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Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
+Added: December 31, 2020
September 30, 2020
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Trade accounts receivable, net
+Added: Right to use lease asset
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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Property and equipment, net
−Removed: Right to use lease asset
−Removed: Customer relationship, net
Proprietary content, net
−Removed: Non-compete agreements, net
+Added: Right to use lease asset
Intellectual property
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Accounts payable –
−Removed: Related party payables
−Removed: Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
+Added: Accrued expenses
Contract liabilities
+Added: Deferred rent
Line of credit
−Removed: Lease Liability
+Added: Lease liability –
+Added: Related Party Payables
Notes payable
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300,000,000 shares authorized;
−Removed: 83,023,048 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2020 and 41,436,033 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019
+Added: 83,618,412 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 83,618,412 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020
Additional paid-in capital
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: The accompanying notes are in integral part
of these consolidated financial statements.
Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: For the Nine Months Ended
−Removed: Total Revenue
−Removed: Investment Management Fee
+Added: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 and 2019
+Added: December 31, 2020
+Added: December 31, 2019
+Added: Broker Dealer Income
+Added: Investment management fees
Service income
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General and administrative
−Removed: Management fees - related party
−Removed: Compensation Expense
+Added: Salaries and wages
Total operating expenses
−Removed: Operating Income (Loss)
+Added: Net operating loss
+Added: OTHER EXPENSE
+Added: Interest expense
Other Income (Expense)
−Removed: Interest & Other Expense
+Added: Total other expense
+Added: Net Loss before Income taxes
LOSS PER SHARE - Basic and Diluted
−Removed: (1) Earnings per share amount is rounded up to $(0.01)
The accompanying notes are an integral part
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Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
−Removed: STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
+Added: and Subsidiaries
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’
+Added: For the three-month periods ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019
Number of Shares Issued and Outstanding
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Stock based employee compensation expense
−Removed: Stock options in lieu of expenses
−Removed: Debt exchanged for stock
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2019
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2019
−Removed: $ (6,095,901 )
−Removed: Stock based employee compensation expense
−Removed: Stock options in lieu of expenses
−Removed: Debt exchanged for stock
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2019
−Removed: $ (6,112,168 )
−Removed: Balance at September 30, 2019
−Removed: $ (6,199,115 )
−Removed: Stock based employee compensation expense
Stock options exercised
Private Placement stock issue
−Removed: Stock issued in exchange for services
−Removed: Forta acquisition
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2020
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2019
$ (6,211,157 )
−Removed: Balance at March 31, 2020
+Added: Balance at September 30, 2020
$ (6,990,790 )
Stock based employee compensation expense
−Removed: Stock issued in exchange for services
−Removed: Forta acquisition
−Removed: Balance at June 30, 2020
+Added: Balance at December 31, 2020
$ (7,185,150 )
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Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
−Removed: Nine months Ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
−Removed: Nine Months Ended
+Added: Three Months Ended December 31,
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Stock based compensation
−Removed: Stock options issued for services
−Removed: Impairment of intangible
+Added: Right of use of lease asset
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable - related party
−Removed: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
−Removed: Accounts payable - trade, current
+Added: Prepaid expenses
+Added: Accounts payable –
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
−Removed: Contract Liabilities
+Added: Related Party Payable
+Added: Deferred revenue
+Added: Lease liability
Net cash used in operating activities
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Cash acquired from Forta acquisition
−Removed: Purchases of property and equipment
−Removed: Purchase of trademark
+Added: Cash paid for purchase of property and equipment
Net cash used in investing activities
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
−Removed: Borrowings from line of credit
−Removed: Borrowings from notes payable
−Removed: Payments on line of credit
+Added: Borrowings from lines of credit
+Added: Proceeds from notes payable
Payments on notes payable
−Removed: Proceeds from sale of common stock
+Added: Payments on line of credit
+Added: Proceeds from the sale of common stock
Net cash provided by financing activities
−Removed: Net increase(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
+Added: TOTAL INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD
−Removed: Cash Paid for Interest
−Removed: The accompanying notes are an integral part
+Added: Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
+Added: Cash paid during the period for:
+Added: The accompanying notes are in integral part
of these consolidated financial statements.
Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
+Added: and Subsidiaries
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NATURE OF BUSINESS
−Removed: Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: parent company of financial services companies including brokerage, investment advisor, asset management, estate planning, family
−Removed: office services, business and personal tax planning, business consulting, and financial advisor services.
−Removed: Financial Gravity's mission
−Removed: is to bring together financial services companies that create comprehensive customer service synergies for the clients that we
Financial Gravity Companies, Inc., and
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Cincinnati, Ohio.
−Removed: The currently operating wholly owned subsidiaries of the organization include:
+Added: The currently operating wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company include:
Sofos Investments, Inc.
(“Sofos”).
−Removed: formerly, Financial Gravity Wealth, Inc.).
−Removed: 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 money management, financial
−Removed: planning, and wealth management.
+Added: Sofos is a registered investment advisor (“RIA”), registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and provides
+Added: asset management services to individuals and businesses, including money management, financial planning, and wealth management.
+Added: Sofos commenced its money management services in late 2019, and by December 2020 had in excess of $100,000,000 in assets under
Tax Master Network, LLC, runs the Tax Master
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the Tax Operating System, which is a system for integrating and executing tax planning strategies.
−Removed: MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (formerly
−Removed: Financial Gravity Business, LLC.) (“MPath”) MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance products
−Removed: and services to insurance agents or agencies.
+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.
+Added: Tax Master Network, LLC gives CPAs, Enrolled
+Added: Agents, and other tax professionals a system for marketing, selling, and fulfilling tax-planning engagements.
+Added: The system rests
+Added: on two proprietary SAAS-based applications, the Tax Ninja software, which uses non-technical language in written reports introducing
+Added: clients to tax-saving concepts and strategies;
+Added: and the Tax Operating System®, which automates implementation of tax strategies.
+Added: The system also includes:
+Added: 1) marketing and practice-management tools and resources;
+Added: 2) access to the Technical Training Center
+Added: and the Sales Training Center to support members;
+Added: 3) the monthly Fueled program which promotes personal development education;
+Added: 4) the weekly Tax Beat client newsletter (a client newsletter);
+Added: and 6) the Certified Tax Master®
+Added: designation (which identifies
+Added: members as offering special training not usually available to clients).
+Added: TMN membership also includes the Financial Advisor Technical
+Added: Education (FATE) program, which serves two goals:
+Added: 1) it helps tax planners do a better job helping clients manage tax exposure
+Added: in their investment portfolios;
+Added: and 2) it gives members a proprietary "done for you"
+Added: path into the investment advisory
+Added: MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (“MPath”)
+Added: MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance products and services to insurance agents or agencies.
+Added: is a new venture that will be focused upon insurance marketing and will capture business synergies in the sale of insurance products
+Added: by financial advisors with TMN and with Forta.
Forta Financial Group, Inc.
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independent advisors and representative in other states.
−Removed: SEGMENT REPORTING
−Removed: We manage our business in four reportable
−Removed: Each of our subsidiaries is treated as a segment.
−Removed: We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on a segment’s
−Removed: share of consolidated operating income, which excludes discontinued operations of Financial Gravity Tax that are shown in the report.
−Removed: Financial Gravity Tax (discontinued)
−Removed: Forta Financial Group
−Removed: Sofos Investments
−Removed: Tax Masters Network
−Removed: Unallocated (Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.)
−Removed: Ordinary Income
−Removed: Total Service Income
−Removed: Total Investment Management Fees
−Removed: Total Compensation Expense
−Removed: Total Cost of services
−Removed: Total Depreciation & Amortization
−Removed: Total General and Administrative
−Removed: Total Marketing
−Removed: Total Professional Services
−Removed: Total Expense
−Removed: Net Ordinary Income
−Removed: Other Income/Expense
−Removed: Total Other Income
−Removed: Total Other Expense
−Removed: Net Other Income
−Removed: $ (1,548,990 )
−Removed: BUSINESS ACQUISITION
−Removed: On September 30, 2019, the Company entered
−Removed: into a merger agreement with Forta Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: (“Forta”
−Removed: or “FFGI”, formerly, Presidential Brokerage,
−Removed: Inc.), to acquire 100% of the stock of Forta in exchange for 45,785,879 shares of Company common stock.
−Removed: Forta is a broker dealer,
−Removed: registered investment advisor and an insurance brokerage, subject to FINRA, SEC and insurance regulation.
−Removed: The acquisition transaction
−Removed: closed on May 21, 2020.
−Removed: Forta’s financial performance is included in Company’s consolidated statements starting as
−Removed: of May 21, 2020.
−Removed: Identification of Company as the Acquirer
−Removed: The acquisition was primarily effected
−Removed: by a merger and an exchange of Company’s common stock as the consideration paid to Forta stockholders by Company for their
−Removed: equity interests in Forta.
−Removed: We looked at all pertinent facts and circumstances identified in ASC 805-10-25-1, ASC 805-10-05-4 to
−Removed: be considered in identifying the acquirer in a business combination effected by exchanging equity interests.
−Removed: The standard recognizes
−Removed: that the acquirer usually is the entity that issues its equity interests, but that in some business combinations the issuing entity
−Removed: is the acquiree.
−Removed: In these situations, the accounting acquiror is different than the legal acquiror.
−Removed: The guidance provides the following factors
−Removed: to consider in identifying the accounting acquiror in a business combination like the acquisition that is effected by exchanging
−Removed: equity interests:
−Removed: The majority shares ended up being held
−Removed: by Forta shareholders.
−Removed: The original calculation was to be an even 50% for Forta and Company shareholders.
−Removed: However, the calculations
−Removed: included shares that were granted through the option plan at Company, and it was assumed that each of the option share grants would
−Removed: be exercised.
