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Market for Ordinary shares
−Removed: Our Ordinary Shares have been listed on the Nasdaq
−Removed: Capital Market since May 3, 2019, under the symbol “ATIF.”
+Added: Ordinary Shares have been listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market since May 3, 2019, under the symbol “ATIF.”
Holders of Record of Ordinary Shares
−Removed: of November 13, 2023, we had approximately 29 shareholders of
−Removed: record for our ordinary shares.
−Removed: The foregoing number of shareholders of record does not include an unknown number of shareholders
−Removed: who hold their shares in “street name.”
+Added: As of November 12, 2024, we had approximately 34 shareholders of record
+Added: for our ordinary shares.
+Added: The foregoing number of shareholders of record does not include an unknown number of shareholders who hold their
+Added: shares in “street name.”
Dividend Policy
−Removed: We do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable
−Removed: We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not expect
−Removed: to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
−Removed: As a result, you may only receive a return on your investment in our Ordinary
−Removed: Shares if the market price of our Ordinary Shares increases.
+Added: do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future.
+Added: We currently intend to retain any future earnings to finance the operation
+Added: and expansion of our business, and we do not expect to declare or pay any dividends in the foreseeable future.
+Added: As a result, you may only
+Added: receive a return on your investment in our Ordinary Shares if the market price of our Ordinary Shares increases.
Purchases of Equity Securities
−Removed: Neither we nor any “affiliated purchaser,”
−Removed: as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) of the Exchange Act, purchased any of our equity securities during the period covered by this
−Removed: annual report.
+Added: we nor any “affiliated purchaser,” as defined in Rule 10b-18(a)(3) of the Exchange Act, purchased any of our equity
+Added: securities during the period covered by this annual report.
Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity
Compensation Plans.
−Removed: Sales of Unregistered Securities
−Removed: In the three years preceding the filing of this
−Removed: registration statement, we issued the securities described below without registration under the Securities Act.
−Removed: Unless otherwise indicated
−Removed: below, the securities were issued pursuant to the private placement exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation
−Removed: D promulgated thereunder.
−Removed: On November 6, 2020, in a private placement, we
−Removed: sold to three accredited investors 869,565 Ordinary Shares and warrants to purchase a total of 869,565 Ordinary Shares at an exercise
−Removed: price of $4.60 per share which are exercisable for five years from the date of issuance.
−Removed: We also issued to the placement agent warrants
−Removed: to purchase 78,261 ordinary shares at an exercise price equal to $4.60 and are exercisable 180 days after November 3, 2020.
−Removed: - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: The discussion should be read in conjunction
−Removed: with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Some of the statements contained
−Removed: in the following discussion of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations refer to future expectations or include
−Removed: other “forward-looking” information.
−Removed: Those statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
−Removed: that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated, including, but not limited to, those discussed in Part
−Removed: I, Item 1A of this report under the heading “Risk Factors,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
−Removed: Note regarding Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of factors to be considered when
−Removed: evaluating forward-looking information detailed below.
−Removed: These factors could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking
+Added: Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
+Added: the three years preceding the filing of this registration statement, we issued the securities described below without registration under
+Added: the Securities Act.
+Added: Unless otherwise indicated below, the securities were issued pursuant to the private placement exemption provided
+Added: by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D promulgated thereunder.
+Added: On April 16, 2024, the Company entered into a
+Added: Securities Purchase Agreement (the “April 16 Purchase Agreement”) with a non- U.S investor named in the Purchase Agreement
+Added: (the “Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell an aggregate of 1,092,512 newly issued ordinary shares of
+Added: the Company, $0.001 par value per ordinary share (the “Ordinary Shares”) at a purchase price of $1.23 per share (the “April
+Added: 16 Private Placement”).
+Added: In connection with the Private Placement, the Company received gross proceeds in the amount of $1,343,789.76.
+Added: April 18, 2024, the Company entered into two securities purchase agreements (the “April 18 Purchase Agreements”) in a
+Added: private placement (the “April 18 Private Placement”) of the Company’s 813,010 newly issued ordinary shares, par
+Added: value $0.001 per ordinary share, with one (1) U.S.
+Added: accredited investor, as defined under Rule 501 of Regulation D, and one (1)
+Added: investor (individually, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”), at the purchase price of
+Added: $1.23 per ordinary share.
+Added: The Company received gross proceeds in the amount of $1,000,002.38 in connection with the Private
+Added: Each of the April 18 Purchase Agreements and April
+Added: 16 Purchase Agreement contained customary representations, warranties and covenants by the parties for offerings of similar sizes.
+Added: Company agreed that within a reasonable time after the Closing, the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or other
+Added: appropriate form if the Company is not then S-3 eligible) providing for the resale by the Investors of the purchased ordinary shares.
+Added: We are filing the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part to satisfy this obligation.
+Added: On April 29, 2024, the Company entered into a
+Added: deferred salary conversion agreement (“ Deferred Salary Conversion Agreement ”) with Mr.
+Added: Jun Liu, the president, chief
+Added: executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of the Company.
+Added: Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed
+Added: to issue and Mr.
