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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The Company evaluates the need to consolidate affiliates based on standards set forth in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810, Consolidation.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, LifeMD PR, Cleared, its majority owned subsidiary, WorkSimpli, and LifeMD PC, the Company’s affiliated, variable interest entity in which we hold a controlling financial interest. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company purchased an additional 34.6% of WorkSimpli for a total equity interest of approximately 85.6% as of December 31 2021. Effective September 30, 2022, two option agreements were exercised which further restructured the ownership of WorkSimpli. As a result, the Company’s ownership interest in WorkSimpli decreased to 73.64%. See Note 8 for additional information.

All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased are considered to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, there were no cash equivalents. The Company maintains deposits in financial institutions in excess of amounts guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Cash and cash equivalents are maintained at financial institutions, and at times, balances may exceed federally insured limits. These balances could be impacted if one or more of the financial institutions in which we deposit monies fails or is subject to other adverse conditions in the financial or credit markets. We have never experienced any losses related to these balances.

Variable Interest Entities

In accordance with ASC 810, Consolidation, the Company determines whether any legal entity in which the Company becomes involved is a variable interest entity (a “VIE”) and subject to consolidation. This determination is based on whether an entity has sufficient equity at risk to finance their activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties or whose equity investors lack any of the characteristics of a controlling financial interest and whether the interest will absorb portions of a VIE’s expected losses or receive portions of its expected residual returns and are contractual, ownership, or pecuniary in nature and that change with changes in the fair value of the entity’s net assets. A reporting entity is the primary beneficiary of a VIE and must consolidate it when that party has a variable interest, or combination of variable interests, that provides it with a controlling financial interest. A party is deemed to have a controlling financial interest if it meets both of the power and losses/benefits criteria. The power criterion is the ability to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance. The losses/benefits criterion is the obligation to absorb losses from, or right to receive benefits from, the VIE that could potentially be significant to the VIE.

The Company determined that the LifeMD PC entity, the Company’s affiliated network of medical Professional Corporations and medical Professional Associations administratively led by LifeMD Southern Patient Medical Care, P.C., is a VIE and subject to consolidation. LifeMD PC and the Company do not have any stockholders in common. LifeMD PC is owned by licensed physicians, and the Company maintains a managed service agreement with LifeMD PC whereby we provide all non-clinical services to LifeMD PC. The Company determined that it is the primary beneficiary of LifeMD PC and must consolidate, as we have both the power to direct the activities of LifeMD PC that most significantly impact the economic performance of the entity and we have the obligation to absorb the losses. As a result, the Company presents the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of LifeMD PC as part of the consolidated financial statements of the Company. There is no non-controlling interest upon consolidation of LifeMD PC.

Total revenue and net loss for LifeMD PC was approximately $499 thousand and $5.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, respectively.

Use of Estimates

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Some of the more significant estimates required to be made by management include the determination of reserves for accounts receivable, returns and allowances, the valuation of inventory, stockholders’ equity-based transactions, estimates to cash flow projections, and liquidity assessment. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made to conform the prior year’s data to the current presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on previously reported operating loss, stockholders’ deficit, or cash flows. Given the increase in the Company’s software business and to conform the Company’s presentation of operating results to industry standards, the Company has changed their categories for reporting operations and, as a result, the Company has made reclassifications to the prior year presentation in order to conform it to the current periods’ presentation. The reclassifications include: (1) $169,385 of development services costs reclassified from other operating expenses to development costs and (2) $35,165 of lease expenses reclassified from general and administrative expenses to other operating expenses, for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Revenue Recognition

The Company records revenue under the adoption of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, by analyzing exchanges with its customers using a five-step analysis:

1.	Identify the contract
2.	Identify performance obligations
3.	Determine the transaction price
4.	Allocate the transaction price
5.	Recognize revenue

For the Company’s product-based contracts with customers, the Company has determined that there is one performance obligation, which is the delivery of the product; this performance obligation is transferred at a discrete point in time. The Company generally records sales of finished products once the customer places and pays for the order, with the product being simultaneously shipped by a third-party fulfillment service provider. In some cases, the customer does not obtain control until the product reaches the customer’s delivery site; in these cases, recognition of revenue is deferred until that time. In all cases, delivery is considered to have occurred when the customer obtains control, which is usually commensurate upon shipment of the product. In the case where delivery is not commensurate upon shipment of the product, recognition of revenue is deferred until that time. In the case of its product-based contracts, the Company provides a subscription sensitive service based on the recurring shipment of products. The Company records the related revenue under the subscription agreements subsequent to receiving the monthly product order, recording the revenue at the time it fulfills the shipment obligation to the customer.

