Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: (“Financial
−Removed: Gravity”
−Removed: or the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on December 5, 2005.
−Removed: Its principal
−Removed: executive offices are located at 800 N.
−Removed: Watters Rd., Suite 150, Allen, Texas 75013.
−Removed: The Company’s telephone number is 800-588-3893.
−Removed: The Company’s stock symbol is FGCO.
−Removed: Financial Gravity is a parent company of best of breed financial
−Removed: services companies including brokerage, wealth management, estate planning, family office services, risk management, business
−Removed: and personal tax planning, business consulting, and financial advisor services.
−Removed: Financial Gravity's mission is to synergistically
−Removed: bring together companies that create symbiotic advantages to each other in order to bring a complete financial experience to the
−Removed: clients that we serve.
−Removed: Unless otherwise provided in footnotes,
−Removed: all references from this point forward in this Report to “Financial Gravity,”
−Removed: “we,”
−Removed: “us,”
−Removed: company,”
−Removed: “our,”
−Removed: or the “Company”
−Removed: refer to the combined Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: together with its subsidiaries.
−Removed: Business Overview
−Removed: On October 31, 2016, following a reverse
−Removed: merger transaction with Pacific Oil Company, the Articles of Incorporation were amended to change the name of the Company to Financial
−Removed: Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: Sofos Investments, Inc.
−Removed: (formerly Financial
−Removed: Gravity Wealth, Inc.), Financial Gravity Tax, Inc., MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (formerly Financial Gravity Business, LLC), Financial
−Removed: Gravity Ventures, LLC and Tax Master Network, LLC, are Company subsidiaries that deliver a wide range of investment and financial
−Removed: advice, support for financial advisors, tax planning and management services to high net worth individuals and businesses nationwide.
−Removed: On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire 100%
−Removed: of the shares of stock of Presidential Brokerage, Inc, a California corporation (“Forta”).
−Removed: Subsequent to the entering
−Removed: into the agreement, Forta changed it’s name to Forta Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: (“Forta”).
−Removed: Upon completion of the
−Removed: acquisition of the Forta stock, Forta will become a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
−Removed: Forta is a broker-dealer, a registered
−Removed: investment advisor, and a licensed insurance agent.
−Removed: It primarily operates in Colorado.
−Removed: The merger is subject to FINRA approval
−Removed: and will be finalized upon such approval.
−Removed: The following outline briefly describes
−Removed: Financial Gravity’s various subsidiaries and the products and services they offer:
+Added: is a parent company of the best of bread stock brokerage, investment advisory,
+Added: asset management, tax planning for business and personal, and financial advisor services companies.
+Added: We believe that truly comprehensive
+Added: financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone.
+Added: We provide this comprehensive experience through our unique combination
+Added: of services that include tax planning and the ability to deliver in-depth advice on a comprehensive range of investment services
+Added: and products.
+Added: For advisors, we provide platforms to access proprietary and non-proprietary investment products that enhance advisors’
+Added: ability to deliver what is best for their clients, all coupled with technology to deliver a state-of-the-art experience.
+Added: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc., and
+Added: subsidiaries (the “Company”) is headquartered in Austin Texas, with locations in Allen, Texas, Denver, Colorado and
+Added: Cincinnati, Ohio.
+Added: The currently operating wholly owned subsidiaries of the organization include:
Sofos Investments, Inc.
−Removed: (Financial Gravity
−Removed: Wealth, Inc.) (“Sofos”) Sofos is a registered investment advisor (“RIA”), registered with the Securities
−Removed: and Exchange Commission, and provides asset management services to individuals and businesses, including financial planning, wealth
−Removed: management and money management.
−Removed: Financial Gravity Tax, Inc.
−Removed: Gravity Tax was a tax planning service provider for small companies and individuals.
−Removed: The Tax Operating System, is a system for
−Removed: integrating and executing tax planning strategies.
−Removed: This is offered via subscription for member tax professionals.
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Tax had a small bookkeeping and payroll service businesses, but those business lines were either sold or shut down in 2019.
−Removed: business lines and customers of Financial Gravity Tax was sold in October 2019 and the legal entity isn’t active currently.
−Removed: Tax Master Network, LLC Tax Master
−Removed: provides three primary services including monthly subscriptions to the Tax Master Network systems, coaching and email
−Removed: marketing services.
−Removed: Tax Master Network (“TMN”) currently supports over 300 Certified Public Accountants (“CPA”)
−Removed: and Enrolled Agent professionals, training them to add crucial tax planning services to support clients.
−Removed: TMN has developed the
−Removed: Certified Tax Master®
−Removed: for this group and includes client acquisition and retention systems.
−Removed: TMN also offers tax planning services
−Removed: through the Tax Blueprint®.
−Removed: The process begins with an extensive and comprehensive review of the client’s needs.
−Removed: assessment sets the requirements for the program that is subsequently developed.
−Removed: The second step is to use the client’s
−Removed: custom Tax Blueprint®
−Removed: to capture the identified tax savings.
−Removed: The Tax Blueprint®
−Removed: is delivered to the client as a guide
−Removed: to implementation of the identified tax savings strategies.
+Added: (“Sofos”,
+Added: formerly, Financial Gravity Wealth, Inc.).
