NOTE 2 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. This basis of accounting involves the application of accrual accounting and consequently, revenues and gains are recognized when earned, and expenses and losses are recognized when incurred. The Company’s financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2018. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 and footnotes thereto included in the same document. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 contained herein has been derived from the audited financial statements as of December 31, 2017 but does not include all disclosures required by the generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”).

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, I JIU JIU, Ruixiang, Jiucheng Consulting and its VIE, Beijing Jiucheng. All inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Use of Estimates and Assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates as of and during the periods ended March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include the allowance for doubtful accounts, the useful life of property and equipment, assumptions used in assessing impairment of long-term assets, valuation of deferred tax assets and accruals for taxes due.

Financial Instrument

The carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheet for cash, accounts receivable, other receivables, accrued liabilities and other payables approximate fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains with various financial institutions in the PRC. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, cash balances held in PRC banks are uninsured. The Company has not experienced any losses in bank accounts and believes it is not exposed to any risks on its cash in bank accounts.

Restricted Cash

Cash that is deposited in the bank but restricted for a specific purpose and therefore not available for immediate and general use by the Company is classified as restricted cash, which is presented separately from cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets. The deposited balance is included in the Company’s bank account for guarantee of certain business purpose under an agreement until being used for the designated purpose or withdrawn due to expiration of the guarantee. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had a restricted cash balance of $190,837 and $184,437, respectively.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Gains or losses on dispositions of property and equipment are included in operating income (loss). Major additions, renewals and improvements are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation and amortization are provided over the estimated useful lives of the assets using the straight-line method from the time the assets are placed in service. Estimated useful lives are as follows, taking into account the assets’ estimated residual value:

Classification		Estimated useful life
Computer and office equipment		3 years
Furniture		3 years
Vehicles		3 years

Advances from Customers

Advances from customers at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 amounted to $249,847 and $114,191, respectively, and consist of prepayments from customers for services that have not been performed. The Company will recognize the deposits as revenue when the services have been performed in accordance with the Company’s revenue recognition policy.

Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, there were no outstanding securities or other contracts to issue common stock, such as options, warrants or conversion rights, which would have a dilutive effect on earnings per share.

Revenue Recognition

The Company provides intermediary services to the personal loan borrowers and the financial products investors. The Company charges fees for the intermediary services to the personal loan borrowers.

Prior to July 2017, the revenue process started when an individual who had financing needs submited the loan application to Beijing Hengjiu Investment Management Co., Ltd. (“Hengjiu”). Hengjiu, along with its sub-contractor, Zhongcheng Zhengxin (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (“Zhongcheng Zhengxin”), provided financial consulting services such as loan origination criteria checkup, risk assessment, and assessment/evaluation of vehicle collateral. Hengjiu is a related party which was 75% owned by Jiuyuan Investment Co., Ltd. (“Jiuyuan”), a shareholder of Beijing Jiucheng, and 25% owned by Xiangbin Meng, the Company’s Chairman. Zhongcheng Zhengxin is a third party who provides credit assessment services. Upon completion of the background check, Xiangbin Meng (“Meng”), the maker of the loan, entered into the loan agreement with the qualified loan borrowers and initiated the transfer of the cash to the borrowers or borrowers’ agents. The loan usually matures in three months and using borrowers’ vehicle as collateral.

After the borrowers received the fund transfer, the Company then packaged the debt claims of Meng into corresponding financial products and placed in its physical stores or on its on-line platform for sale. Investors of those financial products were able to choose the financial products that met their needs. Meng transfered his debt upon signing the debt transfer agreement with the financial products investors. The services were originally provided in physical stores in Beijing, Baoding, Hebei province and Weihai, Shandong province. Since April 2016, Beijing Jiucheng started to move majority of the business to its financial advisory on-line platform, Jiucaitong (www.9caitong.com). As less labor was required, in June 2016, Beijing Jiucheng shut down the physical stores in Baoding and Weihai.

Meng was responsible for making the loans, transferring the funds to the borrowers and collecting the service fees on behalf of all parties involved. Meng collected a portion of the service fees upfront and the rest on a monthly basis over the term of the loan from loan borrowers.

The Company recognizes revenue, net of value-added taxes in the periods in which the related services were performed provided that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the amount of the service fee is fixed in the loan agreements, and collectability is reasonably assured. The revenue was recognized when the loan agreements were executed and the funds were transferred to the loan borrowers, based on the predetermined service fee percentage of the total loan principal over the term of the loan. According to the service fee allocation agreement, Beijing Jiucheng was entitled to a service fee of 1% of the loan principal per month before July 1, 2016 and 1.5% per month effective July 1, 2016 and thereafter as Beijing Jiucheng increased the loan management and risk assessment services that were originally done by Beijing Hengjiu since May 2016.