For its product-based contracts with customers, the Company records an estimate for provisions of discounts, returns, allowances, customer rebates, and other adjustments for its product shipments and are reflected as contra revenues in arriving at reported net revenues. The Company’s discounts and customer rebates are known at the time of sale; correspondingly, the Company reduces gross product sales for such discounts and customer rebates. The Company estimates customer returns and allowances based on information derived from historical transaction detail and accounts for such provisions, as contra revenue, during the same period in which the related revenues are earned. The Company has determined that the population of its product-based contracts with customers are homogenous, supporting the ability to record estimates for returns and allowances to be applied to the entire product-based portfolio population. Customer discounts, returns and rebates on product revenues approximated $5.2 million and $4.7 million, respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

The Company, through its majority-owned subsidiary WorkSimpli, offers a subscription-based service providing a suite of software applications to its subscribers, principally on a monthly subscription basis. The software suite allows the subscriber/user to convert almost any type of document to another electronic form of editable document, providing ease of editing. For these subscription-based contracts with customers, the Company offers an initial 14-day trial period which is billed at $1.95, followed by a monthly subscription, or a yearly subscription to the Company’s software suite dependent on the subscriber’s enrollment selection. The Company has estimated that there is one product and one performance obligation that is delivered over time, as the Company allows the subscriber to access the suite of services for the time period of the subscription purchased. The Company allows the customer to cancel at any point during the billing cycle, in which case the customers subscription will not be renewed for the following month or year depending on the original subscription. The Company records the revenue over the customers subscription period for monthly and yearly subscribers or at the end of the initial 14-day service period for customers who purchased the initial subscription, as the circumstances dictate. The Company offers a discount for the monthly or yearly subscriptions being purchased, which is deducted at the time of payment at the initiation of the contract term; therefore the Contract price is fixed and determinable at the contract initiation. Monthly and annual subscriptions for the service are recorded net of the Company’s known discount rates. Customer discounts and allowances on WorkSimpli revenues approximated $2.5 million and $1.8 million, respectively, during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company has accrued contract liabilities, as deferred revenue, of approximately $5.5 million and $1.5 million respectively, which represent the following: (1) obligations for products which the customer has not yet obtained control due to delivery not commensurate upon shipment of the product, (2) obligations on WorkSimpli in-process monthly or yearly contracts with customers and (3) a portion attributable to the yet to be recognized WorkSimpli initial 14-day trial period collections.

For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had the following disaggregated revenue:

SCHEDULE OF DISAGGREGATED REVENUE

	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		%			2021		%

Telehealth revenue	$	82,649,845		69	%	$	68,197,128		73	%
WorkSimpli revenue		36,383,675		31	%		24,678,678		27	%
Total net revenue	$	119,033,520		100	%	$	92,875,806		100	%

Deferred Revenues

The Company records deferred revenues when cash payments are received or due in advance of its performance. The Company’s deferred revenues relate to the following: (1) obligations for products which the customer has not yet obtained control due to delivery not commensurate upon shipment of the product, (2) obligations on WorkSimpli in-process monthly or yearly contracts with customers and (3) a portion attributable to the yet to be recognized WorkSimpli initial 14-day trial period collections.

	2022			2021
	Year Ended December 31,
	2022			2021
Beginning of period	$	1,499,880		$	916,880
Additions		37,410,617			23,430,037
Revenue recognized		(33,362,991	)		(22,847,037	)
End of period	$	5,547,506		$	1,499,880

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets are included in right-of-use assets, net on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The current and long-term components of operating lease liabilities are included in the current operating lease liabilities and noncurrent operating lease liabilities, respectively, on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of future payments. Certain leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded in the balance sheet.

Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable principally consist of amounts due from third-party merchant processors, who process our subscription revenues; the merchant accounts balance receivable represents the charges processed by the merchants that have not yet been deposited with the Company. The unsettled merchant receivable amount normally represents processed sale transactions from the final one to three days of the month, with collections being made by the Company within the first week of the following month. Management determines the need, if any, for an allowance for future credits to be granted to customers, by regularly evaluating aggregate customer refund activity, coupled with the consideration and current economic conditions in its evaluation of an allowance for future refunds and chargebacks. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the reserve for sales returns and allowances was approximately $815 thousand and $477 thousand, respectively. For all periods presented, the sales returns and allowances were recorded in accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheets.

Inventory

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, inventory primarily consisted of finished goods related to the Company’s OTC products included in the telehealth revenue section of the table above. Inventory is maintained at the Company’s third-party warehouse location in Wyoming and at various Amazon fulfillment centers. The Company also maintains inventory at a company owned warehouse in Pennsylvania.

