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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer
+Added: and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September
+Added: The term “disclosure controls and procedures,”
+Added: as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange
+Added: Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to
+Added: ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
+Added: recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
+Added: recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of
+Added: achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost benefit relationship of possible
+Added: controls and procedures.
+Added: Based on its evaluation, management concluded as of September 30, 2018 that its disclosure controls and
+Added: procedures were not effective because of material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, described below
+Added: in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting.
+Added: Notwithstanding the identified material weaknesses,
+Added: management believes the financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K fairly represent in all material respects
+Added: our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows at and for the periods presented in accordance with U.S.
+Added: Management’s Report on Internal
+Added: Control Over Financial Reporting
The Company’s management is responsible
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United States.
−Removed: Its management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, assessed the effectiveness of
−Removed: its internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2017.
−Removed: In making this assessment, its management used the criteria
−Removed: set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”) in Internal Control-Integrated
−Removed: The Company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has concluded that,
−Removed: as of September 30, 2017, its internal control over financial reporting was not effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding
−Removed: the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: The Company’s management reviewed the results of their assessment with its board
−Removed: of directors.
−Removed: This annual report does not include an attestation
−Removed: report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Management’s
−Removed: report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management’s report in this annual report.
−Removed: Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
−Removed: Internal control over financial reporting has
−Removed: inherent limitations which include but is not limited to the use of independent professionals for advice and guidance, interpretation
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer assessed the effectiveness of its internal
+Added: control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2018.
+Added: In making this assessment, its management used the criteria based on
+Added: the framework in Internal Control - Integrated Framework 2013 issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of
+Added: the Treadway Commission.
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of September
+Added: 30, 2018, its internal control over financial reporting was not effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
+Added: of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with US generally accepted
+Added: accounting principles.
+Added: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer reviewed the results of his assessment
+Added: with its board of directors.
+Added: Based on its evaluation under this framework,
+Added: management concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of the evaluation date due to the
+Added: factors stated below.
+Added: The Company has inadequate number of personnel with requisite expertise in the key functional areas of finance
+Added: and accounting to be able to have appropriately designed and operating entity level controls including risk assessment;
+Added: and communication;
+Added: and financial reporting.
+Added: Inadequate Segregation of
+Added: The Company has inadequate number of personnel to properly segregate duties to implement control procedures.
+Added: This annual report does not
+Added: include an attestation report of its Company’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding internal control
+Added: over financial reporting.
+Added: Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s independent registered
+Added: public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s
+Added: report in this annual report.
+Added: Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting
+Added: has inherent limitations which include but is not limited to the use of independent professionals for advice and guidance, interpretation
of existing and/or changing rules and principles, segregation of management duties, scale of organization, and personnel factors.
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of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
−Removed: Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: During the period covered by this report, there
−Removed: were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably
−Removed: likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control over Financial
+Added: During the period covered by this report,
+Added: the following change was made in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or
+Added: are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting:
+Added: The Company has implemented
+Added: a robust check disbursement policy that includes the following key control points:
+Added: first, the controller who handles check disbursements
+Added: is not an authorized signer on any bank account and cannot sign checks;
+Added: second, any disbursement amount less than $5,000.00 requires
+Added: written approval from one (1) member of the leadership team;
+Added: third, any disbursement amount of more than $5,000.00 and equal to
+Added: or less than $24,999.99 requires written approval of two (2) members of the leadership team;
+Added: fourth, any disbursement amount of
+Added: $25,000.00 or more requires approval by the Board of Directors;
+Added: and fifth, all disbursements are reviewed and approved by the Chief
+Added: Operating Officer.
+Added: As an additional control, all disbursement checks are signed by the CEO when available, and if the CEO is unable
+Added: to sign, disbursement checks are signed by a member of the leadership team.
+Added: All disbursements are controlled through a formal check
+Added: disbursement process that includes an official check disbursement request form.
+Added: This form is reviewed and signed by the appropriate
+Added: parties as referenced above.
+Added: The leadership team currently comprises the following members:
+Added: The Chief Executive Officer, the Chief
+Added: Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Tax Strategist, the Chief Sales Officer, and the Director of Operations.
OTHER INFORMATION.
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Directors and Executive Officers
−Removed: Set forth below is certain information regarding
−Removed: the persons who were directors and executive officers at any time during the fiscal year 2017.
+Added: Set forth below is certain information
+Added: regarding the persons who were directors and executive officers at any time during the fiscal year 2018.
Position with the Company
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Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
−Removed: President, Chief Sales Officer and Board Member
−Removed: Chief Technology Officer and Chief Marketing Officer
+Added: Chief Sales Officer
Chief Tax Strategist and Board Member
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Assistant Secretary, Assistant Treasurer and Board Member
−Removed: John Pollock , 51, has been CEO/Founder
−Removed: of Business Legacy, Inc.
−Removed: since 2002, Pollock Advisory Group since 2007 and he is currently CEO and Chairman of Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: Pollock’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that he
−Removed: should serve as a director for the Company:
−Removed: Has served as CEO and Chairman of Financial Gravity since its inception
+Added: Michael Ashby
+Added: Todd Bourgeois
+Added: Debbie Buckner
+Added: President, Chief Operating Officer, and Board Member
+Added: John Pollock , 51, has been
+Added: CEO/Founder of Business Legacy, Inc.
+Added: since 2002, Pollock Advisory Group since 2007 and he is currently CEO and Chairman of Financial
+Added: Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: Pollock’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion
+Added: that he should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: Has served as CEO and Chairman of Financial
+Added: Gravity since its inception
A seasoned manager
−Removed: Williams , 61, has served
−Removed: on the Company’s Board of Directors and as Vice Chairman of the Board since 2015, and has served as our Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: and Secretary –
+Added: Williams, 62, has
+Added: served on the Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: FGCO) Board of Directors and as Vice Chairman of the Board since 2015, and
+Added: has served as our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary –
Treasurer since 2016.
−Removed: He graduated from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 1978 and
−Removed: the Institute for Organization Management in Washington, DC in 1982.
+Added: He graduated from Austin College in Sherman,
+Added: Texas in 1978 and the Institute for Organization Management in Washington, DC in 1982.
Since 2007, Mr.
−Removed: Williams has served as Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: of Bison Financial Group, Inc., a corporate financial advisory and business development firm serving middle market growth companies.
−Removed: Through Bison Financial Group, Mr.
−Removed: Williams personally provides corporate financial advisory and business development consulting
−Removed: Williams also currently serves as Chairman
−Removed: of the Board of the following private companies:
+Added: Williams has served as Chief
+Added: Executive Officer of Bison Financial Group, Inc., a corporate financial advisory and business development firm serving middle market
+Added: growth companies.
+Added: Williams also serves as an officer
+Added: and director of two other public companies.
+Added: On behalf of Worldwide Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
+Added: based in Dallas, TX, Mr.
+Added: has served as Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer since 2018.
+Added: On behalf of Light Engine Design Corp.
+Added: based in Phoenix, AZ, Mr.
+Added: Williams has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer since 2017.
+Added: Williams also serves as an officer
+Added: and director of three other private companies.
+Added: Williams currently serves as:
+Added: Vice Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial
+Added: Officer of Dynamic Chemical Solutions, Inc.
+Added: in Frisco, Texas since 2016;
+Added: Chairman of the Board & Chief Financial Officer of
Curtis Mathes, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2013);
−Removed: Championship Sports Group, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2012);
−Removed: Triton Consolidated, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2016);
−Removed: Day One Consulting, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2016);
−Removed: and Investor Relations, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2016).
−Removed: also currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of Dynamic Chemical Solutions, Inc.
−Removed: (since 2016),
−Removed: and is on the Board of Directors of the Frisco (Texas) Chamber of Commerce.
−Removed: On behalf of Halo Companies, Inc.
−Removed: Williams has served as Vice Chairman of the Board, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary from 2009 to Present, and Served as Chief
−Removed: Financial Officer from 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to Present.
+Added: in Frisco, Texas since 2013;
+Added: and Chairman of the Board of Championship Sports Group, Inc.
+Added: in Frisco, Texas
+Added: Williams also currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Frisco (Texas) Chamber
+Added: of Commerce and served as their Chairman of the Board in 2007.
+Added: In 2009, he was recognized as the CFO of the Year for North Texas
+Added: by the Dallas Business Journal.
+Added: Within the last five years, on behalf of
Halo Companies, Inc.
−Removed: is a nationwide distressed asset services company,
−Removed: providing technology-driven asset management, portfolio due diligence, acquisition, repositioning and liquidation strategies for
−Removed: the private investment and mortgage servicing industry.
+Added: Williams previously served as Vice Chairman of the Board, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary
+Added: from 2009 to 2017, and served as Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2012 and from 2015 to 2017.
The breadth of Mr.
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Over 40 years of business experience, primarily in capital markets, mergers, and acquisitions
−Removed: Chief Executive Officer of Bison Financial Group, a corporate financial advisory and business development firm serving middle
−Removed: market growth companies
Has served as both officer and director of other public companies
Financial Gravity is the third public company for which Mr.
−Removed: Williams is serving as Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Williams is serving as Chief Financial
Within the last 5 years, Mr.
−Removed: Williams served as Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer at Halo Companies, Inc.,
−Removed: a public company
+Added: Williams served as Vice-Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial
+Added: Officer at Halo Companies, Inc., a public company, and Chairman of the Board and Chief Financial Officer of Light Engine Design
+Added: Corp., a public company
Dan Sundby , 55, brings over
30 years of experience in sales, sales management, and sales training.
−Removed: He has built sales teams nationally within the
−Removed: insurance and financial services industries.
−Removed: Dan’s organization was consistently the top producing team with each
−Removed: company he recruited and trained for.
−Removed: Dan also recruited and trained sales teams in the receivables management industry and
−Removed: with a regional home builder with record setting performance in each.
−Removed: Dan is currently serving as President and Chief Sales
−Removed: Officer for Financial Gravity and is responsible for building their nationwide agent team.
−Removed: Reggio , 54, has been
−Removed: the Company’s Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Technology Officer since January of 2015 when he joined the company via
−Removed: the Cloud9 Holdings acquisition, where he served as CTO beginning in 2013.
−Removed: From 2006 –
−Removed: Reggio held various roles
−Removed: with EFA Processing LP, including Chief Technology Officer, Senior Vice President of Technology, and Executive Vice President.
−Removed: Reggio was principle with Exectech Consulting Services from 2004 –
−Removed: He served as Chief Information Officer of Affirmative
−Removed: Insurance Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: from 2001 –
−Removed: 2004 and Chief Information Officer of Instant Insurance Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: from 1999 –
−Removed: 2001, as well as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of The St.
−Removed: Paul Specialty Auto Group from 1997 –
−Removed: Reggio received his BA in Computer Science from Western Michigan University in 1986, and currently serves as a board member for
−Removed: the Innovate Flower Mound Entrepreneur Center, and is a managing partner in Tri-Liberty LLC and DayOne Consulting LLC.
−Removed: Lyon , 53, has been
−Removed: the Company’s Chief Tax Strategist and a Director since October, 2015.
−Removed: From 2005 until 2015, he was Partner-in-Charge of
−Removed: Content at Tax Coach Software, which he founded in 2005.
+Added: Before joining Financial Gravity in 2017, Mr.
+Added: Sundby served
+Added: as the Sales Manager-Columbus Division for Fischer Homes in Erlanger, KY from October 2013 to March 2017.
+Added: In that role, Mr.
+Added: was primarily responsible for recruiting, training, and leading sales teams for the Columbus Division.
+Added: Prior to joining Fischer
+Added: Homes, in October 2008 Mr.
+Added: Sundby founded Insurance Green Marketing Group in Colorado, where he recruited and trained sales teams
+Added: for an insurance marketing group and also operated as an independent sales agent in the insurance industry.