−Removed: As it turned out, the vast majority of the option shares were not exercised, so that ended up skewing the majority
−Removed: calculation in favor of the Forta shareholders.
−Removed: There were no other special or unusual voting arrangements, convertible securities
−Removed: or other financial instruments of the combined Company immediately after the acquisition.
−Removed: After the acquisition, the largest single
−Removed: minority interest would be held by a Company shareholder, John Pollock, and members of the Board of Directors and management of
−Removed: Company, some of whom were shareholders of Forta, would end up owning in excess of 40% of the voting shares of Company.
−Removed: There is no agreement on the election of
−Removed: Board members, and neither Forta nor Financial Gravity shareholders have any agreement to elect a majority of the Board.
−Removed: The composition of the senior management
−Removed: of the combined entity.
−Removed: Senior management is from Financial Gravity.
−Removed: Based upon the above, the Company has concluded that Financial
−Removed: Gravity will be treated as the acquirer.
−Removed: Purchase Price Allocation
−Removed: The purchase price of $7,600,415 was based
−Removed: upon the share price of Company’s stock as of May 21, 2020.
−Removed: We have used preliminary fair value estimates for the assets
−Removed: acquired and liabilities assumed for the acquisition.
−Removed: We believe significant synergies may arise from
−Removed: this acquisition, as a result of which the purchase price was in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired and, as a
−Removed: result, we have preliminarily recorded goodwill of $7,358,050.
−Removed: We have not yet finalized estimates that relate to certain tangible
−Removed: and intangible assets, including customer relationships, trade names, contracts.
−Removed: Our estimates and assumptions for these acquisitions
−Removed: are subject to change as we obtain additional information for our estimates during the respective measurement periods (up to one
−Removed: year from the acquisition date).
−Removed: Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
−Removed: Forta Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
−Removed: As of May 21, 2020
−Removed: PURCHASE PRICE
−Removed: Current Assets
−Removed: Accounts Receivable
−Removed: Other Current Assets
−Removed: Total Current Assets
−Removed: Current Liabilities
−Removed: Total Accounts Payable
−Removed: Total Other Current Liabilities
−Removed: Total Current Liabilities
−Removed: Long-Term Liabilities
−Removed: Total Long-Term Liabilities
−Removed: Total Liabilities
−Removed: The accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed
−Removed: combined financial statement of Financial Gravity Companies, Inc.
−Removed: (“Financial Gravity”, “FGCO”
−Removed: or the “Company”)
−Removed: is presented to illustrate the estimated effects of the acquisition of 100% of the stock of Forta Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: (“Forta”
−Removed: or “FFGI”), which closed on May 21, 2020 (the “acquisition”
−Removed: or the “transaction”) on the historical
−Removed: financial position and results of operations of the Company.
−Removed: The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations
−Removed: is based upon and derived from and should be read in conjunction with Company’s and Forta’s historical audited financial
−Removed: statements for the year ended September 30, 2019 and the historical unaudited financial statements for the nine months ended June
−Removed: 30, 2020 –
−Removed: Company will be fling its 8K/A with the financial information.
−Removed: UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL
−Removed: Forta’s results of operations have been included in the
−Removed: following financial statement for the nine months ending June 30, 2020 prospectively from the assumed date of acquisition of October
−Removed: Pro forma results have been prepared by adjusting historical results to include Forta’s results of operations.
−Removed: unaudited pro forma results presented do not necessarily reflect the results of operations that would have resulted had the acquisition
−Removed: been completed at the beginning of October 1, 2019, nor does it indicate the results of operations in future periods.
−Removed: Additionally,
−Removed: the unaudited pro forma results do not include the impact of possible business model changes, nor does it consider any potential
−Removed: impacts of current market conditions on revenues, reduction of expenses, asset dispositions, or other factors.
−Removed: The impact of these
−Removed: items could alter the following pro forma results:
−Removed: FINANCIAL GRAVITY COMPANIES, INC.
−Removed: UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED
−Removed: STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2020
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Investment Management Fees
−Removed: Service Income
−Removed: Total Revenue
−Removed: Compensation Expense
−Removed: Cost of services
−Removed: Depreciation & Amortization
−Removed: General and Administrative
−Removed: Professional Services
−Removed: Total Expense
−Removed: Net Ordinary Income
−Removed: Other Income/Expense
−Removed: Total Other Income
−Removed: Total Other Expense
−Removed: Net Other Income
−Removed: Net income (loss) per common share:
−Removed: Derived from the unaudited statement operations of Forta for the nine months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: Derived from the unaudited statement operations of FGCO for the nine months ended June 30, 2020
+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: Forta does not hold funds or securities for customers or owe money or securities to customers.
+Added: to Rule 15c3-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Forta is required to maintain minimum net capital of $100,000 and ratio
+Added: of aggregate indebtedness to net capital shall not exceed 15 to 1.
+Added: On December 31, 2020, the Forta’s net capital was $294,485
+Added: and the aggregate indebtedness to net capital was 78.72%.
+Added: The Company is exempt from certain provisions of Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities
+Added: Exchange Act of 1934.
+Added: Such exemption is in accordance with paragraph (k) (2) (ii) of the Rule.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
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All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated on consolidation.
−Removed: Effective May 21, 2020, Company acquired
−Removed: 100% of Forta in exchange for 45,785,879 shares of common stock of Company.
−Removed: Forta’s assets and liabilities are included in
−Removed: Company’s assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2020.
−Removed: Forta’s results of operations have been consolidated with Company’s
−Removed: results beginning as of June 1, 2020.
+Added: Beginning as of May 21, 2020 Forta’s
+Added: assets and liabilities are included in Company’s assets and liabilities and Forta’s results of operations have been
+Added: consolidated with Company’s results.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
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has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash
+Added: Cash does not include restricted cash, including the net capital deposit of approximately $100,000 at First Clearing,
+Added: which is recorded on the balance sheet with prepaid expenses and other current assets.
Trade accounts receivable are carried at
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Recoveries of receivables previously written off are recorded when
−Removed: The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.
+Added: The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively.
In the normal course of business, the Company
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does not believe that it is exposed to any significant risk of loss on accounts receivable.
−Removed: Prepaid Expenses
+Added: Prepaid Expenses and other current assets
Prepaid expenses consist of expenses the
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the related cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in operations.
−Removed: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02
−Removed: Leases, which changed financial reporting as it relates to leasing transactions to recognize a lease liability, measured on a discounted
−Removed: and a right-of-use asset, for the lease term.
−Removed: In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: 2018-10 Codification Improvements to
−Removed: Topic 842, Leases and ASU No.
−Removed: 2018-11 Leases (Topic 842):
−Removed: Targeted Improvements.
−Removed: In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
−Removed: Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases.
−Removed: The Company adopted these ASUs on October 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis.
−Removed: The Company did not elect the hindsight practical expedient and did elect the package of practical expedients to not reassess prior
−Removed: conclusions related to contracts containing leases, lease classification and initial direct costs for all leases.
−Removed: The initial adoption
−Removed: of the standard recognized right-of-use assets of $323,097 and lease liabilities of $337,454 on the Company’s statement of
−Removed: financial position with no impact on the Company's results of operations.
−Removed: The Company had no significant changes to processes
−Removed: The Company leases
−Removed: their office space through an operating lease in Denver Colorado, which expires at May 31, 2021, and non-material offices leases
−Removed: in Cincinnati, Ohio and Loveland, Colorado.
−Removed: Company’s lease agreements obligate the Company to pay real estate taxes, insurance,
−Removed: and certain maintenance costs, which are accounted for separately.
−Removed: The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material
−Removed: residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
−Removed: The Company determines if an arrangement is an operating lease at
−Removed: Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.
−Removed: All other leases are recorded
−Removed: on the balance sheet as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for the lease term.
−Removed: Lease assets and lease liabilities are recognized
−Removed: at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term and include options to extend or terminate
−Removed: the lease when they are reasonably certain to be exercised.
−Removed: The present value of lease payments is determined primarily using the
−Removed: incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement date.
−Removed: The Company’s operating lease expense
−Removed: is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is recorded in general and administrative expenses.
Proprietary Content
The proprietary content acquired as a part
−Removed: of the TMN purchase has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $525,100, the value attributed to such
−Removed: content on the date of the purchase.
+Added: of the TMN purchase has been recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets at $525,100, the value attributed to it
+Added: on the date of the purchase.
The proprietary content is being amortized on a straight-line basis over an eight- year estimated
−Removed: During each of the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company
−Removed: recorded amortization expense of $16,320 and $49,138 for 2020 and $16,410 and $49,228 for 2019, respectively, on this intangible
−Removed: asset, which is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: amortization at June 30, 2020 was $311,688 and $246,140 at September 30, 2019.
+Added: During each of the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company recorded amortization expense of $16,544 and
+Added: $16,410 respectively, on this intangible asset, which is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Accumulated amortization at December 31, 2020 was $394,049 and $377,505 at September 30,
+Added: Future amortization of proprietary content
+Added: is estimated to be as follows for the years ended September 30:
Non-compete Agreements
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five-year term of the non-compete clause of the agreement.
−Removed: During each of the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,
−Removed: the Company recorded amortization expense of $1,308 and $3,938 for 2020 and $1,315 and $3,945 for 2019, respectively on this intangible
−Removed: asset, which is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
−Removed: amortization at June 30, 2020 was $24,978 and $19,725 at September 30, 2019.
+Added: During each of the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, the
+Added: Company recorded amortization expense of $0 and $1,315 respectively on this intangible asset, which is included in depreciation
+Added: and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Accumulated amortization was $26,300 at September
+Added: This asset is fully depreciated and written off, as of September 30, 2020.
