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BASIS OF PRESENTATION | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2018
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Nature Of Business And Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] | (1) Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (“Famous Dave’s” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Minnesota on March 14, 1994. The Company develops, owns, operates and franchises restaurants under the name "Famous Dave’s." As of July 1, 2018, there were 150 Famous Dave’s restaurants operating in 33 states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates, including 15 Company-owned restaurants and 135 franchise-operated restaurants. An additional 59 franchise-operated restaurants were committed to be developed through signed area development agreements as of July 1, 2018. These consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Rules and Regulations. These unaudited consolidated financial statements represent the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries as of July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and for the three and six months ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017. The information furnished in these consolidated financial statements includes normal recurring adjustments and reflects all adjustments, which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 as filed with the SEC on March 5, 2018. Due to the seasonality of the Company’s business, revenue and operating results for the three and six months ended July 1, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other interim period. Reclassifications Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period’s presentation. These reclassifications did not have an impact on the reported net income (loss) for any of the periods presented. Income Taxes The Company maintains a federal deferred tax asset (“DTA”) in the amount of $6.4 million and $5.8 million as of July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The Company evaluates the DTA on a quarterly basis to determine whether current facts and circumstances indicate that the DTA may not be fully realizable. As of July 1, 2018, the Company concluded that the DTA is fully realizable and that a valuation allowance was not considered necessary; however, the Company will continue to evaluate the asset on a quarterly basis until the DTA has been fully utilized. The following table presents the Company’s effective tax rates for the periods presented:
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | July 1, 2018 |  | July 2, 2017 |  | July 1, 2018 |  | July 2, 2017 |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 23.2 | % |  | 33.8 | % |  | 23.7 | % |  | 36.2 | %
The net decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate for the three and six months ended July 1, 2018 was primarily a result of federal tax reform, signed into law on December 22, 2017, which reduced the Company’s federal statutory tax rate to 21%. The Company provides for income taxes based on its estimate of federal and state income tax liabilities. These estimates include, among other items, effective rates for state and local income taxes, allowable tax credits for items such as taxes paid on reported tip income, estimates related to depreciation and amortization expense allowable for tax purposes, and the tax deductibility of certain other items. The Company’s estimates are based on the information available at the time that the Company prepares the income tax provision. The Company generally files its annual income tax returns several months after its fiscal year-end. Income tax returns are subject to audit by federal, state, and local governments, generally years after the tax returns are filed. These returns could be subject to material adjustments or differing interpretations of the tax laws. Restricted cash and marketing fund The Company has a system-wide marketing development fund, to which Company-owned restaurants, in addition to the majority of franchise-operated restaurants, contribute a percentage of net sales, currently 1.0%, for use in public relations and marketing development efforts. The assets held by this fund are considered to be restricted. Accordingly, the Company reflects the cash related to this fund within restricted cash and reflects the liability within accounts payable on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Company had approximately $1 million and $1.3 million in this fund as of July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. In conjunction with the Company’s credit agreements, the Company has deposited amounts for undrawn letters of credit in cash collateral accounts. The Company had approximately $246,000 and $298,000 in restricted cash as of July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, related to these undrawn letters of credit. Concentrations of Credit Risk As of July 1, 2018, the Company had receivables from a franchisee of approximately $574,000. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014‑09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The FASB issued ASU No. 2016‑08, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)” in March 2016, ASU 2016‑10 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing” in April 2016, ASU 2016‑11, “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates 2014‑09 and 2014‑16 Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the March 3, 2016 EITF Meeting” in May 2016 and ASU 2016‑12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients” in May 2016. These new standards provide for a single, principles-based model for revenue recognition that replaces the existing revenue recognition guidance. In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU 2014‑09 until annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017. The new guidance permitted the use of either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method and early adoption was permitted. The Company has adopted this standard beginning with fiscal year 2018 utilizing the modified retrospective transition method, applied to all contracts. The new guidance did not impact the timing of revenue recognition on franchise royalty revenues, restaurant and merchandise sales or licensing revenue. Although the recognition of contributions from franchisees to the Company’s system-wide Public Relations and Marketing Development Fund (the “NAF”) did not change, the Company, beginning in fiscal 2018, now reports these