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Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Principles of Consolidation

Principles of Consolidation - The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries after elimination of intercompany balances and transactions.

 

Estimates

Estimates - The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition - Merchandise is leased to customers pursuant to lease purchase agreements which provide for weekly lease terms with non-refundable lease payments. Generally, the customer has the right to acquire title either through a 90-day same as cash option, an early purchase option, or through payments of all required lease payments, generally 52 weeks, for ownership. On any current lease, customers have the option to cancel the agreement in accordance with lease terms and return the merchandise. Accordingly, customer agreements are accounted for as operating leases with lease revenues recognized in the month they are due on the accrual basis of accounting. Merchandise sales revenue is recognized when the customer exercises the purchase option and pays the purchase price. Revenue for lease payments received prior to their due date is deferred and recognized as revenue in the period to which the payments relate. Revenues from leases and sales are reported net of sales taxes.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts - FlexShopper seeks to collect amounts owed under its leases from each customer on a weekly or biweekly basis by charging their bank accounts or credit cards. Accounts receivable are principally comprised of lease payments currently owed to FlexShopper which are past due, as FlexShopper has been unable to successfully collect in the manner described above. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based upon revenues and historical experience of balances charged off as a percentage of revenues. The accounts receivable balances consisted of the following as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

   September 30,
2021
   December 31,
2020
 
Accounts receivable  $44,902,037   $32,171,255 
Allowance for doubtful accounts   (25,250,787)   (22,138,541)
Accounts receivable, net  $19,651,250   $10,032,714 

 

The allowance is a significant percentage of the balance because FlexShopper does not charge off any customer account until it has exhausted all collection efforts with respect to each account, including attempts to repossess items. In addition, while collections are pursued, the same delinquent customers continue to accrue weekly charges until they are charged off. As the customer ages, the greater the allowance attributable to that account to reflect the decreased likelihood of successful collection efforts. Accounts receivable balances charged off against the allowance were $18,467,220 and $27,509,893 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 respectively and $4,813,162 and $16,830,382 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

   Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2021
   Year  Ended
December 31,
2020
 
Beginning balance  $22,138,541   $9,976,941 
Provision   30,622,139    31,930,714 
Accounts written off   (27,509,893)   (19,769,114)
Ending balance  $25,250,787   $22,138,541 

 

Lease Merchandise

Lease Merchandise - Until all payment obligations for ownership are satisfied under the lease agreement, the Company maintains ownership of the lease merchandise. Lease merchandise consists primarily of residential furniture, consumer electronics, computers, appliances and household accessories and is recorded at cost net of accumulated depreciation. The Company depreciates leased merchandise using the straight-line method over the applicable agreement period for a consumer to acquire ownership, generally twelve months with no salvage value. Upon transfer of ownership of merchandise to customers resulting from satisfaction of their lease obligations, the related cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from lease merchandise. For lease merchandise returned or anticipated to be returned either voluntarily or through repossession, the Company provides an impairment reserve for the undepreciated balance of the merchandise net of any estimated salvage value with a corresponding charge to cost of lease revenue. The cost, accumulated depreciation and impairment reserve related to such merchandise are written off upon determination that no salvage value is obtainable.

 

The net leased merchandise balances consisted of the following as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

 

   September 30,
2021
   December 31,
2020
 
Lease merchandise at cost  $76,187,372   $64,335,971 
Accumulated depreciation   (38,655,591)   (19,162,357)
Impairment reserve   (4,198,927)   (2,351,274)
Lease merchandise, net  $33,332,854   $42,822,340 

 

Cost of lease merchandise sold represents the undepreciated cost of rental merchandise at the time of sale.

 

Lessor accounting

Lease accounting

 

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 842 Leases (Topic 842). Under Topic 842, lessees are required to recognize for all leases at the commencement date as lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease measured on a discounted basis, and a right-to-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use or control the use of a specified asset for the lease term. Under the same Topic, lessors are also required to classify leases. All the Company’s customer agreements are considered operating leases, and the Company currently does not have any sales-type or direct financing leases. An operating lease results in the recognition of lease income on a straight-line basis, while the underlying leased asset remains on the lessor’s balance sheet and continues to depreciate.