Intellectual Property
−Removed: Intellectual property is stated at cost.
−Removed: Intellectual property with indefinite lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment at least annually.
−Removed: Management has determined
−Removed: that the intellectual property have an indefinite life and do not consider the value of intellectual property recorded in the accompanying
−Removed: consolidated balance sheets to be impaired as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.
−Removed: Goodwill represents the excess of the
−Removed: value of the purchase price and related costs over the identifiable assets from business acquisitions.
−Removed: The Company conducts
−Removed: an annual impairment assessment, at the reporting unit level, of its recorded goodwill.
−Removed: The Company assesses qualitative
−Removed: pertinent factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than it is
−Removed: carrying amount.
−Removed: The qualitative factors evaluated by the Company include macro-economic conditions of the local business
−Removed: environment, overall financial performance, and other entity specific factors as deemed appropriate.
−Removed: If, through this
−Removed: qualitative assessment, the conclusion is made that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is
−Removed: less than it is carrying amount, a two-step impairment test is performed.
−Removed: Management determined, by assessing the qualitative
−Removed: factors, that it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is greater than it carries value.
−Removed: Management does not consider the value of goodwill recorded for TMN in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets to be
−Removed: impaired as of June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019.
−Removed: Goodwill related to the acquisition of Forta was recognized in the
−Removed: amount of $7,358,050, being the difference between the value of Forta’s net assets and the market value of
−Removed: Company’s stock at the time of the acquisition of Forta.
+Added: The Company accounts for intellectual property
+Added: in accordance with GAAP and accordingly, intellectual property are stated at cost.
+Added: Intellectual property with indefinite lives
+Added: are not amortized but are tested for impairment at least annually.
+Added: Management has determined that the intellectual property have
+Added: an indefinite life and do not consider the value of intellectual property recorded in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets
+Added: to be impaired as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
+Added: Goodwill represents the excess of the value
+Added: of the purchase price and related costs over the identifiable assets from business acquisitions.
+Added: The Company conducts an annual
+Added: impairment assessment, at the reporting unit level, of its recorded goodwill.
+Added: The Company assesses qualitative factors in order
+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 in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated balance sheets to be impaired as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
+Added: Goodwill consists of the following:
+Added: September 30,
+Added: Forta Goodwill
+Added: Total Goodwill
The Company records federal and state income,
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tax benefits as a component of income tax expense.
−Removed: There was no accrued interest, penalties or uncertain tax positions as of June
+Added: There was no accrued interest, penalties or uncertain tax positions as of December
31, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
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Earnings Per Share
−Removed: Basic loss per common share is computed
+Added: Basic earnings per common share is computed
by dividing net earnings available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the reporting
−Removed: The average number of common shares for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 respectively were 72,018,838 and
−Removed: The average number of common shares for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were 51,669,659
−Removed: and 36,949,650.
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020, 1,351,323 approximately common stock equivalents were not added
−Removed: to the diluted average shares because inclusion of such equivalents would be antidilutive.
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2019, approximately 3,430,646 common stock equivalents were not added to the diluted average shares because inclusion
−Removed: of such equivalents would be antidilutive.
+Added: Average number of common shares were 83,618,412 and 41,495,070 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020, approximately 3,626,446 common stock equivalents were not added to the diluted average shares because inclusion of such
+Added: equivalents would be antidilutive.
+Added: For the three months ended December 31, 2019, approximately 2,161,605 common stock equivalents
+Added: were not added to the diluted average shares because inclusion of such equivalents would be antidilutive.
Revenue Recognition
+Added: The Company adopted the Financial Accounting
+Added: Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts
+Added: with Customers October 1, 2019 on a modified basis.
+Added: As the initial adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on the
+Added: Company's financial condition or results of operations, no cumulative effect was recognized at the date of initial application.
+Added: The Company also had no significant changes to systems, processes, or controls.
The Company derives its revenues primarily
−Removed: investment management fees, brokerage commissions, TMN subscriptions, financial advisor subscriptions, Tax BluePrint sales,
−Removed: insurance sales and marketing programs, and Tax Operating System subscriptions.
−Removed: Company generates investment management
−Removed: fees by providing management services for client investments (through Sofos and Forta).
−Removed: Investment management fees are calculated
−Removed: as a percentage of assets under management for the period.
−Removed: Investment management fees Revenue is recognized as earned, at the end
−Removed: of each month that management services were performed.
−Removed: Fees are withdrawn from investor accounts monthly, in arrears, or in the
−Removed: case of Forta, investment management fees may be withdrawn quarterly in advance from investor accounts.
−Removed: These advance payments
−Removed: are recognized, equally, over the three months of the applicable quarter.
−Removed: Company generates brokerage commissions
−Removed: through Forta by providing brokerage services to clients.
−Removed: Commissions are calculated based upon the value of the securities that
−Removed: are bought or sold for the client.
−Removed: Fees are paid as part of the purchase and sale transaction.
−Removed: Depending upon the securities bought
−Removed: or sold, recognition is either on the trade date or the date when the purchase contract is accepted.
−Removed: Revenue is also derived from the sale of
−Removed: annuities and premiums on life insurance policies issued by insurance companies to clients (through Forta), and from insurance
−Removed: marketing programs (through MPath Advisor Resources, LLC.).
−Removed: The revenue is recognized after the insurance policies are issued and
+Added: from the following activities:
+Added: Investment Management Fees, Securities Brokerage Commissions, Tax Master Network subscriptions,
+Added: Tax Operating System subscriptions, Financial Advisor subscriptions, Tax BluePrint sales, and Insurance Sales.
+Added: Investment management fees are recognized
+Added: as services are provided by the Company.
+Added: Investment management fees include fees earned from assets under management by providing
+Added: professional services to manage clients’
+Added: Fees are generally paid quarterly, in advance, for each quarter or
+Added: monthly in arrears.
+Added: Revenues are earned over the period in which the service is provided, which is typically monthly.
+Added: The Company generates services income which
+Added: is recognized when consulting and other professional services are performed by the Company (primarily from TMN and MPath).
+Added: is recognized as services are delivered.
Revenue represents gross billings less
discounts, and are net of sales taxes, as applicable.
−Removed: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as Contract Liabilities
+Added: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as deferred revenue
in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: TMN provides several levels of subscription
−Removed: services that are charged and collected on a month to month basis.
−Removed: The client subscribers are tax advisors that provide tax advice
−Removed: to their customers.
−Removed: None of these services comes with a long-term commitment or contract, and there is no up-front payment beyond
−Removed: the monthly subscription fee.
−Removed: Subscription income is billed to client credit cards monthly, on the monthly anniversary of client
−Removed: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and subscriptions are closed at the end of the period for which
−Removed: the most recent payment was made.
−Removed: Members are not entitled to refunds for unused memberships.
−Removed: Any subscription fees paid for a
−Removed: future period are deferred in the financial statements.
−Removed: TMN also sells Tax Blueprint®.
−Removed: These are customized tax plans to save
−Removed: clients’
−Removed: customers taxes through the implementation of the recommended tax strategies.
−Removed: After an initial assessment, the customers
−Removed: pay half of the year one tax savings, up to $10,000.
+Added: Trade accounts receivable are carried only
+Added: for investment management fees that are paid in arrears.
+Added: The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 and $0 as of December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019, respectively.
+Added: In the normal course of business, the Company
+Added: extends credit on an unsecured basis to its customers, substantially all of whom are located in the United States of America.
+Added: Company does not believe that it is exposed to any significant risk of loss on accounts receivable.
+Added: Sofos generates investment management fees
+Added: for services provided by the Company.
+Added: Investment management fees include fees earned from assets under management by providing
+Added: professional services to manage client investments.
+Added: Revenue is recognized as earned, at the end of each period.
+Added: Forta generates commission revenue from
+Added: the sale of annuities and premiums on life insurance policies held by third parties.
+Added: The revenue is recognized on a trade date
+Added: basis for commission revenue and upon acceptance of insurance policies by insurers.
+Added: MPath generates revenue from insurance
+Added: marketing services for insurance agents, including sourcing of insurance policies through selling agreements.
+Added: Tax Master Network has five levels of network
+Added: subscription services that are charged and collected on a month-to-month basis.
+Added: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment
+Added: or contract, and there is no up-front payment beyond the monthly subscription fee.
+Added: Cancellations are processed within the month
+Added: requested and memberships are closed at the end of the period for which the most recent payment was made.
+Added: Members are not entitled
+Added: to refunds for unused memberships.
+Added: Any subscription fees paid for a future period are deferred in the financial statements.
+Added: also sells Tax Blueprint®.
+Added: These are tax planning strategies guides, to save customers taxes through the implementation of
+Added: the recommended tax strategies.
+Added: After an initial assessment, the customers pay half of the year one tax savings.
+Added: A contract liability
+Added: is recognized when the customer payment is received.
Revenue is deferred until the customer reviews and accepts the final Tax Blueprint®
document and returns an executed delivery agreement.
−Removed: Tax Blueprint®
−Removed: sales are billed to the client after a preliminary assessment
−Removed: and client approval to move forward.
+Added: The Company received revenue from Sofos’
+Added: operations that are primarily from investment management fees, including money management fees.
+Added: Investment management fees are
+Added: based upon a percentage of assets under management and totaled $408,473 and $424,326 or the three months ended December 31, 2020
+Added: and 2019, respectively.