+Added: Liu agreed to accept 384,478 ordinary shares (“ Deferred Salary Debt Shares ”), $0.001 par value in
+Added: lieu of an unpaid salary of $349,875 owed to Mr.
+Added: Liu at a per share price of $0.91 which was the Nasdaq consolidated closing bid price
+Added: per share of the Company’s ordinary shares on April 29, 2024.
+Added: - MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
+Added: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: The discussion should
+Added: be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: of the statements contained in the following discussion of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations refer to
+Added: future expectations or include other “forward-looking” information.
+Added: Those statements are subject to known and unknown risks,
+Added: uncertainties and other factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contemplated, including, but not limited
+Added: to, those discussed in Part I, Item 1A of this report under the heading “Risk Factors,” which are incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: See “Special Note regarding Forward-Looking Statements” included in this Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of factors to
+Added: be considered when evaluating forward-looking information detailed below.
+Added: These factors could cause our actual results to differ materially
+Added: from the forward-looking statements.
Business Overview
−Removed: We offer financial consulting services to small
−Removed: and medium-sized enterprise customers in Asia and North America.
−Removed: Our goal is to become an international financial consulting company with
−Removed: clients and offices throughout Asia.
−Removed: Since our inception in 2015, the focus of our consulting business has been providing comprehensive
−Removed: going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges.
−Removed: On January 4, 2021, we established an office in
−Removed: California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, and launched, in addition to our business consulting
−Removed: services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand our business with
−Removed: a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
−Removed: Reverse Split
−Removed: On August 12, 2021, our Board of Directors approved
−Removed: a reverse stock split (the “Reverse Split”) of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share, at
−Removed: a ratio of 1 -for-5so that every five (5) shares issued and outstanding on the date of the Reverse Split was combined into one (1) ordinary
−Removed: share, US$0.005 par value.
−Removed: Shareholders otherwise entitled to receive a fractional share as a result of the reverse stock split will receive
−Removed: a whole share in lieu of such factional share, as relevant.
−Removed: Both before and after completion of the Reverse Split, the Company is
−Removed: and will be authorized to issue 100,000,000,000 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value each.
−Removed: As a result of the Reverse Split, the Company’s
−Removed: issued and outstanding ordinary shares was reduced from 45,806,952 ordinary shares of US$0.001 par value each to approximately 9,161,390
−Removed: ordinary shares of par value $0.005 per share.
−Removed: On August 23, 2021, we amended our Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association
−Removed: in connection with our one -for- five reverse stock split to amend the par value back to $0.001 per ordinary share.
−Removed: Our ordinary shares,
−Removed: as adjusted per the Reverse Split, began trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market on August 30, 2021.
−Removed: Recent Updates
−Removed: On October 6 and October
−Removed: 7, 2022, ATIF Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ATIF, established ATIF Business Consulting LLC (“ATIF BC”) and ATIF Business
−Removed: Management LLC (“ATIF BM”) under the laws of California of the United States, respectively.
−Removed: On August 1, 2022, ATIF
−Removed: USA entered into and closed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Asia Time (HK) International Finance Service
−Removed: Limited (the “Buyer”), pursuant to which the Company sold all of its equity interest in ATIF GP for cash consideration of
−Removed: US$50,000 (the “Agreement”).
−Removed: The management believed the disposition does not represent a strategic shift because it is not
−Removed: changing the way it is running its business.
−Removed: The Company has not shifted the nature of its operations.
−Removed: The termination is not accounted
−Removed: as discontinued operations in accordance with ASC 205-20.
−Removed: Upon the closing of the Agreement, ATIF GP is no longer our subsidiary and ATIF
−Removed: USA ceased to be the investment manager of ATIF LP.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2023,
−Removed: we had one reporting segment, which is the provision of financial consulting services.
+Added: We offer financial consulting
+Added: services to small and medium-sized enterprise customers in Asia and North America.
+Added: Our goal is to become an international financial consulting
+Added: company with clients and offices throughout Asia.
+Added: Since our inception in 2015, the focus of our consulting business has been providing
+Added: comprehensive going public consulting services designed to help SMEs become public companies on suitable markets and exchanges.
+Added: On January 4, 2021, we established
+Added: an office in California, USA, through our wholly owned subsidiary ATIF Inc., a California corporation, and launched, in addition to our
+Added: business consulting services, additional service models consisting of asset management, investment holding and media services to expand
+Added: our business with a flexible business concept to achieve a goal of high growth revenue and strong profit growth.
Our financial consulting services
−Removed: Currently we provide consulting services to the
−Removed: companies based in North America seeking listing in U.S..
+Added: Currently we provide consulting
+Added: services to the companies based in North America seeking listing in U.S..
We launched our consulting services in 2015.
−Removed: Our aim was to assist Chinese enterprises
−Removed: by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between PRC companies and overseas stock markets and exchanges.
−Removed: We have a team of qualified and
−Removed: experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language expertise in several jurisdictions outside the U.S.
−Removed: Our services were designed
−Removed: to help small and medium-sized enterprises (“SME”) in China achieve their goal of becoming public companies.
