Form 10-Q Porter Holding Internati For: Mar 31

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and its variable interest entities. All significant inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. 

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information as of March 31, 2022, and for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Certain information and footnote disclosures, which are normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have not been included. The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, previously filed with the SEC on April 13, 2022.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been included. The results reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for any interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created and may continue to create significant uncertainty in macroeconomic conditions, which may cause further business slowdowns or shutdowns, depress demand for the Company’s business, and adversely impact its results of operations. The Company expects uncertainties around its key accounting estimates to continue to evolve depending on the duration and degree of impact associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Its estimates may change as new events occur and additional information emerges, and such changes are recognized or disclosed in its consolidated financial statements.

The Company has considered whether there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern due to (1) its recurring loss from operations $180,628 for the three months ended March 31, 2022, (2) its accumulated deficit of $4,663,876 as of March 31, 2022 and (3) the fact that the Company had negative operating cash flows of $5,654 for the three months ended March 31, 2022.

In evaluating if there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern, the Company is trying to alleviate the going concern risk through (1) increasing cash generated from operations by controlling operating expenses and expanding more revenue streams, (2) loans from existing directors and shareholders, and (3) equity or debt financing. The Company has certain plans to mitigate these adverse conditions and to increase the liquidity of the Company.

As of March 31, 2022, The Company's cash balance was $108,892 and working capital deficit of $3,510,871. The Company’s cash balance as of March 31, 2022 is not sufficient to support its operations for the next 12 months after the date that the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements issued. The negative operating results of cash flow and working capital for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company received loans from shareholders with approximately $97,846. On an on-going basis, the Company also received and will continue to receive financial support commitments from the Company’s related parties. However, if the Company is unable to obtain the necessary additional capital on a timely basis and on acceptable terms, the Company will be unable to implement its current plans for expansion, repay debt obligations or respond to competitive market pressures, which will have negative influence upon its business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. 

The Company believes if it is unable to obtain its resources to fund operations, it may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate some or all of its planned operations, which may have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations and ability to operate as a going concern.

The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management of the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses, and related disclosures. On an on-going basis, the Company evaluates its estimates based on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Identified below are the accounting policies that reflect the Company’s most significant estimates and judgments, and those that the Company believes are the most critical to fully understanding and evaluating its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

For the consolidated VIEs, management made evaluations of the relationships between the Company and the VIEs and the economic benefit flow of contractual arrangements with the VIEs. In connection with such evaluation, management also took into account the fact that, as a result of such contractual arrangements, the Company controls the shareholders’ voting interests in these VIEs. As a result of such evaluation, management concluded that the Company is the primary beneficiary of its consolidated VIEs.

PRC laws and regulations prohibit or restrict foreign ownership of companies that operate Internet information and content, Internet access, online games, mobile, value added telecommunications and certain other businesses in which the Company is engaged or could be deemed to be engaged. Consequently, the Company conducts certain of its operations and businesses in the PRC through its VIEs. The Company consolidates in its consolidated financial statements all of the VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary.

The Company recognizes revenues when its customer obtains control of promised goods or services, in an amount that reflects the consideration which the Company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The Company recognizes revenues following the five step model prescribed under Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09: (i) identify contract(s) with a customer: Due to impact of COVID-19, the Company, starting from first quarter of 2020, determines to receive cash prior to performing investment and corporate management consulting services in order to ensure probable collection of consideration and hence existence of a contract; (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (v) recognize revenues when (or as) the Company satisfies the performance obligation.

Revenues are recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the customers, which may occur at a point in time or over time depending on the terms and conditions of the agreement, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expect to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.

The Company via Porter Consulting earns commissions of $4,001 and $8,609 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 respectively, primarily from a third-party payment service provider when China UnionPay card transactions are completed and settled. Revenue related to commissions is recognized in the statements of operations at the time when the underlying transaction is completed.

The third-party payment provider is a China UnionPay card acquiring institution and earns processing fees from China UnionPay card transactions. The Company’s performance obligation is to promote, via Porter Consulting, the payment service of the third-party payment service provider to merchants in Shenzhen, for which the Company shares a portion of the processing fees earned by the third-party payment service provider from China UnionPay, as commission.

Starting from the second quarter of 2018, the Company via Portercity provides various consulting services to its clients, especially to those who have the intention to be publicly listed in the stock exchanges in the United States and other countries. The Company categorizes its consulting services into three phases:

Phase I consulting services primarily include due diligence review, market research and feasibility study, business plan drafting, accounting record review, and business analysis and recommendations etc. Management estimates that Phase I normally takes around three months to complete based on its past experiences.

Phase II consulting services primarily include reorganization, pre-listing education and tutoring, talent search, legal and audit firm recommendation and coordination, VIE contracts and other public-listing related documents review, merger and acquisition planning, investor referral and pre-listing equity financing source identification and recommendation, independent directors and audit committee candidates recommendation; shell company identification and recommendation for customers expecting to become publicly listed through reverse merger transaction; etc. Management estimates that Phase II normally takes about five months to complete based its past experiences.