+Added: Sofos is a registered investment advisor (“RIA”), registered with the Securities
+Added: and Exchange Commission, and provides asset management services to individuals and businesses, including money management, financial
+Added: planning, and wealth management.
+Added: Sofos commenced its money management services in late 2019, and by September 2020 was approaching
+Added: $100,000,000 in assets under management.
+Added: Tax Master Network, LLC, runs the Tax Master
+Added: (“TMN”) that provides four primary services including monthly subscriptions to the TMN systems, coaching
+Added: and marketing services.
+Added: TMN currently supports over 300 Certified Public Accountants (“CPA”) and Enrolled Agent professionals,
+Added: training them to support clients through tax planning services.
+Added: TMN has developed the Certified Tax Master®
+Added: that includes client
+Added: acquisition and retention systems.
+Added: TMN also offers tax planning services through the Tax Blueprint®, which includes an extensive
+Added: individualized review and assessment of the client’s tax situation.
+Added: The initial assessment sets the requirements for a custom
+Added: Tax Blueprint®
+Added: for each client to use as guide to implementation of the identified tax savings strategies.
+Added: Finally, TMN offers
+Added: the Tax Operating System, which is a system for integrating and executing tax planning strategies.
+Added: In addition, TMN will be launching
+Added: new efforts to increase subscribers, including a revamped tax operating system and financial advisor business development programs
+Added: that will assist TMN subscribers in increasing their business activity.
+Added: The goal is to provide TMN subscribers with a platform
+Added: for them to enhance their business opportunities in the areas of investment and financial advice and to increase their effectiveness
+Added: as tax advisors to small businesses and individuals.
MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (formerly
−Removed: Financial Gravity Business, LLC.) (“MPath”) MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance
−Removed: products and services to insurance agents or agencies.
−Removed: Financial Gravity Ventures, LLC .
−Removed: Financial Gravity Ventures was established to hold acquired companies and business assets until they are integrated into the mainstream
−Removed: Financial Gravity business structure.
−Removed: Sash Corporation dba Metro Data Processing ,
−Removed: based in Tulsa, OK was the Company’s first acquisition and Metro Data Processing was based in Tulsa, OK.
−Removed: The client list
−Removed: was sold to ADP in 2018.
−Removed: This entity is now inactive and awaiting dissolution.
−Removed: Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: (formerlyh Presidential Brokerage, Inc.) On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into a merger agreement
−Removed: with Forta, to acquire Forta in exchange for Company stock.
−Removed: The merger is awaiting FINRA approval.
−Removed: When approved, the Forta shareholders
−Removed: will own more than 50% of the Company.
−Removed: Forta is a broker dealer, registered investment advisor and an insurance brokerage, subject
−Removed: to FINRA, SEC and insurance regulation.
−Removed: Organic growth has come in three key areas.
+Added: Financial Gravity Business, LLC.) (“MPath”) MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance products
+Added: and services to insurance agents or agencies.
+Added: This is a new venture that will be focused upon insurance marketing and will capture
+Added: business synergies in the sale of insurance products by financial advisors with TMN and with Forta.
+Added: Forta Financial Group, Inc.
+Added: (“Forta”)
+Added: is a broker-dealer, a registered investment advisor, and a licensed insurance agent.
+Added: It primarily operates in Colorado and has
+Added: independent advisors and representative in other states.
+Added: Forta will be focused on attracting independent advisors and supporting
+Added: TMN members as they grow their financial advisory businesses.
+Added: Forta is implementing plans to recruit independent advisors which
+Added: will increase revenue.
+Added: Organic growth has come from the following
Tax Services and financial advisory services, including Tax Blueprint®
and ongoing Tax Operating System®
−Removed: Brokerage and
−Removed: Wealth Management Services –
−Removed: and brokerage services after the Forta acquisition and money management
+Added: Brokerage and Wealth Management Services.
+Added: Money Management Services.
Other Products and Services (Insurance and other miscellaneous products and services).
−Removed: All future growth is expected to come from
+Added: Future growth is expected to come from
these key areas, organic growth, acquisitions, and strategic alliances.
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and high net worth individuals at the price that Financial Gravity offers.
−Removed: Financial Gravity’s service delivery model has been proven
−Removed: to work over the past years.
−Removed: Financial Gravity believes that its superior products, services and overall customer service will
−Removed: enable it to achieve sales and revenue growth.
+Added: Financial Gravity’s service delivery
+Added: model has been proven to work over the past years.
+Added: Financial Gravity believes that its superior products, services and overall
+Added: customer service will enable it to achieve sales and revenue growth.
Intellectual Property
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From time to time, the Company is a party
−Removed: to or otherwise involved in legal proceedings, claims and other legal matters, arising in the ordinary course of its business
−Removed: or otherwise.
−Removed: It is management’s opinion that there are no legal proceedings the outcome of which will be material to its
−Removed: ability to operate or market its services, its consolidated financial position, operating results or cash flows.
+Added: to or otherwise involved in legal proceedings, claims and other legal matters, arising in the ordinary course of its business or
+Added: It is management’s opinion that there are no legal proceedings the outcome of which will be material to its ability
+Added: to operate or market its services, its consolidated financial position, operating results or cash flows.
Government Regulation
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