Note 5– Leases

Operating Leases

The Company currently has three leases for office space with two located in Melville, NY, and one in Warwick, RI.

The first lease was part of the acquisition of ABC in 2016, located in Melville, NY and calls for monthly payments of $8,382 with the lease terminating August 31, 2019. A new lease was entered into for a technology lab in Melville, NY commencing on September 1, 2019 for 598 square feet. The term of this lease is for 3 years and 11 months and runs co-terminus with our existing lease in the same building. The base annual rent is $10,764 payable in equal monthly installments of $897.

A lease for office space in Melville, NY was entered into on November 20, 2017 which commenced on April 2, 2018. The term of this lease is five years and three months at $86,268 per year with an escalation of 3% per year with an ending date of July 31, 2023.

The lease for office space in Warwick, RI calls for monthly payments of $2,324 beginning February 1, 2015 which escalated to $2,460 on February 1, 2017. This lease commenced on February 1, 2015 and continues through January 31, 2019. This lease has been extended until January 31, 2020. The annual base rent shall be $30,348 payable in equal monthly installments of $2,529.

Finance Lease Obligations – Related Party

On April 1, 2018, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Systems Trading to refinance all leases into one lease. This lease obligation is payable to Systems Trading with bi-monthly installments of $23,475. The lease carries an interest rate of 5% and is an eight-year lease. The term of the lease ends April 16, 2022.

On January 1, 2019, the Company entered into a lease agreement with Systems Trading. This lease obligation is payable to Systems Trading with monthly installments of $29,592. The lease carries an interest rate of 6.75% and is a five-year lease. The term of the lease ends April 1, 2023.

On April 1, 2019, the Company entered into two lease agreements with Systems Trading to add new data center equipment. The first lease calls for monthly payments of $1,328 and expires on March 1, 2022. It carries an interest rate of 7%. The second lease calls for monthly payments of $461 and expires on March 1, 2022. It carries an interest rate of 6.7%.

We determine if an arrangement contains a lease at inception. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. Our lease term includes options to extend the lease when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. Leases with a term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, per the election of the practical expedient noted above. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the estimated present value of lease payments over the lease term. We recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. We recognize variable lease payments in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate are initially measured using the index or rate at the commencement date, otherwise variable lease payments are recognized in the period incurred. A discount rate of 7% was used in preparation of the ROU asset and operating liabilities.

The components of lease expense were as follows:

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases was as follows

Operating Leases

Supplemental cash flow and other information related to leases was as follows:

Long-term obligations under the operating and finance leases at September 30, 2019 mature as follows:

As of September 30, 2019, we had no additional significant operating or finance leases that had not yet commenced.

Disclosures related to periods prior to the adoption of ASC 842:

Rent expense under all operating leases for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 was $191,377 and $162,772, respectively.