+Added: He has built sales
+Added: teams nationally within the insurance and financial services industries.
+Added: Dan’s organization was consistently the top producing
+Added: team with each company he recruited and trained for.
+Added: Dan also recruited and trained sales teams in the receivables management industry
+Added: and with a regional home builder with record setting performance in each.
+Added: Dan is currently serving as Chief Sales Officer for Financial
+Added: Gravity and is responsible for building the Company’s nationwide agent team.
+Added: Lyon , 53, has been the Company’s Chief Tax Strategist and a Director since October 2015.
+Added: From 2005 until 2015, he
+Added: was Partner-in-Charge of Content at Tax Coach Software, which he founded in 2005.
Lyon received a B.A.
−Removed: in History from Hamilton College in 1986 and
+Added: in History from Hamilton
+Added: College in 1986 and a J.D.
from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1991.
−Removed: Lyon’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes
−Removed: or skills that led to the conclusion that he should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: Lyon’s specific experience, qualifications,
+Added: attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that he should serve as a director for the Company:
The founder of Tax Coach Software, managing the company for 11 years
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A nationally-recognized expert on tax planning
−Removed: The author of 8 books, and has appeared on over 500 radio and television broadcasts to speak about his areas of expertise
−Removed: Crumley , 50,
−Removed: has been on the Board of Directors since January 2015 and has served as our Assistant Secretary –
−Removed: Assistant Treasurer
−Removed: since October 2017.
−Removed: From 1994 to 2007 he was a practicing litigation attorney with the law firm of Stradley & Wright in
−Removed: Dallas, Texas where he was named partner in 2001.
−Removed: He formed Pittenger, Nuspl & Crumley in 2008 where he continues to
−Removed: practice, advising businesses in matters including formation, contracts, employees, real estate and litigation among other
−Removed: areas of law.
+Added: The author of 8 books, and has appeared on over 500 radio and television broadcasts to speak about
+Added: his areas of expertise
+Added: Crumley , 50, has
+Added: been on the Board of Directors since January 2015 and has served as our Assistant Secretary –
+Added: Assistant Treasurer since October
+Added: From 1994 to 2007 he was a practicing litigation attorney with the law firm of Stradley & Wright in Dallas, Texas where
+Added: he was named partner in 2001.
+Added: He formed Pittenger, Nuspl & Crumley in 2008 where he continues to practice, advising businesses
+Added: in matters including formation, contracts, employees, real estate and litigation among other areas of law.
He received BA.
degrees from Baylor University in 1989 and 1993, respectively.
−Removed: Crumley currently
−Removed: serves on the Board of Directors for Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas.
−Removed: Crumley’s specific experience,
−Removed: qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that he should serve as a director for the Company:
−Removed: 23 years of experience in civil litigation and representing businesses with formation, contracts, lawsuits, employee disputes,
−Removed: real estate, and other matters.
+Added: Crumley currently serves on the Board of Directors for
+Added: Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco, Texas.
+Added: Crumley’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led
+Added: to the conclusion that he should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: 23 years of experience in civil litigation and representing businesses with formation, contracts, lawsuits, employee disputes, real estate, and other matters.
+Added: David Myers , 66, has been
+Added: on the Board of Directors since August 28, 2018.
+Added: From 2013 to March 2018, he served as Vice President, Strategy & Analytics
+Added: for McGraw-Hill Education, a learning science company and one of the “big three”
+Added: educational publishers that provide customized educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
+Added: At McGraw-Hill, he was responsible for market analytics, market research, pricing strategy, business and competitive intelligence,
+Added: state adoption planning and strategic planning.
+Added: From 2011 to 2013, Mr.
+Added: Myers served as Senior Manager, Business Development for
+Added: Mimio Interactive Teaching Technologies, which provides i nnovative, engaging, and affordable educational
+Added: technology and solutions that provide a better way to learn.
+Added: At Mimio, he was responsible for developing a team
+Added: and implementing a suite of business intelligence programs (market research, competitive intelligence, global market share and
+Added: financial scenario models).
+Added: specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion
+Added: that he should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: A deep understanding of the role technology plays as an enabler of competitive business advantage
+Added: Deep experience building and leading skilled teams
+Added: Adept at applying marketing analytics, market research, pricing strategy and competitive intelligence to the strategic planning for enterprises
+Added: Skills in team-building, analytics, operations and organizational optimization
+Added: Michael Ashby , 65, has been
+Added: on the Board of Directors since August 28, 2018.
+Added: Since March 2015, he has managed a variety of consulting engagements -- both domestic
+Added: and internationally –
+Added: through his personal consulting company.
+Added: In January 2015, he served as a consultant for Ashby OpsComm,
+Added: an industrial consulting and engineering firm.
+Added: In that role, Mr.
+Added: Ashby as Startup
+Added: Manager for the Al Hosn super sour gas plant startup in the UAE –
+Added: and successfully brought on line the largest sour gas processing
+Added: plant in the world with no major incidents .
+Added: Ashby also spent over a decade with Occidental
+Added: Petroleum in a series of management roles with ever-growing responsibility, most recently as World Wide Engineering Chief
+Added: of Surface Operations and Engineering responsible for operations and technical support of all business units across the globe .
+Added: Ashby’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills that led to the conclusion that he should serve
+Added: as a director for the Company:
+Added: Decades of experience working in complex project management
+Added: Strong people skills at all levels of an organization, from front-line workers to senior management
+Added: Superior planning and execution skills
+Added: Todd Bourgeois , 57, has been
+Added: on the Board of Directors since August 28, 2018.
+Added: Bourgeois has had a long career with Coca-Cola Bottlers, Inc.
+Added: (from 1982 forward),
+Added: most recently as Vice President of Business Integration for Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages.
+Added: In his most recent role, Mr.
+Added: was responsible for leading a team that spearheaded all Critical Business Transformation Projects throughout Coca Cola Southwest
+Added: Beverages, Inc.
+Added: including formulation of ROI Synergy initiatives as well as Operational Plans for execution of these projects.
+Added: He reported directly to the CEO of Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages and managed a Team of Project Coordinators, Analysts and multiple
+Added: external consultant teams (McKinsey, Deloitte, Accenture).
+Added: Bourgeois’
+Added: specific experience, qualifications, attributes
+Added: or skills that led to the conclusion that he should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: Over 30 years of experience managing diverse teams for a broad range of business improvement projects
+Added: Experience managing large sales and marketing organizations
+Added: Debbie Buckner , 55, has
+Added: been on the Board of Directors since August 28, 2018.
+Added: Immediately prior to joining the Company, Ms.
+Added: Buckner served as Chief Operations
+Added: Officer for CDR Electronics, a retail provider of consumer electronics, based in Oklahoma City.
+Added: Buckner served in that role
+Added: since 2017 and during her tenure, re-engineered the company’s organizational foundation to create clarity, discipline and
+Added: accountability.
+Added: She also exceeded the annual budget, and successfully led the implementation of several major company-wide initiatives.
+Added: From 2016 to 2017, Ms.
+Added: Buckner served as an independent consultant and coach, working in McKinney, Texas through two organizations:
+Added: with a focus on technology & experiential marketing;
+Added: and Nicka & Associates –
+Added: with a focus on medical
+Added: coding, compliance and education.
+Added: From 2005 to 2015, Ms.
+Added: Buckner worked for Crossmark, a sales and marketing services company
+Added: in the consumer goods and services industry, based in Plano, Texas.
+Added: In her most recent role for Crossmark, Ms.
+Added: Buckner served
+Added: as Vice President of Operations (Training & Development/Support Services/Client Operations).
+Added: During her service in that senior
+Added: Buckner led the company’s Learning Management System implementation for 30,000 field-based employees, as well
+Added: as several other key initiatives having direct P&L impact.
+Added: Buckner’s specific experience, qualifications, attributes
+Added: or skills that led to the conclusion that she should serve as a director for the Company:
+Added: Over 10 years of experience directing teams and leading company-wide initiatives in the consumer goods and services industry
+Added: Success leading multi-million dollar domestic and international initiatives
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
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No Committees of the Board of Directors;
−Removed: No Financial Expert
The Company does not presently have a separately
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Summary Compensation Table
−Removed: The particulars of compensation paid to the
−Removed: following persons during the fiscal period ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are set out in the summary compensation table below:
+Added: The particulars of compensation paid to
+Added: the following persons during the fiscal period ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 are set out in the summary compensation table
our Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer);
our Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer);
−Removed: each of our three most highly compensated executive officers, other than the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal
−Removed: Financial Officer, who were serving as executive officers at the end of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 and 2016;
−Removed: up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided under the item above but for the fact that the
−Removed: individual was not serving as our executive officer at the end of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017 and 2016.
+Added: each of our three most highly compensated executive officers, other than the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer, who were serving as executive officers at the end of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 and 2017;
+Added: up to two additional individuals for whom disclosure would have been provided under the item above but for the fact that the individual was not serving as our executive officer at the end of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.
(collectively, the “
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Officers ”):
−Removed: SUMMARY COMPENSATION
+Added: SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
Name and Principal Position
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CFO, Principal Financial Officer
−Removed: President and CSO
−Removed: President and CSO
+Added: Principal Advisor
+Added: The Company recognizes the fair value of the stock-based compensation awards as wages in the accompanying statements of
+Added: operations on a straight-line basis over the vesting period based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on a risk-free
+Added: rate from 1.49% to 2.55% in 2018 and 0.85% to 1.41% in 2017, dividend yield of 0%, expected life of 2 years and volatility of
+Added: The aggregate grant date fair value of the option award is $232,596, to be recognized over the term of the option
Except as described below, none of the Named Executive Officers
has an employment agreement.
−Removed: Lyon, a member of the Board of Directors,
−Removed: is party to an employment agreement with Tax Coach Software, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: The Agreement was entered into effective
−Removed: November 1, 2015, and provides for Mr.
−Removed: Lyon to serve as General Manager, responsible for supervising the business and affairs of
−Removed: Tax Coach Software.
+Added: Lyon, a member of the Board of
+Added: Directors, is party to an employment agreement with Tax Coach Software, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company.
+Added: The Agreement was entered
+Added: into effective November 1, 2015, and provides for Mr.
+Added: Lyon to serve as General Manager, responsible for supervising the business
+Added: and affairs of Tax Coach Software.
The agreement has a three-year term, which may be extended.
−Removed: The agreement provides for base salary of $42,000
−Removed: per year, plus bonus.
+Added: The agreement provides for base
+Added: salary of $42,000 per year, plus bonus.
The annual bonus is the sum of the following:
−Removed: (i) for Tax Coach Software revenues in excess of $850,000 and
−Removed: less than $950,000, forty percent (40%) of Tax Coach Software’s gross profit (as determined in accordance with generally
−Removed: acceptable accounting principles, net of amounts paid under employment agreements and consulting agreements), plus (ii) for Tax
−Removed: Coach Software revenues in excess of $950,000, twenty percent (20%) of Tax Coach Software’s gross profit (as determined in
−Removed: accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles, net of amounts paid under employment agreements and consulting agreements).
−Removed: Pollock, the amount shown in the Summary
−Removed: Compensation Table under the heading All Other Compensation represents amounts paid by the Company to a consulting
−Removed: firm owned and controlled by Mr.
−Removed: Pollock, in compensation for services not related to his roles as an officer and director of
−Removed: Lyon, the amount shown in the Summary
−Removed: Compensation Table under the heading All Other Compensation represents amounts paid by the Company to a consulting
−Removed: firm owned and controlled by Mr.
−Removed: Lyon, in compensation for services not related to his roles as an officer and director of
−Removed: (***) For Mr.
−Removed: Williams, the amount shown in the Summary
−Removed: Compensation Table under the heading All Other Compensation represents amounts paid by the Company to a consulting firm owned
−Removed: and controlled by Mr.
−Removed: Williams, in compensation for services not related to his roles as an officer and director of the Company.
