are retired or
otherwise disposed of, the related cost and accumulated
depreciation are removed from the respective accounts, and
any gain or loss is included in operations. Depreciation of
property and equipment is provided using the straight-line
method for substantially all assets with estimated lives as
follows:
The
following are the details of property and equipment at
March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011:
Depreciation
for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, was
$872,872 and $540,313, respectively.
Construction
in Progress
Construction
in progress consists of molds under construction of $3.12
million for Winder as of March 31, 2012, and December 31,
2011, with no major additional costs to be incurred.
Construction
in progress also includes costs for the construction of a
new plant, office building and power distribution station
for Deer Technology. Total estimated cost for
this project is $36.23 million. As of March 31,
2012, construction in progress was $18.05 million. This
phase of construction is anticipated to be completed in
September 2012.
Long-Lived
Assets
The
Company follows ASC Topic 360, “Property, Plant, and
Equipment,” which addresses financial accounting and
reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived
assets. ASC 360 requires impairment losses to be recorded
on long-lived assets used in operations when indicators of
impairment are present and the undiscounted cash flows
estimated to be generated by those assets are
less than the assets’ carrying amounts. In that
event, a loss is recognized based on the amount by which
the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the
long-lived assets. Loss on long-lived assets to be disposed
of is determined in a similar manner, except that fair
values are reduced for the cost of disposal. Based on its
review, the Company believes that as of March 31, 2012 and
December 31, 2011, there was no significant impairment of
its long-lived assets.
Intangible
Assets
Intangible
assets consist of rights to use land and computer software.
The Company evaluates intangible assets for impairment at
least annually and whenever events or changes in
circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be
recoverable from its estimated future cash flows.
Recoverability of intangible assets is measured by
comparing their net book value to the related projected
undiscounted cash flows from these assets, considering a
number of factors including past operating results,
budgets, economic projections, market trends and product
development cycles. If the net book value of the asset
exceeds the related undiscounted cash flows, the asset is
considered impaired and a second test is performed to
measure the amount of impairment loss.
The
following are the details of intangible assets at March 31,
2012 and December 31, 2011:
Pursuant
to PRC regulations, the PRC government owns all land. The
Company recorded the amounts paid for the land use rights
as an intangible asset. The Company amortizes these rights
over their respective periods, which range from 45 to 50
years. Computer software is amortized over 1 to 2
years.
In
2010, Deer Technology acquired the land use rights for two
parcels of land with a total of 439,640 square meters
located in east central China in the city of Wuhu, AnHui
Province. The purchase price of the land use rights for
these two parcels of land was approximately $35
million, a price of RMB 4.95 million ($743,000)
per hectare and including a 4% PRC government land transfer
tax and other government charges. The use right for the
first parcel of land covering 289,416 square meters was
purchased for approximately RMB 149 million ($22.74
million). The land use right for the second parcel of land
covering 150,224 square meters was purchased for RMB 77.37
million ($11.8 million). The Company received the land use
right certificates from the PRC government on these two
parcels of land.
The
deposit of $10.5 million (RMB 67,901,400) paid in 2010 to
acquire a land use right was returned to the Company in the
first quarter of 2011, as it failed to win the auction for
the land. The Company paid an additional $4.3 million (RMB
27,934,381) in first quarter of 2011 to make payment in
full for the land use rights it acquired in December
2010. As of December 31, 2010, the Company
prepaid (RMB 22,300,000) $3,367,207 for land use rights
acquired in December 2010. This prepayment was transferred
into intangible assets in the first quarter of 2011 when
the Company received the land use right certificate.
A
summary of Company’s land use rights are as
follows:
In
addition, as of March 31, 2012, the Company prepaid RMB
5.34 million ($0.8 million) for the land use rights for
60,000 square meters of land in Yangjiang City, or Site use
right Phase III. The total cost for the land use rights is
approximately RMB 21.3 million ($3.3 million), which the
Company is required to pay in full in 2012.
There
are no regulatory deadlines or commitments to develop the
land.
Amortization
for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was
$184,176 and $163,142, respectively.
The
following table summarizes the expected amortization over
the next five years as of March 31, 2012:
Fair
Value of Financial Instruments
Certain
of the Company’s financial instruments, including
cash and equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term loans
and notes payable, have carrying amounts that approximate
their fair values due to their short maturities.
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 consolidated balance
sheets for receivables and current liabilities 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:
The
Company analyzes all financial instruments with features of
both liabilities and equity under ASC Topic 480,
“Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,” and
ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and
Hedging.”
As
of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company did
not identify any assets and liabilities that are required
to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value.
Concentration
of Credit Risk
Cash
includes cash on hand and demand deposits in accounts
maintained within China. Certain financial instruments,
which subject the Company to concentration of credit
risk, consist of cash. Balances at financial institutions
within China are not covered by insurance. The Company has
not experienced any losses in such accounts.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company’s revenue recognition policies are in
compliance with SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 104
(codified in FASB ASC Topic 480).