−Removed: we shifted our geographic focus from China to North America emphasizing on helping mid and small companies in North America become public
−Removed: companies on the U.S.
+Added: Our aim was to
+Added: assist Chinese enterprises by filling the gaps and forming a bridge between PRC companies and overseas stock markets and exchanges.
+Added: have a team of qualified and experienced personnel with legal, regulatory, and language expertise in several jurisdictions outside the
+Added: Our services were designed to help small and medium-sized enterprises (“SME”) in China achieve their goal of becoming
+Added: public companies.
+Added: In May 2022, we shifted our geographic focus from China to North America emphasizing on helping mid and small companies
+Added: in North America become public companies on the U.S.
capital markets.
−Removed: We would create a going public strategy for each client based on many factors of such client, including
−Removed: our assessment of the client’s financial and operational situations, market conditions, and the client’s business and financing
−Removed: requirements.
−Removed: Since our inception and up to the date of this report, we have successfully helped three Chinese enterprises to be quoted
−Removed: OTC markets and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going public efforts.
−Removed: Most of our current and
−Removed: past clients have been Chinese, U.S.
−Removed: and Mexican companies, and we plan to expand our operations to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia,
−Removed: Vietnam, and Singapore with continuing focus on the North American market in the coming years.
−Removed: For the years ended July 31,
−Removed: 2023 and 2022, we provided consulting services to three and three customers, respectively, which primarily engaged the Company to
−Removed: provide consulting services relating to going public in the US through IPO, reverse merger and acquisition.
−Removed: On May 31, 2022, we completed
−Removed: the transfer of our equity interest in ATIF HK and Huaya, through which we provided consulting services to Chinese companies.
−Removed: to focus on providing consulting services to customers based in North America and other areas and intend to continue cooperating with
−Removed: Huaya in connection with the expansion and provision of our business services in China.
−Removed: From April 2022 through the date of this report,
−Removed: the Company entered into consulting agreements with five customers, among which four are based in the North America.
−Removed: total revenue generated from consulting services amounted to $2.5 million and $1.7 million for the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022,
−Removed: respectively.
+Added: We would create a going public strategy for each client based on
+Added: many factors of such client, including our assessment of the client’s financial and operational situations, market conditions, and
+Added: the client’s business and financing requirements.
+Added: Since our inception and up to the date of this report, we have successfully helped
+Added: nine Chinese enterprises to be quoted on the U.S.
+Added: OTC markets and are currently assisting our other clients in their respective going
+Added: public efforts.
+Added: Most of our current and past clients have been Chinese, U.S.
+Added: and Mexican companies, and we plan to expand our operations
+Added: to other Asian countries, such as Malaysia, Vietnam, and Singapore with continuing focus on the North American market in the coming years.
+Added: For the fiscal years ended
+Added: July 31, 2024 and 2023, we provided consulting services to eight and three customers, respectively, which primarily engaged the Company
+Added: to provide consulting services relating to going public in the US through IPO, reverse merger and acquisition.
+Added: We focus on providing consulting
+Added: services to customers based in North America and other areas and intend to continue cooperating with Huaya in connection with the expansion
+Added: and provision of our business services in China.
+Added: From April 2022 through the date of this report, the Company entered into consulting
+Added: agreements with nine customers, among which three are based in the North America.
+Added: Our total revenue generated
+Added: from consulting services amounted to approximately $0.6 million and $2.5 million for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Key Factors that Affect our Business
−Removed: We believe the following key factors may affect
−Removed: our consulting services:
−Removed: Our business success depends on our
−Removed: ability to acquire customers effectively.
−Removed: Our customer acquisition
−Removed: channels primarily include our sales and marketing campaigns and existing customer referrals.
−Removed: In order to acquire customers, we have made
−Removed: significant efforts in building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with local government, academic institutions, and local business
−Removed: associations.
+Added: We believe the following key
+Added: factors may affect our consulting services:
+Added: Our business success depends on our ability to acquire customers
+Added: Our customer acquisition channels
+Added: primarily include our sales and marketing campaigns and existing customer referrals.
+Added: In order to acquire customers, we have made significant
+Added: efforts in building mutually beneficial long-term relationships with local government, academic institutions, and local business associations.
In addition, we also market our consulting services through social media, such as WeChat and Weibo.
−Removed: If any of our current
−Removed: customer acquisition channels becomes less effective, we are unable to continue to use any of these channels or we are not successful
−Removed: in using new channels, we may not be able to attract new customers in a cost-effective manner or convert potential customers into active
−Removed: customers or even lose our existing customers to our competitors.
−Removed: To the extent that our current customer acquisition and retention efforts
−Removed: become less effective, our service revenue may be significantly impacted, which would have a significant adverse effect on our revenues,
−Removed: financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Our consulting business faces strong
+Added: If any of our current customer acquisition
+Added: channels becomes less effective, we are unable to continue to use any of these channels or we are not successful in using new channels,
+Added: we may not be able to attract new customers in a cost-effective manner or convert potential customers into active customers or even lose
+Added: our existing customers to our competitors.