+Added: The Company received revenue from Forta’s
+Added: operations for the three months ended December 31, 2020 including:
+Added: Investment Advisory fees
+Added: Commission-based transactions
+Added: Insurance and Other Service Revenue
+Added: Total Revenue
+Added: The Company received revenue from TMN’s
+Added: operations from the following major sources for the three months ended December 31:
+Added: TMN membership subscriptions
+Added: Tax Blueprints
+Added: Commissions/Referrals
+Added: The Company received revenue from MPath’s
+Added: operations from insurance sales of $172,602 and $0 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Advertising and Marketing
−Removed: Advertising and marketing costs are charged
−Removed: to operations when incurred.
+Added: Marketing costs are charged to operations
+Added: when incurred.
+Added: Marketing expenses were $20,546 and $21,113 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
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grants, and stock appreciation rights grants, on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, using the Black-Scholes option
−Removed: pricing model, which is based on risk-free rate of 0.59% in the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and 1.49% to 2.55% in 2019, dividend
−Removed: yield of 0%, expected life of 7 years and volatility of 100% in 2020 and volatility of 35% to 40% in 2019.
+Added: pricing model, which is based on risk-free rate of 0.59% in the quarter ended December 31, 2020 and 1.49% to 2.55% in 2019, dividend
+Added: yield of 0%, expected life of 10 years and volatility of 35% to 40% in 2020 and 100% in 2019 respectively.
+Added: SAR awards are new this
+Added: year and are being treated as a liability award while the options are being treated as equity awards.
+Added: While the fair value of the
+Added: options are based on the Black Scholes assumptions included here, the SAR awards are based on assumptions at period end and are
+Added: treated as liability awards.
+Added: Forfeitures are recorded as they occur.”
Use of Estimates
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with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, included in its
−Removed: Annual Report on Form 10-K/A.
+Added: Annual Report on Form 10K.
Going Concern
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growth and establishment of a stronger brand.
+Added: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020, the Company reported $1,707,677 in revenue, a net loss of $194,360, use of cash of $51,762, and an accumulated deficit of
+Added: These operating results raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The financial statements
+Added: do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the
+Added: amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
On May 8, 2020, the Company received a
−Removed: Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan in the amount of $283,345.
−Removed: Additionally, on May 15, 2020, Forta received a
PPP loan in the amount of $283,345.
−Removed: PPP loans bear a fixed interest rate of 1% over a two-year term, are guaranteed by the federal
−Removed: government, and do not require collateral.
−Removed: The loans may be forgiven, in part or whole, if the proceeds are used to retain and
−Removed: pay employees and for other qualifying expenditures.
−Removed: The Company expects that the full proceeds of the PPP loans will be eligible
−Removed: for forgiveness, which would result in an increase in capital of $661,045.
−Removed: On May 23, 2017, the Company and GHS Investments,
−Removed: LLC (“GHS Investments”) entered into an Equity Financing Agreement (the “Agreement”).
−Removed: The Agreement was
−Removed: filed as an exhibit to a registration statement on Form S-1, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 18,
−Removed: The Agreement will terminate (i) when GHS Investments has purchased an aggregate of $11,000,000 of the common stock of the
−Removed: Company, or (ii) 36 months after the effective date of the Agreement, or (iii) at such time that the registration statement is
−Removed: no longer in effect.
−Removed: Company has not had to use this as a source of funding and expects it to expire with no impact on the Company’s
−Removed: Management, in the ordinary course of business,
−Removed: will pursue raising additional capital through sales of common stock as well as seeking financing via equity or debt, or both from
−Removed: third parties.
−Removed: There are no assurances that additional financing will be available on favorable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If additional
−Removed: financing is not available, the Company will need to reduce, defer or cancel development programs, planned initiatives and overhead
−Removed: expenditures.
−Removed: The failure to adequately fund its capital requirements could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s
−Removed: business, financial condition, and results of operations.
−Removed: Moreover, the sale of additional equity securities to raise financing
−Removed: will result in additional dilution to the Company’s stockholders and incurring additional indebtedness could involve an increased
−Removed: debt 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
−Removed: not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
+Added: Additionally, on May 15, 2020, Forta received a PPP loan in the amount of $377,700.
+Added: bear a fixed interest rate of 1% over a two-year term, are guaranteed by the federal government, and do not require collateral.
+Added: The loans may be forgiven, in part or whole, if the proceeds are used to retain and pay employees and for other qualifying expenditures.
+Added: The Company expects that the full proceeds of the PPP loans will be eligible for forgiveness, which would result in an increase
+Added: in capital of $661,045.
+Added: Company’s plans for expansion include
+Added: attracting additional clients through marketing efforts with its current and future brokerage, investment management and insurance
+Added: agent representatives, as well as increasing the TMN membership and the investment advisory activity of the members to increase
+Added: assets under management and Company’s revenue.
+Added: Future growth plans will include efforts to increase advisory headcount through
+Added: recruiting of individuals advisors and groups of advisors.
+Added: There is no guaranty that the Company will achieve these objectives.
Future Accounting Pronouncements
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measurement of goodwill by eliminating the Step 2 procedure from the goodwill impairment test.
−Removed: The new guidance is effective for
+Added: The new guidance was effective for
the Company beginning October 1, 2020.
−Removed: The Company does not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2017-04 will have a material impact
−Removed: on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.
+Added: SEGMENT REPORTING
+Added: We manage our business in four reportable
+Added: Each of our active subsidiaries is treated as a segment.
+Added: We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based
+Added: on a segment’s share of consolidated operating income.
+Added: Therefore, for instance, the tax unit, Financial Gravity Tax (“FGT”),
+Added: was sold in October of 2019 because the Company did not see growth potential in the unit’s accounting and direct tax advice
+Added: Certain growth operations of the tax unit, including the tax operating system, have been taken over by TMN.
+Added: CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019
+Added: (discontinued)
+Added: Service Income*
+Added: Management Fees
+Added: Compensation Expense
+Added: Cost of services
+Added: Depreciation Amortization
+Added: General and Administrative
+Added: Total Expense
+Added: Net Operating Income
+Added: Net Income/(Loss)
+Added: * Includes non-recurring
+Added: revenue of $150,000 from the sale of the tax unit
+Added: CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
+Added: Broker Dealer
+Added: Service Income
+Added: Investment Management Fees
+Added: Income from Inv in Subsidiaries
+Added: Compensation Expense
+Added: Cost of services
+Added: Depreciation & Amortization
+Added: General and Administrative
+Added: Professional Services
+Added: Total Expense
+Added: Net Operating Income
+Added: Other Income/Expense
+Added: Total Other Expense
+Added: Net Other Income
+Added: Net Income/(Loss)
+Added: BUSINESS ACQUISITION
+Added: On May 21, 2020 the Company acquired 100%
+Added: of the stock of Forta.
+Added: Forta is a broker dealer, registered investment advisor and an insurance brokerage, subject to FINRA, SEC
+Added: and insurance regulation.
+Added: Forta’s financial performance is included in Company’s consolidated statements starting as
+Added: of May 21, 2020.
+Added: The Company acquired Forta in May of 2020
+Added: in exchange for 45,785,879 shares of Company common stock.
+Added: A liability of $699,117 has been recorded for 4,178,564 shares of common
+Added: stock related to the acquisition remaining to be issued as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: Forta is a broker dealer, and its acquisition
+Added: presented the Company with an opportunity to compete in the broker dealer market, and to try to grow in this area of financial
+Added: Forta also has key employees who assumed vital executive leadership roles within the Company, including key executives
+Added: who will focus on improving operations and growth opportunity.
+Added: Forta also contributed key operating assets, including in excess
+Added: of $700,000 in cash, and annual revenues in excess of $3,000,000.
+Added: Purchase Price Allocation
+Added: The purchase price of $7,652,415 was based
+Added: upon the share price of Company’s stock as of May 21, 2020 and $52,000 note payable.
+Added: We have used preliminary fair value
+Added: estimates for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed for the acquisition.
+Added: We believe significant synergies may arise
+Added: from this acquisition, as a result of which the purchase price was in excess of the fair value of the net assets acquired and,
+Added: as a result, we have preliminarily recorded goodwill of $7,380,603, which is based upon book value, to account for adjustments
+Added: We have not yet finalized estimates that relate to certain tangible and intangible assets, including customer relationships,
+Added: trade names, contracts.
+Added: Our estimates and assumptions for these acquisitions are subject to change as we obtain additional information
+Added: for our estimates during the respective measurement periods (up to one year from the acquisition date).
+Added: Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
+Added: Forta Financial Group, Inc.
+Added: Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed
+Added: As of May 21, 2020
+Added: PURCHASE PRICE
+Added: Current Assets
+Added: Accounts Receivable
+Added: Other Current Assets
+Added: Total Current Assets
+Added: Current Liabilities
+Added: Total Accounts Payable
+Added: Total Other Current Liabilities
+Added: Total Current Liabilities
+Added: Long-Term Liabilities
+Added: Total Long-Term Liabilities
+Added: Total Liabilities
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
−Removed: Property and equipment consist of the following at June 30,
−Removed: 2020 and September 30, 2019:
+Added: Property and equipment consist of the following at December
Estimated Service Lives
+Added: September 30,
Furniture, fixtures and equipment
Internally developed software
−Removed: Less accumulated depreciation and amortization depreciation
−Removed: * The value of the assets has not been finalized and may be
−Removed: adjusted based upon purchase price allocations.
−Removed: Depreciation expense was $21,009 and $9,967
−Removed: during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively, and $33,367 and $27,943 during the nine months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively.
+Added: Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
+Added: Depreciation expense was $42,419 and $37,647 during the years
+Added: ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Intellectual property purchased at cost
−Removed: Intellectual property at September 30, 2019
−Removed: Intellectual property purchased at cost
−Removed: Intellectual property at June 30, 2020
−Removed: The Company has traditionally conducted
−Removed: some of its operations from leased premises.