contributions on a gross basis within the franchisee national advertising fund contributions line item on the consolidated statements of operations. Beginning in fiscal 2018, the Company recognizes franchise fee revenue on a straight-line basis over the life of the related franchise agreements and any exercised renewal periods. Cash payments are due upon the opening of a new restaurant or upon the execution of a renewal of the related franchise agreement. The Company’s performance obligation with respect to franchise fee revenues consists of a license to utilize the Company’s brand for a specified period of time, which is satisfied equally over the life of each franchise agreement. Area development fees are deferred until a new restaurant is opened pursuant to the area development agreement, at which time revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the franchise agreement. Cash payments for area development agreements are typically due when an area development agreement has been executed. Gift card breakage revenue is recognized proportionately as gift cards are redeemed utilizing an estimated breakage rate based on the Company’s historical experience. Gift card breakage revenue is reported within the licensing and other revenue line item of the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s revenue is generally disaggregated within the consolidated statements of operations; however, within the franchise fee revenue line item of the consolidated statements of operations, the Company recognized approximately $56,000 and $112,000 of franchise fee revenue related to the adoption of the new revenue standard during the three and six months ended July 1, 2018, respectively. Gift card breakage revenue was not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company recognized revenue related to gift cards of approximately $68,000 and $176,000 during the three and six months ended July 1, 2018, which is reflected in the restaurant sales, net, line item of its consolidated statements of operations. As of July 1, 2018, gift cards payable of approximately $865,000 is expected to be recognized as revenue over the next 12 months, as they are redeemed. The following table summarizes the impact of the adoption of the new revenue standard on the Company’s previously reported consolidated balance sheets:
(in thousands) |  | December 31, 2017 |  | New revenue standard adjustments |  | January 1, 2018
Deferred tax asset, net |  | $ | 5,823 |  | $ | 579 |  | $ | 6,402
Other current liabilities |  |  | 3,118 |  |  | 224 |  |  | 3,342
Other liabilities |  |  | 3,963 |  |  | 2,077 |  |  | 6,040
Retained earnings |  |  | 11,951 |  |  | (1,722) |  |  | 10,229
The increases to other current liabilities and other liabilities relate to deferred franchise fee revenue. The increase to deferred tax asset, net is related to the tax effects of these adjustments to deferred franchise fee revenue. These adjustments resulted in a net decrease to retained earnings as of the adoption date. Contract liabilities consist of deferred revenue resulting from franchise fees paid by franchisees. We classify these liabilities within other current liabilities and other liabilities within our consolidated balance sheets based on the expected timing of revenue recognition associated with these liabilities. The following table reflects the change in contract liabilities between the date of adoption (January 1, 2018) and July 1, 2018:
(in thousands) |  |  |
Balance, January 1, 2018 |  | $ | 2,370
Revenue recognized |  |  | (112)
Balance, July 1, 2018 |  | $ | 2,258
The following table illustrates estimated revenues expected to be recognized in the future related to unsatisfied performance obligations as of July 1, 2018:
(in thousands) |  |  |
Fiscal Year |  |  |
2018 |  | $ | 113
2019 |  |  | 225
2020 |  |  | 218
2021 |  |  | 206
2022 |  |  | 190
Thereafter |  |  | 1,306
Total |  | $ | 2,258
Adoption of the new revenue standard had no impact on the Company’s cash flows from operating, investing or financing activities. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016‑02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the existing guidance for lease accounting, Leases (Topic 840). ASU 2016‑02 requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset for all leases. Lessor accounting remains largely unchanged. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for all entities. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842), which allows entities to initially apply the new lease standard as of the adoption date instead of at the beginning of the earliest period presented in the financial statements. The new lease standard requires a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after the date of initial adoption, with an option to elect to use certain transition relief. The Company expects to adopt this new standard as of the effective date and believes that it will have a material impact because of the Company’s significant leasing activity. The Company has completed its analysis of leases and is currently evaluating the impact that the new leasing standard will have on its consolidated financial statements, which the Company believes will be significant, and is beginning to develop controls around the implementation of Topic 842. In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718), which expands the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services from nonemployees. Under the updated standard, an entity should apply the requirements of Topic 718 to nonemployee awards, except for specific guidance on inputs to an option-pricing model and the attribution of cost. The amendments specify that Topic 718 applies to all share-based payment transactions in which a grantor acquires goods or services to be used or consumed in the grantor’s own operations by issuing share-based payment awards. The amendments also clarify that Topic 718 does not apply to share-based payments used to effectively provide (1) financing to the issuer or (2) awards granted in conjunction with selling or goods or services as part of a contract accounted for under Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within that fiscal year. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than an entity’s adoption date of Topic 606. The Company expects to adopt this new standard as of the effective date. The Company does not believe that adoption of the new standard will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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