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Significant Accounting Policies

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Accounting Policies [Abstract]    
Significant Accounting Policies

Note 3 - Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation

 

These interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been included. The results reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include all information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Form S-4 filed by the Company with the SEC (File No. 333-254927), as amended. The interim results for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021. The Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted.

 

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Accounting estimates and assumptions discussed herein are those that management considers to be the most critical to an understanding of the consolidated financial statements because they inherently involve significant judgements and uncertainties. Estimates are used for, but not limited to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts and customer allowances, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, standard costs of inventory, provisions for inventory obsolescence, and impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets. All of these estimates reflect management’s judgment about current economic and market conditions and their effects based on information available as of the date of these consolidated financial statements. If such conditions persist longer or deteriorate further than expected, it is reasonably possible that the judgements and estimates could change, which may result in future impairments of assets among other effects.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Returns, and Deductions

 

Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. The Company records accounts receivable at their net realizable value, which requires management to estimate the collectability of the Company’s receivables. Judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables, including the credit worthiness of each counterparty and the related aging of past due balances. Management provides for an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to the estimated uncollectable amounts, in addition to a general provision based on historical experience. Management provides for the customer accommodations based upon a general provision of a percentage of sales in addition to known deductions. The percentage provided for was increased from 8% to 11% during the current quarter based upon the level of deductions year to date. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the allowance for doubtful accounts and returns and deductions totaled $976,073 and $1,603,069, respectively. Total bad debt expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $250,772 and $513,661, respectively. Total bad debt expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $516,611 and $521,964, respectively.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The balance sheet items that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are primarily cash and accounts receivable. The Company continuously evaluates the credit worthiness of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. The Company maintains cash balances in bank accounts that may, at times, exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) limits of $250,000 per institution. The Company incurred no losses from such accounts and management considers the risk of loss to be minimal.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, customer and vendor concentrations in excess of 10% consolidated sales and purchases are as follows:

 

 

 

For the Three Months

 

For the Nine Months

 

 

Ended September, 30

 

Ended September, 30

 

 

2021

 

2020

 

2021

 

2020

Customer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer A

11%

 

23%

 

12%

 

29%

 

Customer B

-

 

13%

 

10%

 

14%

Vendor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor A

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

23%

 

As of September 30, 2021 the following customers and vendors represented more than 10% of accounts receivable and accounts payable balances:

 

 

 

 

Accounts

 

Accounts

 

 

 

Receivable

 

Payable

Customer:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer A

 

15%

 

 

 

Customer B

 

13%

 

 

 

Customer C

 

11%

 

 

 

Customer D

 

11%

 

 

Vendor:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vendor A

 

 

 

15%

 

 

Revenue Recognition Policy

 

The Company manufactures and markets a broad range of protein snack products through multiple distribution channels. The products are offered through branded and private label items. The Company accounts for revenue from contracts with customers, which comprises substantially all of its revenue, through the following steps:

 

  (1) Identification of the contract with a customer
     
  (2) Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
     
  (3) Determination of the transaction price
     
  (4) Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
     
  (5) Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation

 

The Company’s revenue derived from the sale of branded and private label products is considered variable consideration that is based on a fixed per item charge applied to a variable quantity of product. Generally, this variable consideration is recognized at the point in time when the customer obtains control of the product, which may occur upon either shipment or delivery of the product. The Company also maintains consignment arrangements whereby revenue is recognized upon sale of the product to the end customer. The payment terms of the Company’s contracts are generally net thirty to thirty-five days, although early pay discounts are offered to customers.

 

The Company regularly experiences customer deductions from amounts invoiced due to product returns, product shortages, and delivery nonperformance penalty fees. This variable consideration is estimated using the expected value approach based on the Company’s historical experience, and it is recognized as a reduction to the transaction price in the same period that the related product sale is recognized. In years prior to 2021, customer deduction amounts were insignificant.

 

Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring products to customers. Revenue is recognized when the Company satisfies its performance obligations under the contract by transferring the promised product to its customer.

 

The Company’s contracts generally do not include any material significant financing components.

