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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated in the consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates

 

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

 

Research and development incentive income and receivable

 

The Company recognizes other income from Australian research and development incentives when there is reasonable assurance that the income will be received, the relevant expenditure has been incurred, and the consideration can be reliably measured. The research and development incentive is one of the key elements of the Australian Government’s support for Australia’s innovation system and is supported by legislative law primarily in the form of the Australian Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, as long as eligibility criteria are met.

 

Management has assessed the Company’s research and development activities and expenditures to determine which activities and expenditures are likely to be eligible under the research and development incentive regime described above. At each period end, management estimates the refundable tax offset available to the Company based on available information at the time.

 

Under the program, a percentage of eligible research and development expenses incurred by the Company through its subsidiary in Australia are reimbursed.  The percentage was 45% for the year ended December 31, 2016 and 43.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.

 

The research and development incentive receivable represents an amount due in connection with the above program. The Company has recorded a research and development incentive receivable of $1,894 and $3,053 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and other income from Australian research and development incentives of $961 and $1,852, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively, related to refundable research and development incentive program payments in Australia.  The Company did not have other income from Australian research and development incentives for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016.

 

The following table shows the change in the research and development incentive receivable from December 31, 2016 to September 30, 2017:

 

Balance at December 31, 2016:

 

$

3,053

 

 

 

 

 

Australian research and development incentive income

 

1,852

(1)

Cash received for 2016 eligible expenses

 

(3,245

)

Foreign currency translation

 

234

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

$

1,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)  Certain supporting research and development activity is performed outside of Australia when there are no Australian facilities that support the activity (“Overseas research and development activities”).  In October 2017, the Commonwealth of Australia issued the Company a favorable ruling on its Overseas research and development activities, considering such activities to be eligible research and development activities under the Australian Incentive Program.  As such, the Company recorded Australian research and development incentives during the three months ended September 30, 2017 for its Overseas research and development activities performed during the year ended December 31, 2016 and the six months ended June 30, 2017, of $347 and $412, respectively.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

The financial statements of the Company’s foreign subsidiary are measured using the local currency as the functional currency. Assets and liabilities of this subsidiary are translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates as of the consolidated balance sheet date. Equity is translated at historical exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at average rates of exchange in effect during the year. The resulting cumulative translation adjustments have been recorded as a separate component of stockholders’ equity (deficiency). Realized foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in the results of operations.

 

Deferred Offering Costs

 

The Company capitalizes certain legal, professional accounting and other third-party fees that are directly associated with in-process equity financings as deferred offering costs until such financings are consummated. After consummation of the equity financing, these costs are recorded in stockholders’ equity (deficiency) as a reduction of additional paid-in capital generated as a result of the offering. As of December 31, 2016, the Company had recorded $1,402 of deferred offering costs in contemplation of the merger with Macrocure Ltd. and in substance recapitalization of the Company.  On January 23, 2017, the Company reclassified $1,402 of deferred offering costs to additional paid-in capital as a reduction of the proceeds from the merger with Macrocure Ltd. and in substance recapitalization of the Company (see Note 3).

 

Other Assets

 

Other assets as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 included $895 and $907, respectively, of deposits made by the Company with certain service providers that are to be applied to future payments due under the service agreements or returned to the Company if not utilized.  In addition, as of September 30, 2017, other assets included a deposit of $35 related to the operating lease for the Company’s office space in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

 

Net Loss per Share

 

Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period and, if dilutive, the weighted average number of potential shares of common stock, including the assumed exercise of stock options. There were no common shares outstanding during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, and accordingly, basic and diluted net loss per share is not presented for those periods.

 

Reclassifications

 

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified for consistency with the current period presentation.  These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported results of operations.  During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company made a policy election to classify foreign exchange gains and losses as other income (expense), rather than general and administrative expenses, in its consolidated statement of operations on a prospective basis.  The reclassification had no impact on the Company’s previously reported financial position or cash flows.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, in the Company’s previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Summarized below are the accounting pronouncements adopted subsequent to December 31, 2016.

 

Effective January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (ASU 2016-09) which simplifies the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows.  The adoption of the new guidance had no impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Effective January 1, 2017, the Company adopted ASU 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (ASU 2015-17), which requires that all deferred tax assets and liabilities, along with any related valuation allowance, be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet.  The adoption of the new guidance had no impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.