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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

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Note 1 - Basis of Presentation
6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]
(1) Basis of Presentation

Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. ("Interiors") is a Delaware corporation incorporated on May 25, 1989. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Interiors, its wholly owned subsidiary Ethan Allen Global, Inc. ("Global"), and Global’s subsidiaries (collectively "We", "Us", "Our", "Ethan Allen", or the "Company"). All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. All of Global’s capital stock is owned by Interiors, which has no assets or operating results other than those associated with its investment in Global.

We prepare our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which 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 consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making those estimates, actual results could differ from those estimates. Areas in which significant estimates have been made include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, the allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, inventory obsolescence, tax valuation allowances, useful lives for property, plant and equipment and definite-lived intangible assets, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment analyses, the evaluation of uncertain tax positions and the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations.

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of a business entity which began operating a new Ethan Allen design center in Florida in fiscal 2012. Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of this entity because we are a majority shareholder and have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s performance. Noncontrolling interest amounts in the entity, which are immaterial, are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations within interest and other miscellaneous income, net.

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company has presented Selling, general and administrative expenses as a single line on the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, to remove information we believe is not meaningful and to improve comparability with peer companies. Selling expenses, General and administrative expenses, and Restructuring and impairment charges had previously been presented separately.