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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items [Text Block] | Note 6 – Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items Amounts receivable The Company’s amounts receivable are primarily related to the operations of its subsidiaries HG LLC, Equity Partners, and HGP. To date, the Company has not experienced any significant collectability issues with respect to any of its receivables. Given this experience, together with the ongoing business relationships between the Company and its joint venture partners, the Company has not yet been required to develop a policy for formal credit quality assessment. As the Company’s asset liquidation business continues to develop, more comprehensive credit assessments may be required. At September 30, 2013 the Company had no interest-bearing receivables. At December 31, 2012, the Company had one interest-bearing receivable in the amount of $10, an employee advance bearing interest at 10%, which was repaid in the second quarter of 2013. At September 30, 2013 the Company had past due non-interest bearing financing receivables of $36, as compared to none at December 31, 2012. The Company does not believe that any allowance for this receivable is required at this time. During the first nine months of 2013, there were no changes in the Company’s accounting policies for financing receivables, and therefore no related change in the current-period provision for credit losses. During the same period, there were no purchases, sales or reclassifications of financing receivables. There were no troubled debt restructurings during the first nine months of 2013. Amounts receivable from third parties consisted of the following at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0 ; 2012 - $0) | $ | 1,960 |  | $ | 1,046 |
Notes receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0) |  | — |  |  | 10 |
Lease receivable |  | — |  |  | 12 |
| $ | 1,960 |  | $ | 1,068 |
Intangible assets The Company’s intangible assets are related to its asset liquidation business. As discussed in Note 3, on February 29, 2012 the Company acquired HGP for a total purchase price of $7,080, of which $5,640 was assigned to identifiable intangible assets, as shown below. The Customer/Broker Network intangible asset is being amortized over 12 years, and the Trade Name intangible asset is being amortized over 14 years. No impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or circumstances in 2013 that would make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of the intangible assets may not be recoverable.
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Customer/Broker Network | $ | 4,180 |  | $ | 4,180 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (552 | ) |  | (290 | )
|  | 3,628 |  |  | 3,890 |
Trade Name |  | 1,460 |  |  | 1,460 |
Accumulated amortization |  | (165 | ) |  | (87 | )
|  | 1,295 |  |  | 1,373 |
Total net intangible assets | $ | 4,923 |  | $ | 5,263 |
Goodwill The Company’s goodwill is related to its asset liquidation business. As part of its acquisition of Equity Partners in June 2011, the Company recognized goodwill of $573. No goodwill impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or changes in circumstances in 2013 that make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of this goodwill may be impaired. As part of its acquisition of HGP in February 2012, the Company recognized goodwill of $4,728. No goodwill impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or changes in circumstances in 2013 that make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of this goodwill may be impaired. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Due to auction clients | $ | 5,407 |  | $ | 2,242 |
Due to Joint Venture partners |  | 412 |  |  | 487 |
Sales and other taxes |  | 1,157 |  |  | 552 |
Customer deposits |  | 191 |  |  | — |
Remuneration and benefits |  | 336 |  |  | 373 |
Asset liquidation expenses |  | 27 |  |  | 184 |
Auction expenses |  | 271 |  |  | 134 |
Regulatory and legal fees |  | 34 |  |  | 87 |
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting |  | 193 |  |  | 170 |
Patent licensing and maintenance |  | 14 |  |  | 9 |
Other |  | 311 |  |  | 177 |
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 8,353 |  | $ | 4,415 |

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