Phase III consulting services primarily include assistance in preparation of customers’ registration statement under IPO transactions or Form 8-K under reverse merger transactions; assistance in answering comments and questions received from regulatory agencies etc. Management believes it is very difficult to estimate the timing of this phase of service as the completion of Phase III services is not within the Company’s control.

Under ASC Topic 606, in order to recognize revenue, the Company is required to identify an approved contract with commitments to perform respective obligations, identify rights of each party in the transaction regarding goods to be transferred, identify the payment terms for the goods transferred, verify that the contract has commercial substance and verify that collection of substantially all consideration is probable. Each phase of consulting services is standalone and fees associated with each phase are usually clearly identified in service agreements. Revenue from providing Phase I and Phase II consulting services to customers is recognized based on the output methods, including surveys of performance completed to date or milestones reached of each phase only when the Company has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. Otherwise, such revenue is recognized at a point in time when services are delivered and accepted by customers. Revenue from providing Phase III consulting services to customers is recognized upon completion of reverse merger transaction or IPO transaction, which is evidenced by filing of 8-K for reverse merger transaction or receipt of effective notice from regulatory agencies for IPO transaction. Revenue that has been billed and not yet recognized is reflected as deferred revenue on the consolidated balance sheets.

Depending on the complexity of the underlying service arrangement and related terms and conditions, significant judgments, assumptions and estimates may be required to determine when substantial delivery of contract elements has occurred, whether any significant ongoing obligations exist subsequent to contract execution, whether amounts due are collectible and the appropriate period or periods in which, or during which, the completion of the earnings process occurs. Depending on the magnitude of specific revenue arrangements, adjustment may be made to the judgments, assumptions and estimates regarding contracts executed in any specific period. Service income from consulting services, totaled nil and nil for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, is recognized when the service is performed.

In accordance with ASC 606, the Company evaluates whether it is appropriate to record the gross amount of product sales and related costs or the net amount earned by Porter Perspective Business Group Limited, a Hong Kong company and wholly-owned subsidiary of PGL (“PPBGL”) as commissions. When the Company is primarily obligated in a transaction, is subject to inventory risk, has latitude in establishing prices and selecting suppliers, or has several but not all of these indicators, revenues should be recorded on a gross basis. When the Company is not the primary obligor, does not bear the inventory risk and does not have the ability to establish the price, revenues are recorded on a net basis. The Company determined that it is not the primary obligor in its trading business. For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized a net revenue of $646 and $3,236, respectively, when control of the products has transferred, being at the point the products are delivered to the customer and the customer has accepted the products, and there is no unfulfilled obligation that could affect the customer’s acceptance of the products.

Starting from the first quarter of 2019, the Company, via PPBGL and Porter Commercial, provides various training services to its clients, primarily related to e-commerce platform operation, expansion of channels and promotion strategy, and capital market operation, via live and online sessions. Under ASC Topic 606, in order to recognize revenue, the Company is required to identify an approved contract with commitments to perform respective obligations, identify rights of each party in the transaction regarding goods to be transferred, identify the payment terms for the goods transferred, verify that the contract has commercial substance and verify that collection of substantially all consideration is probable. The fees associated with the course of training sessions are clearly identified in service agreements. Training service revenue is recognized at the time when the training sessions stipulated in the contract are completed. The Company recognized $19,692 and $1,947 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Starting from August 2021, the Company, via Xinsanmao Wine, provides wine trading business with its clients. There is no variable consideration and non-cash consideration agreed with the customers. The transaction price is fixed and allocated to the agreed goods, the only performance obligation. The revenue is recognized at a point in time once the Company has determined that the customers have obtained control over the goods. Control is typically deemed to have been transferred to the customers when the performance obligation is fulfilled, usually at the time of delivery, at the transaction price. The revenue of wine trading business is $1,331 and nil for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Practical expedients and exemption

The company has not incurred any costs to obtain contracts.

Other service income is earned when services have been rendered.

The functional currency of the Company and PGL is the United States dollar (“US dollar”). The functional currency of the PPBGL is the Hong Kong dollar. The Company’s subsidiary and VIEs with operations in PRC uses the local currency, the Chinese Yuan (“RMB”), as their functional currencies. An entity’s functional currency is the currency of the primary economic environment in which it operates, normally that is the currency of the environment in which the entity primarily generates and expends cash. Management’s judgment is essential to determine the functional currency by assessing various indicators, such as cash flows, sales price and market, expenses, financing and inter-company transactions and arrangements.

