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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions [Text Block]

Note 6 – Composition of Certain Financial Statement Captions

Amounts receivable

As described in Note 3, the Company’s amounts receivable are primarily related to the operations of its asset liquidation business. With respect to auction proceeds and asset dispositions, the goods are not released to the buyer until payment has been received, and therefore the Company has not experienced any significant collectability issues relating to these 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. The Company has also not experienced any significant collectability issues with receivables relating to appraisal fees. As the Company’s asset liquidation business continues to develop, more comprehensive credit assessments may be required.

During the year ended December 31, 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 years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

Intangible assets

The Company’s intangible assets are related to its asset liquidation business.

As discussed in Note 2, 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. Of this amount, $4,180 was assigned to Customer/Broker Network and $1,460 was assigned to Trade Name. The Customer/Broker Network intangible asset is being amortized over 12 years, and the Trade Name intangible asset is being amortized over 14 years. Based on the Company’s assessment at December 31, 2013, these assets were not impaired. The details are as shown below:

    December 31,     December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Customer/Broker Network $ 4,180   $ 4,180  
Accumulated amortization   (639 )   (290 )
    3,541     3,890  
             
Trade Name   1,460     1,460  
Accumulated amortization   (191 )   (87 )
    1,269     1,373  
             
Total net intangible assets $ 4,810   $ 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, 2013, 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, as discussed in more detail in Note 2. This valuation was finalized in the third quarter of 2012, and the goodwill was subsequently tested for impairment at December 31, 2013. Based on the testing, management concluded that the goodwill was not impaired at December 31, 2013.

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at December 31:

    2013     2012  
Due to auction clients $ 3,586   $ 2,242  
Due to Joint Venture partners   639     487  
Sales and other taxes   966     552  
Customer deposits   50      
Remuneration and benefits   579     373  
Asset liquidation expenses   76     184  
Auction expenses   135     134  
Regulatory and legal fees   45     87  
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting   153     170  
Patent licensing and maintenance   25     9  
Other   256     177  
  $ 6,510   $ 4,415