−Removed: On June 16, 2020, the Company entered
−Removed: into a lease termination agreement with its landlord on the premises located in Allen, Texas.
−Removed: The landlord accepted termination
−Removed: of the lease, and Company’s remaining obligation is limited to issuing shares of its common stock if the landlord’s
−Removed: efforts to re-lease the premises results in a loss, but not to exceed $66,000.
−Removed: The Company leases premises in Denver Colorado.
−Removed: The Denver ends on May 31, 2021, and Company will be leasing other space at the end of the term.
−Removed: The remaining lease obligations
−Removed: In addition, the Company has small locations in Allen, Texas, Austin, Texas and Cincinnati, Ohio.
−Removed: The undiscounted annual future minimum lease payments consist
−Removed: of the following at:
−Removed: Total lease payments
−Removed: Present value of lease liabilities
+Added: Intellectual property at December 31 2020
+Added: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02
+Added: Leases, which changed financial reporting as it relates to leasing transactions to recognize a lease liability, measured on a discounted
+Added: and a right-of-use asset, for the lease term.
+Added: In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: 2018-10 Codification Improvements to
+Added: Topic 842, Leases and ASU No.
+Added: 2018-11 Leases (Topic 842):
+Added: Targeted Improvements.
+Added: In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.
+Added: Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases.
+Added: The Company adopted these ASUs on October 1, 2019 on a modified retrospective basis.
+Added: The Company did not elect the hindsight practical expedient and did elect the package of practical expedients to not reassess prior
+Added: conclusions related to contracts containing leases, lease classification and initial direct costs for all leases.
+Added: The initial adoption
+Added: of the standard recognized right-of-use assets of $323,097 and lease liabilities of $337,454 on the Company’s statement of
+Added: financial position with no impact on the Company's results of operations.
+Added: The Company had no significant changes to processes or
+Added: The Company leases their office space through
+Added: an operating lease in Denver Colorado runs through 2024 and non-material offices leases in Cincinnati, Ohio, and short-term tenancies
+Added: in Austin, Texas, Allen, Texas and Loveland, Colorado.
+Added: Company’s lease agreements obligate the Company to pay real estate
+Added: taxes, insurance, and certain maintenance costs, which are accounted for separately.
+Added: The Company’s lease agreements do not
+Added: contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
+Added: The Company determines if an arrangement is an
+Added: operating lease at inception.
+Added: Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet.
+Added: leases are recorded on the balance sheet as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for the lease term.
+Added: Lease assets and lease
+Added: liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term and include options
+Added: to extend or terminate the lease when they are reasonably certain to be exercised.
+Added: The present value of lease payments is determined
+Added: primarily using the incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement date.
+Added: The Company’s
+Added: operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is recorded in general and administrative
+Added: The Company also leases certain equipment
+Added: under operating leases.
+Added: Total rent expense for the three months
+Added: ended December 31, 2020 was $117,344 for Forta’s the Denver Lease (Greenwood Village –
+Added: the lease ends in May 2024).
+Added: As part of the lease amendment entered into with the lessor in December 2020, the rent owed for September to December 2020 was
+Added: deferred and will be paid over the term of the amended lease.”
+Added: The difference between rental expense and rental payments
+Added: is recorded as deferred rent in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: Management expects that in the normal course of business,
+Added: leases will be renewed or replaced by other leases.
+Added: Company also has short term leases that are insignificant in its other locations.
+Added: Minimum future annual rental payments under
+Added: non-cancelable operating leases having original terms in excess of one year are as follows:
+Added: Rental Payments
+Added: Total Rental Payments
+Added: Deferred Rent
+Added: Net Rental Payments
LINE OF CREDIT
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guarantee of John Pollock.
−Removed: Line of credit balance was $58,985 and $67,005 at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019, respectively.
+Added: Line of credit balance was $49,145 and $62,019 at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $54,112
+Added: at September 30, 2020.
NOTES PAYABLE
On April 19, 2019, the Company entered
−Removed: into a Promissory Note Payable with Charles O’Banon (“O’Banon”), a customer, in the amount of $32,205.
−Removed: The note is in settlement of tax penalties and interest he incurred, that were proximately caused by the Company’s actions.
+Added: into an unsecured Promissory Note Payable with Charles O’Banon (“O’Banon”), a customer, in the amount of
+Added: The note is in settlement of tax penalties and interest he incurred, that were proximately caused by the Company’s
The monthly principal and interest payments are $623, with a balloon payment of $14,048 in April 2022.
−Removed: The note is being repaid
−Removed: over 36 months and bears an interest rate of 6%.
−Removed: The outstanding balance on June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019 was $26,511, and
−Removed: $29,401 respectively.
−Removed: The Company entered into and received a Paycheck Protection
−Removed: Program (“PPP”) loan in the amount of $283,345 on May 8, 2020.
−Removed: Additionally, on May 15, 2020, Forta received a PPP
−Removed: loan in the amount of $377,700.
+Added: The note is being
+Added: repaid over 36 months and bears an interest rate of 6%.
+Added: The Company has instituted abatement efforts on O’Banon’s behalf,
+Added: with the taxing authority, however the abatement was denied.
+Added: The outstanding balance on December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $23,534
+Added: and $29,401 respectively.
+Added: On August 31, 2020, the Company entered
+Added: into an agreement with John DuPriest (DuPriest), a former officer of Forta, in settlement pursuant to employment termination.
+Added: parties entered into an unsecured promissory note to DuPriest in the amount of $52,000.00, bearing interest of 5%, payable over
+Added: 26 months beginning with January 15, 2021 through February 15, 2023.
+Added: On May 8, 2020, the Company received a
+Added: Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan in the amount of $283,345.
+Added: Additionally, on May 15, 2020, Forta received a
+Added: PPP loan in the amount of $377,700.
PPP loans bear a fixed interest rate of 1% over a two-year term, are guaranteed by the federal
government, and do not require collateral.
−Removed: The loans may be forgiven, in part or whole, if the proceeds are used to retain and
−Removed: pay employees and for other qualifying expenditures.
−Removed: The Company expects that the full proceeds of the PPP loans will be eligible
−Removed: for forgiveness, which would result in an increase in capital of $661,045.
−Removed: On April 12, 2019, the Company entered
−Removed: into a loan agreement with John Pollock, Executive Vice President of the Company.
−Removed: The note bears interest at 2.76% and is due on
−Removed: December 1, 2020.
−Removed: See Related Party Transactions.
+Added: The loans may be forgiven, in part or whole,
+Added: if the proceeds are used to retain and pay employees and for other qualifying expenditures.
+Added: The Company expects that the full proceeds
+Added: of the PPP loans will be eligible for forgiveness, which would result in an increase in capital of $661,045.
+Added: Forta submitted its
+Added: forgiveness application to the SBA in December of 2020, and Company is awaiting the SBA’s follow-up on its application for
The Company’s maturities of debt
−Removed: subsequent to June 30, 2020 are as follows:
+Added: subsequent to December 31, 2020 are as follows:
ACCRUED EXPENSES
Accrued expenses increased by $110,835
−Removed: for the nine months ending June 30, 2020, to $358,994 from $128,295 as of September 30, 2019, due to inclusion of Forta’s
−Removed: advisor commission accruals ($86,879) that are paid with payroll on the 15 th of the following month, taxes ($25,072),
−Removed: accrued vacation pay ($42,808), stock appreciation rights liability ($41,703), and credit card balances ($17,555).
−Removed: For the three and nine months ended June
+Added: for the three months ending December 31, 2020 to $1,178,227 from $1,067,392 as of September 30, 2020.
+Added: Accrued expenses consist
+Added: of the following at December 31:
+Added: December 31, 2020
+Added: September 30, 2020
+Added: SAR Liability
+Added: Accrued payroll
+Added: Commissions payable
+Added: State Tax liability
+Added: Federal Tax liability
+Added: Other Accounts payable
+Added: Accrued operating expenses
+Added: For the three months ending December 31,
2020 and 2019, the effective tax rate of 0% varies from the U.S.
−Removed: federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes,
−Removed: net losses, certain nondeductible expenses, changes in the federal statutory rate are from 35% to 21%, and an increase in the valuation
+Added: federal statutory rate primarily due to state income taxes, net
+Added: losses, certain nondeductible expenses, changes in the federal statutory rate are from 35% to 21%, and an increase in the valuation
allowance associated with the net operating loss carryforwards.
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The deferred tax assets and liabilities
−Removed: in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the following components at June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019:
+Added: in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets include the following components at December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020:
Net non-current deferred tax assets:
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COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND CONCENTRATIONS
−Removed: Legal Proceedings
−Removed: From time to time, we are a party to or
−Removed: are otherwise involved in legal proceedings, claims and other legal matters, arising in the ordinary course of our business or
−Removed: Management believes the legal proceedings that the Company is involved in are immaterial to our ability to operate or
−Removed: market our services, our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
+Added: From time to time, the Company is a party
+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.
STOCKHOLDERS’
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300,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share.
−Removed: During the nine months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: and 2019, the Company sold 75,757 shares and 0 shares, respectively, for $25,000 and $0, respectively.
+Added: During the three months ended December
+Added: 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company sold 0 shares and 75,757 for $25,000, respectively.
STOCK OPTION PLAN
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Canceled or expired
+Added: (1,299,405 ) *
Outstanding - September 30, 2020
Canceled or expired
−Removed: Outstanding - June 30, 2020
−Removed: Exercisable - June 30, 2020
+Added: Outstanding - December 31, 2020
+Added: Exercisable - December 31, 2020
+Added: * 500,000 SARs grants reflected as expired
+Added: prior to September 30, 2020 actually expired in the three months ended December 31, 2020.
