The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedDecember 31, 2021 (the "2021 Form 10-K"). This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. You should specifically consider the various risk factors identified in our 2021 Form 10-K, that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Overview We market and sell consumer products inChina by offering premium-quality nutritional products. We also provide advertising and marketing services to clients which engage us to distribute their products. We offer our nutritional products and those of our clients through our sales offices, exhibition events we organize and sponsor, and person-to-person marketing. Our marketing business mainly focuses on proactively approaching customers such as by hosting events for clients, which we believe is ideally suited to marketing our products and those of our clients for which we perform advertising services because sales of nutritional products are strengthened by ongoing personal contact and support, coaching and education among the Company and our clients towards how to achieve a healthy and active lifestyle. InSeptember 2021 , we completed the acquisition of nine pharmacies located inChengdu by acquiring the entities which owned the pharmacies for an aggregate purchase price ofRMB 34,635,845 , or approximatelyUS$5.31 million . The pharmacies will be used to supplement our efforts to distribute our nutritional products. InJuly 2021 , we completed the acquisition ofAixin Shangyan Hotel .Shangyan Hotel Company owns and operates a hotel located in theJinniu District ,Chengdu City. The hotel covers more than 8,000 square meters and has a large restaurant that can accommodate 600 people, 6 luxury dining rooms, a 200 square meter music tea house, 13 private tea rooms, 108 guest rooms and other supporting facilities. We acquired the hotel through an acquisition of the outstanding equity ofAixin Shangyan Hotel for a purchase price ofRMB 7,598,887 , or approximately$1.16 million .. InMarch 2020 , theWorld Health Organization announced that infections caused by the coronavirus disease of 2019 ("COVID-19") had become pandemic and national, provincial and local authorities inChina , including those whose jurisdictions includeChengdu , where our offices, hotel and pharmacies are located, adopted various regulations and orders, including "shelter in place" rules, restrictions on travel, mandates on the number of people that may gather in one location and closing non-essential businesses. Many of these measures have been relaxed from time to time in various localities due to the decrease in the prevalence of Covid-19. However, beginning in the second half of 2021 and continuing to date, the number of COVID-19 cases has fluctuated and increased again in many cities ofChina , includingSichuan Province , where we are located. As a result, the authorities inChengdu have reinstituted short-term lockdowns and restrictions on travel and the number of people that could gather at any location. During the three months ended Mach 31, 2022, all of our operations were materially adversely impacted by the measures and restrictions taken to limit the spread of the disease inChina andSichuan Province . We implemented procedures to promote employee and customer safety. These measures will not significantly increase our operating costs. However, we cannot predict with certainty what measures may be taken by our suppliers and customers and the impact these measures may have on our financial results for 2022. In addition to our ongoing operations, we seek to acquire interests in additional businesses through opportunities found by our management or presented by persons or firms which desire to take advantage of the perceived advantages of an Exchange Act registered corporation. We do not restrict our search to any specific business, industry, or geographical location and may participate in a business venture of virtually any kind or nature. It is the goal of our management, in particular, our Chairman,Quanzhong Lin to grow our business and to modify its capital structure in order to qualify for a listing on NASDAQ or the NYSE-American exchange. As part of this effort, we will continue to seek to acquire more businesses and to modify our capital structure as necessary to meet the requirements of the exchange to which we apply for a listing. As part of this effort,Mr. Lin transferred to our Company 35,049,685 shares of our common stock for cancellation. 26 Results of Operations The following table sets forth the results of our operations for the periods indicated as a percentage of net revenue, certain columns may not add due to rounding: Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 2021 $ % of Revenue $ % of Revenue Revenue$ 418,678 100 %$ 698,158 100 % Operating costs and expenses 1,190,832 284 % 475,988 68 % Income (loss) from operations (772,154 ) (184 )% 222,170 32 % Non-operating income (expenses), net 20,565 4 % (468 ) - % Income (loss) before income tax (751,589 ) (180 )%
221,702 32 % Income tax expense 492 - % - - % Net income (loss)$ (752,081 ) (180 )%$ 221,702 32 %
The following table shows our operations by business segment for the three
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 2021 Net revenue Advertising and products $ 16,098$ 698,158 Pharmacies 158,894 - Hotel 243,686 - Total revenues, net $ 418,678$ 698,158 Operating costs and expenses Advertising and products Cost of goods sold $ 4,683$ 135,659 Operating expenses 298,042 340,329 Pharmacies Cost of goods sold 119,841 - Operating expenses 169,309 - Hotel Hotel operating costs 511,619 - Operating expenses 87,338 - Total operating costs and expenses $ 1,190,832$ 475,988 Income (loss) from operations Advertising and products $ (286,627 )$ 222,170 Pharmacies (130,256 ) - Hotel (355,271 ) - Income (loss) from operations $ (772,154 )$ 222,170 Revenue
Revenue was$418,678 in the three months endingMarch 31, 2022 , compared to$698,158 in the same period of 2021, a decrease of$279,480 or 40%. The decrease in revenue was mainly due to decreases in direct sales of our nutritional products and advertising revenues as we were not able to host the types of events at which we market nutritional products, which were partly offset by revenues from our hotel and pharmacies which we did not own in the first quarter of 2021. For three months ended ofMarch 31, 2022 , we had$0 advertising revenue and$174,992 product revenues (of which$16,098 were from direct sales and$158,894 represented sales at our pharmacies), and hotel revenue of$243,686 . For three months endedMarch 31, 2021 , we had$494,864 of advertising revenue and$203,294 of product revenue from our direct sales activities and no revenues from the hotel and pharmacies as the acquisitions were not completed until
the third quarter of 2021. 27
Operation Costs and Expenses
Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of goods sold was$124,524 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 , compared to$135,659 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2021 , a decrease of$11,135 or 8%. The decrease in our cost of goods sold is attributable to the decrease in direct product sales not made through our pharmacies. The cost of goods sold for our direct product sales as a percentage of sales was 29% in 2022, compared to 19% for 2021. The cost of goods sold for products sold through our pharmacies as a percentage of pharmacy product sales was 75% in 2022, and no comparable costs were incurred in the three months endedMarch 31, 2021 as the acquisition was completed in the third quarter of 2021.Hotel Operating Costs
Hotel operating costs were
Operating Expenses
Operating costs and expenses were$554,689 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 , compared to$340,329 for the same period of 2021, an increase of$214,360 or 63%. The increase in operating expenses was mainly due to the inclusion of the operating expenses of the hotel and pharmacies.
