BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization and Description of Business

BrewBilt Brewing Company (formerly Simlatus Corporation) is the parent company of wholly owned subsidiaries Satel Group Inc. and BrewBilt Brewing LLC. On July 1, 2022, the Company sold Satel Group Inc. to Richard Hylen in exchange for the debt owed to him by the Company. Located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California, BrewBilt Brewing produces its own line of premium craft beers. BrewBilt Brewing LLC is a Type-23 licensed manufacturer with the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC).

BrewBilt Brewing is devoted to the modern execution of traditional styles utilizing hand-crafted, industry-leading equipment combined with an artful approach and a passion for quality. A focus on regionally sourced local malt, premium hops, and pristine water gives the company its dynamic palette for distinctly satisfying beers. Inspired by European brewing tradition and American craft innovation, BrewBilt Brewing creates craft beers that reflect a sense of place and in order to share their brewing philosophy for the ultimate drinking pleasure.

BrewBilt Brewing brews on a state-of-the-art 20-bbl brewhouse built for us by our sister company BrewBilt Manufacturing. The company specializes in fermenting their lagers in stacked horizontal lagering tanks and to produce cold aging time in order to achieve optimal taste and clarity. The craft beer is carefully packaged using the new counter-pressure Codi-Line to ensure the lowest possible level of oxygen which, in-turn, maximizes product quality and shelf life.

BrewBilt Brewing’s production staff are industry veterans who use American made, professional-grade brewing equipment and ingredients to deliver outstanding craft beer to North America and Europe.

The company serves major grocery chains, restaurants, and various hospitality chains.

Settlement and Sale Transaction

On July 1, 2022, the Company executed a Settlement and Sale Agreement with our Chairman, Richard Hylen. The Company agreed to sell the wholly owned subsidiary, Satel Group, Inc. to Mr. Hylen in exchange for the debt that the Company owes him. As of June 30, 2022, this debt is inclusive of unpaid wages and interest of $264,096 and personal loans made to Satel in the amount of $304,314. The Company issued 2,406 shares of Convertible Preferred Series A stock at $268.50 per share, with a fair value of $646,011.

Financial Statement Presentation

The audited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

Reclassification

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Fiscal Year End

The Company has selected December 31 as its fiscal year end.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management regularly evaluates estimates and assumptions related to the valuation of assets and liabilities.

Management bases its estimates and assumptions on current facts, historical experience, and various other factors that it believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the accrual of costs and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. The actual results experienced by the Company may differ materially and adversely from managements estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected. Significant estimates include:

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Liability for legal contingencies.

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Useful life of assets.

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Deferred income taxes and related valuation allowances.

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Impairment of finite-lived intangibles.

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Obsolescence of inventory

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Stock-based compensation calculated using the lattice pricing model.

Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of 90 days or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.

Discontinued Operations

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, ASC 205-20, Presentation of Financial Statements - Discontinued Operations, the results of operations of a component of an entity or a group or component of an entity that represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the reporting company’s operations that has either been disposed of or is classified as held-for-sale are required to be reported as discontinued operations in a company’s consolidated financial statements. In order to be considered a discontinued operation, both the operations and cash flows of the discontinued component must have been (or will be) eliminated from the ongoing operations of the company and the company will not have any significant continuing involvement in the operations of the discontinued component after the disposal transaction. As a result of the Settlement and Sale Agreement to sell Satel Group Inc., the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the activity related to the sale of its previously wholly owned subsidiary as discontinued operations.

Advertising Costs

The Company expenses the cost of advertising and promotional materials when incurred. On September 27, 2022, the Company entered into a Platform Services Contract with SRAX for marketing advisory services and platform fees for a period of one year in the amount of $300,000, to be paid in Convertible Preferred Series A stock. The fees are non-refundable and therefore the Company recorded the full amount to the statement of operations. Total advertising costs were $371,294 and $40,824, for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases” Topic 842, which amends the guidance in former ASC Topic 840, Leases. The new standard increases transparency and comparability most significantly by requiring the recognition by lessees of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases longer than 12 months. Under the standard, disclosures are required to meet the objective of enabling users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. For lessees, leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement.

Revenue Recognition and Related Allowances

On January 1, 2018, we adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605). Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2018 are presented under Topic 606. The impact of adopting the new revenue standard was not material to our financial statements and there was no adjustment to beginning retained earnings on January 1, 2018.

