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Note 5 - Agreements and Commitments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]
NOTE
5
 - AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS
 
401
(K) Profit Sharing Plan
 -- LiqTech NA has a
401
(k) -profit sharing plan and trust covering certain eligible employees. The amount LiqTech NA contributes is discretionary. For the
three
months ended
March 31, 2020
and
2019,
matching contributions were expensed and totaled
$3,949
and
$2,621,
respectively.
 
Contingencies --
From time to time, we
may
be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of business.
 
On
November 20, 2018
a former supplier to Liqtech International AS contacted the Company with a claim of DKK
448,500
(
$68,800
) alleging that an Agreement from
2016
had
not
been respected. The Company has contested the claim due to lack of evidence to support the claim.
No
provision has been made as of
March 31, 2020
as the Company has meritorious defenses and does
not
expect the claim to materialize in any payments to the former supplier.
 
On
February 27, 2019,
LiqTech Systems AS was contacted by a former supplier alleging that the Company owed DKK
543,905
(
$83,400
) for services rendered in
2017.
The claimant has previously filed a lawsuit to claim payment for the services, which was denied by the Company due to severe errors in the services supplied, and the claim was rejected by a court of law in
2018.
Due to the nature of the new claim and the previous ruling from the court of law,
no
provision has been made as of
March 31, 2020.
 
Product Warranties
- The Company provides a standard warranty on its systems, generally for a period of
one
to
three
years after customer acceptance. The Company estimates the costs that
may
be incurred under its standard warranty programs and records a liability for such costs at the time product revenue is recognized.
 
In addition, the Company sells an extended warranty for certain systems, which generally provides a warranty for up to
four
years from the date of commissioning. The specific terms and conditions of the warranties vary depending upon the product sold and the country in which the Company does business. Revenue received for the sale of extended warranty contracts is deferred and recognized in the same manner as the costs incurred to perform under the warranty contracts.
 
The Company periodically assesses the adequacy of its recorded warranty liabilities and adjusts the amounts as necessary. Factors that affect the warranty liability include the number of units sold, historical and anticipated rates of warranty claims and the cost per claim. The Company has assessed the adequacy of the recorded warranty liability at the end of the
third
quarter of
2019
based on realized warranty expenses for the
four
years passed since the start-up of producing water treatment systems. Based on the assessment, the Company has reduced the warranty accrual from
7%
to
3%
of the sales value for delivered products since
January 1, 2019
and going forward.
 
Changes in the Company's current and long-term warranty obligations included in accrued expenses on the balance sheet, as of
March 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019
were as follows:
 
   
March 31,
2020
   
December 31,
2019
 
Balance at December 31
  $
813,288
    $
432,225
 
Warranty costs charged to cost of goods sold
   
226,079
     
707,079
 
Utilization charges against reserve
   
(51,643
)
   
(315,556
)
Release of accrual related to expired warranties
   
-
     
-
 
Foreign currency effect
   
(17,679
)
   
(10,460
)
Balance at March 31
  $
970,045
    $
813,288
 
  
Purchase obligation
- The Company has a purchase obligation to the supplier of the new furnaces to the production facility in Ballerup for which the Company has
not
received the related goods. The total obligation amounts to
$3.8
million and the Company has entered into a leasing agreement with the bank to finance the purchase. The lease agreement will commence upon the receipt of all furnaces covered by the purchase contract. The Company has
no
right to cancel the order.