Leases

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

Note 15: Leases

In February 2016, the FASB established Topic 842, Leases, by issuing ASU No. 2016-02, which requires lessees to recognize leases on-balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. Topic 842 was subsequently amended by ASU No. 2018-01, Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842; ASU No. 2018-10, Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases; ASU No. 2018-11, Targeted Improvements; and ASU No. 2018-20, Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors. The new standard establishes a right-of-use model (ROU) that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement.

The new standard was effective for the Company on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. A modified retrospective transition approach was required, applying the new standard to all leases existing at the date of initial application. An entity may choose to use either (1) its effective date or (2) the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements as its date of initial application. If an entity chooses the second option, the transition requirements for existing leases also apply to leases entered into between the date of initial application and the effective date. The entity must also recast its comparative period financial statements and provide the disclosures required by the new standard for the comparative periods. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2019 and used the effective date as our date of initial application. Consequently, financial information will not be updated, and the disclosures required under the new standard will not be provided for dates and periods before January 1, 2019.

The new standard provides several optional practical expedients in transition. We elected the ‘package of practical expedients’, which permits us not to reassess under the new standard our prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification and initial direct costs. We elected all the new standard’s available transition practical expedients other than the use-of hindsight.

The new standard also provides practical expedients for an entity’s ongoing accounting. We elected the short-term lease recognition exemption for all leases that qualify. This means, for those leases that qualify, we will not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities, and this includes not recognizing ROU assets or lease liabilities for existing short-term leases of those assets in transition. We also elected the practical expedient to not separate lease and non-lease components for leases of office equipment.

This standard had a material effect on our financial statements. The most significant effect related to the recognition of new ROU assets and lease liabilities on our balance sheet for our real estate and equipment operating leases and providing significant new disclosures about our leasing activities.

The Company entered into a Lease Agreement for a term of five years commencing on September 14, 2020 with Fraser Advanced Information Systems, pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease two Sharp copiers. The base of $1,415 per month.

On June 13, 2018, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement for a term of six years commencing on July 1, 2018 with SML FL Holdings LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease approximately 3,000 rentable square feet. The base rent increases by 3% each year, and ranges from $2,100 per month for the first year to $2,785 per month for the sixth year.

On May 1, 2019, the Company entered into a Lease Agreement for a term of three years commencing on May 1, 2019 with 604 Associates LLC, pursuant to which the Company agreed to lease approximately 3,000 rentable square feet. The base rent is $1,500 per month for the term of the lease.

The expected lease term includes both contractual lease periods and, when applicable, cancelable option periods when it is reasonably certain that the Company would exercise such options. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms between 6 months and 4 years. As of September 30, 2020, the weighted-average remaining term is 2.17 years. The Company has determined that the incremental borrowing rate is 10% as of December 31, 2018 based upon the recently completed financing transaction in September 2018.

Below are the lease commitments for the next 5 years and thereafter.

Year-Ending September 30,
	(in thousands)
2020	$	48
2021		52
2022		46
2023		42
Thereafter		21
Less Imputed Interest		(21	)
Total	$	188

As of September, 30, 2020, the balance of the right of use assets was $188,000 and the corresponding lease liability balance was $188,000. Total rent expense was $41,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and $44,000 for the nine months end September 30, 2019.