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DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
Description of the Business
 
WPCS International Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“WPCS”) and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) currently specializes in low voltage communications, audio-visual and security contracting services, conducting business in one segment at one operations center, through its wholly-owned domestic subsidiary, WPCS International - Suisun City, Inc. (“Suisun City Operations”). During the year ended April 30, 2017 the Company also conducted operations from its wholly-owned Texas subsidiary, WPCS International-Texas, Inc. (“Texas Operations”), however, as of April 30, 2017, the Texas Operations has been closed.
 
The Company is a full-service low voltage contractor that specializes in the installation and service of Voice & Data Networks, Security Systems, Audio-Visual Solutions, and Distributed Antenna Systems and provides experienced project management and delivers complex projects to key vertical markets that include Healthcare, Education, Transportation, Energy & Utilities, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Commercial Real Estate, Financial, Government, etc.
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The consolidated financial statements of the Company included in this Report for the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016, reflect the accounts of current and former entities as either continued or discontinued operations, as discussed below.
 
Continuing operations for the years ended April 30, 2017 and 2016 include the results of operations of: (i) WPCS (which primarily reflects corporate operating expenses and nonoperating income); (ii) Suisun City Operations and the Texas Operations, (the Texas Operations were closed in February 2017 and therefore the Suisun Operation remains the Company’s only active operating subsidiary); (iii) WPCS Incorporated, an inactive subsidiary; and (iv) WPCS International – Trenton, Inc. (“Trenton Operations”), which operations were closed in September 2013.
 
Discontinued operations for the year ended April 30, 2016 include the results of WPCS Asia Limited, a 60% joint venture interest in Tai'an AGS Pipeline Construction Co. Ltd. (the “China Operations”). There are no discontinued operations for the year ended April 30, 2017.