+Added: To the extent that our current customer acquisition and retention efforts become less effective,
+Added: our service revenue may be significantly impacted, which would have a significant adverse effect on our revenues, financial condition,
+Added: and results of operations.
+Added: Our consulting business faces strong market competition.
+Added: We are currently facing intense
market competition.
−Removed: are currently facing intense market competition.
−Removed: Some of our current or potential competitors have significantly more financial, technical,
−Removed: marketing, and other resources than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, and support of their
−Removed: customer acquisition and retention channels.
−Removed: In light of the low barriers to entry into the financial consulting industry, we expect more
−Removed: players to enter this market and increase the level of competition.
−Removed: Our ability to differentiate our services from other competitors will
−Removed: have a significant impact on our business growth in the future.
−Removed: Our business depends on our ability
−Removed: to attract and retain key personnel.
−Removed: We rely heavily on the expertise and leadership
−Removed: of our directors and officers to maintain our core competence.
−Removed: Under their leadership, we have been able to achieve rapid expansion and
−Removed: significant growth since our inception in 2015.
−Removed: As our business scope increases, we expect to continue to invest significant resources
−Removed: in hiring and retaining a deep talent pool of financial consultancy professionals.
−Removed: Our ability to sustain our growth will depend on our
−Removed: ability to attract qualified personnel and retain our current staff.
+Added: Some of our current or potential competitors have significantly more financial, technical, marketing, and other resources
+Added: than we do and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion, and support of their customer acquisition and retention
+Added: In light of the low barriers to entry into the financial consulting industry, we expect more players to enter this market and
+Added: increase the level of competition.
+Added: Our ability to differentiate our services from other competitors will have a significant impact on
+Added: our business growth in the future.
+Added: Our business depends on our ability to attract and retain key
+Added: We rely heavily on the expertise
+Added: and leadership of our directors and officers to maintain our core competence.
+Added: Under their leadership, we have been able to achieve rapid
+Added: expansion and significant growth since our inception in 2015.
+Added: As our business scope increases, we expect to continue to invest significant
+Added: resources in hiring and retaining a deep talent pool of financial consultancy professionals.
+Added: Our ability to sustain our growth will depend
+Added: on our ability to attract qualified personnel and retain our current staff.
Results of Operations
−Removed: The following table summarizes the results of
−Removed: our operations for the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and provides information regarding the dollar and percentage
−Removed: increase or (decrease) during such periods.
+Added: The following table summarizes
+Added: the results of our operations for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and provides information regarding the
+Added: dollar and percentage increase or (decrease) during such periods.
For the years ended
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Revenues – a related party
−Removed: Cost of revenues
+Added: $ (1,830,000 )
Operating expenses:
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General and administrative expenses
−Removed: Provision against accounts receivable due from a related party
+Added: (Reversal of provision) provision against accounts receivable due from a related party
Total operating expenses
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Interest income, net
−Removed: Other income (expenses), net
+Added: Other (expenses) income, net
Provision against due from buyers of LGC
−Removed: Gain (loss) from investment in trading securities
+Added: (Loss) gain from investment in trading securities
Gain from disposal of subsidiaries and VIE
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$ (2,882,299 )
−Removed: Our total revenue increased
−Removed: by $0.8 million, or 47%, from $1.7 million in fiscal year 2022, to $2.5 million in fiscal year 2023, primarily attributable to an increase
−Removed: of $0.5 million from consulting services to related parties.
−Removed: The increase in revenues from related parties
−Removed: was primarily because we provided consulting services to more customers on behalf of related parties.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023,
−Removed: we provided consulting services to two customers on behalf of a related party, while for the same period ended July 31, 2022, we provided
−Removed: consulting services to one customer on behalf of a related party.
−Removed: Cost of revenues.
−Removed: We incurred cost
−Removed: of revenues of $0.7 million in the year ended July 31, 2022 which was mainly incurred for direct costs including purchase of a shell company
−Removed: on the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market and consulting expenses for one customer.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023, we did
−Removed: not incur such expenses.
−Removed: Selling expenses.
+Added: total revenue decreased by approximately $1.8 million, or 75%, from approximately $2.5 million in fiscal year 2023, to approximately $0.6
+Added: million in fiscal year 2024, primarily attributable to a decrease of approximately $0.7 million and $1.1 million, respectively, from consulting
+Added: services to third parties and related parties.
+Added: The decrease in revenues from
+Added: third parties was primarily because we provided listing related consulting services for seven customers and earned consulting service
+Added: fees of approximately $0.4 million for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024, while we provided phase completed phase I and phase II services
+Added: for two customers and earned consulting service fees of approximately $1.2 million for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
+Added: I and phase II service fees are higher than listing related consulting services, because the phase I and phase II services take longer
+Added: The decrease in revenues from
+Added: related parties was primarily because we provided consulting services to less customers on behalf of related parties.
+Added: For the fiscal year
+Added: ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, we provided consulting services to one and two customers on behalf of a related party, respectively.
Selling expenses.
−Removed: decreased by $0.4 million, or 64%, from $0.6 million in year ended July 31, 2022 to $0.2 million in the same period ended July 31, 2023.
