ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	3 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2023
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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS	NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (“Coda,” “the Company,” or “we”) operates two distinct operating business units. These are the Marine Technology Business (also referred to in this Form 10-Q as “Products Business,” or “Products Segment”) and the Marine Engineering Business (also referred to in this Form 10-Q as “Services Business”, “Engineering Business” or “Services Segment”). The Marine Technology Business sells technology solutions to the subsea and underwater markets. These solutions are designed, developed, manufactured and supported by the Company. Its main revenue generating product is the Echoscope^®and Echoscope PIPE^®(Parallel Intelligent Processing Engine). In 2021, the Products Business launched a new diver management system (Diver Augmented Vision Display (“DAVD”)) for use in the global defense and commercial diving markets and which is a significant part of our growth plans for the Company. The requirements for the DAVD system emanated from the Office of Naval Research as part of its Future Naval Requirements Program. The DAVD embeds inside of the diver Head up Display (HUD) a pair of transparent glasses which is used as the data hub for displaying real time data to the diver. The concept of using a pair of transparent glasses in the Head up Display (HUD) underwater for this purpose is protected by patent and licensed to the Company by the United States Department of the Navy at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division. The Marine Engineering Business is an established sub-contractor to prime defense contractors and generally supplies proprietary sub-assemblies for incorporation into broader mission critical defense systems. These sub-assemblies typically are supplied for the life of the program. The Marine Engineering Business scope typically includes concept, design, prototype and manufacture. The manufacturing contracts for these sub-assemblies can run over many years. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues including unbilled and deferred revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include estimates related to the percentage of completion method used to account for contracts including costs and earnings in excess of billings, billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings and the valuation of goodwill.

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2023

ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Coda Octopus Group, Inc. (“Coda,” “the Company,” or “we”) operates two distinct operating business units. These are the Marine Technology Business (also referred to in this Form 10-Q as “Products Business,” or “Products Segment”) and the Marine Engineering Business (also referred to in this Form 10-Q as “Services Business”, “Engineering Business” or “Services Segment”). The Marine Technology Business sells technology solutions to the subsea and underwater markets. These solutions are designed, developed, manufactured and supported by the Company. Its main revenue generating product is the Echoscope^®and Echoscope PIPE^®(Parallel Intelligent Processing Engine). In 2021, the Products Business launched a new diver management system (Diver Augmented Vision Display (“DAVD”)) for use in the global defense and commercial diving markets and which is a significant part of our growth plans for the Company. The requirements for the DAVD system emanated from the Office of Naval Research as part of its Future Naval Requirements Program. The DAVD embeds inside of the diver Head up Display (HUD) a pair of transparent glasses which is used as the data hub for displaying real time data to the diver. The concept of using a pair of transparent glasses in the Head up Display (HUD) underwater for this purpose is protected by patent and licensed to the Company by the United States Department of the Navy at Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division. The Marine Engineering Business is an established sub-contractor to prime defense contractors and generally supplies proprietary sub-assemblies for incorporation into broader mission critical defense systems. These sub-assemblies typically are supplied for the life of the program. The Marine Engineering Business scope typically includes concept, design, prototype and manufacture. The manufacturing contracts for these sub-assemblies can run over many years.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Coda Octopus Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned domestic and foreign subsidiaries. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues including unbilled and deferred revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates include estimates related to the percentage of completion method used to account for contracts including costs and earnings in excess of billings, billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings and the valuation of goodwill.