 

Performance Obligations

 

The Company has elected the following practical expedients provided for in Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers:

 

  (1) The Company has excluded from its transaction price all sales and similar taxes collected from its customers.
     
  (2) The Company has elected to recognize the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the asset that the entity otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.
     
  (3) The Company has elected to account for shipping and handling activities that occur after control of the related good transfers as fulfillment activities instead of assessing such activities as performance obligations.
     
  (4) The portfolio approach has been elected by the Company as it expects any effects would not be materially different in application at the portfolio level compared with the application at an individual contract level.
     
  (5) The Company has elected not to disclose information about its remaining performance obligations for any contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

 

Neither the type of good sold nor the location of sale significantly impacts the nature, amount, timing, or uncertainty of revenue and cash flows.

 

 

Disaggregation of Net Sales

 

The following table shows the net sales of the Company disaggregated by channel for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months

 

 

For the Nine Months

 

 

 

ended September 30,

 

 

ended September 30,

 

(In thousands)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

e-Commerce

 

$

2,791

 

 

$

1,860

 

 

$

8,593

 

 

$

4,315

 

Wholesale

 

 

5,355

 

 

 

1,795

 

 

 

9,935

 

 

 

5,103

 

Private label

 

 

916

 

 

 

773

 

 

 

4,720

 

 

 

3,595

 

Ending balance

 

$

9,062

 

 

$

4,428

 

 

$

23,248

 

 

$

13,013

 

 

Inventory

 

Inventories consist of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value determined using the standard cost method. The Company reviews the value of items in inventory and provides write-downs and write-offs of inventory for obsolete, damaged, or expired inventory. Write-downs and write-offs are included in cost of goods sold.

 

Prepaid Media Spend

 

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company sold products to an independent full-service corporate trade company in exchange for future services. The Company has the right to utilize this asset as a credit against future media buying that this trade company performs for the Company. The Company can utilize the credit at any time over five years but estimates they will use a total of $650,000 within the next year.

 

Advertising Costs

 

In accordance with ASC 720-35, Advertising Costs, advertising and marketing costs are charged to operations in the period incurred. Advertising and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $10,646,991 and $4,606,340 respectively. Advertising and marketing expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 were $4,614,032 and $1,132,695 respectively and are included in selling expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

Intangible Assets
 

On December 11, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kalahari Snacks, LLC, entered into an asset purchase agreement with Kalahari Brands, Inc. consisting principally of its brands and marks, to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Kalahari Brands for a purchase price of $5,867,344. In terms of the asset purchase agreement, a post-closing working capital adjustment was applied to the purchase price. The adjustment of $113,237 was applied against the Kalahari Seller Note (See Note 8 - Debt).
 

The brand name is accounted for in accordance with ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”, and amortized on a straight-line basis over 20 years and reviewed annually for impairment. As of September 30, 2021, there was no impairment of the intangible asset.

 

Warrant Liability

 

The Company accounts for warrants as either equity-classified or liability-classified instruments based on an assessment of the warrant’s specific terms and applicable authoritative guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”) and ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“ASC 815”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480, meet the definition of a liability pursuant to ASC 480, and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed to the Company’s own common stock and whether the warrant holders could potentially require “net cash settlement” in a circumstance outside of the Company’s control, among other conditions for equity classification. This assessment, which requires the use of professional judgment, is conducted at the time of warrant issuance and as of each subsequent quarterly period end date while the warrants are outstanding.

 

 

For issued or modified warrants that meet all of the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital at the time of issuance. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance, and each balance sheet date thereafter.

 

Accordingly, the Company classifies the private warrants issued to Andina’s original stockholders (the “Private Warrants”) as liabilities at their fair value and adjusts the warrants to fair value at each reporting period. This liability is subject to re-measurement at each balance sheet date until exercised, and any change in fair value is recognized in the Company’s statement of operations.

