SilverSun Technologies, Inc.
Annual Report 2012

Plain-text annual report

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ý ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 ¨ TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2012 Commission file number: 000-50302 SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) New Jersey (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 16-1633636 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 5 Regent Street Livingston, NJ 07039 (Address of principal executive offices) (973) 958-9555 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 Indicate by checkmark if registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No ý Indicate by checkmark if registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No ý Indicate by checkmark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes ý No o Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large Accelerated Filer Non-Accelerated Filer ¨ o Accelerated Filer Smaller reporting company o ý Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Act). Yes ¨ No ý The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant based on a closing price of $.20 on June 30, 2012 was approximately $4,853,373. As of March 20, 2013, the registrant had 116,978,291 shares of its common stock, par value $0.00001, outstanding. Documents Incorporated By Reference: None. Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I ITEM 1. ITEM 1A. ITEM 1B. ITEM 2. ITEM 3. ITEM.4. PART II ITEM 5. ITEM 6. ITEM 7. ITEM 7A ITEM 8. ITEM 9. ITEM 9A. ITEM 9B. PART III ITEM 10. ITEM 11. ITEM 12. ITEM 13. ITEM 14. PART IV Business. Risk Factors. Unresolved Staff Comments. Description of Property. Legal Proceedings. Mine Safety Disclosures. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters. Selected Financial Data. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. Controls and Procedures. Other Information. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance. Executive Compensation. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. ITEM 15. Exhibits. PAGE 4 8 11 12 12 12 13 14 14 18 19 19 19 19 20 22 23 26 27 28 Table of Contents FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS Included in this Form 10-K are “forward-looking” statements, as well as historical information. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including matters described in the section titled “Risk Factors.” Forward-looking statements include those that use forward- looking terminology, such as the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “project,” “plan,” “will,” “shall,” “should,” and similar expressions, including when used in the negative. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable and achievable, these statements involve risks and uncertainties and we cannot assure you that actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether to reflect events or circumstances after the date initially filed or published, to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events or otherwise. Table of Contents Item 1. Business. Background PART I SilverSun Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or SilverSun”) is an information technology company, and a value added reseller and master developer for Sage Software’s Sage 100/500 and ERP X3 financial and accounting software as well as the publisher of its own proprietary Electronic Data Interchange (“EDI”) software, “MAPADOC”, and 36 other assorted software solutions and enhancements. The Company focuses on the business software and information technology consulting market for small and medium-sized businesses, and is looking for other opportunities to grow its business. The Company sells services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributor industry clients located throughout the United States. In June 2004, our wholly-owned subsidiary, SWK Technologies, Inc., a New Jersey-based information technology company, completed a merger with SWK, Inc., a value added reseller and master developer for Sage Software’s Sage 100/500 financial accounting software as well as the publisher of its own proprietary Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) software, “MAPADOC.” Until its acquisition of SWK, Inc. on June 2, 2004, the Company was engaged in the design, manufacture, and marketing of specialized telecommunication equipment. With the acquisition of SWK and as part of its plan to expand into new markets, the Company transformed into an information technology company, and a value added reseller and master developer for Sage Software’s Sage 100/500 and ERP X3 financial and accounting software as well as the publisher of its own proprietary Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) software, “MAPADOC.” The Company focuses on the business software and information technology consulting market, and is looking for other opportunities to grow its business. The Company sells services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributor industry clients located throughout the United States. On June 2, 2006, SWK Technologies, Inc. completed the acquisition of certain assets of AMP-Best Consulting, Inc. of Syracuse, New York. AMP-Best Consulting, Inc. is an information technology company and value added reseller of licensed accounting software published by Sage Software. AMP-Best Consulting, Inc. sold services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers and distribution industry clients located throughout the United States, with special emphasis on companies located in the upstate New York region. During 2011, SWK Technologies, Inc., acquired the Sage software customer accounts of IncorTech, a Southern California-based Sage business partner. This transaction increases the Company’s geographical influence. The focus in Southern California will be to sell and support our MAPADOC integrated EDI solution and to market Sage ERP X3 to both former IncorTech customers, where suitable, as well as new prospects. IncorTech has provided professional accounting, technology, and business consulting services to over 300 clients. In June 2012, the Company completed the purchase of selected assets and obligations of HighTower, Inc., a leading Chicago-based reseller of Sage software applications and a publisher of proprietary business management enhancements. HighTower’s customers and business products and services have been integrated into the infrastructure of SWK Technologies, SilverSun’s principal operating subsidiary. In addition to the strategic benefits that this acquisition affords the Company, it brings SilverSun and SWK additional annual revenues, approximately 870 additional Sage ERP customers, a substantial suite of proprietary enhancement software solutions (with approximately 700 users) and affords the Company market penetration in the Midwest. Moreover, we look forward to leveraging Hightower’s established network of independent resellers to further expand distribution of SWK’s proprietary software solutions, and vice versa. In June 2012, SWK Technologies, Inc. also acquired the Sage Software customer accounts of MicroPoint,, a New York-based Sage business partner. MicroPoint has provided professional accounting, technology, and business consulting services to over 32 clients. With acquisitions serving a as key driver of SilverSun’s national expansion strategy, the Company will continue to remain very busy qualifying and pursuing opportunities in order to facilitate its growth and add to shareholder value. Our principal offices and facilities are located at 5 Regent Street, Suite 520, Livingston, NJ 07039 and our telephone number is (973) 758-9555. The Company is publicly traded and is currently traded on the OTCQB under the symbol “SSNT.” General We are business consultants for small and medium sized businesses and value-added resellers and developers of financial accounting software. We also publish our own proprietary EDI software, as well as 36 other proprietary solutions and enhancements utilized for warehousing, time and billing, and the like. We consider ourselves a leader in marketing financial accounting solutions across a broad spectrum of industries focused on manufacturing and distribution. We specialize in software integration and deployment, programming, and training and technical support, aimed at improving the financial reporting and operational efficiencies of small and medium sized companies. The sale of our financial accounting and EDI software are sold to corporations nationwide. 4 Table of Contents We differentiate ourselves from traditional software resellers through our wide range of value-added services, consisting primarily of programming, training, technical support, and other consulting and professional services. We also provide software customization, data migration, business consulting, and implementation assistance for complex design environments. Our strategic focus is to respond to our customers’ requests for interoperability and provide solutions that address broad, enterprise-wide initiatives. Our product sales are cyclical, and increase when the developer of a specific software product offers new versions, promotions or discontinues support of an older product. As is common among software resellers, we purchase our products from our suppliers with a combination of cash and credit extended by the supplier. We do not carry significant inventory, and generally place an order with the supplier only after receiving a firm commitment from our customer. Except in unusual situations, we do not allow our customers to return merchandise and rarely offer extended payment terms to our customers. Our Products Substantially all of our initial sales of financial accounting solutions consist of prepackaged software and associated services to customers in the United States. Our sales are focused on three major product categories and associated value-added services. Financial Accounting Software The Company resells accounting software published by Sage Software, Inc. (“Sage”) for the financial accounting requirements of small and medium sized businesses focused on manufacturing and distribution, and the delivery of related services from the sales of these products, including installation, support and training. These product sales are primarily packaged software programs installed on a user workstation, on a local area network server, or in a hosted environment. The programs perform and support a wide variety of functions related to accounting, including financial reporting, accounts payable and accounts receivable, and inventory management. We provide a variety of services along with our financial accounting software sales to assist our customers in maximizing the benefits from these software applications. These services include training, technical support, and professional services. We employ class instructors and have formal, specific training in the topics they are teaching. We can also provide on-site training services that are highly tailored to meet the needs of a particular customer. Our instructors must pass annual subject-matter examinations required by Sage to retain their product-based teaching certifications. We provide end-user technical support services through our support/help desk. Our staff of product and technology consultants assists customers calling with questions about product features, functions, usability issues, and configurations. The support/help desk offers services in a variety of ways, including prepaid services, time and materials billed as utilized and annual support contracts. Customers can communicate with the support/help desk through e-mail, telephone, and fax channels. Standard support/help desk services are offered during normal business hours five days per week. Our professional services include project-focused offerings such as software customization, data migration, and small and medium sized business consulting. We have project managers who provide professional services to our financial accounting customers. Electronic Data Interchange (“EDI”) Software We publish our own proprietary EDI software, “MAPADOC.” EDI can be used to automate existing processes, to rationalize procedures and reduce costs, and to improve the speed and quality of services. Because EDI necessarily involves business partners, it can be used as a catalyst for gaining efficiencies across organizational boundaries. Our “MAPADOC” EDI solution is a fully integrated EDI solution that provides users of Sage Software’s market-leading Sage 100/500/ERP X3 software products with a feature rich product that is easy to use. “MAPADOC” provides the user with dramatically decreased data entry time, elimination of redundant steps, the lowering of paper and postage costs, the reduction of time spent typing, signing, checking and approving documents and the ability to self-manage EDI and to provide a level of independence that saves time and money. We market our “MAPADOC” solutions to our existing and new small and medium-sized business customers, and through a network of resellers. We have a sales team of technical specialists involved in marketing and supporting sales of the “MAPADOC” product and associated services. 5 Table of Contents Warehouse Management Systems We are resellers of the Warehouse Management System (“WMS”) software published by Accellos, Inc (“Accellos”). Accellos develops warehouse management software for mid-market distributors. The primary purpose of a WMS is to control the movement and storage of materials within an operation and process the associated transactions. Directed picking, directed replenishment, and directed put-away are the key to WMS. The detailed setup and processing within a WMS can vary significantly from one software vendor to another. However, the basic WMS will use a combination of item, location, quantity, unit of measure, and order information to determine where to stock, where to pick, and in what sequence to perform these operations. The Accellos WMS software improves accuracy and efficiency, streamlines materials handling, meets retail compliance requirements, and refines inventory control. Accellos also works as part of a complete operational solution by integrating seamlessly with RF hardware, accounting software, shipping systems and warehouse automation equipment. We market the Accellos solution to our existing and new medium-sized business customers. Network Services and Business Consulting We provide managed services, data back-up, network maintenance and service upgrades for our business clients. We are a Microsoft Solutions Provider. Our staff includes engineers who maintain certifications from Microsoft and Sage Software. They are Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers and Microsoft Certified Professionals, and they provide a host of services for our clients, including remote network monitoring, server implementation, support and assistance, operation and maintenance of large central systems, technical design of network infrastructure, technical troubleshooting for large scale problems, network and server security, and backup, archiving, and storage of data from servers. There are numerous competitors, both larger and smaller, nationally and locally, with whom we compete in this market. Craft Brewery Business Management Solutions We provide a proprietary series of cloud-based business management solutions created specifically for the U.S. craft brewery and distribution industry. Currently, implementations of BeerRun, BrewPub, BrewX ERP (powered by Sage ERP X3) and the Distributor Relationship Management System – Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions jointly developed SWK Technologies – have been sold to 17 craft breweries throughout the country and one internationally. These innovative solutions provide brew masters with a single, turnkey database batch/process solution capable of managing their manufacturing operations – from forecasting and planning to recipe management to inventory control and traceability, among other critical business functions, including automated TTB reporting. Markets Financial Accounting Software In the financial accounting software market, we focus on providing enterprise solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses (“SMB”) with less than $500 million of annual revenue, primarily in the manufacturing and distribution industries. The SMB market is comprised of thousands of companies within the New York region alone. While several local and regional competitors exist in the various geographic territories where we conduct business, we believe we have a competitive advantage in terms of geographic reach, comprehensive training and support, and the provision of other products and services. We are one of the larger Sage resellers in the United States. While there are numerous national, regional, and local competitors that could be compared to us in scale, size, geographical reach, and target markets for the resale of Sage products, there is no one dominant competitor or dominant group of competitors with whom we compete for contracts or assignments on a regular basis. There are also numerous competitors who publish and/or resell competing product lines, such as Microsoft’s Dynamics accounting software. Electronic Data Interchange Software We publish and sell both directly and through a network of software resellers our proprietary EDI software, “MAPADOC”. EDI is computer- to-computer communication of business documents between companies. It is a paperless way to send and receive Purchase Orders, Invoices, etc. EDI replaces human-readable documents with electronically coded documents. The sending computer creates the document and the receiving computer interprets the document. Implementation of EDI streamlines the process of exchanging standard business transactions. Companies save by eliminating people cost as well as the cost due to errors and double entry of data. The transmissions are accomplished by connecting to a mailbox via a modem or the Internet. The most common mailbox is a Value Added Network's electronic mailbox. Each user, identified by a unique EDI ID, accesses his mailbox to send and receive all EDI transactions. To standardize the documents communicated between many companies, the Transportation Data Coordinating Committee, in 1975, published its first set of standards. 6 Table of Contents EDI standards are formats and protocols that trading partners agree to use when sending and receiving business documents. Around 1979, The American National Standards Institute designated an accredited standards committee for EDI. The standards continue to evolve to address the needs of the member companies. “MAPADOC” complies with all current standards. The market for EDI continues to expand as big box retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Target, and K-Mart, insist their vendors utilize EDI in their business transactions. There are numerous companies with whom we compete in the SMB EDI marketplace, including True Commerce and Kissinger Associates. Arrangements with Principal Suppliers Our revenues are primarily derived from the resale of vendor software products and services. These resales are made pursuant to channel sales agreements whereby we are granted authority to purchase and resell the vendor products and services. Under these agreements, we either resell software directly to our customers or act as a sales agent for various vendors and receive commissions for our sales efforts. We are required to enter into an annual Channel Partner Agreement with Sage Software, Inc. (“Sage”) whereby Sage appoints us as a non- exclusive partner to market, distribute, and support Sage 100/500 and ERP X3. These agreements authorize us to sell these software products to certain customers in the United States. There are no clauses in this agreement that limit or restrict the services that we can offer to customers. We also operate a Sage Software Authorized Training Center Agreement and also are party to a Master Developers Program License Agreement. