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4. Software Development Costs

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4. Software Development Costs
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
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4. Software Development Costs

4.  Software Development Costs

 

The Company has capitalized certain costs for software developed or obtained for internal use during the application development stage as it relates to specific contracts. The amounts capitalized include external direct costs of services used in developing internal-use software and for payroll and payroll-related costs of employees directly associated with the development activities.  

 

The following table presents details of our software development costs as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:

 

    Balance at December 31, 2018   Additions   Amortization   Balance at March 31, 2019
Software Development Costs   $ 542,495      $ 139,570      $ (111,399)     $ 570,666   
    $ 542,495      $ 139,570      $ (111,399)     $ 570,666   

 

Software development costs are being amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life of two years.

 

Amortization expense for software development costs was $111,399 and $79,016 for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

The estimated future amortization expense of software development costs as of March 31, 2019 is as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,   Amount
2019   $ 265,578   
2020     266,993   
2021     38,095   
2022     -   
2023     -   
Thereafter     -   
Total   $ 570,666