NOTE 18 – BAD DEBTS

The Company maintains two types of reserves to address uncertain collections of amounts due—an allowance against trade accounts receivable (the “AR Allowance”), and a reserve against cash advanced by the Company to its cannabis-licensed clients for working capital purposes (the WC Reserve”).

During 2021, the Company increased (i) the AR Allowance by $1,400,000, as a general reserves against aging receivable balances, and (ii) the WC Reserve by approximately $462,000, to reserve the working capital balance of Harvest. During 2020, the Company increased (i) the AR Allowance by $500,000, which was comprised of increases to the specific allowances against Kind and Harvest receivables of approximately $790,000 and $76,000, respectively, offset by a reduction to the general allowance of approximately $366,000, and (ii) the WC Reserve by approximately $482,000, to reserve the working capital balance of Harvest. The increases to the AR Allowance and WC Reserve were charged to Bad Debts on the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020