Under Topic 606, revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to our customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

We determine revenue recognition through the following steps:

	●	identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

	●	identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

	●	determination of the transaction price;

	●	allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

	●	recognition of revenue when, or as, we satisfy a performance obligation.

If the conditions for revenue recognition are not met, the Company defers the revenue and related cost of sales until all conditions are met. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company has deferred revenue of $0 and $0, respectively.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Accounts receivable are stated at the amount that management expects to collect from outstanding balances. Bad debts and allowances are provided based on historical experience and management’s evaluation of outstanding accounts receivable. Management evaluates past due or delinquency of accounts receivable based on the open invoices aged on a due date basis. The allowance for doubtful accounts at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 is $0.

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses are carried at amortized cost and represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the Company prior to the end of the fiscal year that are unpaid and arise when the Company becomes obliged to make future payments in respect of the purchase of these goods and services.

Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share

In accordance with ASC Topic 280 – “Earnings Per Share”, the basic loss per common share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period after giving retroactive effect to the reverse stock split affected on September 30, 2022 (see Note 16). Diluted loss per common share is computed similar to basic loss per common share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the potential common shares had been issued and if the additional common shares were dilutive.

Inventories

Inventories consist of raw materials, beer cans and labels, keg collars and toppers, inbound freight charges, purchasing and receiving costs, and finished goods. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost, computed using the first-in, first-out method and net realizable value. Any adjustments to reduce the cost of inventories to their net realizable value are recognized in earnings in the current period. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company has inventory of $26,434 and $11,576, respectively.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Company reviews long-lived assets, including definite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted net cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate to the carrying amount. If the operation is determined to be unable to recover the carrying amount of its assets, then these assets are written down first, followed by other long-lived assets of the operation to fair value. Fair value is determined based on discounted cash flows or appraised values, depending on the nature of the assets. For the years ended December 31, 2022, and 2021, there were no impairment losses recognized for long-lived assets.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the entity. In addition, the fair value of liabilities should include consideration of non-performance risk including our own credit risk.

In addition to defining fair value, the standard expands the disclosure requirements around fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy for valuation inputs is expanded. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three levels based on the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market. Each fair value measurement is reported in one of the three levels, and which is determined by the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

These levels are:

Level 1 - inputs are based upon unadjusted quoted prices for identical instruments traded in active markets.

Level 2 - inputs are based upon quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-based valuation techniques for which all significant assumptions are observable in the market or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - inputs are generally unobservable and typically reflect management’s estimates of assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The fair values are therefore determined using model-based techniques that include option pricing models, discounted cash flow models, and similar techniques.

The following table represents the Company’s financial instruments that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 for each fair value hierarchy level:

December 31, 2022	Derivative Liabilities		Total
Level I	$	—	$	—
Level II	$	—	$	—
Level III	$	2,398,176	$	2,398,176

December 31, 2021	Derivative Liabilities		Total
Level I	$	—	$	—
Level II	$	—	$	—
Level III	$	1,598,253	$	1,598,253

In management’s opinion, the fair value of convertible notes payable and advances payable is approximate to carrying value as the interest rates and other features of these instruments approximate those obtainable for similar instruments in the current market. Unless otherwise noted, it is managements opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, exchange or credit risks arising from these financial instruments. As of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the balances reported for cash, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities, approximate the fair value because of their short maturities.

Debt issuance costs and debt discounts

Debt issuance costs and debt discounts are being amortized over the lives of the related financings on a basis that approximates the effective interest method. Costs and discounts are presented as a reduction of the related debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

Income Taxes

The Company records deferred taxes in accordance with FASB ASC No. 740, Income Taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and loss carryforwards and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of a change in tax rules on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in operations in the year of change. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is “more likely-than-not” that a deferred tax asset will not be realized.

As of the date of this filing, the Company is not current in filing their tax returns. The last return filed by the Company was December 31, 2017, and the Company has not accrued any potential penalties or interest from that period forward. The Company will need to file returns for the years ending December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, which are still open for examination.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The guidance requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires the consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact of the new standard.

Although there were new accounting pronouncements issued or proposed by the FASB for the year ended December 31, 2022 and through the date of filing of this report, the Company does not believe any of these accounting pronouncements has had or will have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.

BrewBilt Brewing Co 10-K