Senmiao Technology Ltd - Quarter Report: 2022 December (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended December 31, 2022
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number: 001-38426
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada |
| 35-2600898 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
16F, Shihao Square, Middle Jiannan Blvd., High-Tech Zone Chengdu, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China |
| 610000 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
| (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: +86 28 61554399
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class: | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered: |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | AIHS | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ☐ | Accelerated filer ☐ |
Non-accelerated filer ☒ | Smaller reporting company ☒ |
| Emerging growth company ☒ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of February 10, 2023, there were 7,693,040 shares of the issuer’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “Report”), including, without limitation, statements under the heading “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the words “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “potential,” “projects,” “predicts,” “continues,” or “should,” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. There can be no assurance that actual results will not materially differ from expectations. Such statements include, but are not limited to, any statements relating to our ability to consummate any acquisition or other business combination and any other statements that are not statements of current or historical facts. These statements are based on management’s current expectations, but actual results may differ materially due to various factors, including, but not limited to:
● | our goals and strategies, including our ability to expand our automobile transaction and related services business and our online ride-hailing platform services business in China; |
● | our management’s ability to properly develop and achieve any future business growth and any improvements in our financial condition and results of operations; |
● | the impact by public health epidemics, including epidemic prevention policies against Covid-19 in China on the industries we operate in and our business, results of operations and financial condition; |
● | the growth or lack of growth in China of disposable household income and the availability and cost of credit available to finance car purchases; |
● | the growth or lack of growth of China’s online ride-hailing, automobile financing and leasing industries; |
● | taxes and other incentives or disincentives related to car purchases and ownership; |
● | fluctuations in the sales and price of new and used cars and consumer acceptance of financing car purchases; |
● | changes in online ride-hailing, transportation networks, and other fundamental changes in transportation pattern in China; |
● | our expectations regarding demand for and market acceptance of our products and services; |
● | our expectations regarding our customer base; |
● | our plans to invest in our automobile transaction and related services business and our online ride-hailing platform services business; |
● | our ability to maintain positive relationships with our business partners; |
● | competition in the online ride-hailing, automobile financing and leasing industries in China; |
● | macro-economic and political conditions affecting the global economy generally and the market in China specifically; and |
● | relevant Chinese government policies and regulations relating to the industries in which we operate. |
You should read this Report and the documents that we refer to in this Report with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. Other sections of this Report and our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) include additional factors which could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.
You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
This Report also contains statistical data and estimates that we obtained from industry publications and reports generated by third-parties. Although we have not independently verified the data, we believe that the publications and reports are reliable. The market data contained in this Report involves a number of assumptions, estimates and limitations. The ride-hailing and automobile financing markets in China may not grow at the rates projected by market data, or at all. The failure of these markets to grow at the projected rates may have a material adverse effect on our business and the market price of our common stock. If any one or more of the assumptions underlying the market data turns out to be incorrect, actual results may differ from the projections based on these assumptions. In addition, projections, assumptions and estimates of our future performance and the future performance of the industries in which we operate are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described herein or our other reports filed with the SEC. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)
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| December 31, |
