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NOTE 2 - INTANGIBLE ASSETS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 2 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Asure accounted for its historical acquisitions in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company recorded the amount exceeding the fair value of net assets acquired at the date of acquisition as goodwill. The Company recorded intangible assets apart from goodwill if the assets had contractual or other legal rights or if the assets could be separated and sold, transferred, licensed, rented or exchanged. Asure’s goodwill relates to the previous year acquisitions of ADI Time and Legiant. Asure’s intangible assets relate to ADI Time, Legiant and its acquisition of iSarla Inc. and the iEmployee operations.

In accordance with FASB ASC 350, Asure reviews and evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their net book value may not be recoverable. When such factors and circumstances exist, including those noted above, the Company compares the assets’ carrying amounts against the estimated undiscounted cash flows to be generated by those assets over their estimated useful lives. If the carrying amounts are greater than the undiscounted cash flows, the fair values of those assets are estimated by discounting the projected cash flows. Any excess of the carrying amounts over the fair values are recorded as impairments in that fiscal period.

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s intangible assets as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows:

			March 31, 2012
	Amortization				Accumulated
Intangible Asset	Period (Years)		Gross		Amortization			Net

Developed Technology		5	$	1,586	$	(858	)	$	728
Customer Relationships		8		6,767		(2,409	)		4,358
Reseller Relationships		7		853		(61	)		792
Trade Names		5		325		(277	)		48
Covenant not-to-compete		4		182		(158	)		24
			$	9,713	$	(3,763	)	$	5,950

			December 31, 2011
	Amortization				Accumulated
Intangible Asset	Period (Years)		Gross		Amortization			Net

Developed Technology		5	$	1,586	$	(794	)	$	792
Customer Relationships		8		6,767		(2,175	)		4,592
Reseller Relationships		7		853		(30	)		823
Trade Names		5		325		(253	)		72
Covenant not-to-compete		4		182		(154	)		28
			$	9,713	$	(3,406	)	$	6,307

Amortization expense is recorded using the straight-line method over the estimated economic useful lives of the intangible assets, as noted above. Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 was $292 and $149 included in Operating Expenses and $65 and $46 respectively included in Cost of Goods Sold. The following table summarizes the estimated amortization expense relating to the Company’s intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter:

Twelve Months Ended
December 31, 2012	$	1,004
December 31, 2013	1,146
December 31, 2014	1,134
December 31, 2015	1,015
December 31, 2016	632
Thereafter	1,019
	$	5,950

- Definition

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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