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Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
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NOTE 2 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of ADM Tronics Unlimited, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries (Action Industries Unlimited, LLC, Sonotron and Pegasus Laboratories). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

USE OF ESTIMATES

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and, accordingly, require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Significant estimates made by management include expected economic life and value of our deferred tax assets, valuation allowance, impairment of long lived assets, fair value of equity instruments for services, allowance for doubtful accounts, and warranty reserves. Actual amounts could differ from those estimates.

FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

For certain of our financial instruments, including accounts receivable, inventories, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and notes payable – other, the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their relatively short maturities.

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash equivalents are comprised of certain highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased. We maintain our cash in bank deposit accounts, which at times, may exceed federally insured limits. We have not experienced any losses to date as a result of this policy.

ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS

Accounts receivable are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances. The carrying amounts of accounts receivable is reduced by a valuation allowance that reflects management's best estimate of the amounts that will not be collected. Management individually reviews all accounts receivable balances that exceed the due date and estimates the portion, if any, of the balance that will not be collected. Management provides for probable uncollectible amounts through a charge to expenses and a credit to a valuation allowance, based on its assessment of the current status of individual accounts. Balances that are still outstanding after management has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to accounts receivable.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:

Revenues are recognized when products are shipped to end users. Shipments to distributors are recognized as revenue when no right of return exists.

ELECTRONICS:

We recognize revenue from the sale of our electronic products when they are shipped to the purchaser. We offer a limited 90 day warranty on our electronics products and a limited 5 year warranty on our electronic controllers for spas and hot tubs. We have no other post shipment obligations. Based on prior experience, no amounts have been accrued for potential warranty costs and actual costs were less than $500, for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011.  For contract manufacturing, revenues are recognized after shipment of the completed products.

ENGINEERING SERVICES:

We provide certain engineering services, including quality control and quality assurance services along with regulatory compliance services, warehouse fulfillment services and network administration services including hardware and software services. We recognize revenue from engineering services as the services are provided.

WARRANTY LIABILITIES

The Company’s provision for estimated future warranty costs is based upon historical relationship of warranty claims to sales.  Based upon historical experience, the Company has concluded that no warranty liability is required as of the balance sheet dates.  However, the Company periodically reviews the adequacy of its product warranties and will record an accrued warranty reserve if necessary.

RESTRICTED CASH

Restricted cash represents funds on deposit with a financial institution that secure the bank note payable.

INVENTORY

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. Inventory that is expected to be sold within one operating cycle (1 year) is classified as a current asset. Inventory that is not expected to be sold within 1 year, based on historical trends, is classified as Inventory - long term.

PROPERTY & EQUIPMENT

We record our equipment at historical cost. We expense maintenance and repairs as incurred. Depreciation is provided for by the straight-line method over five to seven years, the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment.

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In reviewing for impairment, the Company compares the carrying value of the relevant asset to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition.  When the estimated undiscounted future cash flows are less than their carrying amount, an impairment loss is recognized equal to the difference between the assets’ fair value and its carrying value.

ADVERTISING COSTS

Advertising costs are expensed as incurred and amounted to $163,059 and $12,975 for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

SHIPPING AND HANDLING COSTS

Shipping and handling costs incurred for the years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were approximately $13,500 and $7,200 respectively.  Such costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

INCOME TAXES

We report the results of our operations as part of a consolidated Federal tax return with our subsidiaries. Deferred income taxes result primarily from temporary differences between financial and tax reporting. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement bases and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce a deferred tax asset to that portion that is expected to more likely than not be realized.

The Company has adopted the authoritative accounting guidance with respect to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes, which clarified the accounting and disclosures for uncertain tax positions related to income taxes recognized in the financial statements and addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. The Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more-likely-than-not threshold, the amount recognized in the consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority.

The Company files income tax returns in several jurisdictions. The Company’s tax returns remain subject to examination, by major jurisdiction, for the years ended March 31, as follows:

Jurisdiction Fiscal Year
Federal 2008 and beyond
New Jersey 2007 and beyond

There are currently no tax years under examination by any major tax jurisdictions.

The Company will recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of March 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company has no accrued interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions.

NET LOSS PER SHARE

We compute basic loss per share by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted loss per share is computed similar to basic loss per share, except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential shares had been issued and if the additional shares were dilutive. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the computation of net loss per share if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Per share basic and diluted net loss amounted to $(0.00) and $(0.01) for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The assumed exercise of common stock equivalents was not utilized in the computation of the fully diluted earnings per share for fiscal years ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, since the effect would be anti-dilutive. There were -0- and 2,750,000 common stock equivalents at March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2011 the FSAB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-05 affecting ASC 220, Other Comprehensive Income.  The effective date is for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The objective of this Update is to improve the comparability, consistency and transparency of financial reporting and to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income.  To increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income and to facilitate convergence of U.S generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the FASB decided to eliminate the option to present components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity.  The Company is evaluating the implication of this Statement.

On April 1, 2011 we adopted Accounting Standards Update 2009-13 that revised the guidance for revenue recognition with multiple deliverables.  These new standards impact the determination of when the individual deliverables included in a multiple-element arrangement may be treated as separate units of accounting.  Additionally, these new standards modify the manner in which the transaction consideration is allocated across the separately identified deliverables by no longer permitting the residual method of allocating arrangement consideration.  The adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial positions or results of operations.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncement, if adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.