| March 31, | ||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
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ASSETS | ||||||
Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 1,537,609 | $ | 1,185,221 | ||
Accounts receivable, net, current portion | 204,763 |
| 418,022 | |||
Accounts receivable, a related party | 9,816 | — | ||||
Inventories |
| — |
| 286,488 | ||
Finance lease receivables, net, current portion |
| 170,337 |
| 314,264 | ||
Prepayments, other receivables and other assets, net | 1,362,817 |
| 2,713,208 | |||
Due from related parties, current portion, net |
| 659,299 |
| 682,335 | ||
Total current assets |
| 3,944,641 |
| 5,599,538 | ||
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Property and equipment, net |
| 3,530,196 |
| 5,658,773 | ||
Other assets |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 174,262 | 109,621 | ||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net, related parties | 139,787 | 515,906 | ||||
Financing lease right-of-use assets, net | 690,365 | 305,933 | ||||
Intangible assets, net |
| 819,671 |
| 959,551 | ||
Accounts receivable, net, noncurrent | — |
| 69 | |||
Finance lease receivables, net, noncurrent | 50,205 | 92,980 | ||||
Due from a related party, noncurrent | 5,351,735 | 6,635,746 | ||||
Other non-current assets | 837,731 |
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Total other assets |
| 8,063,756 |
| 8,619,806 | ||
Total assets | $ | 15,538,593 | $ | 19,878,117 | ||
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LIABILITIES, MEZZANNIE EQUITY AND EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Borrowings from a financial institution | $ | 22,857 | $ | 145,542 | ||
Accounts payable | 61,090 | 14,446 | ||||
Advances from customers |
| 120,871 |
| 120,629 | ||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
| 2,715,209 |
| 2,444,367 | ||
Due to related parties and affiliates | 117,237 |
| 11,682 | |||
Operating lease liabilities | 104,075 | 50,177 | ||||
Operating lease liabilities - related parties | 163,558 | 330,781 | ||||
Financing lease liabilities | 402,526 | 304,557 | ||||
Derivative liabilities | 572,021 | 2,215,204 | ||||
Current liabilities - discontinued operations | 485,736 |
| 528,426 | |||
Total current liabilities |
| 4,765,180 |
| 6,165,811 | ||
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Other liabilities | ||||||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current | 97,350 | 47,910 | ||||
Operating lease liabilities, non-current - related parties | 52,205 | 226,896 | ||||
Financing lease liabilities, non-current | 289,358 |
| 1,376 | |||
Deferred tax liability | 42,746 | 46,386 | ||||
Total other liabilities |
| 481,659 |
| 322,568 | ||
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Total liabilities | 5,246,839 | 6,488,379 | ||||
Commitments and contingencies |
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Mezzanine Equity | ||||||
Series A convertible preferred stock (par value $1,000 per share, 5,000 shares authorized; 1,741 and 5,000 shares and at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively) | 285,802 | 820,799 | ||||
Stockholders’ equity |
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Common stock (par value $0.0001 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 7,693,040 and 6,186,783 shares and at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively) * |
| 782 |
| 630 | ||
Additional paid-in capital |
| 43,339,412 |
| 42,803,033 | ||
Accumulated deficit |
| (36,323,523) |
| (34,601,545) | ||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
| (1,327,692) |
| (109,454) | ||
Total Senmiao Technology Limited stockholders’ equity |
| 5,688,979 |
| 8,092,664 | ||
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Non-controlling interests |
| 4,316,973 |
| 4,476,275 | ||
Total equity |
| 10,005,952 |
| 12,568,939 | ||
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and equity | $ | 15,538,593 | $ | 19,878,117 |
*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)
| For the Three Months Ended December 31, |
| For the Nine Months Ended December 31, | |||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | ||||||||
Revenues | ||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 1,710,172 | $ | 1,660,119 | $ | 6,000,597 | $ | 3,152,592 | ||||
Revenues, a related party | 30,748 | — | 323,321 | — | ||||||||
Total revenues | 1,740,920 | 1,660,119 | 6,323,918 | 3,152,592 | ||||||||
Cost of revenues | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenues | (1,372,916) | (1,457,589) | (5,038,614) | (5,378,411) | ||||||||
Cost of revenues, a related party | (185,254) | — |
| (333,756) |
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Total cost of revenues | (1,558,170) | (1,457,589) | (5,372,370) | (5,378,411) | ||||||||
Gross profit (loss) | 182,750 | 202,530 |
| 951,548 |
| (2,225,819) | ||||||
Operating expenses |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses | (1,385,580) | (2,701,921) |
| (4,832,658) |
| (7,102,107) | ||||||
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery | (126,546) | (6,926) | (470,982) | (125,709) | ||||||||
Impairments of inventories | — | — | (3,085) | — | ||||||||
Impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill | — | (1,975) | - | (142,516) | ||||||||
Total operating expenses | (1,512,126) | (2,710,822) |
| (5,306,725) |