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, purchases from one supplier were approximately 47% and 22%, respectively, of the Company’s total cost of revenue. Generally, the Company does not rely on any one specific supplier for all of its purchases and maintains relationships with other suppliers that could replace its existing supplier should the need arose. Customers We market our products to private companies throughout the United States. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, our top ten customers had approximately $2,262,000 and $3,211,000 in sales and these represented 17% and 31%, respectively, of our total sales for the period. Generally, we do not rely on any one specific customer for any significant portion of our revenue base. No single customer accounted for ten percent or more of our consolidated revenues. Intellectual Property We regard our technology and other proprietary rights as essential to our business. We rely on copyright, trade secret, confidentiality procedures, contract provisions, and trademark law to protect our technology and intellectual property. We have also entered into confidentiality agreements with our consultants and corporate partners and intend to control access to, and distribution of our products, documentation, and other proprietary information. We own several trademarks registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, including “MAPADOC” and have a number of trademark applications pending. We have no patents or patent applications pending. Employees As of December 31, 2012, we had approximately 61 full time employees with 13 of our employees engaged in sales and marketing activities, 36 employees are engaged in service fulfillment, and 12 employees employed in administrative activities Our future success depends in significant part upon the continued services of our key sales, technical, and senior management personnel and our ability to attract and retain highly qualified sales, technical, and managerial personnel. None of our employees are represented by collective bargaining agreement and we have never experienced a work stoppage. Available information We file electronically with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The public can obtain materials that we file with the SEC through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room is available by calling the SEC at 800-SEC-0330. 7 Table of Contents Item 1A. Risk Factors. You should carefully consider the risks described below, together with all of the other information included in this report, in considering our business and prospects. The risks and uncertainties described below are not the only ones facing the Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations. The occurrence of any of the following risks could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations. Risks Related to Our Business and Industry WE CANNOT ACCURATELY FORECAST OUR FUTURE REVENUES AND OPERATING RESULTS, WHICH MAY FLUCTUATE. Our operating history and the rapidly changing nature of the markets in which we compete make it difficult to accurately forecast our revenues and operating results. Furthermore, we expect our revenues and operating results to fluctuate in the future due to a number of factors, including the following: · · · · · · · the timing of sales of our products and services; the timing of product implementation, particularly large design projects; unexpected delays in introducing new products and services; increased expenses, whether related to sales and marketing, product development, or administration; deferral in the recognition of revenue in accordance with applicable accounting principles, due to the time required to complete projects; the mix of product license and services revenue; and costs related to possible acquisitions of technology or businesses. WE MAY FAIL TO DEVELOP NEW PRODUCTS, OR MAY INCUR UNEXPECTED EXPENSES OR DELAYS. Although we currently have fully developed products available for sale, we may also develop various new technologies, products and product features and may rely on them to remain competitive. Due to the risks inherent in developing new products and technologies—limited financing, competition, obsolescence, loss of key personnel, and other factors—we may fail to develop these technologies and products, or may experience lengthy and costly delays in doing so. Although we are able to license some of our technologies in their current stage of development, we cannot assure that we will be able to develop new products or enhancements to our existing products in order to remain competitive. IF OUR TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS CONTAIN DEFECTS OR OTHERWISE DO NOT WORK AS EXPECTED, WE MAY INCUR SIGNIFICANT EXPENSES IN ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT THESE DEFECTS OR IN DEFENDING LAWSUITS OVER ANY SUCH DEFECTS. Software products are not currently accurate in every instance, and may never be. Furthermore, we could inadvertently release products and technologies that contain defects. In addition, third-party technology that we include in our products could contain defects. We may incur significant expenses to correct such defects. Clients who are not satisfied with our products or services could bring claims against us for substantial damages. Such claims could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and, if successful, could result in the plaintiffs being awarded significant damages. Our payment of any such expenses or damages could prevent us from becoming profitable. OUR SUCCESS IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT UPON OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE AGAINST COMPETITORS THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER RESOURCES THAN WE HAVE. The financial accounting software, EDI software, and business consulting industries are highly competitive, and we believe that this competition will intensify. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, product development and marketing resources, greater name recognition and larger client bases than we do. Our competitors could use these resources to market or develop products or services that are more effective or less costly than any or all of our products or services or that could render any or all of our products or services obsolete. Our competitors could also use their economic strength to influence the market to continue to buy their existing products. 8 Table of Contents IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROTECT OUR TRADE SECRETS THROUGH ENFORCEMENT OF OUR CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-COMPETITION AGREEMENTS, THEN WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY AND WE MAY NOT BE PROFITABLE. We attempt to protect our trade secrets, including the processes, concepts, ideas and documentation associated with our technologies, through the use of confidentiality agreements and non-competition agreements with our current employees and with other parties to whom we have divulged such trade secrets. If the employees or other parties breach our confidentiality agreements and non-competition agreements or if these agreements are not sufficient to protect our technology or are found to be unenforceable, our competitors could acquire and use information that we consider to be our trade secrets and we may not be able to compete effectively. Some of our competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, technical and manufacturing resources than we have, and we may not be profitable if our competitors are also able to take advantage of our trade secrets. WE MAY UNINTENTIONALLY INFRINGE ON THE PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF OTHERS. Many lawsuits currently are being brought in the software industry alleging violation of intellectual property rights. Although we do not believe that we are infringing on any patent rights, patent holders may claim that we are doing so. Any such claim would likely be time-consuming and expensive to defend, particularly if we are unsuccessful, and could prevent us from selling our products or services. In addition, we may also be forced to enter into costly and burdensome royalty and licensing agreements. OUR PRESIDENT CONTROLS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK AND HAS SUFFICIENT VOTING POWER TO CONTROL THE VOTE ON SUBSTANTIALLY ALL CORPORATE MATTERS. As of December 31, 2012, Mark Meller, our President and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned approximately 76% of our outstanding shares of our Class A common stock, par value $.00001 (the “Class A Common Stock” or “Common Stock”). Mr. Meller may be able to influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. This concentration of ownership, which is not subject to any voting restrictions, could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay for our Common Stock. In addition, Mr. Meller is in a position to impede transactions that may be desirable for other stockholders. Mr. Meller’s majority ownership, for example, could make it more difficult for anyone to take control of us. On September 23, 2011, SilverSun Technologies, Inc., entered into a Series B preferred stock purchase agreement (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Mr. Meller (the “Series B Holder”), pursuant to which Mr. Meller was issued one authorized share of Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Preferred”), par value $0.001 per share. Mr. Meller was issued one share of Series B Preferred as partial consideration for personally guaranteeing repayment of the Notes. The one (1) share of the Series B Preferred shall have voting rights equal to (x) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote divided by (y) forty nine one-hundredths (0.49) minus (z) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote. For the avoidance of doubt, if the total issued and outstanding Common Stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote is 5,000,000, the voting rights of the Series B Preferred shall be equal to 5,204,082 (e.g. (5,000,000 / 0.49) – 5,000,000 = 5,204,082). At December 31, 2012 voting rights of 121,724,440 shares are associated with Series B Preferred and are included as part of the beneficial ownership calculation. OUR INDUSTRY IS CHARACTERIZED BY RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND FAILURE TO ADAPT OUR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TO THESE CHANGES MAY CAUSE OUR PRODUCTS TO BECOME OBSOLETE. We participate in a highly dynamic industry characterized by rapid change and uncertainty relating to new and emerging technologies and markets. Future technology or market changes may cause some of our products to become obsolete more quickly than expected. THE TREND TOWARD CONSOLIDATION IN OUR INDUSTRY MAY IMPEDE OUR ABILITY TO COMPETE EFFECTIVELY. As consolidation in the software industry continues, fewer companies dominate particular markets, changing the nature of the market and potentially providing consumers with fewer choices. Also, many of these companies offer a broader range of products than us, ranging from desktop to enterprise solutions. We may not be able to compete effectively against these competitors. Furthermore, we may use strategic acquisitions, as necessary, to acquire technology, people and products for our overall product strategy. The trend toward consolidation in our industry may result in increased competition in acquiring these technologies, people or products, resulting in increased acquisition costs or the inability to acquire the desired technologies, people or products. Any of these changes may have a significant adverse effect on our future revenues and operating results. 9 Table of Contents WE FACE INTENSE PRICE-BASED COMPETITION FOR LICENSING OF OUR PRODUCTS WHICH COULD REDUCE PROFIT MARGINS. Price competition is often intense in the software market. Price competition may continue to increase and become even more significant in the future, resulting in reduced profit margins. IF WE LOSE THE SERVICES OF ANY OF OUR KEY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OUR BUSINESS MAY SUFFER. We are dependent on Mark Meller, our Chief Executive Officer and our key employees in our operating subsidiary, specifically Jeffrey Roth. The loss of any of our key personnel could materially harm our business because of the cost and time necessary to retain and train a replacement. Such a loss would also divert management attention away from operational issues. In an attempt to minimize the effects of such loss, we presently maintain a $1,000,000 key-man term life insurance policies on Mr. Meller and Mr. Roth. WE DO NOT EXPECT TO PAY DIVIDENDS IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. We intend to retain any future earnings to finance the growth and development of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future dividends will depend on our earnings, if any, and our financial requirements. Risks Related to Our Common Stock OUR COMMON STOCK IS THINLY TRADED AND WE CANNOT PREDICT THE EXTENT TO WHICH A MORE ACTIVE TRADING MARKET WILL DEVELOP. Our Common Stock is thinly traded compared to larger more widely known companies. Thinly traded Common Stock can be more volatile than Common Stock trading in an active public market. We cannot predict the extent to which an active public market for the Common Stock will develop or be sustained after this offering. IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL CAPITAL TO FUND OUR GROWING OPERATIONS, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT CAPITAL AND MAY BE FORCED TO LIMIT THE SCOPE OF OUR OPERATIONS. If adequate additional financing is not available on reasonable terms, we may not be able to continue our marketing efforts and we would have to modify our business plans accordingly. There is no assurance that additional financing will be available to us. In connection with our growth strategies and plan of operation, we may experience increased capital needs and accordingly, we may not have sufficient capital to fund our future operations without additional capital investments. Our capital needs will depend on numerous factors, including (i) our profitability; (ii) the release of competitive products and services by our competition; (iii) the level of our investment in research and development; and (iv) the amount of our capital expenditures, including acquisitions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to obtain capital in the future to meet our needs. Even if we do find a source of additional capital, we may not be able to negotiate terms and conditions for receiving the additional capital that are acceptable to us. Any future capital investments could dilute or otherwise materially and adversely affect the holdings or rights of our existing shareholders. In addition, new equity or convertible debt securities issued by us to obtain financing could have rights, preferences and privileges senior to our Common Stock. We cannot give you any assurance that any additional financing will be available to us, or if available, will be on terms favorable to us. THE PRICE OF OUR STOCK MAY BE AFFECTED BY A LIMITED TRADING VOLUME AND MAY FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY. There has been a limited public market for our Common Stock and there can be no assurance that an active trading market for our stock will continue. An absence of an active trading market could adversely affect our stockholders' ability to sell our Common Stock in short time periods, or possibly at all. Our Common Stock has experienced significant price and volume fluctuations which could adversely affect the market price of our stock without regard to our operating performance. In addition, we believe that factors such as quarterly fluctuations in our financial results and changes in the overall economy or the condition of the financial markets could cause the price of our Common Stock to fluctuate substantially. 10 Table of Contents OUR COMMON STOCK IS DEEMED TO BE "PENNY STOCK," WHICH MAY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR INVESTORS TO SELL THEIR SHARES DUE TO SUITABILITY REQUIREMENTS. Our Common Stock is deemed to be "penny stock" as that term is defined in Rule 3a51-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These requirements may reduce the potential market for our Common Stock by reducing the number of potential investors. This may make it more difficult for investors in our Common Stock to sell shares to third parties or to otherwise dispose of them. This could cause our stock price to decline. Penny stocks are stock: · · · · With a price of less than $5.00 per share; That are not traded on a "recognized" national exchange; Whose prices are not quoted on the NASDAQ automated quotation system (NASDAQ listed stock must still have a price of not less than $5.00 per share); or In issuers with net tangible assets less than $2.0 million (if the issuer has been in continuous operation for at least three years) or $5.0 million (if in continuous operation for less than three years), or with average revenues of less than $6.0 million for the last three years. Broker/dealers dealing in penny stocks are required to provide potential investors with a document disclosing the risks of penny stocks. Moreover, broker/dealers are required to determine whether an investment in a penny stock is a suitable investment for a prospective investor. AS AN ISSUER OF “PENNY STOCK,” THE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS RELATING TO FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS DOES NOT APPLY TO US. Although federal securities laws provide a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by a public company that files reports under the federal securities laws, this safe harbor is not available to issuers of penny stocks. As a result, the Company will not have the benefit of this safe harbor protection in the event of any legal action based upon a claim that the material provided by the Company contained a material misstatement of fact or was misleading in any material respect because of the Company’s failure to include any statements necessary to make the statements not misleading. Such an action could hurt our financial condition. FUTURE SALES OF OUR COMMON STOCK COULD CAUSE OUR STOCK PRICE TO DECLINE. The sale of a large number of our shares, or the perception that such a sale may occur, could lower our stock price. Such sales could make it more difficult for us to sell equity securities in the future at a time and price that we consider appropriate. ISSUANCE OF OUR RESERVED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY SIGNIFICANTLY DILUTE THE EQUITY INTEREST OF EXISTING STOCKHOLDERS. We have reserved for issuance shares of our Common Stock upon exercise or conversion of stock options, warrants, or other convertible securities that are presently outstanding. Issuance of these shares will have the effect of diluting the equity interest of our existing stockholders and could have an adverse effect on the market price for our Common Stock. WE HAVE NOT PAID DIVIDENDS IN THE PAST AND DO NOT EXPECT TO PAY DIVIDENDS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. ANY RETURN ON INVESTMENT MAY BE LIMITED TO THE VALUE OF OUR COMMON STOCK. No cash dividends have been paid on the Company’s Common Stock. We expect that any income received from operations will be devoted to our future operations and growth. The Company does not expect to pay cash dividends in the near future. Payment of dividends would depend upon our profitability at the time, cash available for those dividends, and other factors as the Company’s board of directors may consider relevant. If the Company does not pay dividends, the Company’s Common Stock may be less valuable because a return on an investor’s investment will only occur if the Company’s stock price appreciates. Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. Not applicable. 