−Removed: Our selling expenses primarily consisted of outsourced service fees charged by third-party service providers, business development expenses,
−Removed: potential customer referral commissions, salary and welfare expenses of our business development team, and business travel expenses.
−Removed: decrease in our selling expenses was primarily due to a decrease of $0.3 million in consulting expenses.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023,
−Removed: the Company identified potential customers on its own and did not engage consultants to develop new customers.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Company
−Removed: did not incur consulting expenses for the year ended July 31, 2023.
−Removed: As a percentage of sales, our selling expenses
−Removed: were 8% and 34% of our total revenues for the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: and administrative expenses.
−Removed: Our general and administrative expenses decreased by $0.4 million,
−Removed: or 15%, from $2.7 million in fiscal year 2022 to $2.2 million in fiscal year 2023.
−Removed: Our general and administrative expenses primarily
−Removed: consisted of salary and welfare expenses of management and administrative team, office expenses, operating lease expenses.
−Removed: in general and administrative expenses was primarily because the general and administrative expenses of the year 2022 included the expenses
−Removed: of $0.4 million incurred by ATIF HK and Huaya, the equity interest in which were transferred in May 2022.
−Removed: As a percentage of sales, our general and administrative
−Removed: expenses were 91% and 159% of our total revenues for the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
−Removed: Provision against due from buyers of LGC.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023, the Company provided full provision of $2,654,767 against
−Removed: the balances due from buyers of LGC as the management assessed it is remote to collect the outstanding balance.
−Removed: The balance due from buyers
−Removed: of LGC arose from our disposition of 51.2% of the equity interest of LGC in January 2021.
−Removed: Provision against accounts receivable due
−Removed: from a related party.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023, the Company provided full provision
+Added: expenses increased by approximately $0.1 million, or 61%, from approximately $0.2 million in year ended July 31, 2023 to approximately
+Added: $0.3 million in the same period ended July 31, 2024.
+Added: Our selling expenses primarily consisted of promotion and advertising expenses.
+Added: increase in our selling expenses was primarily due to an increase of amortization expenses of approximately $0.1 million for TV promotion
+Added: As a percentage of sales,
+Added: our selling expenses were 54% and 8% of our total revenues for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Our general and administrative expenses kept stable at $2.3 million and $2.2 million For the fiscal years ended July
+Added: 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: Our general and administrative expenses primarily consisted of salary and welfare expenses of management
+Added: and administrative team, professional expenses, office expenses, operating lease expenses.
+Added: The increase in general and administrative
+Added: expenses was primarily due to an increase of legal expenses of approximately $0.5 million for legal proceedings with both Boustead Securities,
+Added: LLC and J.P Morgan Securities LLC, partially offset by a decrease of approximately $0.2 million in rental expenses because we modified
+Added: an office lease agreement, a decrease of approximately $0.1 million in payroll expenses because we adjusted monthly payroll expenses to
+Added: Jun Liu from $20,000 to $1 since February 2024, and a decrease of approximately $0.1 million in office expenses.
+Added: As a percentage of sales,
+Added: our general and administrative expenses were 365% and 91% of our total revenues for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
+Added: (Reversal of provision)
+Added: provision against accounts receivable due from a related party.
+Added: For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, we provided full provision
of $762,000 against the accounts receivable due from Huaya as the management assessed it is remote to collect the outstanding balance.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2023, interest income arose from bank deposits.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2022, interest income represented 1) the interest income of $0.4 million from outstanding balance of $2.3
−Removed: million due from buyers of LGC arising from the Company’s disposition of 51.2% equity interest in LGC.
−Removed: The interest rate for outstanding
−Removed: balance was 10% per annum, and 2) the minimal interest income from bank deposits.
−Removed: (loss ) from investment in trading securities.
−Removed: Loss from investment in trading securities represented fair value changes from investment in trading securities, which was measured
−Removed: at market price.
−Removed: For the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, we recorded an investment gain of $0.2 million and a loss of $2.4 million,
−Removed: respectively.
−Removed: from disposal of subsidiaries .
−Removed: For the year ended
−Removed: July 31, 2023, the Company reported a gain of approximately $56,000 from disposal of ATIF GP.
−Removed: For the year ended July 31, 2022, the Company
−Removed: reported a gain of $1.0 million from disposal of ATIF HK and Huaya.
+Added: For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024, we reversed provision of $19,103 because Huaya paid salary expenses of $19,103 on our behalf.
+Added: Provision against due
+Added: from buyers of LGC.
+Added: For the fiscal year ended July 31, 2023, we provided full provision of $2,654,767 against the balances due
+Added: from buyers of LGC as the management assessed it is remote to collect the outstanding balance.
+Added: The balance due from buyers of LGC arose
+Added: from our disposition of 51.2% of the equity interest of LGC in January 2021.
+Added: We did not incur such expenses for the fiscal year ended
+Added: July 31, 2024.
+Added: Loss (gain) from investment
+Added: in trading securities.
+Added: Loss (gains) from investment in trading securities represented fair value changes from investment in trading
+Added: securities, which was measured at market price.
+Added: For the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024 and 2023, we recorded an investment loss of approximately
+Added: $0.4 million and an investment gain of approximately $0.2 million, respectively.