| (7,370,332) | ||||||
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Loss from operations | (1,329,376) | (2,508,292) |
| (4,355,177) |
| (9,596,151) | ||||||
Other income (expense) |
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Other income, net | 320,151 | 97,710 | 807,276 | 81,600 | ||||||||
Interest expense | (6,975) | — |
| (6,975) |
| (5,872) | ||||||
Interest expense on finance leases | (626) | (13,612) |
| (8,927) |
| (44,369) | ||||||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | 30,557 | 3,536,859 |
| 1,641,650 |
| 5,185,309 | ||||||
Issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock | — | (821,892) | — | (821,892) | ||||||||
Total other income, net | 343,107 | 2,799,065 |
| 2,433,024 |
| 4,394,776 | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (986,269) | 290,773 | (1,922,153) |
| (5,201,375) | |||||||
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Income tax expense | — | (4,539) | — |
| (4,550) | |||||||
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Net income (loss) from continuing operations | (986,269) | 286,234 | (1,922,153) | (5,205,925) | ||||||||
Loss from discontinued operations, net of applicable income taxes | — | (418,355) | — |
| (2,418,757) | |||||||
Net loss | (986,269) | (132,121) | (1,922,153) | (7,624,682) | ||||||||
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Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests from continuing operations | 14,928 | 178,808 | 200,175 | 1,322,575 | ||||||||
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests from discontinued operations | — | 108,772 | — | 628,877 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to the Company’s stockholders | $ | (971,341) | $ | 155,459 | $ | (1,721,978) | $ | (5,673,230) | ||||
Net loss | $ | (986,269) | $ | (132,121) | $ | (1,922,153) | $ | (7,624,682) | ||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 328,208 | 70,638 | (1,177,365) |
| 48,458 | |||||||
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Comprehensive loss | (658,061) | (61,483) | (3,099,518) |
| (7,576,224) | |||||||
less: Total comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | (75,611) | (303,768) | (159,302) | (1,984,990) | ||||||||
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Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to stockholders | $ | (582,450) | $ | 242,285 | $ | (2,940,216) | $ | (5,591,234) | ||||
Weighted average number of common stock |
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Basic and diluted* | 7,689,406 | 5,922,655 |
| 7,016,860 |
| 5,579,271 | ||||||
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Earning (loss) per share - basic and diluted* |
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Continuing operations | (0.13) | 0.08 | (0.25) | (0.70) | ||||||||
Discontinued operations | — | (0.05) | — | (0.32) | ||||||||
Total earnings (loss) per share - basic and diluted* | (0.13) | 0.03 | (0.25) | (1.02) |
*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIENCY)
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||
Additional | other | Total | ||||||||||||||||||
Common stock | paid-in | Accumulated | comprehensive | Non-controlling | equity | |||||||||||||||
| Shares* |
| Par value |
| capital |
| deficit |
| loss |
| interest |
| (deficiency) | |||||||
BALANCE, March 31, 2021 |
| 4,978,073 | $ | 498 | $ | 40,759,807 | $ | (34,064,921) | $ | (838,671) | $ | (3,284,143) | $ | 2,572,570 | ||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (6,248,615) | — | (1,122,021) | (7,370,636) | |||||||||||||
Exercise of Series A warrants into common stock | 4,403 | 1 | 22,014 | — | — | — | 22,015 | |||||||||||||
Fair value of derivative liabilities upon exercise of warrants | — | — | 45,674 | — | — | — | 45,674 | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock and warrants in a registered direct offering, net of issuance costs | 553,192 | 55 | 2,208,594 | — | — | — | 2,208,649 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | (7,237) | (11,335) | (18,572) | |||||||||||||
BALANCE, June 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | 5,535,668 | 554 | 43,036,089 | (40,313,536) | (845,908) | (4,417,499) | (2,540,300) | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | 419,926 | — | (541,851) | (121,925) | |||||||||||||
Issuance of restricted stock units | 9,546 | 1 | 104,999 | — | — | — | 105,000 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | 2,407 | (6,015) | (3,608) | |||||||||||||
BALANCE, September 30, 2021 (Unaudited) | 5,545,214 | $ | 555 | $ | 43,141,088 | $ | (39,893,610) | $ | (843,501) | $ | (4,965,365) | $ | (2,560,833) | |||||||
Net income (loss) | — | — | — | 155,459 | — | (287,580) | (132,121) | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock in purchase of XXTX's remaining NCI | 533,167 | 53 | (1,357,637) | — | (21,762) | 1,379,346 | — | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock for consulting service | 100,000 | 10 | 652,990 | — | — | — | 653,000 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | 86,826 | (16,188) | 70,638 | |||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) | 6,178,381 | $ | 618 | $ | 42,436,441 | $ | (39,738,151) | $ | (778,437) | $ | (3,889,787) | $ | (1,969,316) |
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Additional | other | |||||||||||||||||||
