Basis of Presentation	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of Accounting [Text Block]	Note 1 – Basis of Presentation The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary in order to make the interim financial information not misleading have been included and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for any future period or for the year ending December 31, 2012. The accounting policies followed by The Sagemark Companies Ltd. (the “Company”) are set forth in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the United States Security and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2012. For further information, please refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Basis of Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1 – Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary in order to make the interim financial information not misleading have been included and all such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results that can be expected for any future period or for the year ending December 31, 2012.

The accounting policies followed by The Sagemark Companies Ltd. (the “Company”) are set forth in Note 2 to the Company’s consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed with the United States Security and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 30, 2012.

For further information, please refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

SAGEMARK COMPANIES LTD 10-Q/A