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Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items [Text Block]

Note 6 – Composition of Certain Financial Statement Items

      Amounts receivable

     The Company’s amounts receivable are primarily related to the operations of its subsidiaries Counsel RB, Equity Partners, and Heritage Global Partners. To date, the Company has not experienced any significant collectability issues with respect to any of its receivables. Given this experience, together with the ongoing business relationships between the Company and its joint venture partners, the Company has not yet been required to develop a policy for formal credit quality assessment. As the Company’s asset liquidation business continues to develop, more comprehensive credit assessments may be required.

     At June 30, 2013 the Company had no interest-bearing receivables. At December 31, 2012, the Company had one interest-bearing receivable in the amount of $10, an employee advance bearing interest at 10%, which was received in the second quarter of 2013.

     At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had no non-interest bearing financing receivables that were past due.

     During the first six months of 2013, there were no changes in the Company’s accounting policies for financing receivables, and therefore no related change in the current-period provision for credit losses. During the same period, there were no purchases, sales or reclassifications of financing receivables. There were no troubled debt restructurings during the first six months of 2013.

     Amounts receivable from third parties consisted of the following at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

    June 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2012  
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0 ; 2012 - $0) $ 1,458   $ 1,046  
Notes receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $0)       10  
Lease receivable       12  
  $ 1,458   $ 1,068  

Intangible assets

The Company’s intangible assets are related to its asset liquidation business.

     As discussed in Note 3, on February 29, 2012 the Company acquired Heritage Global Partners for a total purchase price of $7,080, of which $5,640 was assigned to identifiable intangible assets, as shown below. The Customer/Broker Network intangible asset is being amortized over 12 years, and the Trade Name intangible asset is being amortized over 14 years. No impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or circumstances in 2013 that would make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of the intangible assets may not be recoverable.

    June 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Customer/Broker Network $ 4,180   $ 4,180  
Accumulated amortization   (464 )   (290 )
    3,716     3,890  
             
Trade Name   1,460     1,460  
Accumulated amortization   (139 )   (87 )
    1,321     1,373  
             
Total net intangible assets $ 5,037   $ 5,263  

      Goodwill

     The Company’s goodwill is related to its asset liquidation business.

     As part of its acquisition of Equity Partners in June 2011, the Company recognized goodwill of $573. No goodwill impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or changes in circumstances in 2013 that make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of this goodwill may be impaired.

     As part of its acquisition of Heritage Global Partners in February 2012, the Company recognized goodwill of $4,728. No goodwill impairment resulted from the completion of the impairment tests at December 31, 2012, and there have been no events or changes in circumstances in 2013 that make it more likely than not that the carrying amount of this goodwill may be impaired.

      Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012:

    June 30,     December 31,  
    2013     2012  
             
Due to auction clients $ 3,843   $ 2,242  
Due to Joint Venture partners   609     487  
Sales and other taxes   307     552  
Customer deposits   1,517      
Remuneration and benefits   334     373  
Asset liquidation expenses   124     184  
Auction expenses   258     134  
Regulatory and legal fees   137     87  
Accounting, auditing and tax consulting   147     170  
Patent licensing and maintenance   8     9  
Other   289     177  
             
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 7,573   $ 4,415