Common stock | paid-in | Accumulated | comprehensive | Non-controlling | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Shares* |
| Par value |
| capital |
| deficit |
| loss |
| interest |
| equity | |||||||
BALANCE, March 31, 2022 |
| 6,186,783 |
| $ | 630 |
| $ | 42,803,033 |
| $ | (34,601,545) |
| $ | (109,454) |
| $ | 4,476,275 |
| $ | 12,568,939 |
Net income (loss) |
| — |
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| — |
| 332,853 |
| — |
| (88,933) |
| 243,920 | ||||||
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock |
| 126,831 |
| 14 |
| 85,349 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 85,363 | ||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| (783,838) |
| (1,815) |
| (785,653) | ||||||
BALANCE, June 30, 2022 (Unaudited) | 6,313,614 | 644 | 42,888,382 | (34,268,692) | (893,292) | 4,385,527 | 12,112,569 | |||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (1,083,490) | — | (96,314) | (1,179,804) | |||||||||||||
Conversion of preferred stock into common stock | 1,369,294 | 138 | 449,497 | — | — | — | 449,635 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | (823,291) | 103,371 | (719,920) | |||||||||||||
BALANCE, September 30, 2022 (Unaudited) |
| 7,682,908 | $ | 782 | $ | 43,337,879 | $ | (35,352,182) | $ | (1,716,583) | $ | 4,392,584 | $ | 10,662,480 | ||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (971,341) | — | (14,928) | (986,269) | |||||||||||||
Cashless exercise of November 2021 Investor warrants into common stock | 10,132 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||
Fair value of derivative liabilities upon exercise of warrants | — | — | 1,533 | — | — | — | 1,533 | |||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | 388,891 | (60,683) | 328,208 | |||||||||||||
BALANCE, December 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | 7,693,040 | $ | 782 | $ | 43,339,412 | $ | (36,323,523) | $ | (1,327,692) | $ | 4,316,973 | $ | 10,005,952 |
*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Expressed in U.S. dollar, except for the number of shares)
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||||||
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Cash Flows from Operating Activities: |
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Net loss | $ | (1,922,153) | $ | (7,624,682) | ||
Net loss from discontinued operations | — | (2,418,757) | ||||
Net loss from continuing operations | (1,922,153) | (5,205,925) | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment |
| 873,480 |
| 704,741 | ||
Stock compensation expense |
| — |
| 653,000 | ||
Issuance costs for series A convertible preferred stock | — | 821,892 | ||||
Amortization of right-of-use assets | 579,209 | 635,036 | ||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 128,538 | 104,829 | ||||
Provision for doubtful accounts, net of recovery | 470,982 | 125,709 | ||||
Impairments of inventories | 3,085 | — | ||||
Impairments of long-lived assets |
| — |
| 142,516 | ||
Gain on disposal of long-lived assets | (596,564) | — | ||||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities |
| (1,641,650) |
| (5,185,309) | ||
Change in operating assets and liabilities |
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Accounts receivable |
| 177,273 |
| 8,693 | ||
Accounts receivable, a related party | (9,876) | — | ||||
Inventories |
| 322,689 |
| (93,172) | ||
Prepayments, other receivables and other assets | 1,115,661 | 683,439 | ||||
Finance lease receivables | 187,695 | 556,021 | ||||
Accounts payable |
| 48,108 |
| 76,877 | ||
Advances from customers |
| 10,048 |
| (1,812) | ||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 639,657 | (664,848) | ||||
Operating lease liabilities | (37,872) | (113,238) | ||||
Operating lease liabilities - related parties | (99,023) | (124,143) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities from continuing operations | 249,287 | (6,875,694) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities from discontinued operations | — | 416,522 | ||||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities |
| 249,287 |
| (6,459,172) | ||
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Cash Flows from Investing Activities: |
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Purchases of property and equipment |
| (1,213,996) |
| (3,484,051) | ||
Cash procced from disposal of long-lived assets | 1,527,550 | — | ||||
Purchases of intangible assets |
| (26,408) |
| (76,637) | ||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities from continuing operations | 287,146 | (3,560,688) | ||||
Net cash provided by investing activities from discontinued operations | — | 22,586 | ||||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities |
| 287,146 |
| (3,538,102) | ||
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Cash Flows from Financing Activities: |
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Net proceeds from issuance of common stock in a registered direct offering | — | 5,771,053 | ||||
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock upon warrants exercised | — | 22,015 | ||||
Net proceeds from issuance of series A convertible preferred stock and warrants in a private placement offering | — | 4,369,937 | ||||
Borrowings from a financial institution | — | 534,112 | ||||