Unamortized share-based compensation expense
−Removed: as of June 30, 2020 amounted to $424,496 which is expected to be recognized over the next 4.6685 years.
+Added: as of December 31, 2020 amounted to $424,496 which is expected to be recognized over the next 4.6685 years.
Total compensation expense, included in
−Removed: salaries and wages, of previously unamortized stock compensation was $50,885 and $41,370 for the three ended June 30, 2020 and
−Removed: 2019, respectively, and $67,136 and $133,714 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: salaries and wages, of previously unamortized stock compensation was $60,170 and $7,085 for the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020 and 2019.
On November 27, 2019, the 2016 Plan was
amended to allow grants of other equity related rights, including Stock Appreciation Rights.
−Removed: During the three and nine months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2020, 500,000 and 5,350,000 options and SARs were granted, respectively.
−Removed: SARs are recorded as a liability because there
−Removed: is a cash settlement option.
+Added: During the three months ended December
+Added: 31, 2020, 0 and 0 options and SARs were granted, respectively.
+Added: SARs are recorded as a liability because there is a cash settlement
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
−Removed: On May 21, 2020, the Company completed
−Removed: the purchase of 100% of the stock of Forta.
−Removed: As a result, Scott Winters, William Nelson, Jr., and Gary Nemer (a former board member)
−Removed: now own, in aggregate, in excess of 39% of the shares of stock of Company.
As a result of the acquisition of the TMN
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board member), each month totaling $16,500.
−Removed: The total paid under these agreements in the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: respectively, were $49,500 and $49,500, and for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 were $148,500 and $148,500.
+Added: The total paid under these agreements in the three months ended December 31, 2020 and
+Added: 2019 respectively, were $49,500 and $49,500,
On April 12, 2019, the Company entered
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repaid in six equal installments of $2,520, beginning July 1, 2019.
−Removed: The balance of the loan at June 30, 2020 was $5,116 and at
−Removed: September 30, 2019 was $7,526.
−Removed: On February 28, 2020 and March 5, 2020,
−Removed: the Board of Directions approved employment agreements that included employee stock options and stock appreciation rights to employees
−Removed: that are also Board members and related parties totaling 3,450,000 in grants.
+Added: The balance of the loan at December 31, 2020 was $5,187 and
+Added: at September 30, 2020 was $5,152.
+Added: In addition, there are payables owed to
+Added: Pollock of approximately $51,000 related to services rendered by him to Company, and $10,000 owed to a former principal of
+Added: TMN for services rendered.
+Added: There is no specific due date on these obligations, but Company plans are substantial reductions in
+Added: the amounts owing this fiscal year.
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
−Removed: On July 20, 2020, the Company issued to
−Removed: Gary Nemer 250,000 in employee stock options vesting over a three-year period and 500,000 in stock appreciation rights vesting
−Removed: over five years
−Removed: On August 14, 2020, one of the advisors
−Removed: at Forta in Denver resigned to join a smaller firm.
−Removed: The departure will affect future headcount and revenue in the Denver office.
−Removed: A total of 4,670,352 shares that will be
−Removed: issued to Forta shareholders have not yet been issued due to lack of shareholder paperwork.
−Removed: When issue, the total issued shares
−Removed: will be 87,693,400.
+Added: In February of 2021, Forta received a
+Added: second draw of a PPP Loan in the amount of $422,900.
+Added: Company believes that the loan will be forgiven.
+Added: In December 2020 Company entered into a
+Added: non-binding term sheet for the acquisition of two related companies with investment advisory practices.
+Added: The term sheet contemplates
+Added: that Company will be issuing shares 8,000,000 shares of its common stock in exchange for 100% ownership of the two companies.
+Added: owners of the two companies and some staff will become employees of Forta.
+Added: The term sheet provides for a close of the transaction
+Added: in February 2021.
+Added: In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus,
+Added: referred to as COVID-19, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China.
+Added: Since then, COVID-19 has spread to other countries, including
+Added: the United States.
+Added: In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.
+Added: Further, the President
+Added: of the United States declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency.
+Added: States in which we operate declared states of emergency
+Added: related to the spread of COVID-19 and issued executive orders directing individuals to stay at their place of residence for an
+Added: indefinite period of time.
+Added: The financial markets demonstrated significant
+Added: volatility in reaction to the virus outbreak.
+Added: There has been considerable strain on companies in many sectors of the economy.
+Added: suffered significant decreases in the value of their investment portfolios, and the economy has significantly shut down.
+Added: unclear when the economy will start up again, and the lingering effects are not known.
+Added: During periods of high volatility and uncertainty
+Added: many investors choose to stop ongoing investment activity and sit on the sidelines until the markets become more stable.
+Added: The Company’s revenues are adversely
+Added: affected when investors reduce their investment activities.
+Added: In addition, part of Company’s revenues is based upon the value
+Added: of assets under management.
+Added: If the investment portfolios of clients decrease in value, the fees charged for investment advice also
+Added: The Company could be affected by lack of
+Added: access to its offices, although that seems to have had little short-term impact as employees have succeeded in maintaining productivity
+Added: while working remotely.
+Added: The long-term effects, however, may present significant issues.
+Added: Any significant shutdown of the economy
+Added: for a sustained period will affect the Company’s revenue which could lead to losses.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
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Forward-Looking Statements
−Removed: The following Management’s
−Removed: Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help you understand
−Removed: our historical results of operations during the periods presented and our financial condition.
−Removed: This MD&A should be read in
−Removed: conjunction with our financial statements and the accompanying notes and contains forward-looking statements that involve risks
−Removed: and uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from management’s expectations.
−Removed: See the sections entitled “Risk Factors and Uncertainties”
+Added: The following Management’s Discussion
+Added: and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) is intended to help you understand its historical
+Added: results of operations during the periods presented and its financial condition.
+Added: This MD&A should be read in conjunction with
+Added: its financial statements and the accompanying notes and contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties
+Added: and assumptions that could cause its actual results to differ materially from management’s expectations.
+Added: See the sections
+Added: entitled “Forward-Looking Statements”
+Added: and “Risk Factors”
+Added: included in this Form 10-Q for the three months
+Added: ended December 31, 2020.
Plan of Operations
−Removed: Financial Gravity
−Removed: Companies, Inc.
−Removed: (“Financial Gravity”, “We”
−Removed: or the “Company”), based in Austin, Texas, was formed
−Removed: specifically to be the parent company of several subsidiaries that provide integrated tax, investment, business, and financial
−Removed: Financial Gravity’s clients include small businesses, small business owners and high and middle net worth individuals.
−Removed: The Company’s services are focused on helping clients make more money and build wealth, most often with investment advice,
−Removed: tax savings, lowering costs and improving efficiency.
−Removed: In addition to expanding through client procurement and organic growth, Financial
−Removed: Gravity intends to pursue acquisitions.
−Removed: The primary acquisition targets currently include investment marketing and financial advisory
−Removed: and broker dealer firms.
−Removed: The Company is actively identifying potential acquisition candidates to fuel more rapid growth.
+Added: Financial Gravity is a parent company of
+Added: best of breed financial services companies including brokerage, wealth management, estate planning, family office services, risk
+Added: management, business and personal tax planning, business consulting, and financial advisor services.
+Added: Financial Gravity's mission
+Added: is to synergistically bring together companies that create symbiotic advantages to each other in order to bring a complete financial
+Added: experience to the clients that we serve.
Financial Gravity’s Subsidiaries:
−Removed: and Reportable Segments:
−Removed: The following outline briefly describes
−Removed: Financial Gravity’s active subsidiaries and the products and services they offer:
−Removed: Sofos Investments, Inc.
−Removed: is a registered investment advisor (“RIA”), registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and provides asset
−Removed: management services to individuals and businesses, including financial planning, wealth management and money management.
−Removed: Tax Master Network, LLC (“TMN”) through
−Removed: the Tax Master Network®
−Removed: provides monthly subscriptions services to the TMN systems, coaching and marketing services to over
−Removed: 300 Certified Public Accountants (“CPA”) and Enrolled Agent professionals, training them to add crucial tax planning
−Removed: services to support clients.
−Removed: TMN’s tax planning services include the Tax Blueprint®, Certified Tax Master®, and the
−Removed: Tax Operating System.
−Removed: MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (“MPath”)
−Removed: MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance products and services to insurance agents or agencies.
Forta Financial Group, Inc.
−Removed: (“Forta”)
−Removed: Forta is a broker dealer, registered investment advisor and an insurance brokerage, subject to FINRA, SEC and insurance regulation.
−Removed: Growth comes from the following reportable
−Removed: Tax services and financial advisory services,
−Removed: including Tax Blueprint®
−Removed: and Tax Operating System®
−Removed: services through TMN.
−Removed: Brokerage and wealth management services
−Removed: through Forta and money management and investment advisory services through Sofos.
−Removed: Other products and services include insurance
−Removed: and other miscellaneous products and services.
−Removed: Future growth is expected to come from
−Removed: these key areas, organic growth, acquisitions, and strategic alliances.
−Removed: Results of Operations for the three and nine months ended
−Removed: June 30, 2020 compared to the three and nine months ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
−Removed: As described in Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements, “Segment Reporting”, we evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on net income.
−Removed: For the three months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: revenues increased $20,950 to $947,491 from $926,541 for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: For the nine months ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020, revenues decreased $837,483 to $2,249,580 from $3,087,063 for to the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The principal components
−Removed: of the variance in revenue for the three months and nine months included the decrease in revenue from the sale of Company’s
−Removed: tax and accounting subsidiary in the amount of $97,485 and $267,748, respectively;
−Removed: reduction in insurance sales of $77,263 and
−Removed: $343,144, respectively;
−Removed: reduction of investment management fees of $117,549 and $60,034, respectively;
−Removed: reduction of TMN membership
−Removed: revenue for the nine months in $247,204 through membership reduction, and reductions in other revenue generating activities of
−Removed: close to $150,000 in 2019.