11 Table of Contents Item 2. Description of Property. We do not own any real property for use in our operations or otherwise. Our main offices are at 5 Regent Street, Livingston, NJ 07039 where we have 6,986 square feet of office space at a monthly rent of $7,423. The Company entered into a two-year lease, with a one-year extension, for office space at 6834 Buckley Road, North Syracuse, New York, at a monthly rent of $2,100. The Company also leases 2700 square feet of office space in Skokie, IL for three-year period ended April 2013 with a monthly rent of $2,500 in year one, $3,000 in year two, and $3,500 in year three. We use our facilities to house our corporate headquarters and operations and believe our facilities are suitable for such purpose. We also believe that our insurance coverage adequately covers our interest in our leased space. We have a good relationship with our landlords and believe that these facilities will adequately serve our business purposes for the foreseeable future. Item 3. Legal Proceedings. We are currently not involved in any litigation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the executive officers of our company or any of our subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting our company, our Common Stock, any of our subsidiaries or of our companies or our subsidiaries’ officers or directors in their capacities as such, in which an adverse decision could have a material adverse effect. Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. Not applicable. 12 Table of Contents Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters. (a) Market Information PART II Our Class A common stock, $0.00001 par value (the “Class A Common Stock” or “Common Stock”), is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “SSNT”. The following table shows the high and low closing prices for the periods indicated. Quarter ended High Low December 31, 2012 September 30, 2012 June 30, 2012 March 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 September 30, 2011 June 30, 2011 March 31, 2011 (b) Holders of Common Equity. $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ 0.20500 $ 0.24980 $ 0.40000 $ 0.18000 $ 0.08000 $ 0.36000 $ 0.34409 $ 0.34409 $ 0.10000 0.13000 0.11000 0.01060 0.01063 0.03000 0.23543 0.23543 As of March 26, 2013, there were approximately 716 holders of record of our Common Stock. This figure does not take into account those shareholders whose certificates are held in the name of broker-dealers or other nominees. (c) Dividend Information. We have never paid any cash dividends on our common shares, and we do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends with respect to those securities in the foreseeable future. Our current business plan is to retain any future earnings to finance the expansion development of our business. Sales of Unregistered Securities In the year ending December 31, 2012, the Company issued the following securities pursuant to exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder. · The Company converted $43,946 of the Convertible Promissory Note (as defined herein) at a fixed conversion rate of 1,975 shares per $1 for 86,793,693 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.00001 (the “Common Stock”). · The Company converted 2 shares of Series A Convertible preferred stock for 2,385,650 shares of Common Stock. · The Company bought back their 20% interest in SWK Technologies, Inc. for 22,664,678 shares of Common Stock. · The Company issued 150,000 shares of Common Stock with a fair market value of $30,000 to Spencer Clark LLC in exchange for services. · The Company issued 500,000 shares of Common Stock with a fair market value of $5,000 to Tri-Point Global Equities, Inc. in exchange for services In the year ending December 31, 2011, the Company issued the following securities pursuant to exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or Regulation D promulgated thereunder. · The Company issued 9,884 shares as a result of the 1-for-1,811 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). The securities mentioned above were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and qualified for exemption under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act because the issuance of the securities did not involve a public offering. The offering was not a “public offering” as defined in Section 4(2) due to the insubstantial number of persons involved in the transaction, size of the offering, manner of the offering and number of securities offered. 13 Table of Contents (d) Securities Authorized For Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans During the year ended December 31, 2004, and as subsequently amended, the Company adopted the Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”) in order to attract and retain qualified employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Under the Plan, the Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its discretion may grant stock options (either incentive or non-qualified stock options) to employees, directors, independent contractors or agents to purchase the Company’s Common Stock at no less than 85% of the market price on the date the option is granted. Options generally vest over four years and have a maximum term of ten years. In May 2012, the Company issued approximately 2,875,000 Common Stock options from the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan with a weighted average exercise price of $0.16 and an expected life of 5 years. Approximately, 2,257,000 of the Common Stock options vest immediately. The remaining 618,000 options shall vest 50% at grant date with the balance vested ratably over a three-year period. In addition, as of December 31, 2012, there were approximately 40 warrants to purchase 40 shares of Common Stock outstanding. No warrants were exercised during 2012 and 553,960 were canceled. The following table sets forth information as of December 31, 2012 with respect to compensation plans (including individual compensation arrangements) under which our common shares are authorized for issuance, aggregated as follows: All compensation plans previously approved by security holders; and All compensation plans not previously approved by security holders Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights (a) Weighted average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights (b) Number of securities remaining available for future issuance (c) Plan category Equity compensation plans approved by security holders Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders. Total 0 $ 2,875,040 $ 2,875,040 $ 0.00 0.16 0.16 0 1,354,460 1,354,460 Transfer Agent Our transfer agent is Fidelity Transfer Company at 8915 South 700 East, Sandy, Utah 84070. Item 6. Selected Financial Data. Not applicable. Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations This annual report on Form 10-K and other reports filed by SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) contain or may contain forward-looking statements and information that are based upon beliefs of, and information currently available to, the Company’s management as well as estimates and assumptions made by Company’s management. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are only predictions and speak only as of the date hereof. When used in the filings, the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,” “plan,” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions as they relate to the Company or the Company’s management identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors, including the risks contained in the “Risk Factors” section of the this Annual Report on Form 10-K., relating to the Company’s industry, the Company’s operations and results of operations, and any businesses that the Company may acquire. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, or planned. 14 Table of Contents Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the Company cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, the Company does not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results. Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). These accounting principles require us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions. We believe that the estimates, judgments and assumptions upon which we rely are reasonable based upon information available to us at the time that these estimates, judgments and assumptions are made. These estimates, judgments and assumptions can affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented. Our financial statements would be affected to the extent there are material differences between these estimates and actual results. In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management’s judgment in its application. There are also areas in which management’s judgment in selecting any available alternative would not produce a materially different result. The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this report. Overview The Company focuses on the business software and information technology consulting market, and is looking to acquire other companies in this industry. SWK Technologies, Inc. (“SWK Technologies”), the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary and the sole source of the Company’s revenue, is a New Jersey-based information technology subsidiary of the Company, value added reseller, and master developer of licensed accounting and financial software published by Sage Software. SWK Technologies also publishes 36 proprietary software solutions and enhancements, including its supply-chain software, the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) solution “MAPADOC.” SWK Technologies sells services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers and distribution industry clients located throughout the United States, along with network services provided by the Company. We continue to develop and increase our existing business by aggressively seeking new business and offering solutions to our customers, including our own proprietary software. We specialize in ERP software sales and implementation, programming, and training and technical support, aimed at improving the financial reporting and operational efficiencies of small and medium sized companies. The sale of our financial accounting software and programming services are sold to corporations nationwide. Additionally, it is our intention to increase our business by seeking additional opportunities through potential acquisitions, partnerships or investments. Such acquisitions, partnerships or investments may consume cash reserves or require additional cash or equity. Our working capital and additional funding requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including: (i) strategic acquisitions or investments; (ii) an increase to current company personnel; (iii) the level of resources that we devote to sales and marketing capabilities; (iv) technological advances; and (v) the activities of competitors. In June 2012 the Company completed the purchase of selected assets and obligations of HighTower, Inc., a leading Chicago-based reseller of Sage software applications and a publisher of proprietary business management software enhancements. HighTower’s customers and business products and services have been integrated into the infrastructure of SWK Technologies, SilverSun’s principal operating subsidiary. In addition to the strategic benefits that this acquisition affords the Company, it brought SilverSun and SWK approximately $1,145,000 of revenues in 2012, approximately 870 additional Sage ERP customers, an impressive suite of proprietary enhancement software solutions (with approximately 700 users) and a much deeper market penetration in the Midwest. Moreover, we look forward to leveraging Hightower’s established network of independent resellers to further expand distribution of SWK’s proprietary software solutions, and vice versa. This acquisition marks an important milestone for SilverSun, and one that should have notable impact on our revenue and earnings growth in 2012 and well beyond. During 2011 SWK Technologies, Inc., also acquired the Sage software customer accounts of IncorTech, a Southern California-based Sage business partner. This transaction increases the Company’s geographical influence. The focus in Southern California will be to sell and support our MAPADOC integrated EDI solution and to market Sage ERP X3 to both former IncorTech customers, where suitable, and to new prospects. IncorTech has provided professional accounting, technology, and business consulting services to over 300 clients. In June 2012, SWK Technologies, Inc. also acquired the sage software customer accounts of MicroPoint, a New York-based Sage business partner. MicroPoint has provided professional accounting, technology, and business consulting services to over 32 clients. With acquisitions serving as a key component of SilverSun’s national expansion strategy, the Company will continue to remain very busy qualifying and pursuing opportunities to continue its growth and add to shareholder value. 15 Table of Contents Revenues Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased $2,656,905 (25.3%) to $13,178,985 as compared to $10,522,080 for the year ended December 31, 2011. These revenues were all generated by the Company’s wholly-owned operating subsidiary, SWK Technologies. This increase is attributed to revenues associated with its newly acquired operation HTI of approximately $1,145,000, of which approximately $192,000 was service revenue, as well as an increase in revenues from its existing customer base. The overall increase is primarily due to the continued marketing efforts and very competitive pricing as well as the Company’s strategy to increase its business by seeking additional opportunities through potential acquisitions, partnerships or investments. The increase in the Company’s maintenance support business of $1,716,008 (89.2%) to $3,640,573 for the year ended December 31, 2012 represents a significant portion of and a great foundation for potential future growth. Gross Profit Gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2012 increased $836,480 (18.6%) to $5,334,100 as compared to $4,497,620 for the year ended December 31, 2011. The increase in gross profit for this period is mostly attributed to the recent acquisition of HTI as well as the higher level of sales. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the gross profit percentage was 40.5% as compared to 42.7% for the year ended December 31, 2011. The mix of products being sold by the Company changes from time to time and sometimes causes the overall gross margin percentage to vary. The change in sales mix year ended December 31, 2012, resulted in gross profit being slightly lower as a percent of sales as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily a result of higher software sales, which sales have a lower gross profit. In addition, the Company, when acquiring business accounts from other resellers, will often enter into revenue sharing agreements for a period of time with the selling reseller. The Company currently has 12 revenue sharing agreements, which often have the result of reducing the Company’s reported gross margins. Operating Expenses Selling and marketing expenses increased $458,434 (24.9%) to $2,302,258 for the year ended December 31, 2012 compared to $1,843,824 for the year ended December 31, 2011 as a result of the continued increase in sales activity and incremental expenses associated with HTI. General and administrative expenses increased $579,738 (25.2%) to $2,876,456 for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to $2,296,718 for the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily as a result of increases in payroll related expenses as the Company hired additional employees to support the higher sales activity, rent, investment banking, investor relations and insurance expenses. On January 4, 2012, in accordance with options granted in January 2011, Mr. Meller sold portions of his Convertible Note payable to certain employees of SWK Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $13,235. On January 4, 2012, Mr. Meller converted $30,458 of the Convertible Note into 60,154,178 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and those certain employees converted the $13,238 into 23,139,523 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. As a consequence the Company recognized $719,267 of share-based compensation expense in 2012. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company recognized $416,991 of share-based compensation as a result of the granting of stock options to most of its non-executive employees. Depreciation and amortization expense increased $98,550 for the year ended December 31, 2012 to $195,560 as compared to $97,011 for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase is primarily attributed to the increase in amortization associated with the newly acquired intangible assets. Income (Loss) from Operations Total net loss from operations was $1,176,432 for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to net income from operations of $260,057 for the year ended December 31, 2011 primarily attributed to non-cash share-based compensation of $1,136,258 as discussed above. Other Income (Expense) For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company had other expense of $58,738 as compared to other income for the year ended December 31, 2011 of $2,448,864. This change is primarily attributed to the gain on the extinguishment of debt and derivative liability for the year ended December 31, 2011. Net Income (Loss) For year ended December 31, 2012, the Company had a net loss of $1,235,170 as compared to net income of $2,708,931 for the year ended December 31, 2011, The change is attributed to the non-cash share-based compensation expense in 2012 and the gain on the extinguishment of debt and derivative liability realized in 2011 which was not available in 2012. 16 Table of Contents Liquidity and Capital Resources We are currently seeking additional operating income opportunities through potential acquisitions or investments. Such acquisitions or investments may consume cash reserves or require additional cash or equity. Our working capital and additional funding requirements will depend upon numerous factors, including: (i) strategic acquisitions or investments; (ii) an increase to current company personnel; (iii) the level of resources that we devote to sales and marketing capabilities; (iv) technological advances; and (v) the activities of competitors. In addition to developing new products, obtaining new customers and increasing sales to existing customers, management plans to increase its business and profitability by entering into collaboration agreements, buying assets, and acquiring companies in the business software and information technology consulting market with solid revenue streams, established customer bases that generate positive cash flow. In October 2011, the Company obtained a line of credit from a bank. The agreement included a borrowing base calculation tied to accounts receivable with a maximum availability of $750,000. Interest on outstanding balances is payable daily at an interest rate that is two and three quarter percentage points (2.75%) above the Prime Rate. The Company’s interest rate was 6% at December 31, 2012. The line was collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company and is personally guaranteed by the Company’s Chief Executive Office, Mr. Mark Meller. The credit facility required the Company to pay a monitoring fee of 0.315% of eligible collateral to be paid monthly. An annual facility fee equal to one percent (1%) of the Maximum Credit is assessed upon the initial funding, annually thereafter. The term of the agreement is for three years and expires in October 2014. As of December 31, 2012, the Company has an outstanding balance of $178,633. As of December 31, 2012, the availability under this line was $571,367. At December 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with the required financial covenants, the fixed charge ratio and debt to net worth. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company had a net decrease in cash of $229,239. The Company’s principal sources and uses of funds were as follows: Cash used in operating activities The Company provided $392,803 in cash from operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 as compared to providing $905,906 of cash for operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2011. This decrease in cash provided by operating activities is primarily attributed to an increase in accounts receivable and a decrease in deferred revenues offset partially by an increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. Cash used in investing activities Investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 used cash of $744,374 as compared to using $40,653 of cash for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase in cash used is attributed to the increase in purchases of property and equipment, software development costs and intangible assets, including the acquisition of selected assets of HighTower. Cash provided by financing activities Financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2012 provided cash of $122,332 as compared to using $735,875 of cash for the year ended December 31, 2011. This increase in cash provided by financing activities is attributed to proceeds from the line of credit and as compared to receiving proceeds from the promissory notes and convertible debenture offset by the repayment of convertible debentures during the year ended December 31, 2011. The Company believes that as a result of the growth in business, recent acquisitions, and the availability of its credit line, it has adequate liquidity to fund its operating plans for at least the next twelve months. There was no significant impact on the Company’s operations as a result of inflation for the year ended December 31, 2012. Critical Accounting Policies The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate these estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventory obsolescence, intangible assets, payroll tax obligations, and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of certain assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. 17 Table of Contents We have identified below the accounting policies, revenue recognition and software costs, related to what we believe are most critical to our business operations and are discussed throughout Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Plan of Operation where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized when products are shipped, or services are rendered, evidence of a contract exists, the price is fixed or reasonably determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Product Revenue Software product revenue is recognized when the product is shipped to the customer. The Company treats the software component and the professional services consulting component as two separate arrangements that represent separate units of accounting. The arrangement consideration is allocated to each unit of accounting based upon that unit’s proportion of the fair value. In a situation where both components are present, software sales revenue is recognized when collectability is reasonably assured and the product is delivered and has stand-alone value based upon vendor specific objective evidence. Service Revenue Service revenue is comprised of primarily professional service consulting revenue, maintenance revenue and other ancillary services provided as described below. Professional service revenue is recognized as service time is incurred. With respect to maintenance services, upon the completion of one year from the date of sale, considered to be the warranty period, the Company offers customers an optional annual software maintenance and support agreement for subsequent one-year periods. Maintenance and support agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized over the respective terms of the agreements, which typically range from three months to one year and are included in service revenue in the Consolidated Statement of Operations Shipping and handling costs charged to customers are classified as revenue, and the shipping and handling costs incurred are included in cost of sales. Accounts receivable The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and adjusts credit limits based on customer payment and current credit worthiness, as determined by review of their current credit information. The Company continuously monitors credits and payments from its customers and maintains provision for estimated credit losses based on its historical experience and any specific customer issues that have been identified. While such credit losses have historically been within our expectation and the provision established, the Company cannot guarantee that it will continue to receive positive results. Intangible Assets The values assigned to intangible assets are based on an independent valuation. Purchased intangible assets are amortized over the useful lives based on the estimate of the use of economic benefit of the asset using the straight-line amortization method. The Company assesses potential impairment of its intangible assets when there is evidence that recent events or changes in circumstances have made recovery of an asset’s carrying value unlikely. Factors the Company considers important, which may cause impairment include, among others, significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired asset, negative industry or economic trends, and significant underperformance relative to historical or projected operating results. Off Balance Sheet Arrangements During fiscal 2012, we did not engage in any material off-balance sheet activities or have any relationships or arrangements with unconsolidated entities established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. Further, we have not guaranteed any obligations of unconsolidated entities nor do we have any commitment or intent to provide additional funding to any such entities. Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. We do not hold any derivative instruments and do not engage in any hedging activities. 18 Table of Contents Item 8. Financial Statements. Our financial statements are contained in pages F-1 through F-27 which appear at the end of this Annual Report. Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. None. Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. (a) Evaluation of Disclosure and Control Procedures The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure (i) that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act are recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms; and (ii) that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2012, and concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as a whole. (b) Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining an adequate system of internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). Because of its inherent limitations, a system of internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance of such reliability and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projection of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods is subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management has conducted, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Principal Accounting Officer, an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012. Management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting used the criteria set forth in SEC Release 33-8810 based on the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control over Financial Reporting – Guidance for Smaller Public Companies. Based on this evaluation, Management concluded that our system of internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2012, based on these criteria. (c) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act, during our most recently completed fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. Item 9B. Other Information. None. 19 Table of Contents Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance. PART III The following table and biographical summaries set forth information, including principal occupation and business experience, about our directors and executive officers at March 20, 2013: Name Age Position Officer and/or Director Since Mark Meller Stanley Wunderlich 53 62 Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director Director 2003 2011 Mark Meller. Mr. Mark Meller has been the President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Company since September 15, 2003, and was further appointed Chief Executive Officer on September 1, 2004. He became Chairman of the Board on May 10, 2009. From October 2004 until February 2007, Mr. Meller was the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Deep Field Technologies, Inc. From December 15, 2004 until September 2009, Mr. Meller was the President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of MM2 Group, Inc. From August 29, 2005 until August 2006, Mr. Meller was the President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of iVoice Technology, Inc. From 1988 until 2003, Mr. Meller was Chief Executive Officer of Bristol Townsend and Co., Inc., a New Jersey based consulting firm providing merger and acquisition advisory services to middle market companies. From 1986 to 1988, Mr. Meller was Vice President of Corporate Finance and General Counsel of Crown Capital Group, Inc., a New Jersey based consulting firm providing advisory services for middle market leveraged buy-outs (LBO’s). Prior to 1986, Mr. Meller was a financial consultant and practiced law in New York City. He is a member of the New York State Bar. Stanley Wunderlich Mr. Stanley Wunderlich has over 40 years of experience in Wall Street as a business owner and consultant. Mr. Wunderlich is a founding partner and has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Consulting for Strategic Growth 1, specializing in investor and media relations and the formation of capital for early-growth stage companies both domestic and international, from 2000 through the present. Mr. Wunderlich has a Bachelor’s degree from Brooklyn College. Board of Directors Directors are elected at our annual meeting of shareholders and serve for one year until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their successors are elected and qualified. Nominating Committee The Company does not have a standing nominating committee or a committee performing similar functions. There are no agreements or understandings for the officer or director to resign at the request of another person and the above-named officers are not acting on behalf of nor will act at the direction of any other person. As of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, the Company’s Audit Committee has two members, one of which is independent. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Board held no meetings but acted by Unanimous Written Consent 6 times. Audit Committee During 2012, the Audit Committee consisted of Mr. Mark Meller, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President and Mr. Stanley Wunderlich. The Audit Committee has one independent member and no member that may deemed a financial expert as defined in §228.401(e) of the regulations promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Due to the Company's limited resources, it cannot attract a financial expert to sit on its Board of Directors. Management is responsible for the Company's internal controls and the financial reporting process. The Audit Committee's responsibility is to monitor corporate financial reporting and external audits, although the member of the Audit Committee is not engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting. The Audit committee did not meet in 2012. The Board of Directors approved an Audit Committee Charter. As of this date, the Audit Committee operates pursuant to this Audit Committee Charter. 20 Table of Contents AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT The following is the Audit Committee’s report submitted to the Board of Directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. The Audit Committee has: · · · reviewed and discussed the Company’s audited financial statements with Friedman LLP, the Company’s independent registered accounting firm; discussed with Friedman LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 114, as may be modified or supplemented; and received from Friedman the written disclosures and the letter regarding their independence as required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1, as may be modified or supplemented, and discussed the auditors’ independence with them. Based on the review and discussions referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. AUDIT COMMITTEE Mark Meller, CEO and President The Audit Committee report shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Annual Report on Form 10-K into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under these acts. Family Relationships There are no family relationships among our directors, executive officers, or persons nominated or chosen by the Company to become directors or executive officers. Subsequent Executive Relationships No director or executive officer has been a director or executive officer of any business which has filed a bankruptcy petition or had a bankruptcy petition filed against it during the past five years. No director or executive officer has been convicted of a criminal offense or is the subject of a pending criminal proceeding during the past five years. No director or executive officer has been the subject of any order, judgment or decree of any court permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities during the past five years. No director or officer has been found by a court to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law during the past five years. None of our directors or executive officers or their respective immediate family members or affiliates are indebted to us. Legal Proceedings None of the members of the board of directors or other executives has been involved in any bankruptcy proceedings, criminal proceedings, any proceeding involving any possibility of enjoining or suspending members of our board of directors or other executives from engaging in any business, securities or banking activities, and have not been found to have violated, nor been accused of having violated, any Federal or State securities or commodities laws. Compliance with Section 16(A) of the Exchange Act Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors, executive officers and persons who beneficially own 10% or more of a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act to file reports of beneficial ownership and changes in beneficial ownership with the SEC. Directors, executive officers and greater than 10% stockholders are required by the rules and regulations of the SEC to furnish the Company with copies of all reports filed by them in compliance with Section 16(a). Based solely on our review of certain reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the reports required to be filed with respect to transactions in our Common Stock during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, were timely. 21 Table of Contents Code of Ethics. The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for adherence by its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller to ensure honest and ethical conduct; full, fair and proper disclosure of financial information in the Company's periodic reports filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and compliance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations. Any person may obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics by mailing a request to the Company at the address appearing on the front page of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Item 11. Executive Compensation. The following table sets forth compensation information for services rendered by certain of our executive officers in all capacities during the last two completed fiscal years. The following information includes the dollar value of base salaries and certain other compensation, if any, whether paid or deferred. The executive officers of the company did not receive any stock award, option award, non-equity incentive plan compensation, or nonqualified deferred compensation earnings during the last two completed fiscal years. Summary Compensation Table Name and Position(s) Year Salary($) Bonus Stock Awards All Other Compensation Total Compensation Mark Meller (1) President, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director 2012 2011 $ $ 370,489 $ 250,000 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 370,489 250,000 OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR END The Company had no outstanding equity awards at the end of the most recent completed fiscal year. Compensation of Directors Pursuant to the Agreement with Mr. Wunderlich, Director, he is to be paid a stipend of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per month, payable at the end of each fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the first Stipend was in the amount of three thousand dollars ($3,000) and was paid on July 26, 2011. Employment Contracts The Company has an Employment Agreement with Mark Meller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which began on September 15, 2003, was extended on September 1, 2010, and expires on September 15, 2017. As consideration, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Meller the sum of $180,000 the first year with a 10% increase every year thereafter, as well as a monthly travel expense allowance of $600 and an auto allowance of $800. Based on this agreement, Mr. Meller’s salary is $424,431. As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Meller agreed to accept a salary of $370,000 for 2012. The employment agreement with Mr. Meller also provides for a severance payment to him of three hundred percent (300%), less $100,000 of his gross income for services rendered to the Company in each of the five prior calendar years should his employment be terminated following a change in control, as defined in the employment agreement. On June 29, 2011, Mr. Meller forgave outstanding liabilities representing unpaid salary, unpaid expense and auto allowances, and the one-time payment in connection with a previous transaction in the amount of $1,338,967. Such amount is recorded as a contribution of capital in Additional Paid-In Capital in the accompanying balance sheet. As of December 31, 2011, Mr. Meller also waived any deferred salary. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” below. 22 Table of Contents Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management. The following tables set forth certain information regarding the beneficial ownership of our voting securities as of March 26, 2013 of (i) each person known to us to beneficially own more than 5% of the applicable class of voting securities, (ii) our directors, (iii) and each named executive officer and (iv) all directors and executive officers as a group. As of March 26, 2013 there were a total of 116,950,933 shares of Common Stock outstanding. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to one vote on matters on which holders of Common Stock are eligible to vote. The column entitled “Percentage of Total Voting Stock” shows the percentage of total voting stock beneficially owned by each listed party. The number of shares beneficially owned is determined under rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the information is not necessarily indicative of beneficial ownership for any other purpose. Under those rules, beneficial ownership includes any shares as to which the individual has sole or shared voting power or investment power and also any shares which the individual has the right to acquire within 60 days of March 20, 2013, through the exercise or conversion of any stock option, convertible security, warrant or other right. Unless otherwise indicated, each person or entity named in the table has sole voting power and investment power (or shares that power with that person’s spouse) with respect to all shares of capital stock listed as owned by that person or entity. Name and Address (1) Mark Meller Stanley Wunderlich Officers and Directors (2 persons) Jeffrey Roth (1) Beneficial Relationship to Company Outstanding Common Stock Percentage of Ownership of Common Stock (3) Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President and Chairman 181,920,437 (2) 76.2 % Director - 500,000- 182,420,437 32,015,429 - % 76.2 % 27.4% (1) Mr. Roth is Chief Executive Officer of SWK, Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (2) Includes voting rights of 121,724,440 shares associated with Series B Preferred Stock. Description of Securities On May 17, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company and the stockholders holding in the aggregate a majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote (the “Majority”), approved by written consent: (i) the decrease in the number of authorized shares of Class A common stock, par value $.00001 per share (the” Class A Common Stock” or the “Common Stock”), of the Company from ten billion (10,000,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock to seven hundred and fifty million (750,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Authorized Class A Share Decrease”); (ii) the change in the conversion ratio at which the Class B common stock, par value $.00001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), of the Company converts into Class A Common Stock from (A) fifty percent (50%) of the lowest price ever paid for the issuance of Class A Common Stock for each one share of Class B Common Stock being converted to (B) one thousand nine hundred seventy five (1,975) shares of Class A Common Stock for each one (1) share of Class B Common Stock (the “Ratio Change”); (iii) the cancellation (the “Cancellation”) of the entire class of Class C Common Stock, par value $.00001 per share (the “Class C Common Stock”); and (iv) the change in the name of the Company from “Trey Resources, Inc.” to “SilverSun Technologies, Inc.” (the “Name Change”). Upon receiving the consent of the Board and the Majority, filed on June 27, 2011, the Company filed the Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Amended Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to reflect the (i) Authorized Class A Share Decrease, (ii) Ratio Change, (iii) Cancellation and (iv) the Name Change. 23 Table of Contents On June 28, 2011, the Board of the Company adopted by resolution an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Bylaws of the Company to allow the Company, in the event that fractional equity interests are created, to issue one (1) full share of capital stock of the Company in lieu of a fractional share of capital stock in the event that fractional equity interests are created. Prior to the Amendment, the Bylaws only allowed the Company to: (i) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto; (ii) pay in cash the fair value of a fraction of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractional shares are determined; or (iii) issue scrip or warrants in registered form (represented by a certificate or uncertificated) or bearer form (represented by a certificate) which entitles the holder to receive one (1) full share of capital stock upon the surrender of such scrip or warrant. Pursuant to our certificate of incorporation, as amended, we are authorized to issue up to: 750,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share; 50,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $.00001 per share and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value of $.001 per share. Below is a description of SilverSun Technologies’ outstanding securities, including Class A common stock, Class B common stock, options, warrants and debt. Class A Common Stock Each holder of our Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote for each share held of record. Holders of our Class A Common Stock have no preemptive, subscription, conversion, or redemption rights. There are 750,000,000 shares authorized and 116,950,933 issued and outstanding at March 26, 2013. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, the holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to receive our net assets pro rata. Each holder of Class A Common Stock is entitled to receive ratably any dividends declared by our board of directors out of funds legally available for the payment of dividends. We have not paid any dividends on our Common Stock and do not contemplate doing so in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that any earnings generated from operations will be used to finance our growth. Class B Common Stock Each share of Class B Common Stock has voting rights equal to 100 shares of Class A Common Stock. Holders of Class B Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends in the same proportion as the Class B Common Stock conversion and voting rights have to Class A Common Stock. There are 50,000,000 shares authorized and there were no shares issued and outstanding as of March 26, 2013, nor does the Company have any plans to issue Class B Common Stock in the immediate future. Upon our liquidation, dissolution, or winding-up, holders of Class B Common Stock will be entitled to receive distributions. The Class B common stock, par value $.00001 per converts to one thousand nine hundred seventy five (1,975) shares of Class A Common Stock for each one (1) share of Class B Common Stock. Preferred Stock The Company’s certificate of incorporation authorizes the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $.001 per share. Our board of directors is authorized (by resolution and by filing an amendment to our certificate of incorporation and subject to limitations prescribed by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) to issue, from to time, shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and other rights of the shares of each such series and to fix the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereon, including, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following: · · · · · · the number of shares constituting that series and the distinctive designation of that series; the dividend rate on the shares of that series, whether dividends are cumulative, and, if so, from which date or dates, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of dividends on shares of that series; whether that series has voting rights, in addition to voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of those voting rights; whether that series has conversion privileges, and, if so, the terms and conditions of conversion, including provisions for adjusting the conversion rate in such events as our board of directors determines; whether or not the shares of that series are redeemable, and, if so, the terms and conditions of redemption, including the dates upon or after which they are redeemable, and the amount per share payable in case of redemption, which amount may vary under different conditions and at different redemption dates; whether that series has a sinking fund for the redemption or purchase of shares of that series, and, if so, the terms and amount of that sinking fund; 24 Table of Contents · · the rights of the shares of that series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, and the relative rights of priority, if any, of payment of shares of that series; and any other relative powers, preferences and rights of that series, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions on that series. If we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, the holders of Preferred Stock of each series will be entitled to receive only that amount or those amounts as are fixed by the certificate of designations or by resolution of the board of directors providing for the issuance of that series. As of December 31, 2012, the Company has issued the following shares of Preferred Stock: The Company issued to the each holder of the Notes one (1) share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A Preferred”), having the rights, preferences, privileges, powers and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware. The Company has the right to convert, at its sole option, each share of Series A into Class A Common Stock equal to 1% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock at the time of conversion. The Company valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $22,886 representing 1% of the outstanding shares deliverable multiplied by the fair market value of the stock on the date of issuance and recorded as debt discount, which has been amortized to interest expense during 2011. Each one share of Series A Preferred shall entitle the Series A Holder to voting rights equal to 2,666,667 votes of Common Stock. On January 12, 2012, the Series A Convertible was converted into 2,385,650 shares of Common Stock. As of December 31, 2012, no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred were outstanding. Series B Preferred Stock The Series B Preferred Stock has the rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions set for in the Certificate of Designation (the “Certificate of Designation”) filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Secretary of State”) on September 23, 2011. The one (1) share of the Series B Preferred shall have voting rights equal to (x) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote divided by (y) forty nine one-hundredths (0.49) minus (z) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote. For the avoidance of doubt, if the total issued and outstanding Common Stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote is 5,000,000, the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be equal to 5,204,082 (e.g. (5,000,000 / 0.49) – 5,000,000 = 5,204,082). On September 23, 2011, SilverSun Technologies, Inc., entered into a Series B preferred stock purchase agreement (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Mr. Meller (the “Series B Holder”), pursuant to which the Series B Holder was issued one authorized share of Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B”), par value $0.001 per share. The Series B Holder was issued one share of Series B as partial consideration for personally guaranteeing repayment of the Notes. Options and Stock Awards 2004 Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2004 Stock Incentive as amended Plan (the “2004 Plan”) which reserves for issuance up to 3,482,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in order to attract and retain qualified employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of the Company. Under the Plan, the Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its discretion may grant stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the plan at a price to be equal to or greater than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof, shall be vested at such times and upon such terms as may be selected by it in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after September 29, 2014. In May 2012, the Company issued approximately 2,875,000 common stock options from the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan with a weighted average exercise price of $0.16 and an expected life of 5 years. Approximately, 2,257,000 of the common stock options vest immediately. The remaining 618,000 options shall vest 50% at grant date with the balance vested ratably over a three-year period. 25 Table of Contents 2007 Consultant Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2007 Consultant Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) to: (i) provide long-term incentives, payment in stock in lieu of cash and rewards to consultants, advisors, attorneys, independent contractors or agents ("Eligible Participants") of the Company; (ii) assist the Company in attracting and retaining independent contractors or agents with experience and/or ability on a basis competitive with industry practices; and (iii) associate the interests of such independent contractors or agents with those of the Company's stockholders. The Company has reserved 581,800 shares for issuance under this plan. Awards under the Plan may include, but need not be limited to, stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free- standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The price shall be equal to or greater than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in cash, shares of the Company common stock or any combination thereof. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Board may determine in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after January 22, 2017. No securities were issued pursuant to this Plan for the year ended December 31, 2012. 2004 Directors’ and Officers’ Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2004 Directors’ and Officers’ Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 D&O Plan”) which reserves for issuance up to 165,600 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in order to provide long-term incentive and rewards to officers and directors of the Company and subsidiaries and to attract and retain qualified employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of the Company. Awards under the Plan may include, but need not be limited to, stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The price shall be equal to or greater than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in cash, shares of the Company common stock or any combination thereof. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Board may determine in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after September 29, 2014. No securities were issued pursuant to this Plan for the year ended December 31, 2012. Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions. Related Party Notes and Accounts Due The Company has an Employment Agreement with Mark Meller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which began on September 15, 2003, was extended on September 1, 2010 and expires on September 15, 2017. As consideration, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Meller the sum of $180,000 the first year with a 10% increase every year thereafter, as well as a monthly travel expense allowance of $600 and an auto allowance of $800. Based on this agreement Mr. Meller’s salary is $424,431. As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Meller agreed to accept a salary of $370,000 for 2012. The employment agreement with Mr. Meller also provides for a severance payment to him of three hundred percent (300%), less $100,000 of his gross income for services rendered to the Company in each of the five prior calendar years should his employment be terminated following a change in control, as defined in the employment agreement Forgiveness of Debt On June 29, 2011, Mr. Meller forgave outstanding liabilities representing unpaid salary, unpaid expense and auto allowances, and the one-time payment in connection with a previous transaction in the amount of $1,338,967. Such amount is recorded as a contribution of capital in Additional Paid-In Capital in the accompanying balance sheet. Total amounts owed to Mr. Meller as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, representing unpaid salary and accrued interest totaled $5,942 and $6,355, respectively. On October 19, 2010, the Company borrowed $45,000 in exchange for issuing a Note payable to Mr. Meller. The Note Payable is not collateralized, not convertible, and carries an interest rate of 3% per annum on the unpaid balance. In January 2013, Mr. Meller extended the due date of the Note Payable to January 2014. The outstanding balance at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $20,000, plus accrued interest of $2,064 and $1,454, respectively. 26 Table of Contents Director Independence The common stock of the Company is currently quoted on the OTCBB, an exchange which currently does not have director independence requirements. On an annual basis, each director and executive officer will be obligated to disclose any transactions with the Company in which a director or executive officer, or any member of his or her immediate family, have a direct or indirect material interest in accordance with Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K. Following completion of these disclosures, the Board will make an annual determination as to the independence of each director using the current standards for “independence” that satisfy both the criteria for the Nasdaq and the American Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2012, the Board determined that Mr. Wunderlich is independent. Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. The following table sets forth fees billed to the Company by the Company’s independent auditors for (i) services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and the review of the Company’s quarterly financial statements, (ii) services rendered that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements that are not reported as Audit Fees, and (iii) services rendered in connection with tax preparation, compliance, advice and assistance. Services Audit Fees Audit - Related Fees Tax fees All Other Fees Total (1) Related to audit of Hightower, Inc. 2012 2011 $ 55,000 $ 41,500 30,000 (1) - $ 8,000 $ 18,000 - - $ 93,000 $ 59,500 Prior to engaging our accountants to perform a particular service, our Audit Committee obtains an estimate for the service to be performed. All of the services described above were approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with its procedures. 27 Table of Contents Item 15. Exhibits. PART IV (a) Exhibit No. 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 10.11 Description Second Amended Certificate of incorporation of SilverSun Technologies, Inc., filed September 5, 2003 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the SEC on November 25, 2003). By-laws of iVoice, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Form 10- QSB for the period ended March 31, 2003. Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of incorporation of SilverSun Technologies, Inc.,( incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 on Form 8-K, dated June 27, 2011, filed with the SEC on June 30, 2011). Amendment to the Bylaws of the Company ( incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 on Form 8-K, dated June 27, 2011, filed with the SEC on June 30, 2011) iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. 5% Convertible Debenture due March 20, 2005 issued to Elma S. Foin (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the SEC on December 22, 2003). iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. 5% Convertible Debenture due March 20, 2005 issued to Darryl A. Moy (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the SEC on December 22, 2003). iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. 5% Convertible Debenture due March 20, 2005 issued to Henry Tyler (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the registration statement on Form SB-2, filed with the SEC on December 22, 2003). SilverSun Technologies, Inc. 7.5% Secured Convertible Debenture, for a value of $600,000, due December 30, 2007 to YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). SilverSun Technologies, Inc. 7.5% Secured Convertible Debenture, for a value of $1,159,047, due December 30, 2007 to YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). Certificate of Designation of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on Form 8-K, dated May 4, 2011, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2011. Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 on Form 8-K, dated September 23, 2011, filed with the SEC on September 27, 2011. Employment Agreement, dated January 1, 2003, between iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. and Jerome Mahoney. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on November 25, 2003). Employment Agreement, dated September 15, 2003, between SilverSun Technologies, Inc. and Mark Meller. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on November 25, 2003). Equity Line of Credit Agreement dated January 24, 2003 between Cornell Capital Partners, LP, and iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2003) Registration Rights Agreement dated January 24, 2003 between Cornell Capital Partners, LP, and iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2003). Stock Purchase Agreement dated January 24, 2003 between iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. and listed Buyers (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2003). Placement Agreement dated January 24, 2003 between iVoice Acquisition 1, Inc. and Cornell Capital Partners LP. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2003, filed with the SEC on May 12, 2003). Termination Agreement dated December 30, 2005 between YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). and SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Escrow Agreement dated December 30, 2005 between David Gonzalez, Esq. And SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Securities Purchase Agreement dated December 30, 2005 between YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). and SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Investor Rights Agreement dated December 30, 2005 between YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). and SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated December 30, 2005 between YA Global (f/k/a/ Cornell Capital Partners, LP). and SilverSun Technologies, Inc. 28 Exhibit No. 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 14.1 Description Securities Purchase Agreement dated May 6, 2009 by and among SilverSun Technologies, SWK Technologies, Inc., Jeffrey D. Roth and Jerome R. Mahoney. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 10-K, dated May 9, 2009, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2009). Termination Settlement Agreement dated May 6, 2009 by and among SilverSun Technologies, SWK Technologies, Inc., Jeffrey D. Roth and Jerome R. Mahoney. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 10-K, dated May 9, 2009, filed with the SEC on May 26, 2009). Promissory notes, dated April 11, 2011 among SilverSun Technologies, Inc and accredited investors (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 on Form 8-K, dated April 11, 2011, filed with the SEC on April 15, 2011). Form of Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 on the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the commission on May 12, 2011). Amended Agreement by and between the Company and Mr. Stanley Wunderlich (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with commission on August 3, 2011). Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with commission on August 3, 2011). Loan and Security Agreement by and between the Company, its subsidiary SWK Technologies, Inc and a commercial lender (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2012). Audit Committee Charter(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.19 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2011, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2012). Form of Purchase Agreement, dated June 14, 2012, by and among SWK Technologies, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Neil Wolf, Esq., not individually, but solely in his capacity as Trustee-Assignee of the Trust Agreement and Assignment for the Benefit of the Creditors of Hightower, Inc., Hightower, Inc., and the Stockholders of Hightower, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 on the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the commission on June 20, 2012). Code of Ethics incorporated by reference to Exhibit 14.1 filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003. 31.1 * Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herein. 32.1 * Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 filed herein. 101.INS XBRL Instance Document 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase * Filed herewith 29 Table of Contents SIGNATURES In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Dated: March 29, 2013 By: /s/ Mark Meller SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Chief Financial Officer (Principal Accounting Officer) Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Name /s/ Mark Meller Mark Meller /s/ Stanley Wunderlich Stanley Wunderlich Position Date Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, and Chairman March 29, 2013 Director March 29, 2013 30 Table of Contents PART F/S INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Balance Sheets Statements of Operations Statements of Stockholders' Deficit Statements of Cash Flows NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1 Page (s) F-2 F-3 F-4 F-5 F-6 F-8 Table of Contents REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' deficit, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2012. The Company’s management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2012 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. /s/Friedman LLP East Hanover, NJ March 29, 2013 F-2 Table of Contents ASSETS Current assets: SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS DECEMBER 31, Cash and cash equivalents Accounts receivable, net of allowance for bad debts of $80,000 and $41,000 Prepaid expenses and other current assets Total current assets Property, plant and equipment, net Intangible assets, net Deposits and other assets Total assets LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT Current liabilities: Bank line of credit Accounts payable and accrued expenses Accrued interest Due to related party Convertible promissory note – related party, net of discount of $-0- and $4,250 Capital leases Notes payable to related parties Deferred revenue Total current liabilities Commitments and Contingencies Stockholders' deficit: Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value; authorized 1,000,000 shares; no shares issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value; authorized 2 shares -0- and 2 shares issued and outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, $.001 par value; authorized 1 share 1 share issued and outstanding Common stock: Class A – par value $.00001, authorized 750,000,000 shares; 116,950,933 and 4,456,912 shares issued and outstanding Class B – par value $.00001, authorized 50,000,000 shares; -0- issued and outstanding Additional paid-in capital Accumulated deficit Total SilverSun stockholders' deficit Non-controlling interest in SWK Technologies, Inc. Total stockholders' deficit Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit $ $ $ 2012 2011 4,483 $ 1,509,532 131,520 1,645,535 233,722 881,217 115,024 1,229,963 250,233 884,513 21,996 2,802,277 $ 137,948 95,445 57,921 1,521,277 178,633 1,953,182 $ 12,422 5,942 - 88,829 20,000 1,357,800 - 1,260,045 7,675 6,335 46,750 64,367 20,000 1,015,750 3,616,808 2,420,922 - - 1 - 22,886 1 1,170 - 10,716,224 (11,531,926 ) (814,531 ) - 45 - 9,326,973 (10,296,756 ) (946,851 ) 47,206 (814,531 ) 2,802,277 $ (899,645 ) 1,521,277 $ The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F-3 SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS Table of Contents Revenues: Software product, net Service, net Total revenues, net Cost of revenues: Product Service Total cost of revenues Gross profit Operating expenses: Selling and marketing expenses General and administrative expenses Share-based compensation Depreciation and amortization Total operating expenses Income (loss) from operations Other income (expense): Gain on revaluation of derivatives Gain from extinguishment of debt and derivative liability Gain from bargain purchase Interest expense, net Total other income (expense) Income (loss) from operations before income taxes Provision for income taxes Net income (loss) Net income attributable to non-controlling interest in SWK Technologies Inc. Net income (loss) attributable to SilverSun Technologies, Inc. Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to SilverSun Technologies, Inc. shareholders: Basic income (loss) per common share Diluted income (loss) per common share Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic Diluted For the Years Ended December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 $ 2,432,187 $ 10,746,798 13,178,985 1,902,417 8,619,663 10,522,080 1,173,510 6,671,375 7,844,885 969,130 5,055,330 6,024,460 5,334,100 4,497,620 2,302,258 2,876,456 1,136,258 195,560 6,510,532 1,843,824 2,296,718 - 97,011 4,237,553 (1,176,432 ) 260,067 - - 362,035 2,228,939 17,932 (76,670 ) (58,738 ) (142,110 ) 2,448,864 (1,235,170 ) 2,708,931 - - (1,235,170 ) 2,708,931 - 92,383 $ (1,235,170 ) $ 2,616,548 $ $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ 0.58 0.02 115,395,550 115,395,550 4,481,000 105,803,000 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F-4 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 Series A Preferred Stock Series B Preferred Stock Shares Amount Shares Amount Shares Common Stock Class A Additional Paid in Amount Capital Noncontrolling Interest in SWK Technologies, Inc. Total Stockholders’ Deficit Accumulated Deficit Balance at January 1, 2011 Return of common stock that was previously issued for services Issuance of warrants for services Issuance of warrants for services Additional shares to balance the participating brokers and beneficial shareholders to the terms of the reverse stock split Forgiveness of debt and gain from extinguishment of derivative liability – related party Issuance of Series A Preferred Stock Issuance of Series B Preferred Stock Net income Balance at December 31, 2011 Exchange of shares of SWK for shares of SilverSun Technologies, Inc Conversion of Series A Preferred Stock to common stock Conversion of convertible - $ - - $ - 4,723,119 $ 47 $ 7,846,076 $ (12,913,304 ) $ (45,177 ) $ (5,112,358 ) - - - - (276,091 ) (3 ) (64,997 ) - - - - - - 107,398 - - - - 781 - - - - - - (65,000 ) - 107,398 - - - - - - 9,103 1 (1 ) - - - - - - - - - 1,438,497 2 22,886 - - - - - - - - 1,438,497 - 22,886 - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - 2,616,548 - 92,383 1 2,708,931 2 22,886 1 1 4,456,912 $ 45 $ 9,326,973 (10,296,756 ) 47,206 $ (899,645 ) - - - - 22,664,678 227 46,979 - (47,206 ) (2 ) (22,886) - - 2,385,650 24 22,862 - - - - convertible promissory note to common stock Share-Based Compensation Issuance of warrant for services Issuance of common stock for services Net loss Balance at December 31, 2012 - - - - 86,793,693 868 43,078 - - - - - - 1,136,258 - - - 43,946 - 1,136,258 - - - - - - 105,080 - - 105,080 - - - - - - - - 650,000 - 6 - 34,994 -- - (1,235,170 ) - - 35,000 (1,235,170 ) - $ - 1 $ 1 116,950,933 $ 1,170 $10,716,224 $ (11,531,926 ) $ - $ (814,531 ) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F-5 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, Cash flows from operating activities: Net income (loss) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Depreciation and amortization Amortization of intangibles Gain on revaluation of derivative Amortization of debt discount Provision for bad debts Share-based compensation Gain on extinguishment of debt and derivative liability Gain from bargain purchase Common stock issued for services Warrant issued in exchange for services Return of shares for services not rendered Changes in certain assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable Prepaid expenses and other assets Deposits and other assets Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Accrued interest Due to related parties Deferred revenues Net cash provided by operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Acquisition of new business Software development costs Purchases of equipment Net cash used in investing activities Cash flows from financing activities: Repayment of notes payable to related parties Proceeds from line of credit, net Proceeds from convertible promissory note – related party Proceeds from promissory notes Repayment of promissory notes Repayment of convertible debentures Principal payment under capital lease obligations Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 2012 2011 $ (1,235,170 ) $ 2,708,931 92,037 103,523 - 4,250 39,000 1,136,258 - (17,932 ) 35,000 105,080 - 97,011 (362,035 ) 69,637 - - (2,228,939 ) - 80,550 - (65,000 ) (667,315 ) 22,240 35,925 693,137 4,747 (393 ) 42,416 392,803 (441,964 ) (198,591 ) (103,819 ) (744,374 ) (7,054 ) 178,633 - - - (49,247 ) 122,332 (229,239 ) 233,722 (391,937 ) 21,382 5,937 362,749 25,929 51,960 529,731 905,906 - - (40,653 ) (40,653 ) (25,000 ) - 51,000 550,000 (550,000 ) (735,000 ) (26,875 ) (735,875 ) 129,378 104,344 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 4,483 $ 233,722 Supplemental Schedule of Cash Flow Information:: During the year, cash was paid for the following: Income taxes Interest $ $ - $ 66,776, $ - 15,145 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F-6 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued) SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: For the Year Ended December 31, 2012: a) b) c) d) The Company converted $43,946 of the Convertible Promissory Note (as defined herein) at a fixed conversion rate of 1,975 shares per $1 for 86,793,693 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.00001 (the “Common Stock”). The Company converted 2 shares of Series A Convertible preferred stock for 2,385,650 shares of Common Stock. The Company bought back their 20% interest in SWK Technologies, Inc. for 22,664,678 shares of Common Stock. The Company incurred approximately $73,709 in capital lease obligations. For the Year Ended December 31, 2011: a) b) c) SilverSun Technologies, Inc (“the Company”) recorded a derivative liability of $105,000 related to a conversion feature embedded in the $51,000 convertible note issued during the period to an executive officer of the Company. The derivative liability was recorded as debt discount and the excess as an expense on the statement of operations as other income (expense). The Company issued warrants to a Company in exchange for financial services to be provided over one year with a fair value of $107,398. The Company amortized over the period of service, and recorded $80,550 through December 31, 2011. On June 29, 2011, Mr. Meller forgave outstanding liabilities representing unpaid salary, unpaid expense and auto allowances, and a one-time payment in connection with a previous transaction in the amount of $1,338,967. Such amount is recorded as Additional Paid- In Capital in the accompanying balance sheet. An additional $99,531 was recorded in Additional Paid-In Capital relating to the Convertible Promissory Note when the conversion price was fixed. d) The Company incurred approximately $35,677 in capital lease obligations. The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. F-7 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION Description of Business SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is an information technology company, and a value added reseller and master developer for Sage Software’s Sage100/500 and ERP X3 financial and accounting software as well as the publisher of its own proprietary Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) software, “MAPADOC.” The Company focuses on the business software and information technology consulting market, and is looking for other opportunities to grow its business. The Company sells services and products to various end users, manufacturers, wholesalers and distributor industry clients located throughout the United States. In June 2011, the Company changed its name from Trey Resources, Inc. to SilverSun Technologies, Inc. The Company is publicly traded and is currently quoted on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board (“OTCBB”) under the symbol “SSNT.” In June 2012 the Company completed the purchase of selected assets and obligations of HighTower, Inc., a leading Chicago-based reseller of Sage software applications and a publisher of proprietary business management enhancements. NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of Presentation The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) and its majority owned subsidiaries, SWK Technologies, Inc. and BTSG Acquisition Corp. These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. All significant inter-company transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation. Noncontrolling Interest Noncontrolling interest represents third party ownership in the net assets of our consolidated subsidiaries. For financial reporting purposes, the assets and liabilities of our majority owned subsidiaries are consolidated with those of our own, with any third party investor’s interest shown as noncontrolling interest. On May 6, 2009, the Company sold twenty-five (25) newly issued shares or 20% of the stock of SWK Technologies, Inc. (“SWK”), a subsidiary of SilverSun Technologies, Inc., for a purchase price of $150,000 to the President of SWK. On January 12, 2012, SilverSun Technologies, Inc. entered into a share exchange agreement (the “Agreement”) with certain shareholders and the President (the “SWK Shareholders”) of SWK Technologies, Inc. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the SWK Shareholders exchanged an aggregate of 25 shares of SWK to the Company for a total of 22,664,678 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of the Company’s common stock (the “Exchange”). The shares had a fair value of approximately $612,000 ($0.027 per share) at the time of exchange. The transaction was recorded as an equity transaction. SWK is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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 revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates include: 1. Revenue recognition of software sales 2. Allowance for doubtful accounts 3. Fair market value of share based payments and other equity instruments 4. Valuation of intangible assets F-8 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Revenue Recognition Revenue is recognized when products are shipped, or services are rendered, evidence of a contract exists, the price is fixed or reasonably determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Product Revenue Software product revenue is recognized when the product is shipped to the customer. The Company treats the software component and the professional services consulting component as two separate arrangements that represent separate units of accounting. The arrangement consideration is allocated to each unit of accounting based upon that unit’s proportion of the fair value. In a situation where both components are present, software sales revenue is recognized when collectability is reasonably assured and the product is delivered and has stand-alone value based upon vendor specific objective evidence. Service Revenue Service revenue is comprised of primarily professional service consulting revenue, maintenance revenue and other ancillary services provided as described below. Professional service revenue is recognized as service time is incurred. With respect to maintenance services, upon the completion of one year from the date of sale, considered to be the warranty period, the Company offers customers an optional annual software maintenance and support agreement for subsequent one-year periods. Maintenance and support agreements are recorded as deferred revenue and recognized over the respective terms of the agreements, which typically range from three months to one year and are included in services revenue in the Consolidated Statements of Operations Shipping and handling costs charged to customers are classified as revenue, and the shipping and handling costs incurred are included in cost of sales. Cash and Cash Equivalents The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains cash balances at financial institutions that are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to federally insured limits. At times balances may exceed FDIC insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts. Concentration of Credit Risk For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, our top ten customers represented approximately 17% and 31%, respectively, of our total revenues of approximately $2,262,000 and $3,211,000. The Company does not rely on any one specific customer for any significant portion of our revenue base. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, purchases from one supplier were approximately 47% and 22%, respectively, of the Company’s total cost of revenue. Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of trade accounts receivable and cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2012 the Company believes it has no significant risk related to its concentration of accounts receivable. Accounts Receivable Accounts receivable consist primarily of invoices for maintenance and professional services. Full payment for software ordered by customers is due in advance of ordering from the software supplier. Payments for maintenance and support plan renewals are due before the beginning of the maintenance period. Terms under our professional service agreements are generally 50% due in advance and the balance on completion of the services. The Company maintains an allowance estimated by considering a number of factors, including the length of time the amounts are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligations and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. F-9 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Property and Equipment Property and equipment is stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method based upon the estimated useful lives of the assets, generally five to seven years. Maintenance and repairs that do not materially add to the value of the equipment nor appreciably prolong its life are charged to expense as incurred. When assets are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and related accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss is included in the Statements of Operations. Deferred Revenues Deferred revenues consist of maintenance service, customer support services, including telephone support and deposits for future consulting services which will be earned as services are performed over the contractual or stated period, which generally ranges from three to twelve months. Deferred Income Taxes Deferred income taxes reflects the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes, as well as operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are classified as current or non-current based on the classification of the related assets or liabilities for financial reporting, or according to the expected reversal dates of the specific temporary differences, if not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting. Valuation allowances are established against deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized. 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 on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates or laws is recognized in operations in the period that includes the enactment date. Income Tax Uncertainties The calculation of the Company’s tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations. The Company recognizes liabilities for uncertain tax positions based on the two-step process prescribed by applicable accounting principles. The first step is to evaluate the tax position for recognition by determining if the weight of available evidence indicates that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on audit, including resolution of related appeals or litigation processes, if any. The second step requires the Company to estimate and measure the tax benefit as the largest amount that is more than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. It is inherently difficult and subjective to estimate such amounts, as this requires the Company to determine the probability of various possible outcomes. The Company reevaluates these uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. This evaluation is based on factors including, but not limited to, changes in facts or circumstances, changes in tax law, effectively settled issues under audit, and new audit activity. Such a change in recognition or measurement would result in the recognition of a tax benefit or an additional charge to the tax provision in the period. The Company recognizes interest and penalties as incurred in finance income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. There were no liabilities for uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2012 and 2011. F-10 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Fair Value Measurement The Company adopted the provisions of the accounting pronouncement which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and enhances fair value measurement disclosure. Under the provisions of the pronouncement, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The pronouncement establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use on unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The hierarchy is described below: Level 1: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for assets or liabilities. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to Level 1 inputs. Level 2: Observable prices that are based on inputs not quoted on active markets, but corroborated by market data. Level 3: Unobservable inputs are used when little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. The Company’s current financial assets and liabilities approximate fair value due to their short term nature and include cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, capital leases and line of credit. Intangible Assets The values assigned to intangible assets are based on an independent valuation. Purchased intangible assets are amortized over the useful lives of the asset using the straight-line amortization method. The Company assesses potential impairment of its intangible assets when there is evidence that recent events or changes in circumstances have made recovery of an asset’s carrying value unlikely. Factors the Company considers important, which may cause impairment include, among others, significant changes in the manner of use of the acquired asset, negative industry or economic trends, and significant underperformance relative to historical or projected operating results. Long-Lived Assets Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to the future net cash flows estimated by the Company to be generated by such assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. No impairment losses were identified or recorded in the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011. Stock-Based Compensation The Company accounts for stock-based awards to employees in accordance with applicable accounting principles, which requires compensation expense related to share-based transactions, including employee stock options, to be measured and recognized in the financial statements based on a determination of the fair value of the stock options. The grant date fair value is determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton (“Black-Scholes”) pricing model. For all employee stock options, the Company recognizes expense over the requisite service period on a straight-line basis over the employee’s requisite service period (generally the vesting period of the equity grant). The Company’s option pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility, expected term, and forfeiture rate. Any changes in these highly subjective assumptions significantly impact stock-based compensation expense. F-11 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Earnings per Share The Company’s basic income (loss) per common share is based on net income (loss) for the relevant period, divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per common share is based on net income, divided by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period, including common share equivalents, such as outstanding stock options and warrants to the extent they are dilutive. Diluted loss per share does not include common stock equivalents, as these shares would have an anti-dilutive effect. The computation of EPS is approximately as follows: Basic net income (loss) per share: Net income (loss) attributable to common Stockholders Weighted-average common shares outstanding Basic net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders Diluted net income (loss) per share: Net income (loss) attributable to common Stockholders Weighted-average common shares outstanding Incremental shares attributable to warrants and convertible promissory note Total adjusted weighted-average shares Diluted net income (loss) per share attributable to common stockholders Reclassifications Year Ended December 31, 2012 Year Ended December 31, 2011 $ $ $ (1,235,170 ) $ 115,395,550 2,616,548 4,481,000 (0.01 ) $ 0.58 (1,235,170 ) $ 115,395,550 2,616,548 4,481,000 - 115,395,550 101,322,000 105,803,000 $ (0.01 ) $ 0.02 Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. The reclassifications have had no effect on the financial position, operations or cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2011. Recent Accounting Pronouncements No recently issued accounting pronouncements had or are expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. NOTE 3 – PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment is summarized as follows: Leasehold improvements Equipment, furniture and fixtures Less: Accumulated depreciation December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 $ 30,557 $ 904,928 935,485 (685,252 ) 30,557 700,606 731,163 (593,215 ) Property and equipment, net $ 250,233 $ 137,948 Depreciation and amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $92,038 and $95,003. F-12 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 4 – BUSINESS COMBINATION In June 2012, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, SWK Technologies, Inc., acquired certain assets of HighTower Inc. for total consideration of $441,964 in cash and noncash assumption of deferred revenue obligation of $299,634. Based on an independent valuation, the purchase price was allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities according to their respective estimated fair values. The following summarizes the purchase price allocation: Current assets Long-lived assets Bargain purchase gain Intangible assets Deferred maintenance liability Fair value of net assets acquired Cash paid for acquisition Bargain purchase gain Total purchase price $ 38,736 26,794 (17,932 ) 694,000 (299,634 ) $ 459,896 441,964 17,932 $ 459,896 Intangible assets acquired are primarily made up of a customer list acquired and proprietary technology. Acquisition costs were approximately $46,000, which are included in general and administrative expenses. The Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 include the results of HighTower since date of acquisition. The following unaudited pro forma information assumes the acquisition occurred on January1, but does not purport to present what the Company’s actual results would have been had the acquisition actually occurred on January 1, 2011, nor is the financial information indicative of the results of future operations. The unaudited pro forma financial information includes the depreciation and amortization expense related to the acquisition. Total revenue, net Cost of revenues Operating expenses Other expense (income) Income (loss) before taxes Net income (loss) Basic income (loss) per common share Diluted income (loss) per common share Pro – Forma Year Ended December 31, 2012 13,773,967 $ 8,039,161 7,008,124 56,635 (1,235,170 ) (1,329,953 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ Year Ended December 31, 2011 13,887,774, 7,138,618 7,063,752 (2,526,138 ) 2,161,542 2,161,542 0.48 0.02 $ $ $ $ For the year ended December 31, 2012, the HighTower operations contributed approximately $461,647 in net income, which consisted of approximately $1,145,319 in revenues and $683,672 in expenses. These revenues were generated in combination with HighTower and SWK personnel, and likely would not have been achieved if HighTower was a standalone business. F-13 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 5 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible assets consist of intellectual property and customer lists acquired and are carried at cost less accumulated amortization. Amortization is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives. The components of intangible assets are as follows: December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 Estimated Useful Lives Proprietary developed software Intellectual property, customer list, and acquired contracts $ 294,036 $ 95,445 694,000 -0- 5 5 Total intangible assets Less: accumulated amortization $ $ 988,036 $ 103,523 884,513 $ 95,445 -0- 95,445 The Company expects amortization expense to approximate the following: Amortization 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total $ $ 197,607 197,607 197,607 197,607 94,085 884,513 NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities are summarized as follows: Deferred tax assets: Net operating loss carry forwards Long lived assets Share based payments Other Deferred tax asset Deferred tax liabilities: Long lived assets Deferred tax liabilities Net deferred tax asset Less: Valuation allowance Net deferred tax asset F-14 December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 2,920,000 326,000 75,000 32,000 3,353,000 2,823,000 358,000 32,000 16,000 3,229,000 (73,000 ) (73,000 ) 3,280,000 (3,280,000 ) -0- (10,000 ) (10,000 ) 3,219,000 (3,219,000 ) -0- Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 6 – INCOME TAXES (continued) As of December 31, 2012, the Company has net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $7,663,000 that can be utilized to offset future taxable income for Federal income tax purposes. Net operating loss carry forwards expire starting in 2025 through 2030. Utilization of these net loss carry forwards is subject to the limitations of Internal Revenue Code Section 382. Because of the current uncertainty of realizing the benefit of the tax carry forward, a valuation allowance equal to the tax benefit for deferred taxes has been established. The full realization of the tax benefit associated with the carry forward depends predominantly upon the Company's ability to generate taxable income during the carry forward period. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts used for income tax purposes. A reconciliation of the statutory income tax rate to the effective rate is as follows for the period December 31, 2012 and 2011: Federal income tax rate State income tax, net of federal benefit Permanent differences Effective income tax rate Effect on valuation allowance Effective income tax rate NOTE 7 – CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS December 31, 2012 December 31, 2011 34 % 6 % 40 % 80 % (80 %) 0.0 % 34 % 6 % - 40 % (40 %) 0.0 % The Company has entered into lease commitments for equipment that meet the requirements for capitalization. The equipment has been capitalized and shown in equipment, furniture and leasehold improvements in the accompanying balance sheets. The related obligations are also recorded in the accompanying balance sheets and are based upon the present value of the future minimum lease payments with interest rates ranging from 8.9% to 12.9%. As of December 31, 2012, accumulated amortization under capital leases was $84,342. At December 31, 2012, future payments under capital leases are as follows over each of the next five fiscal years: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total minimum lease payments Less amounts representing interest Present value of net minimum lease payments F-15 $ $ 51,050 36,749 13,992 - - 101,791 (12,962) 88,829 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 8 – DUE TO RELATED PARTY Mark Meller Employment Agreement The Company has an Employment Agreement with Mark Meller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, which began on September 15, 2003, was extended on September 1, 2010, and expires on September 15, 2017. As consideration, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Meller the sum of $180,000 the first year with a 10% increase every year thereafter, as well as a monthly travel expense allowance of $600 and an auto allowance of $800. Based on this agreement Mr. Meller’s salary is $424,431. As of December 31, 2012, Mr. Meller agreed to accept a salary of $370,000 for 2012. The employment agreement with Mr. Meller also provides for a severance payment to him of three hundred percent (300%), less $100,000 of his gross income for services rendered to the Company in each of the five prior calendar years should his employment be terminated following a change in control, as defined in the employment agreement Forgiveness of Debt On June 29, 2011, Mr. Meller forgave outstanding liabilities representing unpaid salary, unpaid expense and auto allowances, and the one-time payment ($350,000) in connection with a previous transaction in the amount of $1,338,967. Such amount is recorded as a contribution of capital in Additional Paid-In Capital in the accompanying balance sheet. Total amounts owed to Mr. Meller as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, representing unpaid salary and accrued interest totaled $5,942 and $6,355, respectively. NOTE 9 –NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTY On October 19, 2010, the Company borrowed $45,000 in exchange for issuing a Note payable to Mr. Meller. The Note Payable is not collateralized, not convertible, and carries an interest rate of 3% per annum on the unpaid balance. In January 2013, Mr. Meller extended the due date of the Note Payable to January 2014. The outstanding balance at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $20,000, plus accrued interest of $2,064 and $1,454, respectively. NOTE 10 – CONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES PAYABLE 7.5% $2,359,000 Convertible Debentures On December 30, 2005, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with YA Global Investments, L.P (YA Global). Pursuant to such purchase agreement, YA Global purchased $2,359,047 of secured convertible debentures, which were convertible into shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. Two such debentures were issued on December 30, 2005 for an aggregate of $1,759,047, interest payable at the rate of 7.5% per annum, and included a debenture that was issued on May 6, 2006 equal to $600,000 with interest payable at the rate of 7.5% per annum (the December 30, 2005 and May 6, 2006 convertible debenture together the “YA Convertible Debentures”). As of December 31, 2010, the YA Convertible Debentures were $1,319,000. During 2011, the Company made payments in the amount of $735,000 to satisfy any and all obligations owed to YA Global, including outstanding principal, accrued interest and accrued liquidated damages. As a result of the restructuring of the debt, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of $1,461,660, which is presented as other income in the accompanying statement of operations. Additionally, the Company recorded a gain on the extinguishment of the derivative liability associated with this convertible debenture in the amount of $767,279 for the year ended December 31, 2011. F-16 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 11 – CONVERTIBLE PROMISSORY NOTE – RELATED PARTY On January 28, 2011, the Company issued a 7% $51,000 convertible promissory note to Mr. Meller (“Convertible Note”). The note is not collateralized. On January 4, 2012 the holder of the Convertible Note, Mr. Mark Meller, converted $30,458 into 60,154,178 shares of Common Stock. In addition, the holder had sold $13,488 of the Convertible Note to certain employees of the Company for cash in January 2012, in accordance with options which were granted to such employees in January 2011, and which were subsequently converted into 26,639,515 shares of Common Stock. The fair value of the shares issued to the employees upon conversion was recorded as share-based compensation valued of $719,000 which was recorded as a charge in the consolidated statement of operations. In December 2012, the remaining balance of the note was repaid to Mr. Meller in the amount of $7,054. The outstanding balances at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were $-0- and $46,750, net of $4,250 of unamortized discount, plus accrued interest of $3,878 and $3,342, respectively. The accrued interest was paid in full in March 2013. NOTE 12 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES Convertible Debentures Conversion features associated with the extinguished Convertible Debentures represented an embedded derivative which the Company had accounted for as a free-standing financial instrument. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011 the embedded derivative amounted to $-0-. On April 12, 2011, the date of repayment of the YA Global Convertible Debentures, and $767,279 was recorded as a gain on the extinguishment of the derivative liability since the YA Global Convertible Debentures have been repaid. For the year ended December 31, 2011 the Company recorded a gain on valuation of derivative in the amounts of $410,566. The estimated fair value of the financial instruments has been calculated on the date of repayment based on a Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Fair market value of stock Exercise price Dividend yield Risk free interest rate Expected volatility Expected life Convertible Promissory Note April 12, 2011 0.00013 $ 0.0001 $ 0.00 0.24 145.01 0.71 Year The conversion feature associated with the Meller Note represents an embedded derivative. At January 28, 2011 the Company recorded the conversion option as a liability, recorded a debt discount of $51,000, and charged Other Expense - Loss on Valuation of Derivative for $53,821, resulting primarily from calculation of the conversion price, and a derivative liability of $104,821. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded a Gain on Valuation of Derivative in the amount of $5,290 from the calculation of the derivative liability. In May 2011 the conversion feature was modified, which resulted in the extinguishment of this derivative liability in the amount of $99,531 recorded through additional paid-in capital. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011 the embedded derivative amounted to $-0-. F-17 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 12 – DERIVATIVE LIABILITIES (Continued) The estimated fair value of the embedded derivative had been calculated based on a Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: Fair market value of stock Exercise price Dividend yield Risk free interest rate Expected volatility Expected life NOTE 13 – PROMISSORY NOTES May 17 , 2011 0.00013 $ 0.00005 $ At Inception 0.00013 $ 0.00005 $ 0.00 % 0.41 % 169.92 % 0.00 % 0.24 % 182.35 % 1 Year 0.83 Year On April 11, 2011 the Company entered into two promissory notes (the “Notes”) each in the face amount of $275,000 with two accredited investors, totaling $550,000. The Notes bore interest at 7% and were paid in full on November 4, 2011. As consideration for the Notes, the Company issued two shares of Series A convertible preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Series A Convertible Preferred Stock”) (one share to be issued to each investor mandatorily convertible into Class A Common Stock equal to 1% of the outstanding common stock at the time of conversion (no later than January 15, 2012). For the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company recorded interest expense of approximately $20,000. The due date for the Notes was extended to November 4, 2011 when these notes were paid in full. NOTE 14 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Operating Leases The Company leases approximately 7,000 square feet of space in, Livingston, NJ 07039 and pays rent for approximately$7,000 per month, which includes charges for real estate taxes and other common area maintenance. The lease expires December 31, 2016. The Company uses its facilities to house its corporate headquarters and operations and believe that these facilities are suitable for such purpose. Total rent expense under these operating leases for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 was $130,000 and $88,000, respectively. The Company entered into a two-year lease, with a one-year extension, for office space at 6834 Buckley Road, North Syracuse, New York, at a monthly rent of $2,100. The Company also leases 2,700 square feet of office space in Skokie, IL for three-year period ended April 2015 with a monthly rent of $2,500 in year one, $3,000 in year two, and $3,500 in year three. The following is a schedule of approximate future minimum rental payments for operating leases subsequent to the year ended December 31, 2012. 2013 2014 2015 2016 $ 131,000 124,000 100,000 89,000 Employment agreements See Note 5 to the Financial Statements for information related to the employment agreement of Mark Meller. F-18 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 15 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY Series A Convertible Preferred Stock The Company issued to the each holder of the Notes one (1) share of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (“Series A”), having the rights, preferences, privileges, powers and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Designation filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware (see Note 14). The Company has the right to convert, at its sole option, each share of Series A into Class A Common Stock equal to 1% of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock at the time of conversion. The Company valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock at $22,886 representing 1% of the outstanding shares deliverable multiplied by the fair market value of the stock on the date of issuance and recorded as debt discount, which has been amortized to interest expense during 2011. Each one share of Series A shall entitle the Series A Holder to voting rights equal to 2,666,667 votes of Class A Common Stock. On January 12, 2012, the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock was converted into 2,385,650 shares of Common Stock. As of December 31, 2012, no shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock were outstanding. Series B Preferred Stock The Series B Preferred Stock has the rights, privileges, preferences and restrictions set for in the Certificate of Designation (the “Certificate of Designation”) filed by the Corporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (“Delaware Secretary of State”) on September 23, 2011. The one (1) share of the Series B Preferred shall have voting rights equal to (x) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote divided by (y) forty nine one-hundredths (0.49) minus (z) the total issued and outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote. For the avoidance of doubt, if the total issued and outstanding Common Stock eligible to vote at the time of the respective vote is 5,000,000, the voting rights of the Series B Preferred Stock shall be equal to 5,204,082 (e.g. (5,000,000 / 0.49) – 5,000,000 = 5,204,082). On September 23, 2011, SilverSun Technologies, Inc., entered into a Series B preferred stock purchase agreement (the “Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement”) with Mr. Meller (the “Series B Holder”), pursuant to which the Series B Holder was issued one authorized share of Series B Preferred Stock (“Series B”), par value $0.001 per share. The Series B Holder was issued one share of Series B as partial consideration for personally guaranteeing repayment of the Notes (see Note 14). Common Stock On May 17, 2011, the Company filed an Information Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to Section 14C of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, to the holders of Class A Common Stock (the “Series A Stockholders”) of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. to notify such Series A Stockholders that the Company received a unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting of the holders of Series A. Each share of Series A has the equivalent of five billion (5,000,000,000) votes of Class A Common Stock. Currently, there are two holders of Series A (up to January 13, 2012) , each holding one share of Series A Preferred, resulting in the Series A holding in the aggregate approximately 55.4% of the total voting power of all issued and outstanding voting capital of the Company (the “Majority Stockholders”). The Series A Stockholders consented to perform the following during 2011: 1. A 1-for-1,811 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock; 2. A decrease in the number of authorized shares of Class A Common Stock from ten billion (10,000,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock to seven hundred and fifty million (750,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock; 3. An amendment to the par value of blank check preferred stock from a par value $1.00 per share to a par value $0.001 per share. F-19 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 15 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued) Common Stock (continued) 4. A change in the conversion ratio at which the Class B Common Stock, par value $.00001 per share of the Company converts into Class A Common Stock from (i) fifty percent (50%) of the lowest price ever paid for the issuance of Class A Common Stock for each one share of Class B Common Stock being converted to (ii) 1,975 shares of Class A Common Stock for each one share of Class B Common Stock; 5. The cancellation of Class C Common Stock, par value $.00001 per share. 6. A change in the name of the Company from Trey Resources, Inc. to SilverSun Technologies, Inc. NOTE 16 – STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS 2004 Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2004 Stock Incentive as amended Plan (the “2004 Plan”) which reserves for issuance up to 3,482,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in order to attract and retain qualified employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of the Company. Under the Plan, the Board of Directors (the “Board”), in its discretion may grant stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the plan at a price to be equal to or greater than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof, shall be vested at such times and upon such terms as may be selected by it in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after September 29, 2014. 2007 Consultant Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2007 Consultant Stock Incentive Plan (the “2007 Plan”) to: (i) provide long-term incentives, payment in stock in lieu of cash and rewards to consultants, advisors, attorneys, independent contractors or agents ("Eligible Participants") of the Company; (ii) assist the Company in attracting and retaining independent contractors or agents with experience and/or ability on a basis competitive with industry practices; and (iii) associate the interests of such independent contractors or agents with those of the Company's stockholders. The Company has reserved 581,800 shares for issuance under this plan. Awards under the Plan may include, but need not be limited to, stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The price shall be equal to or graeter than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in cash, shares of the Company common stock or any combination thereof. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Board may determine in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after January 22, 2017. F-20 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 16 – STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued) 2004 Directors’ and Officers’ Stock Incentive Plan The Company adopted the 2004 Directors’ and Officers’ Stock Incentive Plan (the “2004 D&O Plan”) which reserves for issuance up to 165,600 shares of the Company’s Common Stock in order to provide long-term incentive and rewards to officers and directors of the Company and subsidiaries and to attract and retain qualified employees, directors, independent contractors or agents of the Company. Awards under the Plan may include, but need not be limited to, stock options (including non-statutory stock options and incentive stock options qualifying under Section 422 of the Code), stock appreciation rights (including free-standing, tandem and limited stock appreciation rights), warrants, dividend equivalents, stock awards, restricted stock, phantom stock, performance shares or other securities or rights that the Board determines to be consistent with the objectives and limitations of the Plan. The price shall be equal to or graeter than 50% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of grant of such award. The Board shall determine the extent to which awards shall be payable in cash, shares of the Company common stock or any combination thereof. The Board may determine that all or a portion of a payment to a participant under the Plan, whether it is to be made in cash, shares of the Company common stock or a combination thereof shall be deferred. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Board may determine in its sole discretion. The Plan (but not the awards theretofore granted under the Plan) shall terminate on and no awards shall be granted after September 29, 2014. In May 2012, the Company issued approximately 2,875,000 common stock options from the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan with a weighted average exercise price of $0.16 and an expected life of 5 years. Approximately, 2,257,000 of the common stock options vest immediately. The remaining 618,000 options shall vest 50% at grant date with the balance vested ratably over a three-year period. the Black Scholes option-pricing The Company estimated model. Compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period and, as such, the Company recorded compensation expense of approximately $416,991 and $-0- for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. the options at approximately $460,000 using the value of The weighted average inputs into the Black Scholes were as follows: 1. Expected dividend yield of 0.0%, 2. Risk-free interest rate of 0.86% 3. Expected Volatility at 298% 4. Expected term of 5 years 5. Exercise price of $0.16 A summary of the status of the Company’s stock option plans for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 and changes during the years are presented below: (in number of options): Number of Options Average Exercise Price Outstanding options at January 1, 2012 Options granted Options exercised Options canceled/forfeited 0 $ 2,874,710 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.00 Average Remaining Contractual Term Aggregate Intrinsic Value Outstanding options at December 31, 2012 Vested Options: December 31, 2012: December 31, 2011: 2,874,710 $ 0.16 4.4 years 2,544,118 $ -0- $ 0.16 0.00 4.4 years 0 years $ $ $ -0- -0- -0- For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the unamortized compensation expense for stock options was $43,000 and $-0-, respectively. Unamortized compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3 years. F-21 Table of Contents SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 NOTE 16 – STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS (continued) Warrants Outstanding During 2012 the Company issued 750,000 warrants for services with a fair value of approximately $105,000. The estimated fair value of the warrant has been calculated based on a Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: a) fair market value of stock of $0.03-$0.20; b) exercise price of $0.02-$0.04; c) Dividend yield of 0%; d) Risk free interest rate of 0.25%- 0.33%; e) expected volatility of 280.02%-296.79%; f) Expected life of 2 years.. During 2011 the Company issued approximately 552,000 warrants for services with a fair value of approximately $107,000. The estimated fair value of the warrant has been calculated based on a Black-Scholes pricing model using the following assumptions: a) fair market value of stock of $0.22638; b) exercise price of $0.1811; c) Dividend yield of 0%; d) Risk free interest rate of 0.30%; e) expected volatility of 230.47%; f) Expected life of 1.5 years.. Unexpired warrants outstanding are as follows as of December 31, 2012: Expiration Date July 31, 2014 March12, 2014 July 1, 2014 October 1, 2014 The following table summarizes the warrants transactions: Balance, January 1, 2011 Granted Exercised Canceled Balance, December 31, 2011 Granted Exercised Canceled Balance, December 31, 2012 Outstanding and Exercisable, December 31, 2012 Outstanding and Exercisable, December 31, 2011 F-22 Exercise Price Shares $ 126.77 0.03 0.20 0.20 40 250,000 250,000 250.000 Warrants Outstanding Weighted Average Exercise Price 2,000 $ 552,000 $ - $ - $ 554,000 $ 750,000 $ - $ 553,960 $ 750,040 $ 29.572 .1811 .0000 .0000 .2711 .1433 .0000 .2618 .15 750,040 $ .15 554,000 $ .2694 Table of Contents NOTE 17 – LINE OF CREDIT SILVERSUN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2012 AND 2011 In October 2011 the Company negotiated a line of credit from a bank. The term of the agreement is for three years and expires in October 2014. The agreement included a borrowing base calculation tied to accounts receivable with a maximum availability of $750,000 at 6% interest. . As of December 31, 2012, the availability under this line was approximately $571,367 based upon eligible collateral at December 31, 2012. Interest on outstanding balances is payable daily at an interest rate that is two and three quarters percentage points (2.75%) above the Prime Rate. The line is collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company and is guaranteed by the Company’s CEO, Mr. Meller. The credit facility required the Company to pay a monitoring fee of 0.315% of eligible collateral to be paid monthly. An annual facility fee equal to one percent (1%) of the Maximum Credit is assessed upon the initial funding, annually thereafter. As of December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance was $178,633. As of December 31, 2011 there was no outstanding balance open under this agreement. At December 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with the required financial covenants, the fixed charge ratio and debt to net worth. NOTE 18 – NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST On January 12, 2012, SilverSun Technologies, Inc. entered into a share exchange agreement with SWK Technologies, Inc shareholders to purchase the remaining 20% interest from the non-controlling shareholders. Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the non- controlling shareholders exchanged an aggregate of 25 shares of SWK for a total of 22,664,678 shares (the “Exchange Shares”) of the Company’s Common Stock. NOTE 19 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS In February2013, SWK Technologies, Inc., completed the acquisition of the Sage business partner accounts of Dallas-based Point Solutions, LLC (d/b/a Fusion RMS.com This strategic acquisition allows SWK to immediately expand its growing national Sage practice to Texas and to provide enhanced support to our ERP Alliance partners. In February 2013, SWK Technologies, Inc., also completed the acquisition of the Sage business partner accounts of Colleyville, Texas- based SGEN, LLC (d/b/a Software Generation). This acquisition along with that of the Sage accounts of Point Solutions allows SWK to continue to expand its growing national Sage practice in Texas, and to provide enhanced support to our ERP Alliance partners. F-23 Table of Contents  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 Exhibit 31.1 I, Mark Meller, certify that: 1) I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form 10-K being filed; 2) Based on my knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Report; 3) Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in the Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report; 4) The small business issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the small business issuer and have: (a) (b) (c) (d) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the small business issuer, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business issuer's most recent fiscal quarter (the small business issuer's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting; and 5) I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): (a) (b) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's internal control over financial reporting. By /s/ Mark Meller Mark Meller Principal Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer March 29, 2013  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 Exhibit 32.1 In connection with the Annual Report of SilverSun Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2012 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark Meller, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: 1. 2. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company. /s/ Mark Meller Mark Meller Principal Executive Officer Principal Accounting Officer March 29, 2013 March 29, 2013 

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