Income taxes.
−Removed: We are incorporated
−Removed: in the British Virgin Islands.
−Removed: Under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, we are not subject to tax on income or capital gains
−Removed: in the British Virgin Islands.
−Removed: Additionally, upon payments of dividends to the shareholders, no British Virgin Islands withholding tax
−Removed: will be imposed.
−Removed: ATIF HK is incorporated in Hong Kong and is subject
−Removed: to Hong Kong Profits Tax on the taxable income as reported in its statutory financial statements adjusted in accordance with relevant
−Removed: Hong Kong tax laws.
−Removed: The applicable tax rate for the first HKD$2 million of assessable profits is 8.25% and assessable profits above HKD$2
−Removed: million will continue to be subject to the rate of 16.5% for corporations in Hong Kong, effective from the year of assessment 2018/2019.
−Removed: ATIF HK did not generate any assessable profits
−Removed: arising in or derived from Hong Kong for the period from July 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022 when the Company transferred its equity interests
−Removed: Accordingly no provision for Hong Kong profits tax has been made in the period.
−Removed: was incorporated in the PRC.
−Removed: Under the Income Tax Laws of the PRC, Huaya is subject to income tax at a rate of 10% under the preferential
−Removed: tax treatment to Smaller-scale Taxpayers for the year ended July 31, 2022.
−Removed: ATIF Inc, ATIF GP, ATIF LP, ATIF BD, ATIF BC and
−Removed: ATIF BM were established in the U.S and are subject to federal and state income taxes on its business operations.
−Removed: The federal tax rate
−Removed: is 21% and state tax rate is 8.84%.
−Removed: We also evaluated the impact from the recent tax reforms in the United States, including the Coronavirus
−Removed: Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (“HERO
−Removed: Act”), which were both passed in 2020, No material impact on the ATIF US is expected based on our analysis.
−Removed: We will continue to
−Removed: monitor the potential impact going forward.
−Removed: tax expense was $31,200 for the year ended July 31, 2023 because
−Removed: our USA subsidiaries were making taxable income during the
−Removed: year of 2023.
−Removed: Income tax expense was $nil for the years ended July 31, 2022 due to significant net operating loss in fiscal year of 2022
−Removed: which resulted in taxable losses.
−Removed: As a result of foregoing,
−Removed: net loss was $2.9 million for the year ended July 31, 2023, a decrease of $0.5 million from net loss of $3.4 million in fiscal year
+Added: We are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
+Added: Under the current laws of the British Virgin Islands, we are not subject to tax on
+Added: income or capital gains in the British Virgin Islands.
+Added: Additionally, upon payments of dividends to the shareholders, no British Virgin
+Added: Islands withholding tax will be imposed.
+Added: ATIF Inc, ATIF BD, ATIF BC
+Added: and ATIF BM were established in the U.S and are subject to federal and state income taxes on its business operations.
+Added: The federal tax
+Added: rate is 21% and state tax rate is 8.84%.
+Added: We also evaluated the impact from the recent tax reforms in the United States, including the
+Added: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions
+Added: Act (“HERO Act”), which were both passed in 2020, No material impact on the ATIF US is expected based on our analysis.
+Added: will continue to monitor the potential impact going forward.
+Added: tax expense was $3,300 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2024, because three of our US subsidiaries are subject to state taxes during
+Added: the year of 2024.
+Added: Income tax expense was $31,200 for the fiscal years ended July 31, 2023, because our USA subsidiaries were making taxable income
+Added: during the year of 2023.
+Added: a result of foregoing, net loss was approximately $3.2 million for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2024, an increase of $0.3 million from
+Added: net loss of $2.9 million in fiscal year 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: date, we have financed our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, working capital loans from our major shareholders,
−Removed: proceeds from our initial public offering, and equity financing through public offerings of our securities.
−Removed: We plan to support our future
−Removed: operations primarily from cash generated from our operations and cash on hand.
−Removed: However, the Company may need to raise the cash flow from
−Removed: related parties, and there is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain funds on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
+Added: To date, we have financed
+Added: our operations primarily through cash flows from operations, working capital loans from our major shareholders, proceeds from our initial
+Added: public offering, and equity financing through public offerings of our securities.
+Added: We plan to support our future operations primarily from
+Added: cash generated from our operations and cash on hand.
+Added: However, the Company may need to raise the cash flow from related parties, and there
+Added: is no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain funds on commercially acceptable terms, if at all.
Liquidity and Going concern
−Removed: the years ended July 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company reported a net loss of approximately $2.9 million
−Removed: and $3.4 million, respectively, and operating cash outflows from continuing operations of approximately $2.3 million and $0.1 million.
−Removed: In assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash and its ability to
−Removed: generate sufficient cash flow in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure commitments.
−Removed: As of July 31, 2023, the Company had cash of $0.6
−Removed: million and accounts receivables of $0.6 million due from a related party, which were highly liquid.
−Removed: On the other hand, the Company had
−Removed: current liabilities of $1.5 million, among which $0.7 million was due to related parties.