Since July 2017, the Company officially launched the bank depository system and is providing intermediary services for all registered users, including consultation, information and all kinds of delegation service. The Company started to charge the service fee from the amount borrowed by the borrower at the difference between the borrowers’ actual rate and the investors’ yield rate. Upon launching of the bank depository system, Meng no longer serves as the maker of the loan for the borrowers who use Jiucaitong on-line platform. The borrowers and investors enter the loan agreements directly with the online platform, Jiucaitong. Since December 2017, the online platform also provides loan intermediary services to the restaurant owners which operate the same as the rest of the borrowers except for that the restaurant owners use restaurants as collateral.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Service fee receivable is recorded and carried at the original invoiced amount less an allowance for any potential uncollectible amounts. The Company makes estimates for the allowance for doubtful accounts based upon the assessment of various factors, including historical, experience, the age of the accounts receivable balances, credit quality of the loan borrowers, current economic conditions, and other factors that may affect the borrowers’ ability to pay. No allowance has been provided for at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 as the service fees have been fully collected from the loan borrowers during the respective periods or subsequently.

Advertising Expense

The Company expenses advertising costs as they incurred. Total advertising expenses were $15,238 and $20,581 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and have been included as part of selling expenses in the accompanying statements of operations and comprehensive income.

Value-added Taxes

Pursuant to the PRC tax laws, in case of the financial services provided, generally the value added tax (“VAT”) rate is 3% of the gross sales for small scale VAT payer and 6% of the gross sales for general VAT payer. The accrued VAT is recorded as VAT payables in the consolidated financial statements. VAT is reported as a liability when incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with U.S. GAAP for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method as required by this accounting standard, the recognition of deferred income tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provision for income taxes consists of taxes currently due plus deferred taxes.

The charge for taxation is based on the results for the fiscal year as adjusted for items, which are non-assessable or disallowed. It is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred taxes are accounted for using the asset and liability method in respect of temporary differences arising from differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and the corresponding tax basis used in the computation of assessable tax profit. Deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all future taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable income will be available against which deductible temporary differences can be utilized. Deferred tax is calculated using tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realized or the liability is settled.

Deferred tax is charged or credited in the operations of statement, except when it is related to items credited or charged directly to equity. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Current income taxes are provided for in accordance with the laws of the relevant taxing authorities.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was enacted by the U.S. government which included a wide range of tax reform affecting businesses including the corporate tax rates, international tax provisions, tax credits and deduction with majority of the tax provision effective after December 31, 2017.

Certain activities conducted in foreign jurisdictions may result in the imposition of U.S. corporate income taxes on the Company when its subsidiaries, controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”), generate income that is subject to Subpart F or GILTI under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code beginning after December 31, 2017.

An uncertain tax position is recognized as a benefit only if it is “more likely than not” that the tax position would be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to occur. The amount recognized is the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized on examination. For tax positions not meeting the “more likely than not” test, no tax benefit is recorded. As of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had no uncertain tax positions, and will continue to evaluate for uncertain positions in the future.

Foreign Currency Translation

The functional currency of the Company’s operations in the PRC is the Chinese Yuan or Renminbi (“RMB”). The financial statements are translated to U.S. dollars using the period end rates of exchange for assets and liabilities, equity is translated at historical exchange rates, and average rates of exchange (for the period) are used for revenues and expenses and cash flows. As a result, amounts relating to assets and liabilities reported on the statements of cash flows may not necessarily agree with the changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheets. Translation adjustments resulting from the process of translating the local currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are included in determining comprehensive income / loss. Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing at the balance sheet date with any transaction gains and losses that arise from exchange rate fluctuations on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency are included in the results of operations as incurred.

All of the Company’s revenue transactions are transacted in its functional currency. The Company does not enter into any material transaction in foreign currencies. Transaction gains or losses have not had, and are not expected to have, a material effect on the results of operations of the Company.

Asset and liability accounts at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 were translated at 6.2881 RMB to $1.00 and at 6.5063 RMB to $1.00, respectively, which were the exchange rates on the balance sheet dates. Equity accounts were stated at their historical rates. The average translation rates applied to the statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 were 6.3714 RMB and 6.8925 RMB to $1.00, respectively. Cash flows from the Company’s operations are calculated based upon the local currencies using the average translation rate.

Credit Risk and Concentration

The Company’s financial instruments that are potentially subject to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The majority of cash equivalents consists of short-term money market funds, which are managed by reputable financial institutions.

