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Note 2 - Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Principles of consolidation:
 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bion Integrated Projects Group, Inc. (“Projects Group”), Bion Technologies, Inc., BionSoil, Inc., Bion Services,
PA1,
and
PA2;
and its
58.9%
owned subsidiary, Centerpoint Corporation (“Centerpoint”). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
 
Cash and cash equivalents
:
 
The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of
three
months or less to be cash and cash equivalents.
 
Property and equipment:
 
Property and equipment are stated at cost and are depreciated, when placed into service, using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, generally
three
to
twenty
years. The Company capitalizes all direct costs and all indirect incrementally identifiable costs related to the design and construction of its Integrated Projects. The Company has elected to expense all costs and filing fees related to obtaining patents (resulting in
no
related asset being recognized in the Company’s balance sheet) because the Company believes such costs and fees are immaterial (in the context of the Company’s total costs/expenses) and have
no
direct relationship to the value of the Company’s patents. The Company reviews its property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may
not
be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized based on the amount by which the carrying value of the assets or asset group exceeds its estimated fair value, and is recognized as a loss from operations.
 
Stock-based compensation:
 
The Company follows the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
718,
which generally requires that share-based compensation transactions be accounted and recognized in the statement of income based upon their grant date fair values.
 
Derivative Financial Instruments:
 
Pursuant to ASC Topic
815
“Derivatives and Hedging” (“Topic
815”
), the Company reviews all financial instruments for the existence of features which
may
require fair value accounting and a related mark-to-market adjustment at each reporting period end. Once determined, the Company assesses these instruments as derivative liabilities. The fair value of these instruments is adjusted to reflect the fair value at each reporting period end, with any increase or decrease in the fair value being recorded in results of operations as an adjustment to fair value of derivatives.
 
Warrants:
 
The Company has issued warrants to purchase common shares of the Company. Warrants are valued using a fair value based method, whereby the fair value of the warrant is determined at the warrant issue date using a market-based option valuation model based on factors including an evaluation of the Company’s value as of the date of the issuance, consideration of the Company’s limited liquid resources and business prospects, the market price of the Company’s stock in its mostly inactive public market and the historical valuations and purchases of the Company’s warrants. When warrants are issued in combination with debt or equity securities, the warrants are valued and accounted for based on the relative fair value of the warrants in relation to the total value assigned to the debt or equity securities and warrants combined.
 
Concentrations of credit risk:
 
The Company's financial instruments that are exposed to concentrations of credit risk consist of cash. The Company's cash is in demand deposit accounts placed with federally insured financial institutions and selected brokerage accounts. Such deposit accounts at times
may
exceed federally insured limits. The Company has
not
experienced any losses on such accounts.
 
Noncontrolling interests:
 
In accordance with ASC
810,
“Consolidation”, the Company separately classifies noncontrolling interests within the equity section of the consolidated balance sheets and separately reports the amounts attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition the noncontrolling interest continues to be attributed its share of losses even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance.
 
Fair value measurements:
 
Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date in the principal or most advantageous market. The Company uses a fair value hierarchy that has
three
levels of inputs, both observable and unobservable, with use of the lowest possible level of input to determine fair value.
 
Level
1
– quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
 
Level
2
– observable inputs other than Level
1,
quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are
not
active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and
 
Level
3
– assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable.
 
Observable inputs are based on market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs are based on the Company’s market assumptions. Unobservable inputs require significant management judgment or estimation. In some cases, the inputs used to measure an asset or liability
may
fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In those instances, the fair value measurement is required to be classified using the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Such determination requires significant management judgment.
 
The fair value of cash and accounts payable approximates their carrying amounts due to their short-term maturities. The fair value of the loan payable is indeterminable at this time due to the nature of the arrangement with a state agency and the fact that it is in default. The fair value of the redeemable preferred stock approximates its carrying value due to the dividends accrued on the preferred stock which are reflected as part of the redemption value. The fair value of the deferred compensation and convertible notes payable - affiliates are
not
practicable to estimate due to the related party nature of the underlying transactions.
 
