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Note 10 - Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed for Internal Use | 6 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements |
Internal Use Software Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 10 - Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed for Internal Use: The Company has adopted the provisions of the Statement of Position 98 - 1 (SOP 98 - 1 ), "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed for Internal Use". SOP 98 - 1 requires companies to capitalize as long-lived assets many of the costs associated with developing or obtaining software for internal use and amortize those costs over the software's estimated useful life in a systematic and rational manner. The Company did not incur and did not capitalize expenditures related to the development of software for internal use during the six months ended October 31, 2017. The Company capitalized $360,000 related to the development of software for internal use during the six months ended October 31, 2016. Capitalized software included $215,000 of internal costs to develop software and $145,000 of third party programmers' costs during the six months ended October 31, 2016. Such costs were capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the asset which is 3 to 5 years. Total amortization expenses during the six months ended October 31, 2017 and October 31, 2016, were $325,000 and $2,621,000, respectively. Additional amortization expense in fiscal 2017 was primarily attributable to the re-evaluation of the useful life of internally developed software costs related to digital security and product production software.

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- Definition Disclosure of accounting policy for its computer software activities including the accounting treatment for costs incurred for (1) research and development activities, (2) development of computer software for internal use, (3) in-process research and development acquired in a purchase business combination. + References No definition available. + Details
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