Loan to related parties | — | (232,751) | ||||
Repayment from related parties and affiliates | 359,383 | 15,546 | ||||
Repayments of current borrowings from financial institutions | (111,615) | (529,226) | ||||
Principal payments of finance lease liabilities | (349,140) | (333,480) | ||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations | (101,372) | 9,617,206 | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations |
| — |
| (1,439,919) | ||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities |
| (101,372) |
| 8,177,287 | ||
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Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
| (82,673) | 173,623 | |||
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
| 352,388 | (1,646,364) | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period |
| 1,185,221 | 4,448,075 | |||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | 1,537,609 | 2,801,711 | ||||
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Less: Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations | — | 833,060 | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations, end of period | $ | 1,537,609 | $ | 1,968,651 | ||
Supplemental Cash Flow Information |
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Cash paid for interest expense | $ | 6,975 | $ | 44,123 | ||
Non-cash Transaction in Investing and Financing Activities |
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Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities | $ | 917,786 | $ | 196,671 | ||
Recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, related parties | $ | 118,030 | $ | 180,973 | ||
Termination of right-of use assets and lease liabilities | 54,546 | — | ||||
Termination of right-of use assets and lease liabilities, related parties | 252,939 | — | ||||
Cashless exercise of November 2021 Investor warrants into common stock | $ | 1,533 | $ | — | ||
Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities for issuance of common stock | $ | — | $ | 7,933,434 | ||
Allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities to additional paid in capital upon warrants exercised | $ | — | $ | 45,674 | ||
Acquisition of XXTX'S minority interest with issuance of common stock at fair value | $ | — | $ | 1,972,717 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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SENMIAO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
Senmiao Technology Limited (the “Company”) is a U.S. holding company incorporated in the State of Nevada on June 8, 2017. The Company operates its business in two segments:
(i) automobile transaction and related services focusing on the online ride-hailing industry in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”) through the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Sichuan Senmiao Yicheng Assets Management Co., Ltd., formerly named Yicheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“Yicheng”), Chengdu Corenel Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“Corenel”), and its majority owned subsidiaries, Chengdu Jiekai Yunli Technology Co., Ltd. (“Jiekai”), and Hunan Ruixi Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“Hunan Ruixi”), and its equity investee company (an entity 35% owned by Hunan Ruixi) and former variable interest entity (“VIE”), Sichuan Jinkailong Automobile Leasing Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“Jinkailong”).
(ii) online ride-hailing platform services through its own platform (known as Xixingtianxia) as described further below, since October 2020, through Hunan Xixingtianxia Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“XXTX”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd. (“Senmiao Consulting”), a PRC limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The Company’s ride hailing platform enables qualified ride-hailing drivers to provide transportation services in Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other 23 cities in China as of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Hunan Ruixi holds a business license for automobile sales and financial leasing and has been engaged in automobile financial leasing services and automobile sales since March 2019 and January 2019, respectively. Yicheng holds a business license for automobiles sale and has been engaged in automobile sales since June 2019. Yicheng used to have a license of financial leasing, which has been terminated since June 2022. The Company also has been engaged in operating leasing services through Hunan Ruixi and its equity investee company, Jinkailong since March 2019. Jinkailong used to facilitate automobile sales and financing transactions for its clients, who are primarily ride-hailing drivers and provides them operating lease and relevant after-transaction services.
On September 11, 2020, Senmiao Consulting entered into an investment agreement relating to XXTX with all the original shareholders of XXTX (the “XXTX Investment Agreement”), pursuant to which Senmiao Consulting would make an investment of RMB3.16 million (approximately $0.44 million) in XXTX in cash and obtain a 51% equity interest. As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company had remitted the full amount of investment to XXTX pertained to above mentioned XXXT Investment Agreement.
