LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

LEASES

Schedule of operating lease expense

	For the three months ended September 30,				For the nine months ended September 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Straight-line operating lease expense	$	197,513	$	164,103	$	929,241	$	548,135
Variable lease cost		44,239		169,368		502,413		326,105
Total operating lease expense	$	241,752	$	333,471	$	1,431,654	$	874,240

Schedule of future remaining minimum operating lease payments

Year ending December 31,	Operating leases		Finance lease
2023 (remaining three months)	$	307,735	$	50,000
2024		1,252,825		205,400
2025		1,033,857		171,043
2026		764,190		136,940
2027		507,871		143,102
Thereafter		965,359		818,100
Total		4,831,837		1,524,585
Less: Present value adjustment		(1,725,921)		(803,300)
Lease liability		3,105,916		721,285
Less: Lease liability, current		(1,245,724)		(50,000)
Lease liability, non-current	$	1,860,192	$	671,285

Supplemental cash flow information

For the nine months ended September 30,	2023		2022
Supplemental cash flow information
Cash paid for amounts included in operating lease liability	$	957,153	$	193,523
Cash paid for amounts included in finance lease liability	$	150,000	$	—
Supplemental lease disclosures of non-cash transactions:
ROU assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities	$	348,825	$	172,053