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Note 5 - Revenues | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements |
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block] | Note 5. Revenues Adoption of ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” On January 1, 2018, Avalon adopted the new accounting standard FASB ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606” ), and all the related amendments using the modified retrospective method for all contracts. The comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under Topic 605. The Company's accounting policy has been updated to align with Topic 606, and no significant changes to revenue recognition have occurred as a result of the change. The adoption of ASC 606 did not result in an impact to the way the Company records revenue and as such did not result in period reclassifications to or from revenue or its associated costs. As a result of the adoption, the Company separately disclosed contract assets, further described below, in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017 and associated cash flows in our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. Revenue Recognition The Company identifies a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance and collectability of consideration is probable. Revenue is recognized when obligations under the terms of the contract with our customer are satisfied; generally this occurs with the transfer of control of the good or service to the customer. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration we expect to receive in exchange for transferring goods or providing services. Sales and other taxes we collect concurrent with revenue-producing activities are excluded from revenue. The Company does not incur incremental costs to obtain contracts or costs to fulfill contracts that meet the criteria for capitalization. In addition, the Company does not have material significant payment terms as payment is received at or shortly after the point of sale. Waste Management Services Avalon’s waste management services provide hazardous and nonhazardous waste brokerage and management services, captive landfill management services and salt water injection well operations. Waste management services are provided to industrial, commercial, municipal and governmental customers primarily in selected northeastern and midwestern United States markets. Avalon’s waste brokerage and management business assists customers with managing and disposing of wastes at approved treatment and disposal sites based upon a customer’s needs. Avalon provides a service to its customers whereby Avalon, arrange for, and accept responsibility for the removal, transportation and disposal of waste on behalf of the customer. Avalon’s landfill management business provides technical and operational services to customers owning captive disposal facilities. A captive disposal facility only disposes of waste generated by the owner of such facility. The Company provides turnkey services, including daily operations, facilities management and management reporting for its customers. Currently, Avalon manages one captive disposal facility located in Ohio. The net operating revenues of the captive landfill operations are almost entirely dependent upon the volume of waste generated by the owner of the landfill for whom Avalon manages the facility. Avalon is a minority owner with managerial control over two salt water injection wells and its associated facility. Operations of the salt water injection wells have been suspended in accordance with the Chief of the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management order (See Note 18 ). Due to the suspension of the salt water injection wells, there were no operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the net operating revenues related to waste management services represented approximately 72% and 69%, respectively, of Avalon’s total consolidated net operating revenues. In 2018, no customer individually accounted for 10% or more of Avalon’s waste management services segment revenues. In 2017, one customer accounted for 12% of the waste management services segment’s net operating revenues to external customers and 9% of the consolidated net operating revenues. For our waste management services contracts, the customer contracts with us to provide a series of distinct waste management services over time which integrates a set of tasks (i.e. removal, transportation and disposal of waste) into a single project. Avalon provides substantially the same service over time and the same method is used to measure the Company’s progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation to transfer each distinct service in the series to the customer. The series of distinct waste management services, which are the same over time, meets the series provision criteria, and as such, the Company treats that series as a single performance obligation. The Company allocates the transaction price to the single performance obligation and recognizes revenue by applying a single measure of progress to that performance obligation. Avalon transfers control of the service over time and, therefore, satisfies the performance obligation and recognizes the revenue over time as the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by Avalon’s performance as we perform. In addition, as the promise to provide services qualifies as a series accounted for as a single performance obligation, the Company applied the practical expedient guidance that allows an entity that is recognizing revenue over time by using an output method to recognize revenue equal to the amount that the entity has the right to invoice if the invoiced amount corresponds directly to the value transferred to the customer. The Company applied the standard's practical expedient that permits the omission of disclosures relating to unsatisfied performance obligations as most of the Company’s waste management service contracts (i) have an original expected length of one year or less and (ii) the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which the Company has the right to invoice for services performed. For contracts with terms that extend beyond a year, variability will be resolved over the remaining term. The nature of the variability is based on a fixed rate for invoices processed and/or tonnages of waste transported and disposed. Avalon evaluated whether we are the principal (i.e. report revenues on a gross basis) or agent (i.e. report revenues on a net basis). Avalon reports waste management services on a gross basis, that is, amounts billed to our customers are recorded as revenues, and amounts paid to vendors for providing those services are recorded as operating costs. As principal, Avalon is primarily responsible for fulfilling the promise to provide the