 

The breakout of lease revenues and fees, net of lessor bad debt expense, that ties the consolidated statements of operations is shown below:

 

   Nine Months ended 
   September 30, 
   2021   2020 
Lease billings and accruals  $119,498,306   $93,632,889 
Provision for doubtful accounts   (30,622,139)   (23,643,556)
Lease revenues and fees  $88,876,167   $69,989,333 

 

Deferred Debt Issuance Costs

Deferred Debt Issuance Costs - Debt issuance costs incurred in conjunction with the Credit Agreement entered into on March 6, 2015, and subsequent amendments are offset against the outstanding balance of the loan payable and are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the related debt, which approximates the effective interest method. Amortization, which is included in interest expense, was $41,794 and $171,918 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $45,912 and $216,536 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Debt issuance costs incurred in conjunction with the subordinated Promissory Notes are offset against the outstanding balance of the loan payable and are amortized using the straight-line method over the remaining term of the related debt, which approximates the effective interest method. Amortization, which is included in interest expense, was $1,273 and $5,729 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and $4,138 and $17,747 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets - Intangible assets consist of a patent on the Company’s LTO payment method at check-out for third party e-commerce sites. Patents are stated at cost less accumulated amortization. Patent costs are amortized by using the straight-line method over the legal life, or if shorter, the useful life of the patent, which has been estimated to be 10 years. Intangible assets amortization expense was $769 and $2,307 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $769 and $2,307 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

 

Software Costs

Software Costs - Costs related to developing or obtaining internal-use software incurred during the preliminary project and post-implementation stages of an internal use software project are expensed as incurred and certain costs incurred in the project’s application development stage are capitalized as property and equipment. The Company expenses costs related to the planning and operating stages of a website. Costs associated with minor enhancements and maintenance for the website are included in expenses as incurred. Direct costs incurred in the website’s development stage are capitalized as property and equipment. Capitalized software costs amounted to $900,031 and $2,015,746 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $606,500 and $1,804,858 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Capitalized software amortization expense was $572,195 and $1,726,199 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, and $544,475 and $1,550,459 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.

 

Data Costs

Data Costs – The Company buys data from different vendors upon receipt of an application. The data costs directly used to make underwriting decision are expensed as incurred. Certain data costs that are probable to provide future economic benefit to the Company are capitalized as property and equipment and amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimate useful lives. The probability to provide future economic benefit of the data cost assets is estimated based upon future usage of the information on different areas and products of the Company. At the beginning of the third quarter of 2021, the Company made several changes remarked by the implementation of a more discipline process around data procurement and storage. Those improvements triggered a change in the estimate of the probability to provide future economic benefit of some data cost.

  

Capitalized data costs amounted to $461,380 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. Capitalized data costs amortization expense was $24,406 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

 

Operating Expenses

Operating Expenses - Operating expenses include corporate overhead expenses such as salaries, stock-based compensation, insurance, occupancy, and other administrative expenses.

 

Marketing Costs

Marketing Costs - Marketing costs, primarily consisting of advertising, are charged to expense as incurred. Direct acquisition costs, primarily consisting of commissions earned based on lease originations, are capitalized and amortized over the life of the lease.

 

Per Share Data

Per Share Data - Per share data is computed by use of the two-class method as a result of outstanding Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock, which participates in dividends with the common stock and accordingly has participation rights in undistributed earnings as if all such earnings had been distributed during the period (see Note 8). Under such method income available to common shareholders is computed by deducting both dividends declared or, if not declared, accumulated on Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock from income from continuing operations and from net income. Loss attributable to common shareholders is computed by increasing loss from continuing operations and net loss by such dividends. Where the Company has undistributed net income available to common shareholders, basic earnings per common share is computed based on the total of any dividends paid or declared per common share plus undistributed income per common share determined by dividing net income available to common shareholders reduced by any dividends paid or declared on common and participating Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock by the total of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the weighted average number of common shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding participating Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock during the period. Where the Company has a net loss, basic per share data (including income from continuing operations) is computed based solely on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. As the participating Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock has no contractual obligation to share in the losses of the Company, common shares issuable upon conversion of such preferred stock are not included in such computations.

 

Diluted earnings per share is based on the more dilutive of the if-converted method (which assumes conversion of the participating Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock as of the beginning of the period) or the two-class method (which assumes that the participating Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock is not converted) plus the potential impact of dilutive non-participating Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock, options and warrants. The dilutive effect of stock options and warrants is computed using the treasury stock method, which assumes the repurchase of common shares at the average market price during the period. Under the treasury stock method, options and warrants will have a dilutive effect when the average price of common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price of options or warrants. When there is a loss from continuing operations, potential common shares are not included in the computation of diluted loss per share, since they have an anti-dilutive effect.

