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Accrued Liabilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Accrued Liabilities
10. Accrued Liabilities

The Company estimates accrued liabilities by identifying services performed on the Company’s behalf, estimating the level of service performed and determining the associated cost incurred for such service as of each balance sheet date. For example, the Company would accrue for professional and consulting fees incurred with law firms, audit and accounting service providers and other third party consultants. These expenses are determined by either requesting those service providers to estimate unbilled services at each reporting date for services incurred or tracking costs incurred by service providers under fixed fee arrangements.

The Company has processes in place to estimate the appropriate amounts to record for accrued liabilities, which principally involve the applicable personnel reviewing the services provided. In the event that the Company does not identify certain costs that have begun to be incurred or the Company under or over-estimates the level of services performed or the costs of such services, the reported expenses for that period may be too low or too high. The date on which certain services commence, the level of services performed on or before a given date, and the cost of such services often require the exercise of judgment. The Company makes these judgments based upon the facts and circumstances known at the date of the financial statements.

 

Accrued liabilities consist of the following:

 

     June 30,
2014
     December 31,
2013
 

Employee compensation

   $ 2,596,382       $ 3,166,086   

Taxes

     952,733         2,324,711   

Contingent consideration (current portion)

     377,177         1,195,248   

Professional fees

     183,876         385,478   

Unearned revenue

     141,481         3,341   

Royalty and license fees

     7,262         1,897,473   

VAT liabilities

     —          7,591   

Other accrued expenses

     660,768         599,784   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     4,919,679         9,579,712