waste management service for the customer. Avalon accepts credit risk in the event of nonpayment by the customer and is obligated to pay vendors who provide the service regardless of whether the customer pays the Company. Avalon does have a level of discretion in establishing the pricing for its service. Our payment terms vary by the type and location of our customer and the service offered. Avalon does not have any financing arrangements with its customers. The term between invoicing and when payment is due is not significant. The Company assesses each contract amendment individually. Typically, amendments made to our contracts do not materially change the terms of the agreement or performance obligation of the Company. The Company accounts for such contract amendments as if it were part of the existing contract as the material terms contained in the contract do not change. In cases where Avalon views there is a material change in the terms of the agreement, the Company will reevaluate and determine if the contract should be viewed as an entirely new contract, replacement contract or a continuation of the existing contract. Consideration promised in our waste management contracts do not typically include material variable amounts such as discounts, rebates, refunds, credits, price concessions, incentives, penalties or other such items, and, as such, no estimate is made by the Company for such items. Golf and Related Operations Avalon’s golf and related operations include the operation and management of three golf courses and associated clubhouses, recreation and fitness centers, tennis courts, salon and spa services, dining and banquet facilities and a travel agency. The golf and related operations also include the operation of a hotel and its related amenities including dining, banquet and conference facilities, fitness center, indoor junior Olympic size swimming pool and tennis courts. Revenues for the golf and related operations consists primarily of food beverage and merchandise sales, membership dues, greens fees and associated cart rentals, room rentals, fitness activities, salon and spa services. Due to adverse weather conditions, net operating revenues relating to the golf courses, which are located in northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania, were minimal during the first three months of 2018 and 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the net operating revenues related to the golf and related operations represented approximately 28% and 31%, respectively, of Avalon’s total consolidated net operating revenues. In both 2018 and 2017, no customer individually accounted for 10% or more of Avalon’s golf and related operations segment revenues. For Avalon’s golf and related operations, the Avalon Golf and Country Club offers membership packages for use of the country club facilities and its related amenities. Membership agreements are a one year noncancellable commitment and pricing varies based on the membership type selected by the customer. Based on the terms and conditions of the membership contract, resignations received within the membership period do not relieve the member of their annual commitment. Memberships automatically renew on the member’s anniversary date unless the member resigns for the upcoming membership period prior to the renewal date. Membership for the Avalon Golf and Country Club does not contain up-front initiation fees or require monthly minimum spending at the facilities. Annual membership dues do not cover the cost of food, beverage or any other ancillary paid services which are made available to the member nor do they typically provide for discounts on these goods or services. Members have no obligation to purchase or utilize any of these additional goods or services. Avalon is not required to provide such goods or services unless requested and paid for at the point of sale by the member. Under the terms of the contract, Avalon will provide unlimited use and access to the country club facilities. Avalon’s performance obligation in the contract is the “stand ready obligation” to provide access to these facilities for the member for the entire membership term. Avalon providing the “stand ready obligation” for use of the facilities to the member over the entire term of the membership agreement represents a single performance obligation of which Avalon expects the member to receive and consume the benefits of its obligation throughout the membership term, and as such, the Company recognizes membership dues on a straight line basis over the term of the contract. The Company applied the standard's practical expedient that permits the omission of disclosures relating to unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less as Avalon Golf and Country Club membership agreements are one year in length. For our hotel operations, Avalon’s performance obligation is to provide lodging facilities. The separate components of providing these services (hotel room, toiletry items, housekeeping, and amenities) are not distinct within the context of the contract as they are all highly dependent and interrelated as part of the obligation to provide the lodging facility. Room sales are driven by a fixed fee charged to a hotel guest to stay at The Avalon Inn for an agreed upon period. The Company agrees to provide a room to the hotel guest for a specified time period for that agreed-upon rate. Our hotel room reservations are performance obligations satisfied over time as the hotel guest simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the hotel. For performance obligations satisfied over time, our hotel operations measure the progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation and recognize revenue proportionately over the course of the customer’s stay. For food, beverage, and merchandise sales, greens fees and associated cart rental, fitness activities, salon and spa services and other ancillary services, the transaction price is the set price charged by the Company for those goods or services. Upon purchase of the good or service, the Company transfers control of the good or service to the customer and the customer immediately consumes the benefits of the Company’s performance and, as such, we recognize revenue at the point of sale. Amounts paid in advance, such as deposits on overnight lodging or for banquet or conferences facilities, are recorded as a liability until the goods or services are provided to the customer (see Contract Liabilities below). The following table presents our net operating revenues disaggregated by revenue source for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands). The comparative information for the year ended December 31, 2017 has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under the previous revenue standard. Sales and other taxes are excluded from revenues.