+Added: (i) for Tax Coach Software revenues in excess
+Added: of $850,000 and less than $950,000, forty percent (40%) of Tax Coach Software’s gross profit (as determined in accordance
+Added: with generally acceptable accounting principles, net of amounts paid under employment agreements and consulting agreements), plus
+Added: (ii) for Tax Coach Software revenues in excess of $950,000, twenty percent (20%) of Tax Coach Software’s gross profit (as
+Added: determined in accordance with generally acceptable accounting principles, net of amounts paid under employment agreements and consulting
+Added: Pollock, the amount shown in the Summary Compensation
+Added: Table under the heading All Other Compensation represents amounts paid by the Company to a consulting firm owned and controlled
+Added: Pollock, in compensation for services not related to his roles as an officer and director of the Company.
+Added: Lyon, the amount shown in the Summary Compensation
+Added: Table under the heading All Other Compensation represents amounts paid by the Company to a consulting firm owned and controlled
+Added: Lyon, in compensation for services not related to his roles as an officer and director of the Company.
Summary Compensation
−Removed: Except as described above, the Company has
−Removed: no employment agreements with any of its Directors or executive officers.
+Added: Except as described above, the Company
+Added: has no employment agreements with any of its Directors or executive officers.
For the fiscal year ended September 30,
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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-end
−Removed: This section is not applicable to any Named
−Removed: Executive Officer as of September 30, 2017.
+Added: Dan Sundby has options currently vesting
+Added: and the options will be fully vested in July 2019.
Compensation of Directors
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or arrangements with officers or Directors.
−Removed: There are no compensation plans or arrangements, including payments to be made by
−Removed: us, with respect to the Company’s officers, Directors or consultants that would result from the resignation, retirement
−Removed: or any other termination of service in respect of such Directors, officers or consultants.
−Removed: There are no arrangements for Directors,
−Removed: officers, employees or consultants that would result from a change-in-control.
−Removed: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
−Removed: MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
+Added: There are no compensation plans or arrangements, including payments to be made by us,
+Added: with respect to the Company’s officers, Directors or consultants that would result from the resignation, retirement or any
+Added: other termination of service in respect of such Directors, officers or consultants.
+Added: There are no arrangements for Directors, officers,
+Added: employees or consultants that would result from a change-in-control.
+Added: SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
+Added: AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
−Removed: The following table sets forth certain information
−Removed: with respect to the beneficial ownership, as of September 30, 2017, of the Company’s common stock, which is the Company’s
−Removed: only outstanding class of voting securities, and the voting power resulting from such beneficial ownership, by
−Removed: each stockholder known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding common
+Added: The following table sets forth certain
+Added: information with respect to the beneficial ownership, as of September 30, 2018, of the Company’s common stock, which is the
+Added: Company’s only outstanding class of voting securities, and the voting power resulting from such beneficial ownership, by
+Added: each stockholder known by the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Company’s outstanding common stock;
each director of the Company;
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all directors and executive officers of the Company as a group.
+Added: except as noted below, each beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares attributable to that owner.
+Added: The address for each such beneficial owner is 800 N.
+Added: Watters Road, Suite 120, Allen, Texas 75013.
+Added: Includes 180,000 options that vested upon closing of the merger on September 30, 2016.
+Added: Includes 650,000 options that vested upon closing of the merger on September 30, 2016.
+Added: Non-director or executive officer with more than 5% ownership.
+Added: indicates an ownership percentage of less than one percent.
Beneficial Owner (1)
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Paul Williams (2)
−Removed: Reggio (2, 3)
−Removed: Rick Johnson (2, 4)
+Added: Michael Ashby (2, 6)
+Added: Dan Sundby (2, 3)
+Added: Todd Bourgeois (2, 7)
George Crumley (2, 5)
−Removed: Directors and executive officers as group (six persons)
−Removed: (1) except as noted below, each beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares attributable to
+Added: David Myers (2, 5)
+Added: Debbie Buckner (2)
+Added: Directors and executive officers as group (nine persons)
+Added: Each beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares attributable to that owner.
The address for each such beneficial owner is 800 N.
Watters Road, Suite 120, Allen, Texas 75013.
−Removed: (3) Includes 180,000 options that vested upon closing of the merger on September 30, 2016.
−Removed: (4) Includes 650,000 options that vested upon closing of the merger on September 30, 2016
+Added: Includes 291,667 shares subject to options that are currently vested, plus an additional 208,333 shares subject to options that vest within 10 months not used.
Non-director or executive officer with more than 5% ownership.
−Removed: indicates an ownership percentage of less than
+Added: Represents shares subject to options that are currently vested.
+Added: Includes 150,000 shares subject to options that are currently vested, and 25,000 shares subject to warrants that are currently vested, and 720,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: Includes 175,000 shares subject to options that are currently vested, and 150,000 shares of common stock.
+Added: indicates an ownership percentage of less than one percent.
Changes in Control
−Removed: The Company is not aware of any contract or
−Removed: other arrangement the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
+Added: The Company is not aware of any contract
+Added: or other arrangement the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control of the Company.
Securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation
−Removed: The following table provides information as
−Removed: of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, with respect to Company compensation plans (including individual compensation
+Added: The following table provides information
+Added: as of the end of the most recently completed fiscal year, with respect to Company compensation plans (including individual compensation
arrangements) under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance.
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Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plan (excluding securities reflected in Column A)
−Removed: Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
−Removed: Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
−Removed: (1) As consequence of the Merger, outstanding options of the 2015 Plan in the amount of 2,200,346 of
−Removed: the Company’s shares have vested.
+Added: Equity compensation plans approved by security
+Added: holders (2015 Stock Option Plan)
+Added: Equity compensation plans not approved by
+Added: security holders (2016 Stock Option Plan)
+Added: As consequence of the Merger, outstanding options of the 2015 Plan in the amount of 2,200,346 of the Company’s shares have vested.
Shares subject to stock options under 2015 Stock Option Plan.
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The 2015 Stock Option Plan was replaced by the 2016 Stock Option Plan.
−Removed: (5) Shares available for grant of stock options to employees, directors and consultants under the 2015
+Added: Shares available for grant of stock options to employees, directors and consultants under the 2016 Stock Option Plan.
+Added: Following is a brief description of the
+Added: material features of each compensation plan under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance.
+Added: Stock Option Plan and the 2016 Stock Option Plan were adopted without approval of Company security holders.
+Added: The Company has granted stock options to
+Added: certain employees and contractors under its 2015 Stock Option Plan, assumed from Financial Gravity Holdings and under its 2016
Stock Option Plan.
−Removed: Following is a brief description of the material
−Removed: features of each compensation plan under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance.
−Removed: The 2015 Stock Option
−Removed: Plan and the 2016 Stock Option Plan were adopted without approval of Company security holders.
−Removed: The Company has granted stock options to certain
−Removed: employees and contractors under its 2015 Stock Option Plan, assumed from Financial Gravity Holdings and under its 2016 Stock Option
−Removed: The Company is authorized to issue an aggregate of 20,000,000 options, of which 19,383,200 remain available for issuance,
−Removed: as non- statutory (non-qualified) stock options, under the 2016 Stock Option Plan.
−Removed: Currently outstanding options under the 2015
−Removed: and 2016 Stock Option Plans vest over a period of no greater than two years and expire ten years from the grant date.
−Removed: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND
−Removed: DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
+Added: The Company is authorized to issue an aggregate of 20,000,000 options, of which 16,368,462 remain available
+Added: for issuance, as non- statutory (non-qualified) stock options, under the 2016 Stock Option Plan.
+Added: Currently outstanding options
+Added: under the 2015 and 2016 Stock Option Plans vest over a period of no greater than two years and expire ten years from the grant
+Added: CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS,
+Added: AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.
Transactions with Related Persons, Promoters and Certain Control Persons
−Removed: Except as set forth below, none of the Company’s
−Removed: directors or officers, nor any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than 10% of the voting
−Removed: rights attached to the Company’s shares, nor any relative or spouse of any of the foregoing persons, has had any material
−Removed: interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction to which the Company was a party, and in which the amount involved exceeds the
−Removed: lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last two completed
−Removed: fiscal years.
−Removed: Bison Financial Group, whose Chief Executive
−Removed: Officer is Mr.
−Removed: Paul Williams, has provided corporate financial advisory and business development services to the Company for a
−Removed: flat fee of $3,000 per month.
−Removed: The provision of services provided by Bison Financial Group commenced in 2014, during
−Removed: which time Mr.
−Removed: Williams had no formal affiliation with the Company.
−Removed: During 2015, Mr.
−Removed: Williams was appointed to the board of directors
−Removed: of the Company and consequently became an affiliate of the Company.
−Removed: Williams was appointed as Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: of the Company.
−Removed: The provision of services by Bison Financial Group ceased upon Mr.
−Removed: Williams being appointed as Chief Financial
−Removed: For the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company paid Bison Financial Group for financial advisory
−Removed: and business development services, $0 and $49,000 respectively.
−Removed: Effective as of October 1, 2015, Financial
−Removed: Gravity Holdings, a subsidiary of the Company, purchased all of the equity interests of Tax Coach Software, LLC, an Ohio limited
−Removed: liability company, for aggregate consideration of 2,000,000 shares of the common stock of Financial Gravity (the “Tax Coach
−Removed: Software Transaction”).
−Removed: The Purchase Agreement for the Tax Coach Software Transaction was amended effective as of March 25,
−Removed: 2016 to give effect to a three-for-one (3:1) forward split of the Financial Gravity Holdings common stock, bringing the aggregate
−Removed: consideration to 6,000,000 shares of the common stock of Financial Gravity Holdings.
+Added: Except as set forth below, none of the
+Added: Company’s directors or officers, nor any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, shares carrying more than
+Added: 10% of the voting rights attached to the Company’s shares, nor any relative or spouse of any of the foregoing persons, has
+Added: had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction to which the Company was a party, and in which the amount involved
+Added: exceeds the lesser of (i) $120,000 or (ii) one percent of the average of the Company’s total assets at year-end for the last
+Added: two completed fiscal years.
+Added: Effective as of October 1, 2015, Financial Gravity
+Added: Holdings, a subsidiary of the Company, purchased all of the equity interests of Tax Coach Software, LLC, an Ohio limited liability
+Added: company, for aggregate consideration of 2,000,000 shares of the common stock of Financial Gravity (the “Tax Coach Software
+Added: Transaction”).
+Added: The Purchase Agreement for the Tax Coach Software Transaction was amended effective as of March 25, 2016 to
+Added: give effect to a three-for-one (3:1) forward split of the Financial Gravity Holdings common stock, bringing the aggregate consideration
+Added: to 6,000,000 shares of the common stock of Financial Gravity Holdings.
TaxTuneup, LLC, which is an entity owned
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As a consequence of such issuance,
−Removed: Lyon is the beneficial owner of 7.3% of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2017 (after giving
−Removed: effect to the Merger).
+Added: Lyon is the beneficial owner of 6.8% of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2018 (after giving effect to the
Additionally, Van Data, LLC, which is an
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of Company common stock are completely separated.
−Removed: During fiscal year 2017 and 2016,
−Removed: the Company paid $198,000 and $ 218,990, respectively
−Removed: to Van Data, LLC, a consulting firm owned and controlled by Keith VandeStadt, in compensation for maintaining the Tax Coach Software
−Removed: application and data, making enhancements and modifications to software as needed, maintaining server platform and web environment,
−Removed: applying updates to licensed content, and other services agreed upon in writing.
+Added: During fiscal 2018 and 2017, TaxTuneup,
+Added: LLC, an entity owned by Mr.
+Added: Lyon, received the sum of $198,000 and $198,000, respectively, from the Company, in compensation
+Added: for strategic tax planning recommendations and research, business consulting and writing of books and tax planning and Tax Master
+Added: related content.