 

Net Income (Loss) per Share

 

The Company reports both basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and excludes the dilutive effect of warrants, stock options, and other types of convertible securities. However, the Pre-Funded Warrants are included in the calculation of basic earnings per share as the Pre-Funded Warrants can be exercised for nominal value. Diluted earnings per share is calculated based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding and the dilutive effect of stock options, warrants and other types of convertible securities are included in the calculation. Dilutive securities are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation if their effect is anti-dilutive, such as in periods where the Company would report a net loss. For any periods prior to the Closing, basic and diluted net income/loss per share have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse recapitalization of the Company utilizing the Seller Consideration Units (adjusted as necessary to reflect the capital activity of the Company prior to the Closing) as the weighted average shares outstanding for those periods and the actual shares outstanding for any periods after the Closing all on an as exchanged basis. As of September 30, 2020, there were no dilutive securities. As of September 30, 2021, there were 10,997,500 dilutive common stock equivalents consisting of warrants which were anti-dilutive.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. On a proforma basis, had the Company been a corporation for all periods presented, as a result of the recurring losses, any proforma benefit for the utilization of these net operating losses would have been offset by such valuation allowances.

 

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position over the next twelve months.

 

Tax Receivable Agreement

 

In conjunction with the Business Combination, the Company also entered into a Tax Receivable Agreement (the “TRA”) with Seller and Holdings. Pursuant to the TRA, the Company is required to pay Seller 85% of the amount of savings, if any, in U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax that the Company actually realizes as a result of (A) tax basis adjustments resulting from taxable exchanges of Class B common units of Holdings and Class V common stock of the Company acquired by the Company in exchange for Class A common stock of the Company and (B) tax deductions in respect of portions of certain payments made under the TRA. All such payments to the Seller are the obligations of the Company. As of September 30, 2021, there have been no exchanges of Class B common units of Holdings and Class V common stock of the Company for Class A common stock of the Company and, accordingly, no TRA liabilities currently exist.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, a line of credit, and vehicle notes payable. The carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their respective fair values because of the short-term maturities or expected settlement date of these instruments. The line of credit and vehicle notes payable have fixed interest rates the Company believes reflect current market rates for notes of this nature. The Company believes the current carrying value of long-term debt approximates its fair value because the terms are comparable to similar lending arrangements in the marketplace.

 

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The Company evaluates its financial instruments to determine if such instruments are derivatives or contain features that qualify as embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging”. For derivative financial instruments that are accounted for as liabilities, the derivative instrument is initially recorded at its fair value on the grant date and is then re-valued at each reporting date, with changes in the fair value reported in the statements of operations. The classification of derivative instruments, including whether such instruments should be recorded as liabilities or as equity, is evaluated at the end of each reporting period. Derivative liabilities are classified in the balance sheet as current or non-current based on whether or not net-cash settlement or conversion of the instrument could be required within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

 

Recent Accounting Standards

 

ASU 2016-02, Leases. In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance related to accounting for leases. The new guidance requires the recognition of right of use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities for those leases classified as operating leases under previous guidance. In 2018, the FASB also approved an amendment that would permit the option to adopt the new standard prospectively as of the effective date, without adjusting comparative periods presented. In November of 2020, the FASB proposed a delay and the effective date was deferred until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2016-02.

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The standard includes multiple key provisions, including removal of certain exceptions to ASC 740, Income Taxes, and simplification in several other areas such as accounting for a franchise tax that is partially based on income. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Adoption of this new standard did not have an impact to our disclosures.

 

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-10 “Codification Improvements.” The new accounting rules improve the consistency of the Codification by including all disclosure guidance in the appropriate Disclosure Section (Section 50) that had only been included in the Other Presentation Matters Section (Section 45) of the Codification. Additionally, the new rules also clarify guidance across various topics including defined benefit plans, foreign currency transactions, and interest expense. The standard was effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2021. Adoption of this new standard did not have an impact to our disclosures. 

