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Basis of Reporting
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]
Note A – Basis of Reporting
 
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed financial statements of American Bio Medica Corporation (the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these unaudited interim condensed financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statement presentation. These unaudited interim condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with audited financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. In the opinion of management, the interim condensed financial statements include all normal, recurring adjustments which are considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of the Company at September 30, 2017, the results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016 and, cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2017 and September 30, 2016.
 
Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017. Amounts at December 31, 2016 are derived from audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.
 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, there were no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies, which are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.
 
The preparation of these interim condensed financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates estimates, including those related to product returns, bad debts, inventories, income taxes, warranty obligations, contingencies and litigation. The Company bases estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
 
These unaudited interim condensed financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern and, accordingly, do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. The independent registered public accounting firm’s report on the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, contained an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. As of the date of this report, our current cash balances, together with cash generated from future operations and amounts available under our credit facilities may not be sufficient to fund operations through November 2018. On May 1, 2017, we extended our line of credit. The new expiration date of our line of credit is June 29, 2020. The maximum availability on our line of credit remains to be $1,500,000. However, the amount available under our line of credit is based upon our accounts receivable and inventory. As of September 30, 2017, based on our availability calculation, there were no additional amounts available under our line of credit because we draw any balance available on a daily basis.
 
As discussed in more detail in “Cash Flow, Outlook/Risk”, if sales levels decline further, we will have reduced availability on our line of credit due to decreased accounts receivable balances. In addition, we would expect our inventory levels to decrease if sales levels decline further, and this also will result in reduced availability on our line of credit. If availability under our line of credit is not sufficient to satisfy our working capital and capital expenditure requirements, we will be required to obtain additional credit facilities or sell additional equity securities, or delay capital expenditures. There is no assurance that such financing will be available or that we will be able to complete financing on satisfactory terms, if at all.
 
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
 
We have disclosed the adoption of previously released accounting standards in earlier quarterly reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”); these adoptions did not have an impact on our financial statement or results of operations. In the three months ended September 30, 2017, we determined that ASU 2017-07, “Compensation - Retirement Benefits” and ASU 2017-04 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350)” (both previously disclosed in our Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2017) did not apply to the Company. We did not adopt any new accounting standards in the three months ended September 30, 2017.
 
Accounting Standards Issued; Not Yet Adopted
 
ASU 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, Derivatives and Hedging”. ASU 2017-11 was issued in July 2017. The amendments in ASU 2017-11 change the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. When determining whether certain financial instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments, a down round feature will no longer preclude equity classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. The amendments also clarify existing disclosure requirements for equity-classified instruments. As a result, a freestanding equity-linked financial instrument (or embedded conversion option) would not be accounted for as a derivative liability at fair value as a result of the existence of a down round feature. For freestanding equity classified financial instruments, the amendments require entities that present earnings per share (EPS) in accordance with Topic 260 to recognize the effect of the down round feature when it is triggered. That effect is treated as a dividend and as a reduction of income available to common shareholders in basic EPS. Convertible instruments with embedded conversion options that have down round features are now subject to the specialized guidance for contingent beneficial conversion features (in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options), including related EPS guidance (in Topic 260). ASU 2017-11 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-11.
 
ASU 2017-09, “Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718)”. ASU 2017-09 was issued in May 2017. The amendments in ASU 2017-09 provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. More specifically, that an entity should account for the effects of modification unless all the following are met: 1) the fair value, calculated or intrinsic value of the modified award is the same fair value, calculated or intrinsic value of the original award immediately before the original award is modified, 2) the vesting conditions of the modified award are the same as the vesting conditions of the original award immediately before the original award is modified and 3) the classification of the modified award as an equity instrument or a liability instrument is the same as the classification of the original award immediately before the original grant is modified. The current disclosure requirements in Topic 718 apply regardless of whether accounting modification is applied. ASU 2017-09 is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-09.
 
ASU 2017-01, “Business Combinations (Topic 805)”. ASU 2017-01 was issued in January 2017. The amendments in ASU 2017-01 clarify the definition of a business with the objective of adding guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation. The guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and should be applied prospectively on or after the effective date. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2017-01.
 
ASU 2016-02, “Leases”. ASU 2016-02 was issued in February 2016 and it requires a lessee to recognize a lease liability and a right-of-use asset on its balance sheet for all leases, including operating leases, with a term greater than 12 months. Lease classification will determine whether a lease is reported as a financing transaction in the income statement and statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-02 does not substantially change lessor accounting, but it does make certain changes related to leases for which collectability of the lease payments is uncertain or there are significant variable payments. Additionally, ASU 2016-02 makes several other targeted amendments including a) revising the definition of lease payments to include fixed payments by the lessee to cover lessor costs related to ownership of the underlying asset such as for property taxes or insurance; b) narrowing the definition of initial direct costs which an entity is permitted to capitalize to include only those incremental costs of a lease that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained; c) requiring seller-lessees in a sale-leaseback transaction to recognize the entire gain from the sale of the underlying asset at the time of sale rather than over the leaseback term; and d) expanding disclosures to provide quantitative and qualitative information about lease transactions. ASU 2016-02 is effective for all annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2019, and is required to be applied retrospectively to the earliest period presented at the date of initial application, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-02.
 
ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. ASU 2014-09 was issued in May 2014 and it provides guidance for revenue recognition. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In doing so, companies will need to use more judgment and make more estimates than under current guidance. Examples of the use of judgments and estimates may include identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. The update also requires more detailed disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. ASU 2014-09 provides for two transition methods to the new guidance: a retrospective approach and a modified retrospective approach. In August 2015, ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date” was issued as a revision to ASU 2014-09. ASU 2015-14 revised the effective date to fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted but not prior to periods beginning after December 15, 2016 (i.e. the original adoption date per ASU No. 2014-09). The Company is currently evaluating the transition methods and the impact of adopting this ASU.
 
There are no other accounting pronouncements issues during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 that are expected to have or that could have a significant impact on our financial position or results of operations.
 
Reclassifications
 
Certain items have been reclassified from the prior year to conform to the current year presentation.