+Added: During fiscal year 2018 and 2017, the Company
+Added: paid $138,980 and $198,000, respectively, to Van Data, LLC, a consulting firm owned and controlled
+Added: by Keith VandeStadt, in compensation for maintaining the Tax Coach Software application and data, making enhancements and modifications
+Added: to software as needed, maintaining server platform and web environment, applying updates to licensed content, and other services
+Added: agreed upon in writing.
+Added: During fiscal 2018 and 2017, a company
+Added: owned and controlled by Mr.
+Added: John Pollock (Fourly Enterprises, LLC) received the sum of $203,000 and $200,000, respectively, from
+Added: the Company, in compensation for strategic business planning and consulting, business development, process and technology development.
Director Independence;
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The Company’s Board of Directors has determined
−Removed: that, of the Company’s present directors, George Crumley, constituting one of the five members of the Board, is an “independent
−Removed: director,”
−Removed: as defined under NASDAQ’s Marketplace Rules, for purposes of qualifying as independent members of the Board
−Removed: and an Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board, but that John Pollock, Dave Crowley, Paul Williams and Edward
+Added: that, of the Company’s present directors, each of George Crumley, David Myers, Michael Ashby, and Todd Bourgeois, constituting
+Added: four of the eight members of the Board, is an “independent director,”
+Added: as defined under NASDAQ’s Marketplace Rules,
+Added: for purposes of qualifying as independent members of the Board and an Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committee of the Board,
+Added: but that John Pollock, Debbie Buckner, Paul Williams and Edward A.
Lyon are not “independent directors”
−Removed: since they currently serve as executive officers of the Company.
+Added: currently serve as executive officers of the Company.
The Company’s Board of Directors
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The following information summarizes the
−Removed: fees billed to us by Lane Gorman Trubitt, PLLC and Whitley Penn LLP for professional services rendered for the fiscal years ended
−Removed: September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
−Removed: for services by Lane Gorman Trubitt, PLLC were $32,536 for fiscal year
−Removed: Fees billed or remainder to be billed for audit services by Whitley Penn LLP were $126,687 for fiscal year 2017 and
−Removed: $0 for fiscal year 2016.
−Removed: Audit fees include fees associated with the annual audit and the reviews of the Company’s quarterly
−Removed: reports on Form 10-Q, and other SEC filings.
+Added: fees billed to us by Whitley Penn LLP for professional services rendered for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Fees billed for
+Added: services by Whitley Penn LLP were $103,238 for fiscal year 2018 and $126,687 for fiscal year 2017.
+Added: Audit fees include fees associated
+Added: with the annual audit and the reviews of the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other SEC filings.
Audit-Related Fees.
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All Other Fees.
−Removed: Consistent with SEC policies regarding auditor
−Removed: independence, the audit committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation, approving and overseeing the work of
−Removed: the independent auditor.
−Removed: In recognition of this responsibility, the audit committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit
−Removed: services provided by the independent auditor.
−Removed: The Board of Directors serves as the audit committee for the Company.
Consistent with SEC policies regarding
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EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
−Removed: Financial Statements and financial statement schedules
−Removed: (1) and (2) The financial statements and financial statement schedules required to be filed as part of this report are set forth
−Removed: in Item 8 of Part II of this report.
+Added: (a) Financial
+Added: Statements and financial statement schedules
+Added: and (2) The financial statements and financial statement schedules required to be filed as part of this report are set forth in Item 8 of Part II of this report.
(3) Exhibits.
See Item 15(b) below.
−Removed: required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K
+Added: (b) Exhibits required by Item
+Added: 601 of Regulation S-K
Code of Ethics
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Pursuant to the requirements of Section
−Removed: or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
−Removed: thereunto duly authorized.
−Removed: February 19, 2018
+Added: 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
+Added: undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
+Added: January 15, 2019
/s/ John Pollock
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(Principal Executive Officer)
−Removed: February 19, 2018
+Added: January 15, 2019
/s/ Paul Williams
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Chairman, CEO
−Removed: February 19, 2018
+Added: January 15, 2019
(principal executive officer)
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Vice Chairman, CFO
−Removed: February 19, 2018
+Added: January 15, 2019
Paul Williams
(principal financial officer)
−Removed: /s/ Dan Sundby
−Removed: February 19, 2018
+Added: /s/ George E.
+Added: January 15, 2019
/s/ Edward A.
−Removed: February 19, 2018
−Removed: /s/ George Crumley
−Removed: February 19, 2018
−Removed: George Crumley
+Added: January 15, 2019
+Added: /s/ David Myers
+Added: January 15, 2019
+Added: /s/ Michael Ashby
+Added: January 15, 2019
+Added: Michael Ashby
+Added: /s/ Todd Bourgeois
+Added: January 15, 2019
+Added: Todd Bourgeois
+Added: /s/ Debbie Buckner
+Added: Debbie Buckner
+Added: January 15, 2019
FINANCIAL GRAVITY COMPANIES, INC.
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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND
−Removed: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
−Removed: SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 AND 2016
−Removed: FINANCIAL GRAVITY COMPANIES, INC.
−Removed: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
+Added: ACCOUNTING FIRM
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017
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ACCOUNTING FIRM
−Removed: Board of Directors and Stockholders of
+Added: To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated
balance sheets of Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company”), as of September 30, 2017 and 2016, and the related
−Removed: consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’
−Removed: equity, and cash flows for the years then ended.
−Removed: The Company’s
−Removed: management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated
−Removed: financial statements based on our audits.
−Removed: We conducted our audits in accordance with
−Removed: the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform
−Removed: the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement.
−Removed: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are
−Removed: appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s
−Removed: internal control over financial reporting.
−Removed: Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: An audit also includes examining, on a test
−Removed: basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
−Removed: significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
−Removed: We believe that our
−Removed: audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: In our opinion, the consolidated financial
−Removed: statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company, as of September 30,
−Removed: 2017 and 2016, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting
−Removed: principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: (the “Company”), as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations,
+Added: stockholders’
+Added: equity, and cash flows for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial
+Added: statements”).
+Added: In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
+Added: position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years
+Added: then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: Emphasis of Matter
The accompanying consolidated financial
statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
−Removed: As discussed in Note 1 to the
−Removed: financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net capital deficiency that raises
+Added: As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated
+Added: financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a working capital deficiency that raises
substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: Management's plans in regard to these matters are also
−Removed: described in Note 1.
−Removed: The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this
+Added: Management's plans in regard to these matters are also described
+Added: The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility
+Added: of the Company’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB")
+Added: and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable
+Added: rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with
+Added: the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
+Added: the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have,
+Added: nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we are required
+Added: to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
+Added: effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures
+Added: to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures
+Added: that respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures
+Added: in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made
+Added: by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audits provide a
+Added: reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: We have served as the Company's auditor
/s/ Whitley Penn LLP
Dallas, Texas
−Removed: February 19, 2018
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
+Added: January 15, 2019
+Added: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of September 30,
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Non-compete agreements, net
+Added: Intellectual Property
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’
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Notes payable
−Removed: Pre-merger payables
Total current liabilities
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of these consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF OPERATIONS
+Added: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Years Ended September 30,
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Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
General and administrative
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of these consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
−Removed: For the years
−Removed: ended September 30, 2017 and 2016
+Added: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
+Added: STOCKHOLDERS’
+Added: For the years ended September 30, 2018
Number of Shares Issued and Outstanding
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Common stock issued under a private placement memorandum
−Removed: Common stock issued on acquisition of Tax Coach Software, LLC (shares placed in escrow)
−Removed: Common stock surrendered by former officer
−Removed: Common stock held by Pacific Oil Company (reverse merger)
+Added: Release of Pacific Oil Company shares for settlement of pre-acquisition liabilities
+Added: Common stock issued in exchange for services
Stock based compensation
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Common stock issued under a private placement memorandum
−Removed: Release of Pacific Oil Company shares for settlement of pre-acquisition liabilities
−Removed: Common stock issued in exchange for services
Stock based compensation
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of these consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: and Subsidiaries
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
−Removed: OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Years Ended September 30,
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Depreciation and amortization
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
−Removed: Forfeiture of deposit for failed acquisition
Common stock issued in exchange for services
Stock based compensation
−Removed: Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of purchase of subsidiaries
+Added: Bad debt expense
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Trade accounts receivable, net
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Accounts payable - trade
−Removed: Accounts payable - related party
Accrued expenses
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Cash paid for purchase of property and equipment
−Removed: Cash acquired upon acquisition of subsidiaries
−Removed: Payments for purchase of investment
Purchases of trademarks
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Borrowings from line of credit
+Added: Payments on line of credit
Borrowings from note payable
Payments on note payable
−Removed: Payments on line of credit
Proceeds from the sale of common stock
Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
+Added: TOTAL CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR
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Cash paid during the year for:
−Removed: Non-cash activities:
−Removed: Common stock issued upon acquisition of Tax Coach Software, LLC (Note 9)
−Removed: Net assets (liabilities) assumed for purchase of:
−Removed: Tax Coach Software, LLC (Note 9)
−Removed: Payables owed by Pacific Oil Company
−Removed: Equity in escrow to offset payables owed by Pacific Oil Company
Settlement of payables owed by legacy Pacific Oil Company Stockholders
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated
−Removed: financial statements.
+Added: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: of these consolidated financial statements.
Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
and Subsidiaries
−Removed: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NATURE OF BUSINESS
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Financial Gravity Tax, Inc.
−Removed: (“FG Tax”)
−Removed: formerly Business Legacy, Inc., (“BLI”) was acquired by FGO for no cost effective January 1, 2015 and is located in
−Removed: Allen, Texas.
−Removed: BLI is a bookkeeping, tax planning, tax preparation, and payroll service provider to small companies and individuals.
+Added: Tax”) formerly Business Legacy, Inc., (“BLI”) was acquired by FGO for no cost effective January 1, 2015 and is
+Added: located in Allen, Texas.
+Added: BLI is a bookkeeping, tax planning, tax preparation, and payroll service provider to small companies and
Financial Gravity Wealth, Inc.
−Removed: (“FG Wealth”)
−Removed: formerly Pollock Advisory Group, Inc., (“PAG”) was acquired by FGO for no cost-effective January 1, 2015 and is a registered
−Removed: investment advisor, located in Allen, Texas.
+Added: Wealth”) formerly Pollock Advisory Group, Inc., (“PAG”) was acquired by FGO for no cost-effective January 1,
+Added: 2015 and is a registered investment advisor, located in Allen, Texas.
PAG provides asset management services.
−Removed: SASH Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation doing
−Removed: business as Metro Data Processing (“MDP”) was acquired August 12, 2015.
+Added: SASH Corporation, an Oklahoma corporation
+Added: doing business as Metro Data Processing (“MDP”) was acquired August 12, 2015.
The purchase was made by Cloud9Accelerator,
MDP is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and provides payroll services, software, and support solutions to business owners.
+Added: business was sold during fiscal 2018 for a net gain of $28,585.
Tax Coach Software, LLC (“TCS”),
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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
−Removed: A summary of the significant accounting polices
−Removed: consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statement in accordance with accounting principles
−Removed: generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) is as follows.
+Added: A summary of the significant accounting
+Added: polices consistently applied in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statement in accordance with accounting
+Added: principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) is as follows.
Basis of Consolidation
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements include
−Removed: the accounts of FGH, FGO, Cloud9 (from the date of acquisition), including Cloud9B2B and Cloud9 Accelerator, LLC, PAG (from the
−Removed: date of acquisition), BLI (from the date of acquisition), TCS (from the date of acquisition), and MDP (from the date of acquisition),
−Removed: (collectively referred to as the “Company”).
−Removed: All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated
−Removed: on consolidation.