Inventory is valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on an average cost basis. Management compares the cost of inventory with the net realizable value and an allowance is made for writing down inventory to net realizable, if lower. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded an inventory reserve in the amount of $160,898 and $57,481, respectively.

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s inventory consisted of the following:

SUMMARY OF INVENTORY

	2022			2021
	December 31,
	2022			2021

Finished Goods - Products	$	2,587,370		$	1,592,654
Raw materials and packaging components		1,276,891			81,427
Inventory reserve		(160,898	)		(57,481	)
Total Inventory - net	$	3,703,363		$	1,616,600

Product Deposit

Many of our vendors require deposits when a purchase order is placed for goods or fulfillment services. These deposits typically range from 10% to 33% of the total purchased amount. Our vendors include a credit memo within their final invoice, recognizing the deposit amount previously paid. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company has approximately $127 thousand and $204 thousand, respectively, of product deposits with multiple vendors for the purchase of raw materials or finished goods. The Company’s history of product deposits with its inventory vendors, creates an implicit purchase commitment equaling the total expected product acceptance cost in excess of the product deposit. As of December 31, 2022, the Company approximates its implicit purchase commitments to be approximately $399 thousand. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the vast majority of these product deposits are with two vendors that manufacturer the Company’s finished goods inventory for its Shapiro hair care product line.

Capitalized Software Costs

The Company capitalizes certain internal payroll costs and third-party costs related to internally developed software and amortizes these costs using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the software, generally three years. The Company does not sell internally developed software other than through the use of subscription service. Certain development costs not meeting the criteria for capitalization, in accordance with ASC 350-40, Internal-Use Software, are expensed as incurred. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company capitalized $12.1 million and $3.6 million, respectively, related to internally developed software costs which are amortized over the useful life and included in development costs on our statement of operations.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually or more frequently, if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. Goodwill in the amount of $8.0 million was recognized in conjunction with the Cleared acquisition during the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company recorded an $8.0 million goodwill impairment charge and an $827 thousand intangible asset impairment charge during the year ended December 31, 2022 related to a decline in the estimated fair value of Cleared as a result of a decline in the Cleared financial projections (see Note 3—Acquisitions to our consolidated financial statements included in this report).

Other intangible assets are comprised of: (1) a customer relationship asset, (2) the Cleared trade name, (3) Cleared developed technology, (4) a purchased license and (5) a purchased domain name. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded an $827 thousand impairment loss related to a decline in the estimated fair value of the Cleared customer relationship intangible asset with an original cost of $919 thousand and accumulated amortization of $92 thousand. Other intangible assets are amortized over their estimated lives using the straight-line method. Costs incurred to renew or extend the term of recognized intangible assets are capitalized and amortized over the useful life of the asset.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets include equipment and capitalized software. Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If such assets are considered to be impaired, an impairment is recognized as the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the estimated fair values of the assets. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company determined that no events or changes in circumstances existed that would indicate any impairment of its long-lived assets.

Paycheck Protection Program

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received aggregate loan proceeds in the amount of approximately $249 thousand under the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). The PPP, established as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), provides for loans to qualifying businesses for amounts up to 2.5 times of the average monthly payroll expenses of the qualifying business. The loans and accrued interest are forgivable after eight weeks as long as the borrower uses the loan proceeds for eligible purposes, including payroll, benefits, rent and utilities, and maintains its payroll levels. The amount of loan forgiveness will be reduced if the borrower terminates employees or reduces salaries during the eight-week period. The unforgiven portion of the PPP loan is payable over two years at an interest rate of 1%, with a deferral of payments for the first six months. The Company used the proceeds for purposes consistent with the PPP.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had a total of $63,400 and $184,914, respectively, of its PPP loans forgiven by the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) (see Note 6). As of December 31, 2022, the Company had no remaining PPP loan balance. As of December 31, 2021, the PPP loan balance was $63,400 and is reflected on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as current liabilities, within notes payable, net.

Income Taxes

The Company files corporate federal, state, and local tax returns. LifeMD PR and WorkSimpli file tax returns in Puerto Rico; both are limited liability companies and file separate tax returns with any tax liabilities or benefits passing through to its members.