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Waste management and brokerage services |  | $ | 42,232 |  |  | $ | 36,162 |
Captive landfill management operations |  |  | 2,303 |  |  |  | 2,236 |
Total waste management services revenues |  |  | 44,535 |  |  |  | 38,398 |
Food, beverage and merchandise sales |  |  | 7,149 |  |  |  | 7,290 |
Membership dues revenue |  |  | 5,160 |  |  |  | 5,165 |
Room rental revenue |  |  | 2,259 |  |  |  | 2,017 |
Greens fees and cart rental revenue |  |  | 1,541 |  |  |  | 1,541 |
Other revenue |  |  | 1,590 |  |  |  | 1,437 |
Total golf and related operations revenue |  |  | 17,699 |  |  |  | 17,450 |
Total net operating revenues |  | $ | 62,234 |  |  | $ | 55,848 |
Avalon does not have operations located outside the United States and, accordingly, geographical revenue information is not presented. Receivables, Net Receivables, net, include amounts billed and currently due from customers. The amounts due are stated at their net realizable value. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, accounts receivable, net, related to our waste management services segment were approximately $11.2 million and $8.9 million, respectively. At December 31, 2018 two customers accounted for approximately 25% of the waste management services segment’s receivables and 23% of the consolidated receivables. At December 31, 2017, one customer accounted for approximately 16% of the waste management services segment’s receivables and 14% of the consolidated receivables. Accounts receivable, net, related to our golf and related operations segment were approximately $ 1.0 million at both December 31, 2018 and 2017. No one customer of the golf and related operations segment account for 10% of more of Avalon’s golf and related operations segment or consolidated net receivables. The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts to provide for the estimated amount of receivables that will not be collected. Customer accounts that are outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due. Avalon determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, Avalon’s previous accounts receivable loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to Avalon and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. Avalon writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible. Payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts, or to income, as appropriate under the circumstances. The following table presents changes in our allowance for doubtful accounts during the year ended at December 31, 2018 ( in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Provision |  |  | Write-offs |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at |  |  | for Doubtful |  |  | less |  |  | Balance at |
|  | Beginning of Period |  |  | Accounts |  |  | Recoveries |  |  | End of Period |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 237 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | (24 | ) |  | $ | 255 |
Contract Assets Contract assets include unbilled membership dues receivables related to the Avalon Golf and Country Club for the customers membership commitment which are billed on a monthly basis over the course of the annual agreement. Such amounts are stated at their net realizable value. Contract assets related to unbilled membership dues are classified as current as revenue related to such agreements is recognized within the annual membership period. Unbilled membership receivables in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at both December 31, 2018 and 2017 were approximately $0.6 million. The following table presents changes in our contract assets during the year ended December 31, 2018 ( in thousands):
|  |  |  |  |  | Unbilled |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Balance at |  |  | Membership |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance at |
|  | Beginning of Period |  |  | Dues |  |  | Billings |  |  | End of Period |
Contract Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unbilled membership dues receivable |  | $ | 580 |  |  | $ | 1,670 |  |  | $ | (1,696 | ) |  | $ | 554 |
Contract Liabilities Contract liabilities include unrecognized or deferred revenues relating to membership dues and customer advance deposits. We record deferred revenue when cash payments are received in advance of satisfying our performance obligation. We classify deferred membership dues revenue as current based on the timing of when we expect to recognize revenue for the membership commitment based on the Company satisfying the stand ready performance obligation throughout the annual membership period. The unrecognized or deferred revenues related to membership dues in our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017 were $2.9 million and $2.7 million, respectively. Customer advance deposits are recorded as a liability until the goods or services are provided to the customer. Generally, customer advances, and corresponding performance obligation are satisfied within 12 months of the date of receipt of advance payment. The unrecognized revenues related to customer advance deposits are recorded in “Other liabilities and accrued expenses” in our Consolidated Balance Sheets. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, customer advance deposits were approximately $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively. The following table presents changes in our contract liabilities during the year ended December 31, 2018 ( in thousands):
|  | Balance at |  |  |  |  |  |  | Revenue |  |  | Balance at |
|  | Beginning of Period |  |  | Billings |  |  | Recognized |  |  | End of Period |
Contract Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred membership dues revenue |  | $ | 2,718 |  |  | $ | 5,341 |  |  | $ | (5,160 | ) |  | $ | 2,899 |
Customer advance deposits |  | $ | 430 |  |  | $ | 1,507 |  |  | $ | (1,484 | ) |  | $ | 453 |

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