+Added: The consolidated financial statements
+Added: include the accounts of FGH, FGO, including Cloud9B2B and Cloud9 Accelerator, LLC, FGW (PAG), FGT (BLI), TMN (TCS) and MDP (through
+Added: June 2018), (collectively referred to as the “Company”).
+Added: All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have
+Added: been eliminated on consolidation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
−Removed: The Company considers all highly liquid investments
−Removed: with an initial maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents.
−Removed: The Company maintains cash balances at
−Removed: several financial institutions located throughout the United States, which at times may exceed insured limits.
−Removed: The Company has
−Removed: not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents.
+Added: The Company considers all highly liquid
+Added: investments with an initial maturity of three months or less, when purchased, to be cash equivalents.
+Added: The Company maintains cash
+Added: balances at several financial institutions located throughout the United States, which at times may exceed insured limits.
+Added: Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and
+Added: cash equivalents.
Trade Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Trade accounts receivable are
−Removed: carried at the invoiced amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based on management’s review of outstanding balances.
−Removed: The collectability of the Company’s accounts receivable is reviewed on an ongoing basis, using historical payment trends
−Removed: and a review of specific accounts.
+Added: Trade accounts receivable are carried at
+Added: the invoiced amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based on management’s review of outstanding balances.
+Added: collectability of the Company’s accounts receivable is reviewed on an ongoing basis, using historical payment trends and
+Added: a review of specific accounts.
Accounts receivable are written off after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted
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The allowance for doubtful accounts was $21,876 and $17,014 as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
−Removed: In the normal course of business,
−Removed: the Company may extend credit to its customers, on an unsecured basis, substantially all of whom are located in the United States
+Added: In the normal course of business, the Company
+Added: may extend credit to its customers, on an unsecured basis, substantially all of whom are located in the United States of America.
The Company does not believe that they are exposed to any significant risk of loss on accounts receivable.
Prepaid Expenses
−Removed: Prepaid expenses consist of expenses the Company
−Removed: has paid for prior to the service or good being provided.
−Removed: These prepaid expenses will be recorded as expense at the time the service
−Removed: has been provided.
+Added: Prepaid expenses consist of expenses the
+Added: Company has paid for prior to the service or good being provided.
+Added: These prepaid expenses will be recorded as expense at the time
+Added: the service has been provided.
Property and Equipment
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over their estimated service lives by the straight-line method.
−Removed: Maintenance and repairs are charged to earnings
+Added: Maintenance and repairs are charged to
+Added: earnings as incurred;
major repairs and replacements are capitalized.
−Removed: When items of property or equipment are sold or retired, the related
−Removed: cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operations.
+Added: When items of property or equipment are sold or retired,
+Added: the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operations.
Property and equipment operated under material
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Customer Relationships
−Removed: The customer relationships acquired from the
−Removed: TCS purchase have been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $44,900, the value attributed to it on the
−Removed: date of the purchase (see Note 9).
+Added: The customer relationships acquired from
+Added: the TCS purchase have been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $44,900, the value attributed to it on
+Added: the date of the purchase .
The customer relationships are being amortized on a straight-line basis over a four- year estimated
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of the TCS purchase has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $525,100, the value attributed to it
−Removed: on the date of the purchase (see Note 9).
−Removed: The proprietary content is being amortized on a straight-line basis over an eight- year
−Removed: estimated life.
−Removed: During the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded amortization expense of $65,638 on this
−Removed: intangible asset, which is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: Accumulated amortization at September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $131,276 and $65,638, respectively.
+Added: on the date of the purchase.
+Added: The proprietary content is being amortized on a straight-line basis over an eight- year estimated
+Added: During the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recorded amortization expense of $65,638 on this intangible
+Added: asset, which is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: amortization at September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $196,912 and $131,276, respectively.
Future amortization of proprietary content
is estimated to be as follows for the years ended September 30:
−Removed: The trade name acquired as a part of the TCS
−Removed: purchase has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $69,300, the value attributed to it on the date
−Removed: of the purchase (see Note 9).
−Removed: Management has determined that the trade name has an indefinite life and does not consider the value
−Removed: of the trade name recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2017 and 2016.
+Added: The trade name acquired as a part of the
+Added: TCS purchase has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $69,300, the value attributed to it on the
+Added: date of the purchase.
+Added: Management has determined that the trade name has an indefinite life and does not consider the value of the
+Added: trade name recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.
Non-compete Agreements
−Removed: Non-compete agreements established as a part
−Removed: of the TCS purchase have been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $26,300, the value attributed to them
−Removed: on the date of the purchase (see Note 9).
+Added: Non-compete agreements established as a
+Added: part of the TCS purchase have been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $26,300, the value attributed
+Added: to them on the date of the purchase.
The non-compete agreements are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the five-year
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Accumulated amortization at September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $15,780 and $10,520, respectively.
−Removed: Future amortization of the non-compete agreements
−Removed: is estimated to be as follows for the years ended September 30:
−Removed: The Company accounts for trademarks in accordance
−Removed: with GAAP and accordingly, trademarks are stated at cost.
−Removed: Trademarks with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for
−Removed: impairment at least annually.
−Removed: Management has determined that the trademarks have an indefinite life and do not consider the value
−Removed: of trademarks recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2017 and 2016.
+Added: Future amortization of the non-compete
+Added: agreements is estimated to be as follows for the years ended September 30:
+Added: The Company accounts for trademarks in
+Added: accordance with GAAP and accordingly, trademarks are stated at cost.
+Added: Trademarks with indefinite lives are not amortized but are
+Added: tested for impairment at least annually.
+Added: Management has determined that the trademarks have an indefinite life and do not consider
+Added: the value of trademarks recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.
Goodwill represents the excess of the value
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The Company assesses qualitative factors in order
−Removed: to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.
−Removed: The qualitative
−Removed: factors evaluated by the Company include:
−Removed: macro-economic conditions of the local business environment, overall financial performance,
−Removed: and other entity specific factors as deemed appropriate.
−Removed: If, through this qualitative assessment, the conclusion is made that it
−Removed: is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount, a two-step impairment test is
−Removed: Management determined, by assessing the qualitative factors, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of
−Removed: the reporting unit is greater than its carrying value.
−Removed: Management does not consider the value of goodwill recorded for TCS in the
−Removed: accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2017, and 2016.
−Removed: However, goodwill attributed to Cloud9
−Removed: and MDP was deemed to be impaired as of September 30, 2016 as that business offering has been discontinued.
−Removed: The fair values of the assets acquired, and
−Removed: liabilities assumed were determined primarily using the income approach, which determines the fair value for the asset based on
−Removed: the present value of cash flows projected to be generated by the asset.
+Added: to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than it is carrying amount.
+Added: qualitative factors evaluated by the Company include:
+Added: macro-economic conditions of the local business environment, overall financial
+Added: performance, and other entity specific factors as deemed appropriate.
+Added: If, through this qualitative assessment, the conclusion is
+Added: made that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than it is carrying amount, a two-step impairment
+Added: test is performed.
+Added: Management determined, by assessing the qualitative factors, that it is more likely than not that the fair value
+Added: of the reporting unit is greater than it carries value.
+Added: Management does not consider the value of goodwill recorded for TCS in
+Added: the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to be impaired as of September 30, 2018, and 2017.
+Added: However, goodwill attributed to
+Added: Cloud9 and MDP was deemed to be impaired as of September 30, 2017 as that business offering has been discontinued.
+Added: The fair values of the assets acquired,
+Added: and liabilities assumed were determined primarily using the income approach, which determines the fair value for the asset based
+Added: on the present value of cash flows projected to be generated by the asset.
Projected cash flows are discounted at a rate of return
that reflects the relative risk of achieving the cash flow and the time value of money.
−Removed: The fair value of relationships were determined
+Added: The fair value of relationships was determined
by projecting expected cash flows and subtracting the portion of the cash flow derived by the relevant contributory assets.
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Goodwill at September 30, 2017
−Removed: Goodwill generated from acquisition of TCS
−Removed: Impairment of Cloud9
−Removed: Impairment of MDP
Goodwill at September 30, 2018
−Removed: Goodwill at September 30, 2017
The Company accounts for Federal and state
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taxes based on tax effects of differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities.
−Removed: The Company accounts for all uncertain tax
−Removed: positions in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
+Added: The Company accounts for all uncertain
+Added: tax positions in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
Income Taxes (“ASC 740”).
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There was no accrued interest or penalties as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.
−Removed: From time to time, the Company is audited by
−Removed: taxing authorities.
+Added: From time to time, the Company is audited
+Added: by taxing authorities.
These audits could result in proposed assessments of additional taxes.
−Removed: The Company believes that its tax positions
−Removed: comply in all material respects with applicable tax law.
−Removed: However, tax law is subject to interpretation, and interpretations by
−Removed: taxing authorities could be different from those of the Company, which could result in the imposition of additional taxes.
+Added: The Company believes that its tax
+Added: positions comply in all material respects with applicable tax law.
+Added: However, tax law is subject to interpretation, and interpretations
+Added: by taxing authorities could be different from those of the Company, which could result in the imposition of additional taxes.
Company’s Federal returns since 2015 are still subject for examination by taxing authorities.
Earnings Per Share
−Removed: Basic earnings per common share is
−Removed: computed by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares
−Removed: outstanding for the reporting period.
−Removed: Average number of common shares were 35,361,321 and 31,626,189 for years ended
−Removed: September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
+Added: Basic earnings per common share is computed
+Added: by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the reporting
+Added: Average number of common shares were 35,830,228 and 35,361,321 for years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
For the years ended September 30, 2018
−Removed: and 2016, approximately 2,817,146 and 2,200,346 common stock options, respectively, were not added to the diluted average
−Removed: shares because inclusion of such shares would be antidilutive.
+Added: and 2017, approximately 3,631,538 and 2,817,146 common stock options, respectively, were not added to the diluted average shares
+Added: because inclusion of such shares would be antidilutive.
Revenue Recognition
−Removed: FG Wealth generates investment management fees for services provided
−Removed: by the Company.
−Removed: Investment management fees include fees earned from
−Removed: assets under management by providing professional services to manage
−Removed: client investments.
−Removed: FG Tax and MDP generate service income from its consulting and other
−Removed: professional services performed.
−Removed: Commission revenue is derived from the sale
−Removed: of annuities and premiums on life insurance policies held by third parties.
−Removed: The revenue is recognized at the time the policy is
−Removed: Revenue represents gross billings less discounts,
−Removed: and are net of sales taxes, as applicable.
−Removed: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as deferred revenue in the accompanying
−Removed: consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: TaxCoach Software has 3 types of services that
−Removed: are charged and collected on a month to month subscription basis (TaxCoach basic membership, All-Stars coaching, and Wire Service
−Removed: weekly broadcast email).
−Removed: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment or contract, and there is no up-front payment
−Removed: beyond the monthly subscription fee.
−Removed: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and memberships are closed at the end
−Removed: of the period for which the most recent payment was made.
+Added: FG Wealth generates investment management fees for services
+Added: provided by the Company.
+Added: Investment management fees include fees earned from assets under management by providing professional
+Added: services to manage client investments.
+Added: FG Tax and MDP generate service income from its consulting and
+Added: other professional services performed.
+Added: Commission revenue is derived from the
+Added: sale of annuities and premiums on life insurance policies held by third parties.
+Added: The revenue is recognized at the time the policy
+Added: Revenue represents gross billings less
+Added: discounts, and are net of sales taxes, as applicable.
+Added: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as deferred revenue
+Added: in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: TaxCoach Software has 3 types of services
+Added: that are charged and collected on a month to month subscription basis (TaxCoach basic membership, All-Stars coaching, and Wire
+Added: Service weekly broadcast email).
+Added: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment or contract, and there is no up-front
+Added: payment beyond the monthly subscription fee.
+Added: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and memberships are closed
+Added: at the end of the period for which the most recent payment was made.
Members are not entitled to refunds for unused memberships.
