Company: APT
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001437749-25-007218
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Company: ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7A
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 2024, through the date on which these financial statements were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC”) were considered in the preparation of these financial statements.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U. S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ U. S. GAAP”) requires management 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 for the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Periods Presented

All amounts have been rounded to the nearest thousand with the exception of the per share data. The Company qualified as a smaller reporting company at the measurement date for determining such qualification during 2024. According to the disclosure requirements for smaller reporting companies, the Company has included balance sheets as of the end of the two most recent years and statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the two most recent years.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash and cash equivalents primarily consists of cash in bank and money market accounts.

Investments

Investments are classified as available-for-sale in accordance with U. S. GAAP. The Company does not have any investments in securities that are classified as held-to-maturity or trading. Available-for-sale investments are carried at their fair values using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities, with realized and unrealized gains and losses reported in net income. The cost of securities sold is based on the specific identification method. Investments that the Company intends to hold for more than one year are classified as long-term investments in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoice amount and do not bear interest. The allowance for credit losses on accounts receivable is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of expected credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable; however, changes in circumstances relating to accounts receivable may result in a requirement for additional allowances in the future. The Company pools accounts receivable based on risk characteristics, which include type of customer and age of open receivable balance. The allowance for each credit loss pool is estimated based on historical write-off experience and known conditions, adjusted for management’s reasonable and supportable expectations of future conditions. Account balances are charged against the allowance when management determines that the probability for collection of an account balance is