Sales
revenue from export customers is recognized at the date of
shipment when the price is fixed or determinable, no other
significant obligations of the Company exist and
collectability is reasonably assured. The
Company records payments for goods before all relevant
criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied as unearned
revenue.
Sales
revenue from domestic customers is recognized at FOB
destination when the price is fixed or determinable, no
other significant obligations of the Company exist and
collectability is reasonably assured. Company pays for the
cost of freight and insurance and risk of loss passes when
customers receive the goods. The Company records payments
for goods before all relevant criteria for revenue
recognition are satisfied as unearned revenue.
Sales
revenue is the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added
tax. All of the Company’s products sold in the PRC
are subject to a VAT of 17% of the gross sales price. This
VAT may be offset by the VAT paid by the Company on raw
materials and other materials included in the cost of
producing the Company’s finished product. The Company
recorded VAT payable and VAT receivable net of payments in
the financial statements. The VAT tax return is filed
offsetting the payables against the receivables.
Sales
and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as
the Company acts as an agent for the government. VAT taxes
are not affected by the income tax holiday.
Sales
returns and allowances were $0 for the three months ended
March 31, 2012 and 2011. The Company does not provide a
right of unconditional return, price protection or any
other concessions to its customers.
Cost
of Revenue and Selling, General and Administrative
Expenses
Cost
of revenue includes expenses associated with the
acquisition, inspection, manufacturing and receiving of
materials for use in the manufacturing process. These costs
include inbound freight charges, purchasing and receiving
costs, inspection costs, warehousing costs, internal
transfer costs as well as depreciation, amortization,
wages, benefits and other costs that are incurred directly
or indirectly to support the manufacturing process.
Selling, general and administrative expenses includes
expenses associated with the distribution of our products,
sales efforts including commissions payable to in store
promotional staff, administration costs and other costs
that are not incurred to support the manufacturing process.
The Company records distribution costs associated with the
sale of inventory as a component of selling, general and
administrative expenses in the Statements of Consolidated
Income. These expenses include warehousing costs, outbound
freight charges, insurance and costs associated with
distribution personnel.
Advance
from Customers
The
Company records payments received from customers in advance
of their future orders to an advance
account. These orders are normally delivered
within a reasonable period of time based upon contract
terms with the customers.
Advertising
Costs
The
Company expenses the cost of advertising as incurred or, as
appropriate, the first time the advertising takes place.
Advertising costs for the three month ended March 31, 2012
and 2011 were $17,466 and $23,079, respectively.
Research
and Development
The
Company expenses its research and
development costs as incurred. Research and
development costs for the three months ended March 31,
2012 and 2011, were $0 and $183,814 respectively. Research
and development costs are included in general and
administrative expenses.
Subsidy
Income
The
Company was awarded grants from local government bureaus to
encourage the development of its business. As a
general policy of municipal governments in the PRC, local
government bureaus commonly provide grants to leading local
companies in order to encourage greater economic
development and employment. The grants are typically based
on certain standards that are reviewed periodically. The
grants set forth below were awarded to the Company based on
its progress in technological innovation and building of a
standardized plant and factory. As the exact amount of a
grant is uncertain until the local government makes its
final determination, the Company records income only when
the grant is received or approved. The grants set forth
below were made without any conditions and restrictions,
and were not required to be repaid.
Set
forth below are the grants recorded in the three months
ended March 31, 2012.
Set
forth below are the grants recorded in the three months ended
March 31, 2011.
The
above subsidy income attributable to the grants specified
was received in full and could be used without
restriction.
Stock-Based
Compensation
The
Company records stock-based compensation in accordance with
ASC Topic 718 & 505, “Compensation – Stock
Compensation.” ASC 718 requires companies to measure
compensation cost for stock-based employee compensation at
fair value at the grant date and recognize the expense over
the employee’s requisite service period. The Company
recognizes in its statement of operations the grant-date
fair value of stock options and other equity-based
compensation issued to employees and non-employees. There
were 50,000 options outstanding as of March 31,
2012.
Income
Taxes
The
Company utilizes Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards ("SFAS") No. 109, “Accounting for Income
Taxes” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 740), which
requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities
for expected future tax consequences of events included in
the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method,
deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax
consequences in future years of differences between the tax
bases of assets and liabilities and their financial
reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax
laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in
which the differences are expected to affect taxable
income. Valuation allowances are established, when
necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount
expected to be realized.
The
Company follows FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN
48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
(codified in FASB ASC Topic 740). When tax returns are
filed, it is likely that some positions taken would be
sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, while
others are subject to uncertainty about the merits of the
position taken or the amount of the position that would be
ultimately sustained. The benefit of a tax position is
recognized in the financial statements in the period during
which, based on all available evidence, management believes
it is more likely than not that the position will be
sustained upon examination, including the resolution of
appeals or litigation processes, if any. Tax positions
taken are not offset or aggregated with other positions.
Tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not
recognition threshold are measured as the largest amount of
tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely of being
realized upon settlement with the applicable taxing
authority. The portion of the benefits associated with tax
positions taken that exceeds the amount measured as
described above is reflected as a liability for
unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying balance
sheets along with any associated interest and penalties
that would be payable to the taxing authorities
upon examination.
Interest
associated with unrecognized tax benefits is classified as
interest expense and penalties are classified as selling,
general and administrative expense in the statements of
income. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the
Company had not taken any significant uncertain tax
position on its tax returns for 2011 and prior years or in
computing its tax provision for 2012.
Foreign
Currency Transactions and Comprehensive
Income
The
financial statements’ accounts of the Company’s
PRC subsidiaries were translated into USD in accordance
with SFAS No. 52, “Foreign Currency
Translation” (codified in FASB ASC Topic 830), with
the RMB as the Company’s China subsidiaries’
functional currency. According to SFAS No. 52 (codified in
FASB ASC Topic 830), all assets and liabilities were
translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date,
stockholders’ equity are translated at the historical
rates and statement of operations items are translated at
the average exchange rate for the year. The resulting
translation adjustments are reported under other
comprehensive income in accordance with SFAS No. 130,
“Reporting Comprehensive Income” (codified in
FASB ASC Topic 220).
Currency
Hedging
The
Company from time to time may enter into forward exchange
agreements with the Bank of China, whereby the Company
agrees to sell U.S. dollars to the Bank of China at certain
rates. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the
Company had no outstanding forward exchange
contracts.
Basic
and Diluted Earnings Per Share
Earnings
per share are calculated in accordance with the ASC Topic
260, “Earnings per Share.” Basic earnings per
share are based upon the weighted average number of common
shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share are based on
the assumption that all dilutive convertible shares and
stock options were converted or exercised. Dilution is
calculated by applying the treasury stock method. Under
this method, options and warrants are assumed to be
exercised at the beginning of the period (or at the time of
issuance, if later), and as if funds obtained thereby were
used to purchase common stock at the average market price
during the period.
The
following is a reconciliation of the number of shares
(denominator) used in the basic and diluted earnings per
share calculations:
Statement
of Cash Flows
In
accordance with ASC Topic 230, “Statement of Cash
Flows,” cash flows from the Company’s
operations are calculated based upon the local currencies
using the average translation rates. As a result, amounts
related to assets and liabilities reported on the
consolidated statements of cash flows will not necessarily
agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the
consolidated balance sheets.
Registration
Rights Agreement
The
Company accounts for payment arrangements under a
registration rights agreement in accordance with ASC Topic
825, “Financial Instruments,” which requires
the contingent obligation to make future payments or
otherwise transfer consideration under a registration
payment arrangement, whether issued as a separate agreement
or included as a provision of a financial instrument or
other agreement, be recognized separately and measured in
accordance with ASC Topic 450,
“Contingencies.”
Segment
Reporting
SFAS
No. 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise
and Related Information” (codified in FASB ASC Topic
280) requires use of the “management approach”
model for segment reporting. The management approach model
is based on the way a company's management organizes
segments within the company for making operating decisions
and assessing performance. Reportable segments are based on
products and services, geography, legal structure,
management structure or any other manner in which
management disaggregates a company.
SFAS
No. 131 has no effect on the Company's financial statements
as substantially all of the Company's operations are
conducted in one industry segment. All of the Company's
assets are located in the PRC.
Recent
Pronouncements
In
May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, “Amendments
to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure
Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs”, which is adopted
for fiscal years, and interim periods beginning after
December 15, 2011 for public entities with retrospective
application. There is no material impact on the consolidated
financial statements upon adoption.
In
June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05,
“Presentation of Comprehensive Income”. Under the
amendments in this ASU, an entity has two options for
presenting its total comprehensive income: to present total
comprehensive income and its components along with the
components of net income in a single continuous statement, or
in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments in
this ASU are required to be applied retrospectively and are
effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those
years, beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption
permitted. There is no material impact on the consolidated
financial statements upon adoption.
In
September 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-08,
Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic
350)—Testing Goodwill for Impairment, to simplify how
entities test goodwill for impairment. ASU No. 2011-08
allows entities to first assess qualitative factors to
determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair
value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.
If greater than 50 percent likelihood exists that the fair
value is less than the carrying amount then a two-step
goodwill impairment test as described in Topic 350 must be
performed. The guidance provided by this update becomes
effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests
performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.
The Company adopts this ASU beginning with its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31,
2012. There is no material impact on the consolidated
financial statements upon adoption.
As
of March 31, 2012, there are no other recently issued
accounting standards not yet adopted that would have a
material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial
statements.
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