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when incurred.
−Removed: Advertising and marketing expense was $375,499 and $402,402 for the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
+Added: Advertising and marketing expense were $266,930 and $375,499 for the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
−Removed: The Company recognizes the fair value of the
−Removed: stock-based compensation awards as wages in the accompanying statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the vesting
−Removed: period based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on a risk-free rate from 0.85% to 1.41% in 2017 and 0.97% in 2016,
−Removed: dividend yield of 0%, expected life of 2 years and volatility of 43% to 137%.
+Added: The Company recognizes the fair value of
+Added: the stock-based compensation awards as wages in the accompanying statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the vesting
+Added: period based on the Black-Scholes option pricing model based on a risk-free rate from 1.49% to 2.55% in 2018 and 0.85% to 1.41%
+Added: in 2017, dividend yield of 0%, expected life of 2 years and volatility of 36% to 137%.
Use of Estimates
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Going Concern
−Removed: The accompanying consolidated financial statements
−Removed: have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the Company will need to manage
−Removed: additional asset units under contract and/or additional financing to fully implement its business plan, including continued growth
−Removed: and establishment of a stronger brand.
−Removed: On May 23, 2017, the Company and GHS
−Removed: Investments, LLC (“GHS Investments”) entered into an Equity Financing Agreement (the “Agreement”).
−Removed: Agreement was filed as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
−Removed: September 18, 2017.
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial
+Added: statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the Company will need
+Added: to manage additional asset units under contract and/or additional financing to fully implement its business plan, including continued
+Added: growth and establishment of a stronger brand.
+Added: On May 23, 2017, the Company and GHS Investments,
+Added: LLC (“GHS Investments”) entered into an Equity Financing Agreement (the “Agreement”).
+Added: The Agreement was
+Added: filed as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
The Agreement contemplates a series of transactions, pursuant to which the Company will “put”
−Removed: of its common stock to GHS in consideration of the payment to the Company of eighty percent (80%) of the “Market Price”
+Added: shares of its common
+Added: stock to GHS in consideration of the payment to the Company of eighty percent (80%) of the “Market Price”
of such shares.
“Market Price”
−Removed: shall mean the average of the two lowest trading prices of the Company’s Common
−Removed: Stock during the ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the receipt of the applicable put notice.
−Removed: Accordingly, on each instance
−Removed: the Company exercises a put option, the Company will know in advance, both the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the put
−Removed: option, and the dollar amount of the purchase price for such shares.
−Removed: The maximum purchase price for shares to be purchased by GHS
−Removed: Investments under the Agreement is $11,000,000.
−Removed: To facilitate the sale of the shares so purchased by GHS Investments, the Company
−Removed: agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
−Removed: The Company also entered into a Registration
−Removed: Rights Agreement with GHS Investments, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the
−Removed: Securities Act of 1933, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
−Removed: The Agreement will
−Removed: terminate (i) when GHS Investments has purchased an aggregate of $11,000,000 of the common stock of the Company, or (ii) 36 months
−Removed: after the effective date of the Agreement, or (iii) at such time that the registration statement is no longer in effect.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company is also actively seeking growth of
−Removed: its service offerings, both organically and via new client relationships.
−Removed: Management, in the ordinary course of business, is trying
−Removed: to raise additional capital through sales of common stock as well as seeking financing via equity or debt, or both from third
+Added: shall mean the average of the two lowest trading prices of the Company’s Common Stock during the
+Added: ten (10) consecutive trading days preceding the receipt of the applicable put notice.
+Added: Accordingly, on each instance the Company
+Added: exercises a put option, the Company will know in advance, both the number of shares issuable upon exercise of the put option, and
+Added: the dollar amount of the purchase price for such shares.
+Added: The maximum purchase price for shares to be purchased by GHS Investments
+Added: under the Agreement is $11,000,000.
+Added: To facilitate the sale of the shares so purchased by GHS Investments, the Company agreed to
+Added: file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
+Added: The Company also entered into a Registration Rights
+Added: Agreement with GHS Investments, pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights under the Securities
+Added: Act of 1933, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.
+Added: The Agreement will terminate
+Added: (i) when GHS Investments has purchased an aggregate of $11,000,000 of the common stock of the Company, or (ii) 36 months after
+Added: the effective date of the Agreement, or (iii) at such time that the registration statement is no longer in effect.
+Added: Additionally, the Company is also actively
+Added: seeking growth of its service offerings, both organically and via new client relationships.
+Added: Management, in the ordinary course
+Added: of business, is trying to raise additional capital through sales of common stock as well as seeking financing via equity or debt,
+Added: or both from third parties.
There are no assurances that additional financing will be available on favorable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If additional financing
−Removed: is not available, the Company will need to reduce, defer or cancel development programs, planned initiatives and overhead expenditures.
−Removed: The failure to adequately fund its capital requirements could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business,
−Removed: financial condition and results of operations.
−Removed: Moreover, the sale of additional equity securities to raise financing will result
−Removed: in additional dilution to the Company’s stockholders and incurring additional indebtedness could involve an increased debt
−Removed: service cash obligation, the imposition of covenants that restrict the Company’s operations or the Company’s ability
−Removed: to perform on its current debt service requirements.
−Removed: The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that
−Removed: might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: If additional financing is not available, the Company will need to reduce, defer or cancel development programs, planned initiatives
+Added: and overhead expenditures.
+Added: The failure to adequately fund its capital requirements could have a material adverse effect on the
+Added: Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
+Added: Moreover, the sale of additional equity securities to
+Added: raise financing will result in additional dilution to the Company’s stockholders and incurring additional indebtedness could
+Added: involve an increased debt service cash obligation, the imposition of covenants that restrict the Company’s operations or
+Added: the Company’s ability to perform on its current debt service requirements.
+Added: The consolidated financial statements do not include
+Added: any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
Future Accounting Pronouncements
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financial impact to the financial statements upon adoption of this standard.
−Removed: In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU Update No.
+Added: In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU Update
2017-07, Investments –
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does not expect any significant financial impact to the financial statements upon adoption of this standard.
−Removed: In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU Update No.
+Added: In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU Update
2017-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).
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any significant financial impact to the financial statements upon adoption of this standard.
−Removed: In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU Update No.
+Added: In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU Update
2017-09, Compensation –
Stock Compensation (Topic 718).
−Removed: The amendments in this Update are to simplify several aspects of
−Removed: the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either
+Added: The amendments in this Update are to simplify several aspects
+Added: of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either
equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows.
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during the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
−Removed: Trademarks consist of the following:
+Added: Intellectual property consists of the
Trademarks at September 30, 2016
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Trademarks at September 30, 2018
−Removed: LINE OF CREDIT
The Company has a revolving line of credit
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2018 and 2017, respectively.
−Removed: NOTES PAYABLE
−Removed: With the acquisition of Tax
−Removed: Coach Software, LLC, the Company also acquired a promissory note payable to The Huntington National Bank.
−Removed: The note permits
−Removed: maximum borrowings of $100,000.
+Added: With the acquisition of Tax Coach Software,
+Added: LLC, the Company also acquired a promissory note payable to The Huntington National Bank.
+Added: The note permits maximum borrowings of
Interest is paid monthly at prime plus 1.25% and the balance is due on demand.
−Removed: matures in February 2018 (paid off on November 30, 2017), is collateralized by substantially all assets of Tax Coach Software,
−Removed: LLC, and is secured by a personal guarantee from Keith VandeStadt, a significant stockholder of the Company.
−Removed: balance outstanding under this note payable was $92,197 and $93,397 at September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
+Added: The facility matured in February 2018
+Added: (paid off on November 30, 2017), is collateralized by substantially all assets of Tax Coach Software, LLC, and is secured by a
+Added: personal guarantee from Keith VandeStadt, a significant stockholder of the Company.
+Added: The balance outstanding under this note payable
+Added: was $0 and $92,197 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
The Company entered into a Business Loan and Security Agreement
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a Promissory Note Payable with Fourly Enterprises, LLC (“Fourly”) in the amount of $50,000.
−Removed: The interest rate
−Removed: on the note is 20%.
−Removed: The note matures on August 16, 2018.
+Added: The interest rate on the
+Added: The note matured on August 16, 2018.
Fourly is owned by the majority stockholder of the Company.
−Removed: The outstanding
−Removed: balance was $46,461 at September 30, 2017.
+Added: The outstanding balance
+Added: was $0 and $46,461 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
On August 9, 2017 the Company entered into
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The interest rate on the note is 10%.
−Removed: The note matures
−Removed: July 31, 2020.
−Removed: The outstanding balance was $100,000 at September 30, 2017.
−Removed: On August 9, 2017 the Company entered into
−Removed: a Promissory Note Payable with Mike and Terri Ashby in the amount of $100,000.
+Added: First year payment is
+Added: equal to 10% of the loan value.
+Added: A second year payment equal to 10% of the loan value was issued on January 1, 2019 with monthly
+Added: principal and interest of $4,614 starting on year three.
+Added: The note matures July 15, 2021.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $100,000 at
+Added: September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On August 9, 2017 the Company entered
+Added: into a Promissory Note Payable with Mike and Terri Ashby in the amount of $100,000.
The interest rate on the note is 10%.
−Removed: note matures August 15, 2020.
−Removed: The outstanding balance was $100,000 at September 30, 2017.
+Added: year payment is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $4,614 starting on year two.
+Added: The note matures
+Added: August 15, 2020.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $92,406 and $100,000 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
On September 5, 2017 the Company entered
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in the amount of $100,000.
−Removed: The interest rate on the
−Removed: The note matures August 15, 2020.
−Removed: The outstanding balance was $100,000 at September 30, 2017.
−Removed: The Company’s maturities
−Removed: of debt subsequent to September 30, 2017 are as follows:
−Removed: ACCRUED EXPENSES
−Removed: Accrued expenses consist of the following at
−Removed: September 30:
+Added: The interest rate on the note is
+Added: First year payment is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $4,614 starting on year two.
+Added: remaining principal and accrued interest of this note is due on the maturity date, August 15, 2020.
+Added: The outstanding balance was
+Added: $100,000 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On October 2, 2017 the Company entered
+Added: into a Promissory Note Payable with Indar and Sybil Bally in the amount of $100,000.
+Added: The interest rate on the note is 10%.
+Added: year payment is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $4,614 starting on year two.
+Added: The remaining
+Added: principal and accrued interest of this note is due on the maturity date, October 2, 2020.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $100,000
+Added: and $0 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On October 2, 2017 the Company entered
+Added: into a Promissory Note Payable with Paul Frueh in the amount of $100,000.
+Added: The interest rate on the note is 10%.
+Added: First year payment
+Added: is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $4,614 starting on year two.
+Added: The remaining principal and
+Added: accrued interest of this note is due on the maturity date, October 20, 2020.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $100,000 and $0 at September
+Added: 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On November 2, 2017 the Company entered
+Added: into a Promissory Note Payable with Michael and Donna Dade in the amount of $340,000.
+Added: The interest rate on the note is 10%.
+Added: year payment is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $15,689 starting on year two.
+Added: The remaining
+Added: principal and accrued interest of this note is due on the maturity date, October 20, 2020.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $340,000
+Added: and $0 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On March 15, 2018 the Company entered into
+Added: a Promissory Note Payable with Helen Janssen in the amount of $200,000.
+Added: The interest rate on the note is 10%.
+Added: First year payment
+Added: is equal to 10% of the loan value with monthly principal and interest of $9,229 starting on year two.
+Added: The remaining principal and
+Added: accrued interest of this note is due on the maturity date, February 15, 2021.
+Added: The outstanding balance was $200,000 and $0 at September
+Added: 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: The Company’s maturities of debt
+Added: subsequent to September 30, 2018 are as follows:
+Added: Accrued expenses consist of the following
+Added: at September 30:
Accrued payroll
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upon inception in 2014.
