Discontinued Operations	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]
Discontinued Operations	11. Discontinued Operations As a result of the insufficient cash flows from the operations of Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. as well as the disruption of our business from the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 20, 2020, the Company executed a nonbinding letter of intent with a buyer for substantially all the assets of this business line. with an intent to exit this business line. As a result, management has decided to fully impair its goodwill related to DSS Plastics. The impact to DSS’s first quarter earnings of this impairment was approximately $685,000. On August 14, 2020, the Company entered into a final Asset Purchase Agreement and the Company terminated its production and office personnel and maintained only a few employees to assist in and facilitate the sale of its assets. The financial results for these subsidiaries have been presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The consideration paid to the Company under the Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of the assets included a one-time cash payment of $683,000 and an additional contingent earn-out payment of an aggregate amount of up to $517,000 based on future quarterly gross revenue of the business to be conducted by the buyer with the sold assets. Consistent with the Company’s policy for accounting for gain contingencies, the earn out will be recorded when determined realizable which did not occur during the twelve-months ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has recognized $390,000 of this earn out in Loss from Discontinued Operations. The net effect of all assets disposed of is a net loss of $111,000 These amounts are included in Loss from Discontinued Operations. Included in its Right-of-use assets is the lease of the Company’s facility in Brisbane, Ca. In April 2021, the Company terminated this lease with the landlord effective March 31, 2021 and therefore, wrote off the asset and corresponding liability associated with the lease at March 31, 2021.

Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

11. Discontinued Operations

As a result of the insufficient cash flows from the operations of Plastic Printing Professionals, Inc. as well as the disruption of our business from the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 20, 2020, the Company executed a nonbinding letter of intent with a buyer for substantially all the assets of this business line. with an intent to exit this business line. As a result, management has decided to fully impair its goodwill related to DSS Plastics. The impact to DSS’s first quarter earnings of this impairment was approximately $685,000. On August 14, 2020, the Company entered into a final Asset Purchase Agreement and the Company terminated its production and office personnel and maintained only a few employees to assist in and facilitate the sale of its assets. The financial results for these subsidiaries have been presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

The consideration paid to the Company under the Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of the assets included a one-time cash payment of $683,000 and an additional contingent earn-out payment of an aggregate amount of up to $517,000 based on future quarterly gross revenue of the business to be conducted by the buyer with the sold assets. Consistent with the Company’s policy for accounting for gain contingencies, the earn out will be recorded when determined realizable which did not occur during the twelve-months ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has recognized $390,000 of this earn out in Loss from Discontinued Operations. The net effect of all assets disposed of is a net loss of $111,000 These amounts are included in Loss from Discontinued Operations. Included in its Right-of-use assets is the lease of the Company’s facility in Brisbane, Ca. In April 2021, the Company terminated this lease with the landlord effective March 31, 2021 and therefore, wrote off the asset and corresponding liability associated with the lease at March 31, 2021.