 

In computing diluted income/(loss) per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the nine months ended September 30, 2020, no effect has been given to the issuance of common stock upon conversion or exercise of the Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock as their effect is anti-dilutive.  

 

The following table reflects a change in the conversion rates of the Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock and Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock due to anti-dilution adjustments as a result of FlexShopper’s induced conversion of warrants occurred in February 2020.

   Nine Months ended 
   September 30, 
   2021   2020 
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   225,231    225,231 
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock   5,845,695    5,845,695 
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants   116,903    116,903 
Common Stock Options   3,113,715    2,622,869 
Common Stock Warrants   2,432,488    1,992,488 
    11,734,032    10,803,186 

  

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

 

   Nine Months ended 
   September 30, 
   2021   2020 
Numerator        
Net income  $2,639,454    78,983 
Convertible Series 2 Preferred Share dividends   (1,829,322)   (1,829,217)
Net income/(loss) attributable to common and Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   810,132    (1,750,234)
Deemed dividend from exchange offer of warrants   
-
    (713,212)
Convertible Series 2 Preferred Share dividends attributable to Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   19,072    
-
 
Net income attributable to Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   (27,518)   
-
 
Net income/(loss) attributable to common shares - Numerator for basic and diluted EPS  $801,686    (2,463,446)
Denominator          
Weighted average of common shares outstanding   21,377,978    20,872,940 
Weighted average of common shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   225,231    
-
 
Denominator for basic EPS- weighted average shares   21,603,209    20,872,940 
Effect of dilutive securities:          
Common stock options   1,244,353    
-
 
Common stock warrants   834,703    
-
 
Denominator for diluted EPS – adjusted weighted average shares   23,682,265    20,872,940 
Basic EPS  $0.04    (0.12)
Diluted EPS  $0.03    (0.12)

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

   Three Months ended 
   September 30, 
   2021   2020 
Numerator        
Net income  $1,696,023    289,360 
Convertible Series 2 Preferred Share dividends   (609,777)   (609,772)
Net income/(loss) attributable to common and Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   1,086,246    (320,412)
Convertible Series 2 Preferred Share dividends attributable to Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   6,356    
-
 
Net income attributable to Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   (17,678)   
-
 
Net income/(loss) attributable to common shares - Numerator for basic and diluted EPS  $1,074,924    (320,412)
Denominator          
Weighted average of common shares outstanding   21,383,647    21,358,141 
Weighted average of common shares issuable upon conversion of outstanding Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock   225,231    
-
 
Denominator for basic EPS- weighted average shares   21,608,878    21,358,141 
Effect of dilutive securities:          
Common stock options   1,112,537    
-
 
Common stock warrants   855,764    
-
 
Denominator for diluted EPS – adjusted weighted average shares   23,577,179    21,358,141 
Basic EPS  $0.05    (0.02)
Diluted EPS  $0.05    (0.02)

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation - The fair value of transactions in which the Company exchanges its equity instruments for employee and non-employee services (share-based payment transactions) is recognized as an expense in the financial statements as services are performed.

 

Compensation expense is determined by reference to the fair value of an award on the date of grant and is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period. The Company has elected to use the Black-Scholes-Merton (BSM) pricing model to determine the fair value of all stock option awards.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments - The carrying value of certain financial instruments such as cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their fair value due to their short-term nature. The carrying value of loans payable under the Credit Agreement increased by unamortized issuance costs approximates fair value.  The carrying value of promissory notes to related parties approximates fair value based upon their interest rates, which approximate current market interest rates.

 

Income Taxes

Income Taxes - Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the estimated future tax effects of net operating loss carryforwards and temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their respective financial reporting amounts measured at the current enacted tax rates. The Company records a valuation allowance for its deferred tax assets when management concludes that it is not more likely than not that such assets will be recognized.

 

The Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the consolidated financial statements from such a position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. As of September 30, 2021, and 2020, the Company had not recorded any unrecognized tax benefits. Interest and penalties related to liabilities for uncertain tax positions will be charged to interest and operating expenses, respectively.