−Removed: Net operating losses (“NOL”) since that date total $3,233,265 as of September 30, 2017 and may
−Removed: be carried forward to offset future taxable income;
−Removed: accordingly, no current provision for income tax has been recorded in the accompanying
−Removed: statements of operations.
+Added: Net operating losses (“NOL”) since that date total $3,233,265 as of September 30, 2018 and
+Added: may be carried forward to offset future taxable income;
+Added: accordingly, no current provision for income tax has been recorded in the
+Added: accompanying statements of operations.
NOL carry-forward benefits begin to expire in 2035.
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Expense not deductible
−Removed: Impairment of goodwill
+Added: State tax, net of federal benefit
+Added: Effect of rate change
Changes to valuation allowance
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and income tax recognition of NOL carry-forwards.
−Removed: The deferred tax assets and liabilities in the accompanying consolidated
−Removed: balance sheets include the following components at September 30:
+Added: The deferred tax assets and liabilities in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated balance sheets include the following components at September 30:
Net non-current deferred tax assets:
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Net deferred taxes
+Added: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”), which
+Added: was enacted December 22, 2017, reduced the corporate income tax rate effective January 1, 2018 from 35% to 21%.
+Added: Among the other
+Added: significant tax law changes that potentially affect the Company are the limitations on the deduction for interest incurred in
+Added: 2018 or later of up to 70% of its taxable income for the carryforward year and the limitation of the utilization of post 2017
+Added: net operating loss carryforwards.
+Added: At September 30, 2018, the Company has not completed its accounting for the tax effects of enactment
+Added: of the Tax Act, however, it has made reasonable estimates of the effects on its existing deferred tax balances.
+Added: The Company does
+Added: not anticipate material changes to its income tax provision as a result of the passage of the Tax Act until pretax law change
+Added: net operating losses are fully utilized or expire in 2026.
+Added: The Company has remeasured certain deferred federal tax assets and
+Added: liabilities based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, which is generally 21%.
+Added: The deferred tax assets
+Added: of the Company were reduced by $408,041 as a result of this remeasurement.
+Added: This change was fully offset by the corresponding change
+Added: in the valuation allowance.
+Added: The Company is still analyzing certain aspects of the Tax Act, and refining its calculations, which
+Added: could potentially affect the measurement of those balances or potentially give rise to new deferred tax amounts.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: estimates may also be affected in the future as the Company gains a more thorough understanding of the Tax Act, and how the individual
+Added: states are implementing this new law.
COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND CONCENTRATIONS
The Company conducts operations from leased
+Added: premises leased through 2024.
Some of these leases provide for payment of taxes, insurance, utilities and maintenance.
−Removed: The Company also leases certain
−Removed: equipment under operating leases.
−Removed: Total rent expense for the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $102,960 and $89,150, respectively.
+Added: also leases certain equipment under operating leases.
+Added: Total rent expense for the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 was $125,297
+Added: and $118,126, respectively.
Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.
−Removed: The difference between rental expense and rental
−Removed: payments is recorded as deferred rent within accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Management expects
−Removed: that in the normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases.
+Added: The difference between
+Added: rental expense and rental payments is recorded as deferred rent within accrued expenses in the accompanying consolidated balance
+Added: Management expects that in the normal course of business, leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases.
Minimum future annual rental payments under
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Contingencies
−Removed: Under the terms of the TCS purchase
−Removed: agreement, the common stock issued has been placed in escrow.
−Removed: The sellers maintain the right to unwind this transaction under
−Removed: certain conditions.
−Removed: One agreement with one of the employees was terminated during December 2016 (See Note 9).
+Added: Under the terms of the TCS purchase agreement,
+Added: the common stock issued had been placed in escrow.
+Added: The sellers maintain the right to unwind this transaction under certain conditions.
+Added: One agreement with one of the employees was terminated during December 2016.
At September 30, 2016, Pacific Oil Company
had some outstanding payables that the previous owners were in the process of liquidating.
−Removed: Those liabilities have been shown
−Removed: here but are expected to be settled by the previous owners.
−Removed: Shares of the Company were held in escrow to cover the possibility
−Removed: that these liabilities will ultimately have to be settled by the Company.
+Added: Those liabilities have been shown here
+Added: but are expected to be settled by the previous owners.
+Added: Shares of the Company were held in escrow to cover the possibility that
+Added: these liabilities will ultimately have to be settled by the Company.
The liabilities were settled during 2017.
Legal Proceedings
−Removed: From time to time, we are a party to or otherwise
−Removed: involved in legal proceedings, claims and other legal matters, arising in the ordinary course of our business or otherwise.
−Removed: of the Company is currently involved in one legal proceeding, the outcome of which will not be material to our ability to operate
−Removed: or market our services, our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
−Removed: BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS
−Removed: Business Acquisition –
−Removed: Tax Coach Software,
−Removed: Effective October 1, 2015, the Company completed
−Removed: the acquisition of Tax Coach Software, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“Tax Coach Software”).
−Removed: was made by Financial Gravity Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: Under the terms of the acquisition, the Company acquired 100% of Tax Coach Software’s
−Removed: stock in a stock exchange.
−Removed: Total stock exchanged was 6,000,000 shares (as amended), at par value of $0.001 per share, from the
−Removed: Company for 100% of the shares of Tax Coach Software.
−Removed: Goodwill, as a result of this acquisition, is not deductible for tax purposes.
−Removed: Certificates representing the shares were required
−Removed: to be deposited in escrow as of the effective date of the acquisition.
−Removed: As part of the purchase agreement documentation, the Sellers
−Removed: maintained the right to unwind the transaction under certain conditions as described.
−Removed: The Sellers also retained all rights as shareholders
−Removed: while shares were held in escrow, including the right to vote.
−Removed: Under the escrow agreement, if the average daily closing price of
−Removed: the shares for any continuous 10-day trading period equals or exceeds $1.00 during the thirty-six months following October 28,
−Removed: 2015, the Company had the right to cause the shares deposited in escrow to be distributed to the Sellers, terminating any right
−Removed: to unwind the transaction.
−Removed: If the shares did not trade as to provide a closing price during the thirty-six months following October
−Removed: 28, 2015 or if the average daily closing price of the shares for any continuous 10-day trading period failed to equal or exceed
−Removed: $1.00 during the thirty-six months following October 28, 2015, then no later than five days following the conclusion of the thirty-six
−Removed: month period, the Sellers would have the right to unwind the acquisition of Tax Coach Software by the Company and the Company would
−Removed: immediately transfer the ownership of Tax Coach Software back to the Sellers in exchange for the return of common stock issued
−Removed: during the acquisition.
−Removed: The closing price was defined as the last closing trade price for the shares on an electronic bulletin
−Removed: board as reported by Bloomberg or on the NASDAQ Capital Market or the highest bid price as reported on “pink sheets”
−Removed: by Pink Sheets LLC (formerly the National Quotation Bureau, Inc.).
−Removed: If listed for trading on the American or New York Stock Exchange
−Removed: during the thirty-six months following October 28, 2015 it will be deemed to meet the $1.00 benchmark.
−Removed: On November 11, 2016, the parties to the escrow
−Removed: agreement agreed (in a Company Distribution Notice) that the average daily closing price of the shares had exceeded the $1.00 threshold
−Removed: and accordingly, the shares were released from escrow and the right to unwind the Tax Coach Software acquisition transaction terminated.
−Removed: Three employment agreements were made as a
−Removed: condition to the acquisition.
−Removed: Each agreement has an effective date as of November 1, 2015 and is effective for a period of three
−Removed: Two employee agreements include a base salary of $42,000 per year, per employee.
−Removed: These same two agreements, include a bonus
−Removed: that is calculated, for each employee, as the sum of 40% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues that exceed
−Removed: $850,000 and are less than $950,000 and 20% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues earned in excess of $950,000.
−Removed: One employee agreement includes a base salary of $60,000 per year.
−Removed: This same agreement, includes a bonus that is calculated as
−Removed: the sum of 20% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues that exceed $850,000 and are less than $950,000 and
−Removed: 10% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues earned in excess of $950,000.
−Removed: Gross profit is determined in accordance
−Removed: with generally acceptable accounting principles, net of other amounts paid under employment and consulting agreements.
−Removed: The agreements
−Removed: also include other certain termination and non-compete clauses.
−Removed: Compensation during the month of October 2015 to be paid to the
−Removed: three employees totals an aggregate amount of $49,150.
−Removed: Three consulting agreements were made as a condition to the acquisition.
−Removed: Two agreements require certain services at a fixed fee of $17,000 per month, per agreement, commencing on November 1, 2015 with
−Removed: a 90-day termination clause.
−Removed: One agreement was terminated by the Company during December 2017.
−Removed: One agreement requires certain
−Removed: services at a fixed fee of $3,500 per month, commencing on November 1, 2015 with a 90-day termination clause.
−Removed: $444,600 and $444,650
−Removed: in professional fees were paid under these 3 agreements during the years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
−Removed: Tax Coach Software, located in Cincinnati,
−Removed: Ohio, provides three primary services including monthly subscription revenue from the “Tax Coach”
−Removed: software system,
−Removed: coaching revenue and email marketing services for customers.
−Removed: The transaction resulted in a fair value of
−Removed: the acquisition of $1,094,702 as follows:
−Removed: Common stock issued in stock exchange at a value of $0.25 per share (as amended)
−Removed: Additional paid in capital for the escrow agreement provision
−Removed: Total value of the goodwill generated on acquisition
−Removed: Intangible assets acquired
−Removed: Net tangible assets acquired
−Removed: Total assets acquired
−Removed: Total fair value of acquisition
−Removed: The intangible assets were as follows:
−Removed: Customer relationships
−Removed: Proprietary content
−Removed: Prospect list
−Removed: Non-compete agreements
−Removed: Total intangible assets
−Removed: The tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed were as follows:
−Removed: Assets acquired:
−Removed: Accounts receivable
−Removed: Accounts receivable - other
−Removed: Internally developed software
−Removed: Total tangible assets
−Removed: Liabilities assumed:
−Removed: Accrued expenses
−Removed: Line of credit
−Removed: Total liabilities
−Removed: Net acquired assets
−Removed: The primary asset acquired from Tax Coach Software
−Removed: is the proprietary content which includes a comprehensive platform of tax planning strategies including marketing and instructional
−Removed: TCS will provide the Company with expertise in areas of service which expand beyond the Company’s current service
−Removed: The Company believes they will also be able to leverage the use of the proprietary content in maximizing the benefits of
−Removed: consulting with customers.
−Removed: The acquisition of this entity increases the additional services the Company can provide to high net
−Removed: worth individuals and business in accordance with its strategic business plan.
+Added: From time to time, we are a party to or
+Added: otherwise involved in legal proceedings, claims and other legal matters, arising in the ordinary course of our business or otherwise.
+Added: A subsidiary of the Company is currently involved in one legal proceeding, the outcome of which will not be material to our ability
+Added: to operate or market our services, our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
STOCKHOLDERS’
−Removed: The Company is authorized to issue up to 300,000,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock, par value $0.001 per share.
+Added: The Company is authorized to issue up to 300,000,000 shares
+Added: of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
Preferred Stock
−Removed: The Company does not have a preferred stock authorization in its
−Removed: articles of incorporation.
−Removed: Financial Gravity Holdings, a subsidiary of
−Removed: the Company, has authorized the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, by action of the Board of Directors.
−Removed: preferred stock authorization has not been formalized via the filing of an amendment to the certificate of formation of Financial
+Added: The Company does not have a preferred stock authorization in
+Added: its articles of incorporation.
+Added: Financial Gravity Holdings, a subsidiary
+Added: of the Company, has authorized the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, by action of the Board of Directors.
+Added: The preferred stock authorization has not been formalized via the filing of an amendment to the certificate of formation of Financial
Gravity Holdings.