−Removed: The balance due to related parties are payable
−Removed: on demand and may be extended.
−Removed: The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent on management’s ability to
−Removed: successfully execute its business plan, which includes increasing revenue while controlling operating cost and expenses to generate positive
−Removed: operating cash flows and obtain financing from outside sources.
−Removed: Because of losses from operations, working capital
−Removed: deficit, and the requirement of additional capital to fund our current operating plan at July 31, 2023, these factors indicate the existence
−Removed: of an uncertainty that raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements have
−Removed: been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset
−Removed: amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described above.
−Removed: We have not declared nor paid any cash dividends
−Removed: to our shareholders.
+Added: For the years ended July 31,
+Added: 2024 and 2023, the Company reported a net loss of approximately $3.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively, and operating cash outflows
+Added: approximately $0.1 million and $2.3 million.
+Added: In assessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, the Company monitors
+Added: and analyzes its cash and its ability to generate sufficient cash flow in the future to support its operating and capital expenditure
+Added: Because of losses from operations, cash out from operating activities, and the requirement of additional capital to fund
+Added: our current operating plan at July 31, 2024, these factors indicate the existence of an uncertainty that raises substantial doubt about
+Added: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: As of July 31, 2024, the Company
+Added: had cash of $1.2 million, short-term investment in trading securities of $0.4 million, due from a related party of $0.9 million and accounts
+Added: receivables of $0.2 million due from a related party, which were highly liquid.
+Added: On the other hand, the Company had current liabilities
+Added: of $1.0 million.
+Added: The Company’s cash on hand could well cover the current liabilities.
+Added: The Company’s ability to continue as
+Added: a going concern is dependent on management’s ability to successfully execute its business plan, which includes increasing revenue
+Added: while controlling operating cost and expenses to generate positive operating cash flows and obtain financing from outside sources.
+Added: The consolidated financial
+Added: statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities
+Added: in the ordinary course of business.
+Added: The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification
+Added: of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might result from the outcome of the uncertainties described
+Added: We have not declared nor paid
+Added: any cash dividends to our shareholders.
We do not plan to pay any dividends out of our restricted net assets as of July 31, 2024.
−Removed: We have limited financial obligations denominated
−Removed: dollars, thus the foreign currency restrictions and regulations in the PRC on the dividends distribution will not have a material
−Removed: impact on our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: The following table sets forth summary of our
−Removed: cash flows for the years indicated:
+Added: The following table sets forth summary of our cash
+Added: flows for the years indicated:
For the Years Ended
−Removed: Net cash used in by operating activities
−Removed: $ (2,333,899 )
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
−Removed: Effect of exchange rate change on cash
−Removed: Net decrease in cash
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
+Added: Net cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash
Cash, beginning of year
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Operating Activities
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was $2.3
−Removed: million in fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was primarily comprised of net loss of $2.9 million,
−Removed: adjusted for provision of $2.7 million against due from buyers of LGC, and provision of $0.8 million against accounts receivable due from
−Removed: a related party, and net changes in our operating assets and liabilities, principally comprising of (i) an increase of accounts receivable
−Removed: of $0.7 million due from third parties and $0.6 million due from a related party, respectively.
−Removed: The increase was in line with increase
−Removed: of revenues, and (ii) a decrease of accrued expenses and other current liabilities of $2.0 million as the Company was no longer liable
−Removed: to an investment bank for loss making since disposal of ATIF GP.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was $0.1
−Removed: million in fiscal year ended July 31, 2022.
−Removed: Net cash used in operating activities was primarily comprised of net loss of $3.4 million,
−Removed: adjusted for loss of $2.4 million from investment in trading securities, and net changes in our operating assets and liabilities, principally
−Removed: comprising of an increase of accounts receivable of $0.8 million due from a related party, and an increase of accrued expenses and other
−Removed: current liabilities of $1.8 million as the Company is liable to an investment bank for loss making during the year ended July 31, 2022.
+Added: cash used in operating activities was approximately $0.1 million in fiscal year ended July 31, 2024.
+Added: Net cash used in operating
+Added: activities was primarily comprised of net loss of approximately $3.2 million, adjusted for loss of approximately $0.4 million from
+Added: investment in trading securities, and net changes in our operating assets
+Added: and liabilities, principally comprising of (i) a decrease of accounts receivable of approximately $0.7 million due
+Added: from third parties and $0.4 million due from a related party, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was because we collected outstanding
+Added: balance due from customers, (ii) a decrease of prepaid expenses and other current assets of approximately $0.3 million, which was
+Added: due to amortization of advertising service fees, and (iii) an increase of accrued expenses and other current liabilities of
+Added: approximately $1.3 million.
+Added: Net cash used in operating
+Added: activities was approximately $2.3 million in fiscal year ended July 31, 2023.
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities was primarily
+Added: comprised of net loss of approximately $2.9 million, adjusted for provision of approximately $2.7 million against due from buyers of LGC,
+Added: and provision of approximately $0.8 million against accounts receivable due from a related party, and net changes in our operating assets
+Added: and liabilities, principally comprising of (i) an increase of accounts receivable of approximately $0.7 million due from third parties
+Added: and approximately $0.6 million due from a related party, respectively.