The Company records current and deferred taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Accounting for Income Taxes. This ASC requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between tax basis of assets and liabilities and the amounts at which they are carried in the financial statements, based upon the enacted rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The Company establishes a valuation allowance when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The Company periodically assesses the value of its deferred tax asset, a majority of which has been generated by a history of net operating losses and management determines the necessity for a valuation allowance. ASC 740 also provides a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Using this guidance, a company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position in its financial statements only if it is more likely-than-not (i.e., a likelihood of more than 50%) that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Company’s tax returns for all years since December 31, 2019, remain open to audit by all related taxing authorities.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 718, Share-Based Payment. Under this guidance compensation cost generally is recognized at fair value on the date of the grant and amortized over the respective vesting or service period. The fair value of options at the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The expected option life is derived from assumed exercise rates based upon historical exercise patterns and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of the Company’s common shares using weekly price observations over an observation period that approximates the expected life of the options. The risk-free interest rate approximates the U.S. Treasury yield curve rate in effect at the time of grant for periods similar to the expected option life. Due to limited history of forfeitures, the Company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur. Many of the assumptions require significant judgment and any changes could have a material impact in the determination of stock-based compensation expense.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during each period presented. Convertible securities, warrants and options to purchase common stock are included as common stock equivalents only when dilutive. Potential common stock equivalents are excluded from dilutive earnings per share when the effects would be antidilutive.

The Company follows the provisions of ASC 260, Diluted Earnings per Share. In computing diluted EPS, basic EPS is adjusted for the assumed issuance of all potentially dilutive securities. The dilutive effect of call options, warrants and share-based payment awards is calculated using the “treasury stock method,” which assumes that the “proceeds” from the exercise of these instruments are used to purchase common shares at the average market price for the period. The dilutive effect of traditional convertible debt and preferred stock is calculated using the “if-converted method.” Under the if-converted method, securities are assumed to be converted at the beginning of the period, and the resulting common shares are included in the denominator of the diluted EPS calculation for the entire period being presented.

The following table summarizes the number of shares of common stock issuable pursuant to our convertible securities that were excluded from the diluted per share calculation because the effect of including these potential shares was antidilutive even though the exercise price could be less than the average market price of the common shares:

	2022		2021
	Year Ended December 31,
	2022		2021

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock		1,404,868		1,264,868
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)		1,743,250		975,375
Stock options		3,758,920		4,257,233
Warrants		3,859,638		3,888,438
Potentially dilutive securities		10,766,676		10,385,914

Segment Data

Our portfolio of brands are included within two operating segments: Telehealth and WorkSimpli. We believe our current segments and brands within our segments complement one another and position us well for future growth. Segment operating results are reviewed by the chief operating decision maker to make determinations about resources to be allocated and to assess performance. Other factors, including type of business, revenue recognition and operating results are reviewed in determining the Company’s operating segments.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair value of a financial instrument is based on the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Assets and liabilities subject to ongoing fair value measurement are categorized and disclosed into one of the three categories depending on observable or unobservable inputs employed in the measurement. Hierarchical levels, which are directly related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to the valuation of these assets or liabilities, are as follows:

	1.	Level 1: Inputs that are unadjusted, quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.
	2.	Level 2: Inputs (other than quoted prices included in Level 1) that are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset or liability through correlation with market data at the measurement date and for the duration of the instrument’s anticipated life.
	3.	Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities and that reflect management’s best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

In some circumstances, the inputs used to measure fair value might be categorized within different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is categorized in its entirety in the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and accrued expenses and the face amount of notes payable approximate fair value for all periods presented.

Concentrations of Risk

The Company monitors its positions with, and the credit quality of, the financial institutions with which it invests. The Company, at times, maintains balances in various operating accounts in excess of federally insured limits. We are dependent on certain third-party manufacturers and pharmacies, although we believe that other contract manufacturers or third-party pharmacies could be quickly secured if any of our current manufacturers or pharmacies cease to perform adequately. As of December 31, 2022, we utilized four (4) suppliers for fulfillment services, six (6) suppliers for manufacturing finished goods, five (5) suppliers for packaging, bottling, and labeling, and three (3) suppliers for prescription medications. As of December 31, 2021, we utilized four (4) suppliers for fulfillment services, six (6) suppliers for manufacturing finished goods and four (4) suppliers for packaging, bottling and labeling.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805); Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers. This new guidance affects all entities that enter into a business combination within the scope of ASC 805-10. Under this new guidance, the acquirer should determine what contract assets and/or liabilities it would have recorded under ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as of the acquisition date, as if the acquirer had entered into the original contract at the same date and on the same terms as the acquirer. Under current U.S. GAAP, contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination are recorded by the acquirer at fair value. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects that the adoption of this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements

All other accounting standards updates that have been issued or proposed by the FASB that do not require adoption until a future date are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.