The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of borrowers, and generally do not require additional collateral except for personal vehicles. No borrowers represented 10% or more of total revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Other comprehensive income (loss) refers to revenues, expenses, gains and losses that under generally accepted accounting principles are included in comprehensive income (loss) but are excluded from net income (loss) as these amounts are recorded directly as an adjustment to stockholders’ equity. The Company’s other comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of foreign currency translation adjustments.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company applies the provisions of ASC Subtopic 820-10,” Fair Value Measurements”, for fair value measurements of financial assets and financial liabilities and for fair value measurements of non-financial items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements. ASC 820 also establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. When determining the fair value measurements for assets and liabilities required or permitted to be recorded at fair value, the Company considers the principal or most advantageous market in which it would transact and it considers assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.

ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. ASC 820 establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to measurements involving significant unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

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Level 1 inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

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Level 2 inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the assets or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instruments.

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Level 3 inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.

There were no assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis subject to the disclosure requirements of ASC 820 as of March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017.

Related Parties

A party is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party which can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests is also a related party.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Revenue Recognition: In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (ASU 2014-09), to supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP. The core principle of the guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve that core principle, an entity should apply the following steps:

Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer.

Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 3: Determine the transaction price.

Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract.

Step 5: Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. The FASB also agreed to allow entities to choose to adopt the standard as of the original effective date. In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) (ASU 2016-08) which clarifies the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations. The guidance includes indicators to assist an entity in determining whether it controls a specified good or service before it is transferred to the customers. The new revenue recognition standard will be effective for us in the first quarter of 2018, with the option to adopt it in the first quarter of 2017. The Company currently anticipates adopting the new standard effective January 1, 2018. The new standard also permits two methods of adoption: retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective method), or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application (the modified retrospective method). The Company elected the modified retrospective approach. In preparation for adoption of the new guidance, we reviewed representative samples of contracts and other agreements we had entered into with our customers and evaluated the five-step model specified by the new revenue standards. The Company completed its analysis and identified changes with respect to the timing of revenue recognition for its revenue streams and determined the impact of that guidance on revenue recognition. This standard does not have a material impact on the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Leases: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the existing guidance for lease accounting, Leases (Topic 840). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to recognize leases on their balance sheets, and leaves lessor accounting largely unchanged. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted for all entities. ASU 2016-02 requires a modified retrospective approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to elect to use certain transition relief. The Company does not anticipate that this adoption will have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Statement of Cash Flows: In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): The amendments in this Update apply to all entities, including both business entities and not-for-profit entities that are required to present a statement of cash flows under Topic 230. The amendments in this Update provide guidance on the following eight specific cash flow issues. The amendments are an improvement to GAAP because they provide guidance for each of the eight issues, thereby reducing the current and potential future diversity in practice described above. ASU 2016-15 is effective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. This standard does not have a material impact on the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows: In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): “Restricted Cash”(“ASU 2016-18”). ASU 2016-18 requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance will result in the inclusion of the restricted cash balances within the overall cash balance and removal of the changes in restricted cash activity, which are currently recognized in other financing activities, on the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. Furthermore, an additional reconciliation will be required to reconcile Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Consolidated Balance Sheets to sum to the total shown in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. This standard does not have a material impact on the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

Business Combination: In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business (ASU 2017-01), which revises the definition of a business and provides new guidance in evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities is a business. The Company has adopted this guidance effective in the first quarter of 2018 on a prospective basis. This standard does not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements until the Company plans to have an acquisition or deconsolidation in the future.

Revenue Recognition and Leases: In September 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-13, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Leases (Topic 842). The main objective of this pronouncement is to clarify the effective date of the adoption of ASC Topic 606 and ASC Topic 842 and the definition of public business entity as stipulated in ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2016-02. ASU 2014-09 provides that a public business entity and certain other specified entities adopt ASC Topic 606 for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. All other entities are required to adopt ASC Topic 606 for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. ASU 2016-12 requires that “a public business entity and certain other specified entities adopt ASC Topic 842 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. All other entities are required to adopt ASC Topic 842 for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020”. ASU 2017-13 clarifies that the SEC would not object certain public business entities to elect to use the non-public business entities effective dates for applying ASC 606 and ASC 842. ASU 2017-13, however, limits such election to certain public business entities that “otherwise would not meet the definition of a public business entity except for a requirement to include or inclusion of its financial statements or financial information in another entity’s filings with the SEC”. The Company elected to adopt ASC Topic 606 and ASC Topic 842 beginning January 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019, respectively. No material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Except for the ASU above, in the period from February 2018 through March 2018, the FASB has issued ASU No. 2018-02 through ASU 2018-04, which are not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.