Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Revenue Recognition

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Revenue Recognition
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Revenue Recognition  
Revenue Recognition

4.             The Company records revenues from sales transactions when title to products sold passes to the customer. Usual sales terms are FOB shipping point, at which time title and risk of loss have passed to the customer and delivery has occurred. Revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC Topic 985-605 “ Software Revenue Recognition” and ASC Topic 605-10-S99, and ASC Topic 605 -45, “Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent”. The majority of the Company’s revenues relates to physical products and is recognized on a gross basis with the selling price to the customer recorded as net sales and the acquisition cost of the product to the Company recorded as cost of sales. At the time of sale, the Company also records an estimate for sales returns based on historical experience. Certain software maintenance products, third party services and extended warranties sold by the Company (for which the Company is not the primary obligor) are recognized on a net basis. Accordingly, such revenues are recognized in net sales either at the time of sale or over the contract period, based on the nature of the contract, at the net amount retained by the Company, with no cost of goods sold.

 

Accounts receivable- long-term result from product sales with extended payment terms that are discounted to their present values at the prevailing market rates. In subsequent periods, the accounts receivable are increased to the amounts due and payable by the customers through the accretion of interest income on the unpaid accounts receivable due in future years. The amounts due under these long-term accounts receivable due within one year from the balance sheet date are reclassified to the current portion of accounts receivable.