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Holdings, its subsidiary, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.
−Removed: As part of the sale of common
−Removed: shares starting October 2016, the Company granted to investors who invest at value of $100,000 or above common stock
−Removed: purchase warrants (the “Warrants”).
−Removed: In the quarter ended December 31, 2016 there were three individual
−Removed: investments of $100,000 for which the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 75,000 shares of common stock of the
−Removed: Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a 1-year term and an additional 75,000 shares of common stock of the
−Removed: Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
−Removed: In the quarter ended March 31, 2017 there were two individual
−Removed: investments for an aggregate of $250,000 for which the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 50,000 shares of common
−Removed: stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a 1-year term and an additional 50,000 shares of common
+Added: As part of the sale of common shares starting
+Added: October 2016, the Company granted to investors who invest at value of $100,000 or above common stock purchase warrants (the "Warrants").
+Added: In the quarter ended December 31, 2016 there were three individual investments of $100,000 for which the Company issued warrants
+Added: for the purchase of 75,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a 1-year term and
+Added: an additional 75,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
+Added: In the quarter ended March 31, 2017 there
+Added: were two individual investments for an aggregate of $250,000 for which the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 50,000 shares
+Added: of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a l-year term and an additional 50,000 shares of common
stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
In the quarter ended September 30, 2017,
−Removed: 2017, there was one additional investment of $100,000 for which the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 25,000 shares
−Removed: of common stock of the Company after exercise price of $1.25 per share for 1-year term and an additional 25,000 shares of
−Removed: common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
+Added: there was one additional investment of $100,000 for which the Company issued warrants for the purchase of 25,000 shares of common
+Added: stock of the Company after exercise price of $1.25 per share for 1-year term and an additional 25,000 shares of common stock of
+Added: the Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
+Added: In the quarter ended December 31, 2017,
+Added: an aggregate of 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock had been sold for $100,000 for which the Company issued warrants
+Added: for the purchase of 25,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.25 per share for a 1 year term and
+Added: an additional 25,000 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $1.50 for a 2-year term.
The Company follows the provisions of ASC
815, “Derivatives and Hedging”.
−Removed: ASC 815 requires freestanding contracts that are settled in a company’s own
−Removed: stock to be designated as an equity instrument, assets or liability.
−Removed: Under the provisions of ASC 815, a contract designated as
−Removed: an asset or liability must be initially recorded and carried at fair value until the contract meets the requirements for classification
+Added: ASC 815 requires freestanding contracts that are settled in a company’s own stock
+Added: to be designated as an equity instrument, assets or liability.
+Added: Under the provisions of ASC 815, a contract designated as an asset
+Added: or liability must be initially recorded and carried at fair value until the contract meets the requirements for classification
as equity, until the contract is exercised or until the contract expires.
−Removed: However, the Company determined that these warrants
−Removed: should be accounted for as equity and as such no determination of fair value was necessary.
−Removed: Private Placement Memorandum, Financial Gravity Holdings, Inc.
+Added: However, the Company determined that these warrants should
+Added: be accounted for as equity and as such no determination of fair value was necessary.
+Added: Private Placement Memorandum, Financial Gravity Holdings,
On October 31, 2014, Financial Gravity
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and 2017, 100,000 shares and 725,000 shares, respectively, were issued for $100,000 and $725,000, respectively.
−Removed: Additional Common Stock Issuances, Financial Gravity
−Removed: Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: During the year ended September 30, 2016, one
−Removed: of the founding members of Financial Gravity Holdings forfeited 2,926,294 common shares, in addition to the issuance of shares
−Removed: sold under the PPM and common shares issued in connection with the Tax Coach Software, LLC acquisition.
−Removed: During the year ended September 30, 2016, Financial
−Removed: Gravity Holdings sold 350,000 shares of common stock.
Stock Split, Financial Gravity Holdings
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Holdings declared a three for one stock split of its common stock.
−Removed: Upon the stock split, every one share of common stock issued
+Added: Upon the stock split, everyone shares of common stock issued
and outstanding was automatically reclassified and converted into three shares of common stock.
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STOCK OPTION PLAN
−Removed: Effective February 27, 2015, the Company established
−Removed: the 2015 Stock Option Plan (the “2015 Plan”).
−Removed: The Board of Directors of the Company has the authority and discretion
−Removed: to grant stock options.
+Added: Effective February 27, 2015, the Company
+Added: established the 2015 Stock Option Plan (the “2015 Plan”).
+Added: The Board of Directors of the Company has the authority and
+Added: discretion to grant stock options.
The maximum number of shares of stock that may be issued and exercised under the Plan is 9,000,000.
−Removed: individuals include any employee of the Company or any director, consultant, or other person providing services to the Company.
+Added: Eligible individuals include any employee of the Company or any director, consultant, or other person providing services to the
The expiration date and exercise price are as established by the Board of Directors of the Company.
−Removed: The last date any options were
−Removed: granted under the 2015 Plan was March 14, 2016.
−Removed: Effective November 22, 2016, the Company established
−Removed: the 2016 Stock Option Plan (the “2016 Plan”).
−Removed: The Board of Directors of the Company has the authority and discretion
−Removed: to grant stock options.
+Added: The last date any
+Added: options were granted under the 2015 Plan was March 14, 2016.
+Added: Effective November 22, 2016, the Company
+Added: established the 2016 Stock Option Plan (the “2016 Plan”).
+Added: The Board of Directors of the Company has the authority and
+Added: discretion to grant stock options.
The maximum number of shares of stock that may be issued and exercised under the Plan is 20,000,000.
−Removed: individuals include any employee of the Company or any director, consultant, or other person providing services to the Company.
+Added: Eligible individuals include any employee of the Company or any director, consultant, or other person providing services to the
The expiration date and exercise price are as established by the Board of Directors of the Company.
−Removed: The first date any options
−Removed: were granted under the 2016 Plan was December 19, 2016.
+Added: The first date any
+Added: options were granted under the 2017 Plan was December 19, 2016.
Stock option activity is summarized as follows:
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Exercisable - end of year
−Removed: All outstanding 2015 Plan stock options at
−Removed: September 30, 2016 became immediately vested upon the completion of the reverse merger with Pacific Oil Company.
−Removed: Most of the stock
−Removed: options granted under the 2016 Plan have 2-year vesting periods but there were 20,000 options that vested at issuance.
−Removed: Total compensation
−Removed: expense included in salaries and wages of previously unamortized stock compensation was $50,773 and $22,715 for the years ended
−Removed: September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
−Removed: Unamortized share-based compensation expense as of September 30, 2017 amounted to $249,033 which is expected to recognized
−Removed: over the next 2 years.
+Added: All outstanding 2015 Plan stock options
+Added: at September 30, 2016 became immediately vested upon the completion of the reverse merger with Pacific Oil Company.
+Added: stock options granted under the 2016 Plan have 2-year vesting periods but there were 20,000 and 450,000 options that vested at
+Added: issuance during fiscal 2017 and 2018, respectively.
+Added: Total compensation expense included in salaries and wages of previously unamortized
+Added: stock compensation was $206,484 and $50,773 for the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: Unamortized share-based
+Added: compensation expense as of September 30, 2018 amounted to $162,287 which is expected to recognize over the next 1.5 years.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
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related party in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets
−Removed: was $4,506 as of September 30, 2017, and 2016.
+Added: was $1,791 and $4,506 as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Management fees paid to the majority stockholder
of the entity, included as management fees - related party in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations were $203,000
−Removed: and $213,333 for fiscal 2017, and 2016.
−Removed: During the year ended September 30,
−Removed: 2016, a board member who is also a stockholder provided services to the Company.
−Removed: Expenses for these services totaled $49,000
−Removed: and were included as general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.
−Removed: no associated expenses during 2017.
−Removed: On July 31, 2017, the Company entered into a Promissory Note Payable with Fourly Enterprises, LLC (“Fourly”) in
−Removed: the amount of $50,000.
−Removed: The interest rate on the note is 20%.
+Added: and $200,000 for fiscal 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: On July 31, 2017, the Company entered into
+Added: a Promissory Note Payable with Fourly Enterprises, LLC (“Fourly”) in the amount of $50,000.
+Added: The interest rate on the
The note matures on August 16, 2018.
−Removed: Fourly is owned by the majority
−Removed: stockholder of the Company.
−Removed: The outstanding balance was $46,461 at September 30, 2017.
+Added: Fourly is owned by the majority stockholder of the Company.
+Added: The outstanding balance
+Added: was $0 and $46,461 at September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
+Added: Three employment agreements were made as
+Added: a condition of the TCS acquisition during fiscal 2016.
+Added: Each agreement has an effective date as of November 1, 2015 and is effective
+Added: for a period of three years.
+Added: Two employee agreements include a base salary of $42,000 per year, per employee.
+Added: These same two agreements
+Added: include a bonus that is calculated, for each employee, as the sum of 40% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues
+Added: that exceed $850,000 and are less than $950,000 and 20% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues earned in excess
+Added: One employee agreement includes a base salary of $60,000 per year.
+Added: This same agreement includes a bonus that is calculated
+Added: as the sum of 20% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues that exceed $850,000 and are less than $950,000 and
+Added: 10% of the gross profit of Tax Coach Software for all revenues earned in excess of $950,000.
+Added: Gross profit is determined in accordance
+Added: with generally acceptable accounting principles, net of other amounts paid under employment and consulting agreements.
+Added: The agreements
+Added: also include other certain termination and non-compete clauses.
+Added: Compensation during the month of October 2015 to be paid to the
+Added: three employees totals an aggregate amount of $49,150.
+Added: Three consulting agreements were made as a condition to the acquisition.
+Added: Two agreements require certain services at a fixed fee of $17,000 per month, per agreement, commencing on November 1, 2015 with
+Added: a 90-day termination clause.
+Added: One agreement was terminated by the Company during December 2017.
+Added: One agreement requires certain services
+Added: at a fixed fee of $3,500 per month, commencing on November 1, 2015 with a 90-day termination clause.
+Added: $403,160 and $444,600 in professional
+Added: fees were paid under these 3 agreements during the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and are included in selling,
+Added: general and administrative expenses in the accompanying statement of operations.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: Subsequent to September 30, 2017, an aggregate of
−Removed: 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock have been sold for $100,000.
−Removed: Additionally, an aggregate of 50,000 warrants to
−Removed: purchase the Company’s common stock have been issued in conjunction with the sale of the Company’s common
−Removed: Subsequent to September 30, 2017, an aggregate of 375,500
−Removed: options to purchase the Company’s common stock have been granted.
−Removed: On November 30, 2017, the Company
−Removed: paid off the remaining balance of the note payable to The Huntington National Bank.
−Removed: On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) was signed into United States tax law, which among
−Removed: other provisions will lower the corporate tax rate to 21%.
−Removed: Given this date of enactment, our financial statements as of and
−Removed: for the year ended September 30, 2017 do not reflect the impact of the Act.
−Removed: The Company is in the process of analyzing the
−Removed: potential aggregate impact of the Act and will reflect any such impact in the quarterly report for the period in which the
−Removed: law was enacted.
+Added: Subsequent to September 30, 2018, an aggregate of 150,000 options
+Added: to purchase the Company’s common stock have been granted.
+Added: Financial Gravity entered into a new lease agreement with HPC
+Added: Services, LLC.
+Added: Starting November 1, 2018.
+Added: Financial Gravity will be expanding its new headquarters office space in the same building
+Added: and moving to a new suite.
+Added: The new corporate headquarters address will be at 800 N.
+Added: Suite 150, Allen, TX 75013 where
+Added: the company will have 5,214 square feet of office space under the new lease.
+Added: Financial Gravity is required to make monthly payments
+Added: of $7,712 per month (including operating expense) for the next 2 years.
+Added: The rent will increase February 2022 to $8,146 per month
+Added: (including operating expense) until the lease expires in January 2024.
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