Income (loss) from Operations
Loss from operations was
Non-operating Income (Expense)
Non-operating income was$20,565 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 , compared to non-operating expense of$468 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2021 . For the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 , we had interest income of$1,328 and other income of$19,434 , partly offset with other expenses of$197 . For the three months endedMarch 31, 2021 , we had interest income of$1,218 and other income$160 , partly offset with other expense$1,846 . 28 Income tax expense Income tax expense was$492 and$0 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, an increase of$492 or 100% for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 compared with the same period of 2021. Net Income (Loss) Our net loss for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 was$752,081 , compared to net income of$221,702 in the same period of 2021, a decrease of$973,783 or 439%. The decrease in the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 was mainly due to the decreased sales and increased operating costs and expense as explained above.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During the three months ended of
The following is a summary of cash provided by or used in each of the indicated
types of activities during the three Months ended
March 31, 2022 March 31, 2021 Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities$ (503,520 ) $ 141,844 Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $ - $ -
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
For the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 , net cash used in operating activities was$503,520 . This reflects our net loss of$752,081 , adjusted by non-cash related expenses including depreciation and amortization expense of$29,639 , change in deferred tax of$492 , bad debt expense of$27,422 , operating lease expense of$229,242 and stock-based compensation of$92,885 , and then decreased by changes in working capital of$131,119 . The cash outflow from changes in working capital mainly resulted from an increase in accounts receivable of$52,174 , payments of lease liabilities of$203,673 , partly offset by cash inflow from accrued liability and other payables of$124,901 . For the quarter endedMarch 31, 2021 , net cash provided by operating activities was$141,844 . This was primarily due to our net income of$221,702 , adjusted by non-cash related expenses including depreciation of$7,225 , operating lease expense of$41,300 , and stock-based compensation of$92,885 , and then decreased by unfavorable changes in working capital of$221,268 . The unfavorable changes in working capital mainly resulted from an increase in inventory of$102,826 and a decrease in taxes payable of$73,290 and payment for lease liabilities of
$41,300 . 29
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Impact of Inflation
Our results of operations may be affected by inflation, particularly rising prices for products and other operating costs if we cannot pass such increases along to our customers in the form of higher prices for our products and services. Generally, we are not party to long term contracts and our inventory turns multiple times per year and we anticipate that we will be able to increase prices on products to reflect increases in the cost of inventory. Contractual Obligations
We have no long-term fixed contractual obligations or commitments.
Contingencies Our operations are conducted in the PRC and are subject to specific considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies inNorth America andWestern Europe . These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environments inChina and foreign currency exchange rates. Our results may be adversely affected by changes in PRC government policies with respect to laws and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance abroad and rates and methods of taxation, among other things. Our sales, purchases and expense transactions inChina are denominated in RMB and all of our assets and liabilities inChina are also denominated in RMB. The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currencies under the current PRC law. InChina , foreign exchange transactions are required by law to be transacted only by authorized financial institutions. Remittances in currencies other than RMB may require certain supporting documentation in order to affect the remittance.
Significant Accounting Policies
Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted inthe United States of America ("US GAAP"). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported net sales and expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and assumptions. We base our estimates on historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements, we believe the following accounting policies are the most critical to assist you in fully understanding and evaluating this management discussion and analysis.