−Removed: $417,142 in investment management revenue was generated by Forta in April through May 21, 2020 that
−Removed: is not reflected in the revenue during the three-month period because the acquisition of Forta is not included in revenue until
−Removed: May 21, 2020.
+Added: Forta was acquired effective May 21, 2020
+Added: and is a securities broker dealer, a registered investment advisor and a licensed insurance agency.
+Added: Forta is a registered broker-dealer
+Added: with the Securities and Exchange Commission (''SEC") and with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").
+Added: Forta is also a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC").
+Added: The Company's securities activities
+Added: is limited to introducing and forwarding securities on a fully disclosed basis to a carrying broker-dealer.
+Added: The Company as a matter
+Added: of policy does not hold funds or securities for customers or owe money or securities to customers.
+Added: Pursuant to Rule 15c3-1 of the
+Added: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Forta is required to maintain minimum net capital of $100,000 and ratio of aggregate indebtedness
+Added: to net capital shall not exceed 15 to 1.
+Added: On December 31, 2020, the Forta’s net capital was $294,485 and the aggregate indebtedness
+Added: to net capital was 78.72%.
+Added: The Company is exempt from certain provisions of Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
+Added: Such exemption is in accordance with paragraph (k) (2) (ii) of the Rule.
+Added: Sofos Investments, Inc.
+Added: (formerly Financial
+Added: Gravity Wealth, Inc.)
+Added: After saving thousands
+Added: in taxes, clients are happy to trust us with the management of their wealth, especially when treated to a different wealth management
+Added: Sofos is a Registered Investment Advisory firm.
+Added: An RIA is an advisor or firm engaged in financial planning and wealth
+Added: management business and is registered either with the Securities and Exchange Commission “SEC”
+Added: or state securities
+Added: An RIA has a fiduciary duty to his or her clients, which means that he or she has a fundamental obligation to provide
+Added: suitable investment advice and always act in the clients’
+Added: best interests.
+Added: MPath Advisor Resources, LLC (formerly
+Added: Financial Gravity Business, LLC) (“MPath”) MPath is an insurance marketing organization and provides insurance
+Added: products and services to insurance agents or agencies.
+Added: Tax Master Network, LLC
+Added: Tax Master Network “TMN”
+Added: a key acquisition in fiscal year 2016.
+Added: TMN supports over 300 CPA and Enrolled Agent professionals, training them to add crucial
+Added: tax planning services to support clients.
+Added: Not only did this acquisition bring high-end tax planning to Financial Gravity, but the
+Added: TMN customer base adds significant business development opportunities for Forta and Sofos.
+Added: The Company developed the Certified
+Added: Tax Master®
+Added: for this group and rolled out new client systems in mid-2016.
+Added: TMN also provides tax services through its “Tax
+Added: Blueprint®”
+Added: system which identifies several strategies for lowering the client's taxes.
+Added: Results of Operations for the three
+Added: months ended December 31, 2020 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2019
+Added: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020, revenue increased $865,927 to $1,707,677 from $841,750 (which included non-recurring revenue of $150,000 from the sale of
+Added: the tax unit) for the three months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: The principal components of the increase in revenue are:
+Added: revenue of approximately $270,000 from Forta, increased investment management revenue from Forta and Sofos of approximately $430,000,
+Added: and increased revenue from TMN and Mpath of approximately $170,000 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2019.
Operating Expenses
−Removed: Cost of services increased by $2,187 to
−Removed: $17,659 for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 from $15,473 for the three months ended June 30, 2019, and decreased by $440, to $44,317
−Removed: from $44,783 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively.
−Removed: The variance in expenses for the three month
−Removed: and nine-month periods arises from decreased credit card processing fees due to disposal of the Financial Gravity Tax line of business.
+Added: Cost of services activity increased $23,535
+Added: to $35,547 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from $12,012 for the three months ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: services is credit card processing fees and Forta cost of brokerage services.
Professional services expenses include
legal expense, professional fees, and business consulting.
−Removed: Professional services expenses decreased $57,524 to $61,681 for the
−Removed: three months ended June 30, 2020 from $119,205 for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: Professional services decreased $35,117
−Removed: to $234,881 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 from $278,998 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The variances are principally
−Removed: comprised of a decrease of $63,750 for the three months and $148,000 for the nine months, respectively, related to reclassing related
−Removed: party consulting fees to compensation, offset by costs of implementing new technology offerings.
+Added: Professional services expenses increased $17,397 to $132,730 for the
+Added: three months ended December 31, 2020 from $115,333 for the three months ended December 31, 20219 This increase is primarily due
+Added: to an increase in legal fees.
Depreciation and amortization expenses
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Depreciation and amortization expenses increased
−Removed: $8,401 to $38,636 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from $30,235 for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: is due to accelerating the depreciation of computers and software, reducing the useful lives over which they are depreciated to
−Removed: three year lives.
−Removed: Depreciation and amortization decreased $72,392 to $86,443 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020, from $158,835
−Removed: for the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The principal difference is a charge to amortization for full impairment of Trademarks,
−Removed: General and administrative expenses increased
−Removed: $28,854 to $168,084 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from $139,220 for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: administrative expenses decreased $62,705 to $348,158 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 from $410,863 for the nine months
−Removed: ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The variance in expenses for the three month and six-month periods related to Company discontinuing its tax
−Removed: and accounting subsidiary.
−Removed: Marketing expenses increased $8,504 to $56,865 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from $48,330
−Removed: for the three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: Marketing expenses decreased $18,526 to $90,999 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: from $109,945 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The variance in expenses for the three month and six-month periods from
−Removed: reflects a change in marketing efforts influenced by Covid 19 restrictions that shut down some previous marketing channels, while
−Removed: new channels are just starting to open up.
−Removed: Compensation Expense expenses increased
−Removed: $364,106 to $867,330 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from $503,224 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and decreased
−Removed: $337,578 to $2,014,413 for the nine months ended June 30, 2020 from $2,351,991 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was principally driven by Forta salaries ($85,000) and commissions ($86,000) being included
−Removed: in compensation.
−Removed: The decrease for the nine months was principally due to termination of advisors ($250,000) and decreases in stock-based
−Removed: compensation ($145,000).
−Removed: The Company experienced an increase in
−Removed: its net loss of $254,299 to a net loss of $271,170 for the three months ended June 30, 2020 from a net loss of $16,941 for the
−Removed: three months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The Company experienced a decrease in its net loss of $99,027 to a net loss of $437,512 for
−Removed: the nine months ended June 30, 2020 from a net loss of $536,538 for the nine months ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: The variance in loss
−Removed: for the three months ended June 30, 2020 reflects the impact of the Covid-19 reduction in marketing and sales, which impacted
−Removed: revenue, and the reduction of non-recurring revenue from the sale of the tax unit ($150,000).
−Removed: The decrease in the net loss for
−Removed: the nine months was primarily due to the sale of the tax unit.
+Added: $9,308 to $$35,330 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from $26,022 for the three months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: decrease is due to some assets becoming fully depreciated.
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: expenses increased $237,935 to $336,766 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from $98,831 for the three months ended December
+Added: The increase is primarily due to inclusion of Forta's expenses or approximately $235,000 for the period.
+Added: Marketing expenses decreased slightly by
+Added: $567 to $20,546 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from $21,113 for the three months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: is due to the Company shutting down some previous marketing channels, while new channels have yet to be identified and implemented.
+Added: Compensation expenses increased $755,970
+Added: to $1,334,782 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from $578,812 for the three months ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: increase was principally due to inclusion of Forta's compensation expense (approximately $624,000), increase in Mpath's compensation
+Added: expense (approximately $50,000) and increases of compensation expenses at Sofos and Company (approximately $73,000).
+Added: The Company experienced an increase
+Added: in its net loss of $182,318 to a net loss of $194,360 for the three months ended December 31, 2020 from a net loss of $12,042
+Added: for the three months ended December 31, 2019, primarily attributable to the reasons noted above.
Significant Accounting Policies
Certain critical accounting policies affect
−Removed: the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of Financial Gravity’s consolidated financial statements.
+Added: the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
These policies are contained in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements.
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Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: Revenue Recognition and Accounts
−Removed: Investment management fees are recognized
−Removed: as services are provided by the Company.
−Removed: Investment management fees include fees earned from assets under management by providing
−Removed: professional services to manage clients’
−Removed: Certain revenue generated by Forta is paid quarterly, in advance, and
−Removed: recognized each month.
+Added: Revenue Recognition and Accounts Receivable.
+Added: The Company derives its revenues primarily
+Added: from six components:
+Added: Investment Management Fees, Brokerage Commissions, Tax Master Network subscriptions, Tax Operating System
+Added: subscriptions, Financial Advisor subscriptions, Tax BluePrint sales, and Insurance Sales.
+Added: Sofos Investments, Inc.
+Added: generates investment
+Added: management fees for services provided by the Company.
+Added: Investment management fees include fees earned from assets under management
+Added: by providing professional services to manage client investments.
+Added: Investment management fees are calculated as a percentage of assets
+Added: under management for the period.
+Added: Investment management fees are Revenue is recognized as earned, at the end of each period.
+Added: are withdrawn from investor assets monthly, in arrears.
+Added: Commission revenue is derived from the
+Added: sale of securities, annuities and premiums on life insurance policies.
+Added: The revenue is recognized when commissions are earned from
+Added: the sale of securities, and when it is determined that insurance products are sold.
+Added: Commissions are received after products are
+Added: sole, issued or in force.
