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Note 12 - Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed for Internal Use | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2019
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Note 12 - 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.
During the twelve months ended April 30, 2019 the Company capitalized $111,000 related to the third party programmers' costs. The Company did not incur and did not capitalize expenditures related to the development of software for internal use during the twelve months ended April 30, 2019 or April 30, 2018. During the twelve months ended April 30, 2017 the Company capitalized $407,000 related to the development of software for internal use. Total capitalized software includes $215,000 of internal costs to develop software and $192,000 of third party programmers' costs for the twelve months ended April 30, 2017. Such costs are capitalized and amortized over the expected useful life of the asset which is 3 to 5 years. Total amortization expenses for the years ended April 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $131,000, $848,000 and $4,397,000, respectively.

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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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