 

3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The financial statements include the consolidated accounts of Stryve and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

  

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires Management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes. Accounting estimates and assumptions discussed herein are those that management considers to be the most critical to an understanding of the consolidated financial statements because they inherently involve significant judgements and uncertainties. Estimates are used for, but not limited to revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts and customer allowances, useful lives for depreciation and amortization, standard costs of inventory, provisions for inventory obsolesce, and impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets. All of these estimates reflect management’s judgment about current economic and market conditions and their effects based on information available as of the date of these consolidated financial statements. If such conditions persist longer or deteriorate further than expected, it is reasonably possible that the judgements and estimates could change, which may result in future impairments of assets among other effects.

 

Cash Equivalents

 

For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all short-term securities with an original maturity date of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. As of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there were no cash equivalents.

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts, Returns, and Deductions

 

Accounts receivable are customer obligations due under normal trade terms. The Company records accounts receivable at their net realizable value, which requires management to estimate the collectability of the Company’s receivables. Judgment is required in assessing the realization of these receivables, including the credit worthiness of each counterparty and the related aging of past due balances. Management provides for an allowance for doubtful accounts equal to the estimated uncollectable amounts, in addition to a general provision based on historical experience. Management provides for the customer accommodations based upon a general provision of 8% of sales in addition to known deductions. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the allowance for doubtful accounts and accommodations totaled $807,853 and $688,046, respectively. Total bad debt expense for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $744,863 and $168,464, respectively.

 

Concentration of Credit Risk

 

The balance sheet items that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk are primarily cash and accounts receivable. The Company continuously evaluates the credit worthiness of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral. The Company maintains cash balances in bank accounts that may, at times, exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) limits of $250,000 per institution. The Company incurred no losses from such accounts and management considers the risk of loss to be minimal. As of December 31, 2020, the Company had cash balances in excess of FDIC coverage of approximately $310,000.

 

As of and for the year ending December 31, 2020, customer and vendor concentrations in excess of 10% consolidated sales, purchases, accounts receivable, and accounts payable are as follows:

 

    Sales     Purchases     Accounts Receivable     Accounts Payable  
Customer A     26 %             24 %        
Customer B     13 %                        
Customer C                     40 %        
Vendor A                             12 %
Vendor B                             11 %
Vendor C             17 %                

 

For the year ending December 31, 2019, customer and vendor concentrations in excess of 10% consolidated sales and purchases are as follows:

 

    Sales     Purchases  
Customer A     12 %        
Customer B     21 %        
Customer C     13 %        
Vendor C             40 %
Vendor D             11 %
Vendor E             11 %

 

Revenue Recognition Policy

 

The Company manufactures and markets a broad range of protein snack products through multiple distribution channels. The products are offered through branded and private label items. The Company accounts for revenue from contracts with customers, which comprises substantially all of its revenue, through the following steps:

 

1) Identification of the contract with a customer
2) Identification of the performance obligations in the contract
3) Determination of the transaction price
4) Allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract
5) Recognition of revenue when, or as, the Company satisfies a performance obligation

 

The Company’s revenue derived from the sale of branded and private label products is considered variable consideration that is based on a fixed per item charge applied to a variable quantity of product. Generally, this variable consideration is recognized at the point in time when the customer obtains control of the product, which may occur upon either shipment or delivery of the product. The Company also maintains consignment arrangements whereby revenue is recognized upon sale of the product to the end customer. The payment terms of the Company’s contracts are generally net thirty to thirty-five days, although early pay discounts are offered to customers.

 

The Company regularly experiences customer deductions from amounts invoiced due to product returns, product shortages and delivery nonperformance penalty fees. This variable consideration is estimated using the expected value approach based on the Company’s historical experience, and it is recognized as a reduction to the transaction price in the same period that the related product sale is recognized. In years prior to 2020, customer deduction amounts were insignificant and recognized when incurred.

 

Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring products to customers. Revenue is recognized when the Company satisfies its performance obligations under the contract by transferring the promised product to its customer.

 

The Company’s contracts generally do not include any material significant financing components.