+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: Tax Master Network has five levels of services that are charged
+Added: and collected on a month-to-month subscription basis.
+Added: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment or contract, and
+Added: there is no up-front payment beyond the monthly subscription fee.
+Added: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and memberships
+Added: are closed at the end of the period for which the most recent payment was made.
+Added: Members are not entitled to refunds for unused
+Added: Any subscription fees paid for a future period are deferred in the financial statements.
+Added: TMN also sells Tax Blueprint®.
+Added: These are tax planning strategies guides, to save customers taxes through the implementation of the recommended tax strategies.
+Added: After an initial assessment, the customers pay half of the year one tax savings.
+Added: Revenue is deferred until the customer reviews
+Added: and accepts the final Tax Blueprint®
+Added: document and returns an executed delivery agreement.
+Added: Subscription income is billed to
+Added: client credit card monthly, on the monthly anniversary of client sign-up.
+Added: Tax BluePrint sales are billed to the client after a
+Added: preliminary assessment and client approval to move forward.
+Added: Revenue recognized in 2020, that was included in the deferred revenue
+Added: liability at the beginning of the year.
Services income is recognized as consulting
and other professional services are performed by the Company.
+Added: Income is recognized as services are delivered.
Commission revenue is derived from the
sale of premiums on life insurance policies held by third parties.
−Removed: The revenue is recognized at the time the policy is issued.
+Added: The revenue is recognized as received from the insurer, issuer.
Revenue represents gross billings less
discounts, net of sales tax, as applicable.
−Removed: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as Contract liabilities in the
−Removed: accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
−Removed: Tax Master Network has 5 levels of subscription
−Removed: services that are charged and collected on a month to month basis (Tax Master basic, advance, and elite membership, all-stars coaching,
−Removed: and networker).
−Removed: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment or contract, and there is no up-front payment beyond the
−Removed: monthly subscription fee.
−Removed: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and memberships are closed at the end of the period
−Removed: for which the most recent payment was made.
+Added: Amounts invoiced for work not yet completed are shown as deferred revenue in the accompanying
+Added: consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: Tax Master Network has 3 types of services
+Added: that are charged and collected on a month-to-month subscription basis (Tax Master Network basic membership, All-Stars coaching,
+Added: and Wire Service weekly broadcast email).
+Added: None of these programs come with a long-term commitment or contract, and there is no
+Added: up-front payment beyond the monthly subscription fee.
+Added: Cancellations are processed within the month requested and memberships are
+Added: closed at the end of the period for which the most recent payment was made.
Members are not entitled to refunds for unused memberships.
−Removed: Accounts receivable are primarily generated
−Removed: from the TMN subscriptions (collected in advance), the sale of investment products and services (collected directly from the custodian
−Removed: or issuer), and of products related to tax planning (collected in advance).
−Removed: The accounts are carried at the invoiced amount less
−Removed: estimate made for doubtful accounts based on management’s review of outstanding balances.
−Removed: The collectability of the Company’s
−Removed: accounts receivable is reviewed on an ongoing basis, using historical payment trends and review of specific accounts.
−Removed: receivable are written off after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted and when management determines the amounts
−Removed: to be uncollectible.
−Removed: Recoveries of receivables previously written off are recorded when received.
+Added: Trade accounts receivable are carried only
+Added: for subscription revenues not received in the period they apply to.
+Added: The allowance for doubtful accounts was $0 and $0 as of December
+Added: 31, 2020 and September 30, 2020, respectively.
In the normal course of business, the Company
−Removed: may extend credit on an unsecured basis to its customers, substantially all of whom are located in the United States of America.
−Removed: The Company does not believe that it is exposed to any significant risk of loss on accounts receivable.
+Added: extends credit on an unsecured basis to its customers, substantially all of whom are located in the United States of America.
+Added: Company does not believe that it is exposed to any significant risk of loss on accounts receivable.
Stock-Based Compensation.
The Company recognizes the fair value of
−Removed: stock-based compensation awards as wages in the accompanying statements of operations on a straight-line basis over the vesting
−Removed: period, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is based on risk-free rates of 0.59% in the quarter ending June 30,
−Removed: 2020 and 1.49% to 2.55% in 2019, dividend yield of 0%, expected life of 10 years and volatility of 100% in 2020 and 35% to 40%
+Added: stock-based compensation awards as wages in the accompanying statements of operations for employee grants, commissions for non-employee
+Added: grants, and stock appreciation rights grants, on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, using the Black-Scholes option
+Added: pricing model, which is based on risk-free rate of 0.59% in the quarter ended December 31, 2020, dividend yield of 0%, expected
+Added: life of 10 years and volatility of 35% to 40% in 2020.
+Added: SAR awards are new this year and are being treated as a liability award
+Added: while the options are being treated as equity awards.
+Added: While the fair value of the options are based on the Black Scholes assumptions
+Added: included here, the SAR awards are based on assumptions at period end and are treated as liability awards.
+Added: Forfeitures are recorded
+Added: as they occur.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of June 30, 2020, the Company had cash
−Removed: and cash equivalents of $629,322.
−Removed: The increase of $593,269 in cash and cash equivalents during the nine months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: was primarily due to net cash used in operating activities ($407,842), the purchase of Forta, ($332,454, net of Forta PPP loan),
−Removed: and the receipt of funding of the PPP loans, (Financial Gravity $283,345 and Forta $377,700).
−Removed: The aggregate PPP loans are expected
−Removed: to be forgiven.
−Removed: As shown below, at June 30, 2020, our contractual
−Removed: cash obligations totaled approximately $466,402, which consisted of operating lease obligations and debt principal, excluding the
−Removed: PPP loan balances.
+Added: As of December 31, 2020, the Company had
+Added: cash and cash equivalents of $431,092.
+Added: The decrease of $51,762 in cash and cash equivalents from September 30, 2020 was due to
+Added: net cash used in operating activities of $44,392 and net cash used in investing activities of $881, and net cash used in financing
+Added: activities of $6,489.
+Added: As shown below, at December 31, 2020, our
+Added: contractual cash obligations totaled approximately $1,166,918, all of which consisted of debt principal.
Payments due by period
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Total contractual cash obligations
−Removed: (1) This includes an estimate of $25,000 for shares issued to the Allen TX landlord pursuant to the
−Removed: termination agreement.
The accompanying consolidated financial
statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the Company will need
−Removed: additional financing to fund additional material capital expenditures and to fully implement its business plan.
−Removed: There are no assurances
−Removed: that additional financing will be available on favorable terms, or at all.
−Removed: If additional financing is not available, the Company
−Removed: will need to reduce, defer, or cancel development programs, planned initiatives and overhead expenditures as a way to supplement
−Removed: the cash flows generated by operations.
−Removed: The Company has a backlog of fees under contract in addition to the Company’s accounts
−Removed: receivable balance.
−Removed: The failure to adequately fund its capital requirements could have a material adverse effect on our 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 the imposition of
−Removed: covenants that restrict our operations.
−Removed: Management is trying to raise additional capital through sales of common stock as well
−Removed: as seeking financing from third parties, via both debt and equity, to balance the Company’s cash requirements and to finance
−Removed: specific capital projects.
+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: For the three months ended December 31,
+Added: 2020, the Company reported $1,707,677 in revenue, a net loss of $194,360, use of cash of $51,762, and an accumulated deficit of
+Added: These operating results raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The financial statements
+Added: do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the
+Added: amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the outcome of these uncertainties.
+Added: On May 8, 2020, the Company received a
+Added: PPP loan in the amount of $283,345.
+Added: Additionally, on May 15, 2020, Forta received a PPP loan in the amount of $377,700.
+Added: bear a fixed interest rate of 1% over a two-year term, are guaranteed by the federal government, and do not require collateral.
+Added: The loans may be forgiven, in part or whole, if the proceeds are used to retain and pay employees and for other qualifying expenditures.
+Added: The Company expects that the full proceeds of the PPP loans will be eligible for forgiveness, which would result in an increase
+Added: in capital of $661,045.
+Added: Company’s plans for expansion include
+Added: attracting additional clients through marketing efforts with its current and future brokerage, investment management and insurance
+Added: agent representatives, as well as increasing the TMN membership and the investment advisory activity of the members to increase
+Added: assets under management and Company’s revenue.
+Added: Future growth plans will include efforts to increase advisory headcount through
+Added: recruiting of individuals advisors and groups of advisors.
+Added: There is no guaranty that the Company will achieve these objectives.
Off Balance Sheet Transactions and Related Matters
−Removed: There are no off-balance sheet transactions,
−Removed: arrangements, obligations (including contingent obligations), or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons
−Removed: that have, or may have, a material effect on financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results
−Removed: of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources of the Company.
−Removed: On March 11, 2020, the World Health
−Removed: Organization designated the spread of COVID-19 as a pandemic.
−Removed: As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, COVID-19 has
−Removed: had a significant impact on global financial markets, and we continue to monitor its effects on the overall economy and our operations.
−Removed: We are not yet able to determine the full impact of the pandemic;
−Removed: however, should it continue for an extended period, there could
−Removed: be a material and adverse financial impact to our results of operations.
−Removed: For more information about the risks associated with COVID-19,
−Removed: see Part II, “Item 1A.
−Removed: Risk Factors and Uncertainties”
−Removed: of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
+Added: Other than operating leases discussed in
+Added: Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, there are no off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations (including
+Added: contingent obligations), or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons that have, or may have, a material
+Added: effect on financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital
+Added: expenditures or capital resources of the Company.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
+Added: Interest Rate Risk.
+Added: is leveraged and, accordingly, is sensitive to fluctuations in interest rates.
+Added: Any significant increase in interest rates could
+Added: have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and ability to continue as a going concern.
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