+Added: The increase was in line with increase of revenues, and (ii) a
+Added: decrease of accrued expenses and other current liabilities of approximately $2.0 million as the Company was no longer liable to an investment
+Added: bank for loss making since disposal of ATIF GP.
Investing Activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by investing activities was
−Removed: $0.4 million in fiscal year 2023, primarily consisting of proceeds of $0.3 million from disposal of investments in two equity securities,
−Removed: redemption of $94,799 from short-term investments, proceeds of $72,000 from disposal of property and equipment, and collection of loans
−Removed: of $59,000 from a related party, partially offset against loans of $0.1 million made to a related party.
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities was $1.6
−Removed: million in fiscal year 2022, primarily consisting of purchase of investment of $1.4 million in listed equity securities, investment of
−Removed: $0.3 million in two equity securities, partially offset against proceeds of $0.2 million from disposal of property and equipment.
+Added: Net cash used in investing
+Added: activities was approximately $1.6 million in fiscal year 2024, primarily consisting of loans of approximately $0.9 million made to a related
+Added: party and investment of approximately $0.7 million in trading securities.
+Added: Net cash provided by investing
+Added: activities was approximately $0.4 million in fiscal year 2023, primarily consisting of proceeds of approximately $0.3 million from disposal
+Added: of investments in two equity securities, redemption of $94,799 from short-term investments, proceeds of $72,000 from disposal of property
+Added: and equipment, and collection of loans of $59,000 from a related party, partially offset against loans of approximately $0.1 million made
+Added: to a related party.
Financing Activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities was
−Removed: $0.7 million in fiscal year 2023, which was provided by borrowings of $0.7 million from a related party.
−Removed: Net cash used in financing activities was $2.0
−Removed: million in fiscal year 2022, primarily consisting of payment of $3.0 million to three limited partners of ATIF LP, as withdrawal of investment,
−Removed: partially offset by proceeds of $1.1 million in relation to exercise of warrants by investors who subscribed for ordinary shares offered
−Removed: in registered direct offering which closed in November 2020.
−Removed: Accounting Policies and Estimate
−Removed: We prepare our audited consolidated financial
−Removed: statements in accordance with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP, which requires our management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities
−Removed: and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
−Removed: during the reporting periods.
−Removed: As a result, management is required to routinely make judgments and estimates about the effects of matters
−Removed: that are inherently uncertain.
+Added: Net cash provided by financing
+Added: activities was approximately $2.3 million in fiscal year 2024, which was provided by proceeds of approximately $2.3 million from issuance
+Added: of ordinary shares pursuant to a private placement
+Added: Net cash provided by financing
+Added: activities was approximately $0.7 million in fiscal year 2023, which was provided by borrowings of approximately $0.7 million from a related
+Added: Critical Accounting Policies and Estimate
+Added: We prepare our audited consolidated
+Added: financial statements in accordance with U.S.
+Added: GAAP, which requires our management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of
+Added: assets, liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates, as well as the reported amounts of
+Added: revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.
+Added: As a result, management is required to routinely make judgments and estimates about
+Added: the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain.
Actual results may differ from these estimates under different conditions or assumptions.
−Removed: Critical accounting policy is both material to
−Removed: the presentation of financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments that could have a
−Removed: material effect on financial condition or results of operations.
−Removed: Accounting estimates and assumptions may become critical when they are
−Removed: material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such
−Removed: matters to change, and that have a material impact on financial condition or operating performance.
−Removed: Critical accounting estimates are estimates that
−Removed: require us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate were made and if different
−Removed: estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably likely occur
−Removed: from period to period, have a material impact on the presentation of our financial condition, changes in financial condition or results
−Removed: of operations.
−Removed: Due to the level of activity and lack of complex transactions, we believe there are currently no critical accounting policies
−Removed: and estimates that affect the preparation of our financial statements.
+Added: Critical accounting policy
+Added: is both material to the presentation of financial statements and requires management to make difficult, subjective or complex judgments
+Added: that could have a material effect on financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: Accounting estimates and assumptions may become critical
+Added: when they are material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility
+Added: of such matters to change, and that have a material impact on financial condition or operating performance.
+Added: Critical accounting estimates
+Added: are estimates that require us to make assumptions about matters that were highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimate were made
+Added: and if different estimates that we reasonably could have used in the current period, or changes in the accounting estimate that are reasonably
+Added: likely occur from period to period, have a material impact on the presentation of our financial condition, changes in financial condition
+Added: or results of operations.
+Added: Due to the level of activity and lack of complex transactions, we believe there are currently no critical accounting
+Added: policies and estimates that affect the preparation of our financial statements.
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES
ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: As a smaller reporting company we are not required
−Removed: to provide the information required by this item.
+Added: a smaller reporting company we are not required to provide the information required by this item.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY
−Removed: The financial statements required by this item
−Removed: begin on page F-1 with the index to financial statements followed by the financial statements.
+Added: financial statements required by this item begin on page F-1 with the index to financial statements followed by the financial statements.
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