Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

8. ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses are comprised of the following as of December 31, 2017 and 2016:

	2017		2016
Professional fees	$	78,552	$	73,999
Payroll and related		365,384		310,996
Severance payment to former officer		316,812		91,460
Other		54,602		43,502
	$	815,350	$	519,957

At December 31, 2017, the long-term portion of severance payments to a former officer was $158,407 and is included in Other Long-term Labilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.