 

Segment Reporting

 

The Company uses “the management approach” in determining reportable operating segments. The management approach considers the internal organization and reporting used by the Company’s chief operating decision makers for making operating decisions and assessing performance as the source for determining the Company’s reportable segments. The Company’s chief operating decision makers are the Co-Chief Executive Officers (“CEOs”) and the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of the Company, who review operating results to make decisions about allocating resources and assessing performance for the entire Company. The Company deploys resources on a consolidated level to all brands of the Company and therefore the Company only identifies one reportable operating segment with multiple product offerings. 

 

 

Performance Obligations

 

The Company has elected the following practical expedients provided for in Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

 

1) The Company is excluding from its transaction price all sales and similar taxes collected from its customers.
2) The Company has elected to recognize the incremental costs of obtaining a contract as an expense when incurred if the amortization period of the asset that the entity otherwise would have recognized is one year or less.
3) The Company has elected to account for shipping and handling activities that occur after control of the related good transfers as fulfillment activities instead of assessing such activities as performance obligations.
4) The portfolio approach has been elected by the Company as it expects any effects would not be materially different in application at the portfolio level compared with the application at an individual contract level.
5) The Company has elected not to disclose information about its remaining performance obligations for any contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

 

Neither the type of good sold nor the location of sale significantly impacts the nature, amount, timing, or uncertainty of revenue and cash flows.

 

Disaggregation of Net Sales

 

The following table shows the net sales of the Company disaggregated by channel for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands).

 

    2020     2019  
E-commerce   $ 7,147     $ 1,610  
Wholesale   $ 6,598     $ 7,229  
Private Label   $ 3,257     $ 1,931  
Net Sales   $ 17,002     $ 10,770  

 

Inventory

 

Inventories consist of raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, and stated at lower of cost or net realizable value determined using the standard cost method. The Company reviews the value of items in inventory and provides write-downs and write-offs of inventory based for obsolete, damaged, or expired inventory. Write-down and write-offs are included in cost of goods sold. Infrequent and significant write offs are included separately from cost of goods sold in loss on damaged inventory. Standard costing is reflected in the Company’s inventory which approximates a first in first out basis. Management has historically reviewed the Company’s standard costing at each reporting date.

 

Prepaid Media Spend

 

During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company sold products to an independent full-service corporate trade company in exchange for future services. The Company has the right to utilize this asset as a credit against future media buying that this trade company performs for the Company. The Company can utilize the credit at any time over five years, but estimates they will use a third of the current credit within the next year, totaling approximately $249,000.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation for financial reporting purposes commence when the assets are placed in service on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets or terms of the leases. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred. Expenditures for major renewals and betterments, which extend the useful lives of existing property and equipment, are capitalized and depreciated. Upon retirement or disposition of property and equipment, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss (if any) are reflected in consolidated statements operations.

 

Leasehold improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life of the assets.

 

 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

 

In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 360-10, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, the Company reviews the carrying value of long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the historical cost-carrying value of an asset may no longer be appropriate. The Company assesses recoverability of the carrying value of its assets, on a going concern basis, by estimating the undiscounted future net cash flows expected to result from the asset over its expected useful life, including eventual disposition. If the future undiscounted net cash flows are less than the carrying value of the asset, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the asset’s carrying value and fair value. The Company determined there was no impairment of long-lived assets as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.

 

Deferred Financing Fees

 

The Company incurred deferred financing fees while obtaining debt detailed in Notes 9. These fees are being amortized over the term of the related debt using the effective interest method. Amortization of the deferred financing fees for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $205,018 and $0, respectively, and is included in interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, net deferred financing fees was $36,492 and $0, respectively, and is presented as a reduction of the corresponding liability.

 

Goodwill

 

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired in the acquisition of Biltong USA Inc., and Braaitime LLC in 2018. Goodwill is accounted for in accordance with ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”. Goodwill is reviewed and tested for impairment on a reporting unit level annually.

 

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-03, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”, effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with an election to adopt early. The ASU requires only a one-step qualitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value. It eliminates Step 2 of the current two-step goodwill impairment test, under which a goodwill impairment loss is measured by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. A significant amount of judgment is required in estimating fair value and performing goodwill impairment tests. For the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, there was no impairment of goodwill.