Revenue Recognition:
 
Revenues are generated from the sale of nutrient reduction credits. The Company recognizes revenue from the sale of nutrient credits when there is persuasive evidence that an arrangement exists, when title has passed, the price is fixed or determinable, and collection is reasonably assured.
 
The Company expects that technology license fees will be generated from the licensing of Bion’s integrated system. The Company anticipates that it will charge its customers a non-refundable up-front technology license fee, which will be recognized over the estimated life of the customer relationship. In addition, any on-going technology license fees will be recognized as earned based upon the performance requirements of the agreement. Annual waste treatment fees will be recognized upon receipt. Revenues, if any, from the Company’s interest in Integrated Projects will be recognized when the entity in which the Integrated Project has been developed recognizes such revenue.
 
Income taxes:
 
The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their tax bases, as well as net operating losses.
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets or liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period in which the tax change occurs. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets by
100%,
since the Company believes that at this time it is more likely than
not
that the deferred tax asset will
not
be realized.
 
The Company is
no
longer subject to U.S. federal and state tax examinations for fiscal years before
2009.
Management does
not
believe there will be any material changes in the Company’s unrecognized tax positions over the next
12
months.
 
The Company's policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of
June 30, 2018,
there were
no
penalties or accrued interest amounts associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the years ended
June 30, 2018
and
2017.
 
Loss per share:
 
Basic loss per share amounts are calculated using the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted loss per share assumes the conversion, exercise or issuance of all potential common stock instruments, such as options or warrants, unless the effect is to reduce the loss per share or increase the earnings per share. During the years ended
June 30, 2018
and
2017,
the basic and diluted loss per share was the same, as the impact of potential dilutive common shares was anti-dilutive.
 
The following table represents the warrants, options and convertible securities excluded from the calculation of basic loss per share:
 
   
June 30,
2018
   
June 30,
2017
 
Warrants
   
12,245,452
     
8,588,729
 
Options
   
6,827,225
     
4,545,037
 
Convertible debt
   
7,549,082
     
9,115,428
 
Convertible preferred stock
   
17,000
     
16,000
 
 
The following is a reconciliation of the denominators of the basic and diluted loss per share computations for the years ended
June 30, 2018
and
2017:
 
   
Year
ended
June 30,
2018
   
Year
ended
June 30,
2017
 
Shares issued – beginning of period
   
24,748,213
     
23,573,057
 
Shares held by subsidiaries (Note 8)
   
(704,309
)    
(704,309
)
Shares outstanding – beginning of period
   
24,043,904
     
22,868,748
 
Weighted average shares for fully vested stock bonuses
   
-
     
177,534
 
Weighted average shares issued during the period
   
395,155
     
413,649
 
Basic weighted average shares – end of period
   
24,439,059
     
23,459,931
 
 
Use of estimates:
 
In preparing the Company’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
 
The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement affects the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes a study to determine the consequences of the change to its financial statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s financial statements properly reflect the change.
 
In
May 2014,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No.
2014
-
09
“Revenue from Contracts from Customers,” which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in “Revenue Recognition (Topic
606
),” and requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of potential goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to the exchange for those goods or services. ASU
2014
-
09
is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after
December 15, 2017
and earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2016.
Once the Company begins to generate revenue, the Company does
not
believe that this standard will cause a material change in the way that revenue would be recognized under the current standard.
 
In
August 2014,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2014
-
15,
“Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern: Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern.” The new standard requires management to perform interim and annual assessments of an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within
one
year of the date the financial statements are issued. An entity must provide certain disclosures if conditions or events raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. The guidance is effective for annual periods ending after
December 15, 2016,
and interim periods thereafter, early application is permitted. The adoption of ASU
No.
2014
-
15
did
not
have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In
May 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2017
-
09
“Scope of Modification Accounting” which clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment awards must be accounted for as modifications. The new guidance will reduce diversity in practice and result in fewer changes to the terms of an award being accounted for as modifications. ASU
No.
2017
-
09
will be applied prospectively to awards modified on or after the adoption date. The guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
with early adoption permitted. The Company does
not
anticipate any material impact on the Company’s financial statements upon adoption.