Foreign currency transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the balance sheet date are re-measured at the applicable rates of exchange in effect at that date. Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency re-measurement are included in the statements of comprehensive loss.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in U.S. dollars. Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet date, and revenues and expenses are translated at the average of the exchange rates in effect during the reporting period. Stockholders’ equity accounts are translated using the historical exchange rates at the date the entry to stockholders’ equity was recorded, except for the change in retained earnings during the period, which is translated using the historical exchange rates used to translate each period’s statement of operation. Differences resulting from translating functional currencies to the reporting currency are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Translation of amounts from RMB into U.S. dollars has been made at the following exchange rates:

The Company has no potentially dilutive securities, such as options or warrants, currently issued and outstanding.

The consolidation also includes non-controlling interest which mainly consists of 15% of the equity interest of Porter Consulting, 49% of the equity interest of Xinsanmao Wine and 48% of the equity interest of Guizhou Yueqian. The non-controlling interests are presented in the consolidated balance sheets, separately from equity attributable to the stockholders of the Company. Non-controlling interests in the results of the Company are presented on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations as an allocation of the total income or loss for the year between non-controlling interest holders and the stockholders of the Company.

The Company evaluates a reporting unit by first identifying its operating segments, and then evaluates each operating segment to determine if it includes one or more components that constitute a business. If there are components within an operating segment that meets the definition of a business, the Company evaluates those components to determine if they must be aggregated into one or more reporting units. If applicable, when determining if it is appropriate to aggregate different operating segments, the Company determines if the segments are economically similar and, if so, the operating segments are aggregated. The Company reports two reportable segments in wine sales and training services and others.

U.S. GAAP establishes a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring the fair value of financial instruments. This hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The three-tier fair value hierarchy consists of:

Level 1 – observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – include other inputs that are directly or indirectly observable in the market place.

Level 3 – unobservable inputs which are supported by little or no market activity.

The carrying value of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, accounts and other receivables, other current assets, accounts and other payables, and other short-term liabilities approximate their fair value due to their short maturities.

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease or contains a lease at inception. Operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using the discount rate for the lease at the commencement date. As the rate implicit in the lease is not readily determinable for the operating lease, the Company generally uses an incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the commencement date to determine the present value of future lease payments. Operating lease right-of-use (“ROU assets”) assets represent the Company’s right to control the use of an identified asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets are generally recognized based on the amount of the initial measurement of the lease liability. The lease has remaining lease term of approximately four years. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company elected the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance to combine the lease and non-lease components as a single lease component for operating leases associated with the Company’s office space lease, and to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet and recognize the associated lease payments in the consolidated statements of income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

ROU assets are reviewed for impairment when indicators of impairment are present. ROU assets from operating and finance leases are subject to the impairment guidance in ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, as ROU assets are long-lived nonfinancial assets.

ROU assets are tested for impairment individually or as part of an asset group if the cash flows related to the ROU asset are not independent from the cash flows of other assets and liabilities. An asset group is the unit of accounting for long-lived assets to be held and used, which represents the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets and liabilities.

The Company recognized no impairment of ROU assets as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value (market value). The cost of inventories is determined on the basis of weighted average cost method.

Net realizable value is based on estimated selling prices less selling expenses and any further costs expected to be incurred for completion. Adjustments to reduce the cost of inventory to net realizable value are made, if required, for estimated excess, obsolescence, or impaired balances.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326)” (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 revises the methodology for measuring credit losses on financial instruments and the timing of when such losses are recorded. Originally, ASU 2016-13 was effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. In November 2019, FASB issued ASU 2019-10, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842).” This ASU defers the effective date of ASU 2016-13 for public companies that are considered smaller reporting companies as defined by the SEC to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is planning to adopt this standard in the first quarter of fiscal 2023.The Company is currently evaluating the potential effects of adopting the provisions of ASU No. 2016-13 on its consolidated financial statements, particularly its recognition of allowances for accounts receivable.

Except for the above-mentioned pronouncements, there are no new recent issued accounting standards that will have material impact on the consolidated financial position, statements of operations and cash flows.

*Refund to a third party is resulted from the fact that Henan Longji Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (“Longji Real Estate”) filed an action against Porter E-Commerce, Zongjian Chen and Xue’an Yan related to a loan of RMB 2.0 million (approximately $315,492) which occurred before Porter E-Commerce merged with the Company on April 13, 2020. On May 10, 2020, Porter E-Commerce, Zongjian Chen, Xue’an Yan and Longji Real Estate reached a settlement under which Porter E-Commerce agreed to pay off the loan principal of RMB 2.0 million in two installments before June 30, 2021 and interest accrued on unpaid principal since January 1, 2020 at a rate of 6% per annum. In addition, under the settlement, Zongjian Chen and Xue’an Yan, the two original shareholders of Porter E-Commerce agreed to be severally and jointly liable for the payoff of the principal and interest of the loan. This amount is co-related to the amount due from shareholders in Note 8. As of March 31, 2022, there is remaining RMB 1.2 million (approximately $189,295) not yet repaid. The extension was agreed verbally between Longji Real Estate and the Company.