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Note 4 - Revenue Recognition
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]
Note
4
- Revenue recognition 
 
The Company accounts for its revenues under Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic
606,
"Revenue from Contracts with Customers".
 
Revenue from contracts with customers:
 
The Company defines a contract as an agreement that has approval and commitment from both parties, defined rights and identifiable payment terms, which ensures the contract has commercial substance and that collectability is reasonably assured.
 
The Company's standard revenue transactions are classified into
two
main categories:
 
 
1
)
Systems and Coating - which include all bundled products in which Perma-Pipe designs, engineers, and manufactures pre-insulated specialty piping systems, insulates subsea flowline pipe, subsea oil production equipment, and land-lines. Additionally, this systems classification also includes coating applied to pipes and structures. 
 
 
2
)
Products - which include cables, leak detection products, heat trace products, material/goods
not
bundled with piping or flowline systems, and field services
not
bundled into a project contract.
 
In accordance with ASC
606
-
10
-
25
-
27
through
29,
the Company recognizes specialty piping and coating systems revenue over time as the manufacturing process progresses because
one
of the following conditions exist:
 
 
1
)
the customer owns the material that is being insulated or coated, so the customer controls the asset and thus the work-in-process; or
 
 
2
)
the customer controls the work-in-process due to the custom nature of the pre-insulated, fabricated system being manufactured as evidenced by the Company's right to payment for work performed to date plus seller's profit margin for products that have
no
alternative use for the Company.
 
 Products revenue is recognized when goods are shipped or services are performed (ASC
606
-
10
-
25
-
30
).
 
A breakdown of the Company's revenues by revenue class for the 
three
months ended
April 30, 2021
 and
2020
 are as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended April 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
Sales
   
% to Total
   
Sales
   
% to Total
 
Products   $
2,587
     
10
%   $
4,465
     
19
%
                                 
Specialty Piping Systems and Coating
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
Revenue recognized under input method    
9,952
     
41
%    
8,562
     
38
%
Revenue recognized under output method    
11,884
     
49
%    
9,714
     
43
%
Total
  $
24,423
     
100
%   $
22,741
     
100
%
 
The input method, as noted in ASC
606
-
10
-
55
-
20,
is used by the U.S. operating entities to measure revenue by the costs incurred to date relative to the estimated costs to satisfy the contract using the percentage-of-completion method. Generally, these contracts are considered a single performance obligation satisfied over time and due to the custom nature of the goods and services, the percentage-of-completion method is the most faithful depiction of the Company's performance as it measures the value of the goods and services transferred to the customer. Costs include all material, labor and direct costs incurred to satisfy the performance obligations of the contract. Revenue recognition begins when projects costs are incurred. 
 
The output method, as noted in ASC
606
-
10
-
55
-
17,
is used by all other operating entities to measure revenue by the direct measurement of the outputs produced relative to the remaining goods promised under the contract. Due to the types of end customers, generally these contracts require formal inspection protocols or specific export documentation for units produced, or produced and shipped, therefore, the output method is the most faithful depiction of the Company's performance. Depending on the conditions of the contract, revenue
may
be recognized based on units produced, inspected and held by the Company prior to shipment or on units produced, inspected and shipped. 
 
Some of the Company's operating entities invoice and collect milestones or other contractual obligations prior to the transfer of goods and services, but do 
not
recognize revenue until the performance obligations are satisfied under the methods discussed above. 
 
Contract modifications that occur prior to the start of the manufacturing process will supersede the original contract and revenue is recognized using the modified contract value. Contract modifications that occur during the manufacturing process (changes in scope of work, job performance, material costs, and/or final contract settlements) are recognized in the period in which the revisions are known. Provisions for losses on uncompleted contracts are made in contract liabilities account in the period such losses are identified.
 
Contract assets and liabilities:
 
Contract assets represent revenue recognized in excess of amounts billed (unbilled receivables) for contract work in progress for which the Company has a valid contract and an enforceable right to payment for work completed. Contract liabilities represent billings in excess of costs (unearned revenue) for contract work in progress for which the Company has a valid contract and an enforceable right to payment for work completed. Both customer billings and the satisfaction (or partial satisfaction) of the performance obligation(s) occur throughout the manufacturing process and impacts the period end balances in these accounts.
 
The Company anticipates that substantially all costs incurred for uncompleted contracts as of 
April 30, 2021
will be billed and collected within
one
year.
 
During the year ended 
January 31, 2021,
one
of the Company's customers in Qatar made a call on a performance bond held to secure
one
of the Company's contracts. The Company believes the customer's claims of non-performance under the contract are invalid and that the customer's actions were themselves a breach of the contract. The Company has engaged local counsel to seek reimbursement as well as additional compensation for lost profits suffered as a result of cancellation of certain work orders under the contract. The Company has recorded the expense related to the encashment of approximately
$0.6
million in other income in the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended
January 31, 2021.
No
receivable has been recorded related to the potential reimbursement in the consolidated financial statements as of
April 30, 2021.
 
The following table shows the reconciliation of the cost in excess of billings: 
 
(In thousands)
 
April 30, 2021
 
January 31, 2021
Costs incurred on uncompleted contracts
 
$ 18,035
 
$ 17,543
Estimated earnings
 
9,825
 
9,651
Earned revenue
 
27,860
 
27,194
Less billings to date
 
26,421
 
23,949
Costs in excess of billings, net
 
$ 1,439
 
$ 3,245
Balance sheet classification
       
Contract assets: Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts
 
$ 3,473
 
$ 4,007
Contract liabilities: Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts
 
(2,034)
 
(762)
Costs in excess of billings, net
 
$ 1,439
 
$ 3,245
 
Substantially all of the 
$1.2
million contract liabilities balance as of
January 31, 2020
was recognized in revenues during
2020
and substantially all of the
$0.8
million contract liabilities balance as of
January 31, 2021
is expected to be recognized in revenues during
2021.
 
Additionally, included in prepaid expenses and other current assets on the consolidated balance sheet, the Company has recorded
$4.2
million and
$0.2
million of unbilled receivables as of
April 30, 2021
 and
January 31, 2021,
respectively, from revenues generated by its Middle East subsidiaries.
 
Practical expedients:
 
Costs to obtain a contract are
not
considered project costs as they are
not
usually incremental, nor does job duration span more than
one
year. The Company applies the practical expedient for these types of costs and as such are expensed in the period incurred.
 
As the Company's contracts are less than
one
year, the Company has applied the practical expedient regarding disclosure of the aggregate amount and future timing of performance obligations that are unsatisfied or partially satisfied as of the end of the reporting period.