30 Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements are prepared in conformity withU.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("US GAAP"). The functional currency of AiXinZhonghong,Aixin Shangyan Hotel and Aixintang Pharmacies is Chinese Renminbi ("RMB"). The accompanying financial statements are translated from RMB and presented inU.S. dollars ("USD"). Use of Estimates In preparing financial statements in conformity with US GAAP, management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates, required by management, include the recoverability of long-lived assets, allowance for doubtful accounts, and the reserve for obsolete and slow-moving inventories. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Accounts Receivable We maintain an allowance for potential credit losses on accounts receivable. Management reviews the composition of accounts receivable and analyzes historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer credit worthiness, current economic trends and changes in customer payment patterns to evaluate the adequacy of these reserves. As ofMarch 31, 2022 andDecember 31, 2021 , the bad debt allowance was$242,390 and$213,787 , respectively. Revenue Recognition ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers ("Topic 606"), became effective for us onJanuary 1, 2018 . Our revenue recognition disclosure reflects updated accounting policies that are affected by this new standard. We applied the "modified retrospective" transition method for open contracts for the implementation of Topic 606. As revenues are and have been primarily from the delivery of products and the performance of services, and we have no significant post-delivery obligations, this did not result in a material recognition of revenue on the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the cumulative impact of applying this new standard. We made no adjustments to previously-reported total revenues, as those periods continue to be presented in accordance with our historical accounting practices under Topic 605, Revenue Recognition.
Revenue from sale of goods under Topic 606 is recognized in a manner that reasonably reflects the delivery of our products and services to customers in return for expected consideration and includes the following elements:
? executed contract(s) with customers that we believe are legally enforceable;
? identification of performance obligation in the respective contract;
? determination of the transaction price for each performance obligation in the
respective contract; ? allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation; and
? recognition of revenue only when we satisfy each performance obligation.
Our revenue recognition policies for our operating segments are as follows:
Advertising and Products Advertising Revenue Commencing in the third quarter of 2019 we began to provide advertising services to our clients. Advertising contracts are signed to establish the price and advertising services to be provided. Pursuant to the advertising contracts, we provided advertising and marketing services to clients through exhibition events, conferences, and person-to-person marketing. We perform a credit assessment of each customer to assess the collectability of the contract price prior to entering into contracts. 31
Most of the advertisement contracts designated that we perform advertising services for the client through exhibition events, conferences, and person-to-person marketing during the contracted period, regardless of the number of such events. As such, we determined that the performance obligation is satisfied over time during the contracted period and revenue is recognized accordingly. Such advertising revenue amounted to$0 and$494,864 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. A smaller proportion of our advertising revenue is generated from services to clients through exhibition events, conferences, and person-to-person marketing, and our compensation is based on the number of products sold. Such advertising revenue amounted to$0 and$0 for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
All of the advertising revenue is subject to the PRC VAT of 6%. This VAT may be
offset by VAT paid by us for raw materials and other materials purchased in
Products Revenue Our revenue from sales of products is recognized when goods are delivered to the customer and no other obligation exists. We do not provide unconditional return or other concessions to customers. Our sales policy allows for the return of unopened products for cash after deducting certain service and transaction fees. As an alternative to returning a product, customers may request an exchange for products with the same value. Product sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of value-added taxes ("VAT"). All of our products sold inChina are subject to the PRC VAT of 17% of the gross sales price prior toMay 1, 2018 , 16% sinceMay 1, 2018 and 13% sinceApril 1, 2019 . This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by for raw materials and other materials purchased inChina . We record VAT payables and VAT receivables net of payments in the financial statements. The VAT tax return is filed offsetting the payables against the receivables. Sales and purchases are recorded net of VAT collected and paid as we act as an agent for the government. Hotel Hotel revenues are primarily derived from the rental of rooms, food and beverage sales and other ancillary goods and services, including but not limited to souvenir, parking and conference reservations. Each of these products and services represents a distinct performance obligation and, in exchange for these services, we receive fixed amounts based on published rates or negotiated contracts. Payment is due in full at the time when the services are rendered or the goods are provided. Room rental revenue is recognized on a daily basis when rooms are occupied. Food and beverage revenue and other goods and services revenue are recognized when they have been delivered or rendered to the guests as the respective performance obligations are satisfied. All of the hotel's goods sold inChina are subject to the PRC VAT of 6%. This VAT may be offset by VAT paid by on raw materials and other materials purchased inChina . Pharmacies Our retail drugstores recognize revenue at the time the customer takes possession of the merchandise. For pharmacy sales, each prescription claim is its own arrangement with the customer and is a performance obligation. We generally receive payment from pharmacy customers we satisfy our performance obligations. We record a receivable when we have an unconditional right to receive payment and only the passage of time is required before payment is due. Sales revenue represents the invoiced value of goods, net of VAT. All of the products sold in our pharmacies are exempt from VAT as the pharmacies qualify for a small business exemption.
Foreign Currency Translation and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The functional currency of our business operations is RMB. For financial reporting purposes, RMB is translated into USD as the reporting currency. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rate in effect at the balance sheet dates. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments arising from the use of different exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders' equity as "Accumulated other comprehensive income". Gains and losses resulting from foreign currency transactions are included in income. There was no significant fluctuation in the exchange rate for the conversion of RMB to USD after the
balance sheet date. 32 We use FASB ASC Topic 220, "Comprehensive Income". Comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss) and all changes to the statements of stockholders' equity, except those due to investments by stockholders, changes in paid-in capital and distributions to stockholders. Comprehensive loss for the three months endedMarch 31, 2022 and 2021 consisted of net loss and foreign currency translation adjustments.
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