 

  

Intangible Assets

 

On December 11, 2020, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kalahari Snacks, LLC, entered into an asset purchase agreement with Kalahari Brands, Inc. consisting principally of its brands and marks, to acquire certain assets and liabilities of Kalahari Brands for a purchase price of $5,867,344, comprised as follows:

 

Purchase consideration:      
Cash   $ 1,511,900  
Seller note payable     3,245,843  
Assumption of liabilities     882,438  
Relief of liabilities     227,163  
Total purchase consideration   $ 5,867,344  
Assets:        
Accounts receivable   $ 348,853  
Inventory   $ 356,672  
Other assets   $ 176,313  
Property, plant, and equipment   $ 22,672  
Intangible asset (brand name)   $ 4,962,834  
Total assets acquired     5,867,344  
Assumption of liabilities     (882,438 )
Net assets aquired   $ 4,984,906  

 

The brand name is accounted for in accordance with ASC 350, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other”, and amortized on a straight-line basis over 20 years and reviewed annually for impairment. As of December 31, 2020, there was no impairment of the intangible asset.

 

Advertising Costs

 

In accordance with ASC 720-35, Advertising Costs, advertising and marketing costs are charged to operations in the period incurred. Advertising and marketing expenses were $6,123,049 and $5,642,392 for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in selling expenses in the accompanying statements of operations.

 

Income Taxes

 

The Company is a Texas limited liability company and accordingly is not a taxpaying entity for federal income tax purposes. The Company’s annual tax income or loss is allocated to individual members for reporting on their own individual federal tax returns. The Company is subject to certain state and local taxes, such amount was not material for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

The provision for income taxes is calculated under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the consolidated financial statements. The realization of deferred tax assets depended upon the existence of sufficient taxable income, of appropriate character, within the carryback or carryforward periods under the tax law in the applicable tax jurisdiction. Valuation allowances are determined, based on available information, whether it was more likely than not that deferred tax assets would not be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining whether valuation allowances should be established, as well as the amount of such allowances.

 

  

Income Taxes, continued

 

The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with ASC 740-10, Income Taxes. ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, provides several clarifications related to uncertain tax positions. Most notably, a “more likely-than-not” standard for initial recognition of tax positions, a presumption of audit detection and a measurement of recognized tax benefits based on the largest amount that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of realization. ASC 740-10, Income Taxes, applies a two-step process to determine the amount of tax benefit to be recognized in the consolidated financial statements. First, the Company must determine whether any amount of tax benefit may be recognized. Second, the Company determines how much of the tax benefit should be recognized for tax positions that qualify for recognition. No additional liabilities have been recognized. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized any penalty, interest or tax impact related to uncertain tax positions

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

ASU 2016-02, Leases. In 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidance related to accounting for leases. The new guidance requires the recognition of right of use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities for those leases classified as operating leases under previous guidance. In 2018, the FASB also approved an amendment that would permit the option to adopt the new standard prospectively as of the effective date, without adjusting comparative periods presented. On August 15, 2019, the FASB proposed a one-year delay and the effective date was deferred until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company is evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2016-02.

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. The standard includes multiple key provisions, including removal of certain exceptions to ASC 740, Income Taxes, and simplification in several other areas such as accounting for a franchise tax that is partially based on income. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this standard but does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In October 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-10 “Codification Improvements.” The new accounting rules improve the consistency of the Codification by including all disclosure guidance in the appropriate Disclosure Section (Section 50) that had only been included in the Other Presentation Matters Section (Section 45) of the Codification. Additionally, the new rules also clarify guidance across various topics including defined benefit plans, foreign currency transactions, and interest expense. The standard is effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2021. The Company does not expect the adoption of the new accounting rules to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, a line of credit, related party notes payable, and vehicle notes payable. The carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable, and accounts payable approximate their respective fair values because of the short-term maturities or expected settlement date of these instruments. The line of credit and vehicle notes payable have fixed interest rates the Company believes reflect current market rates for notes of this nature. The Company believes the current carrying value of long-term debt approximates its fair value because the terms are comparable to similar lending arrangements in the marketplace.