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2. Significant Accounting Policies: Financial Instruments (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2014
Policies  
Financial Instruments

Financial instruments

 

The Company uses the following methods and assumptions to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments for which it is practicable to estimate such values:

 

Cash - the carrying amount approximates fair value because the amounts consist of cash held at a bank and cash held in short term investment accounts.

 

Accounts receivable - the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short-term nature and historical collectability.

 

Notes receivable - the carrying amounts approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of the amount.

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities - the carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of the obligations.

 

The estimated fair values of the Company's financial instruments as of August 31, 2014 and 2013 follows:

 

 

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

 

Carrying

Fair

 

Carrying

Fair

 

 

Amount

Value

 

Amount

Value

 

Cash

$4,327,540

$4,327,540

 

$8,308,445

$8,308,445

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance

2,442,928

2,442,928

 

3,344,777

3,344,777

 

Note receivable

15,000

15,000

 

15,000

15,000

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

1,314,755

1,314,755

 

2,865,340

2,865,340

 

 

The following table presents information about the assets that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of August 31, 2014, and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques the Company utilized to determine such fair value. In general, fair values determined by Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets. Fair values determined by Level 2 inputs utilize data points that are observable such as quoted prices, interest rates and yield curves. Fair values determined by Level 3 inputs are unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and included situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset:

 

 

 

 

 

August 31,

2014

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

4,327,540

 

$

4,327,540

 

$

 

$

 

 

 

The fair values of cash are determined through market, observable and corroborated sources.