On October 23, 2020, the registration procedures for the change in shareholders and registered capital were completed and XXTX became a majority owned subsidiary of Senmiao Consulting. On February 5, 2021, Senmiao Consulting and all the original shareholders of XXTX entered into a supplementary agreement related to XXTX’s Investment agreement (the “XXTX Increase Investment Agreement”). Under the XXTX Increase Investment Agreement, all the shareholders of XXTX agreed to increase the total registered capital of XXTX to RMB50.8 million (approximately $7.14 million). Senmiao Consulting shall pay another investment amounted to RMB36.84 million (approximately $5.18 million) in cash in exchange of additional 27.74% of XXTX’s equity interest. As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company had remit approximately RMB36.60 million ($5.30 million) to XXTX pertained to above mentioned XXTX Increase Investment Agreement.
On October 22, 2021, the Company, Senmiao Consulting, XXTX and its other shareholders further entered into a Share Swap Agreement (the “Share Swap Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company, through Senmiao Consulting, purchased all of the remaining equity interests the original shareholders hold in XXTX at a total purchase price of $3.5 million, payable in the Company’s shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share at a per share price of the average closing price of a share of common stock reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market for ten (10) trading days immediately preceding the date of the Share Swap Agreement. On November 9, 2021, the issuance of 533,167 (5,331,667 pre reverse split) shares of the Company’s common stock for this transaction has been completed and on December 31, 2021, the registration procedures for the change in shareholders was completed. As a result, XXTX became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Senmiao Consulting.
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As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, Senmiao Consulting has made a cumulative capital contribution of RMB39.76 million (approximately $5.76 million) to XXTX and the remaining amount is expected to be paid before December 31, 2025. As of December 31, 2022, XXTX had ten wholly owned subsidiaries and only one of them had operations.
In December 2020, Senmiao Consulting formed Corenel, with a registered capital of RMB10 million (approximately $1.6 million) in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Corenel is engaged in automobile operating leases since March 2021.
In December 2020, Hunan Ruixi and a third party jointly formed a subsidiary, Chengdu Xichuang Technology Service Co., Ltd. (“Xichuang”), with a registered capital of RMB200,000 (approximately $32,000) in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. Hunan Ruixi holds 70% of the equity interests of Xichuang. In August 2021, Hunan Ruixi signed an equity transfer agreement with another shareholder of Xichuang. Pursuant to the equity transfer agreement, another shareholder of Xichuang would transfer 30% of its shares to Hunan Ruixi for a consideration of zero. However, in November 2021, Xichuang was dissolved. The dissolution of Xichuang did not have a material impact to the Company’s financial results.
In April 2021, the Company formed Senmiao Technology (Hong Kong)., Ltd. (“Senmiao HK”), with a registered capital of $10,000 in Hongkong. The Company holds 99.99% of the equity interests of Senmiao HK. As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, Senmiao HK has no operations.
In March 2022, Corenel and another company in Chengdu formed Jiekai, with a registered capital of RMB500,000 (approximately $80,000). Corenel holds 51% of the equity interests of Jiekai. Jiekai is engaged in automobile operating lease business since April 2022.
The following diagram illustrates the Company’s corporate structure, including its subsidiaries and equity investee company, as of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements:
Former VIE Agreements with Sichuan Senmiao
Senmiao Consulting, Sichuan Senmiao Ronglian Technology Co., Ltd. (“Sichuan Senmiao”) and all the shareholders of Sichuan Senmiao (the “Sichuan Senmiao Shareholders”) entered into an Equity Interest Pledge Agreement, an Exclusive Business Cooperation Agreement, an Exclusive Option Agreement, Power of Attorneys, and Timely Report Agreements in September 2017 (collectively, the “Sichuan Senmiao VIE Agreements”). For the details of such agreements, please refer to the audited financial statements contained in the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 15, 2022. According to the VIE Agreements, Senmiao Consulting was the primary beneficiary of Sichuan Senmiao and the financial statements of Sichuan Senmiao are consolidated in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Sichuan Senmiao suffered accumulated loss of approximately $18.0 million as of March 31, 2022 with shareholders’ deficiency of $7.6 million. Due to such loss from Sichuan Senmiao, on March 23, 2022, Senmiao Consulting and other shareholders with 94.5% equity interests of Sichuan Senmiao terminated the VIE Agreements and acquired Sichuan Senmiao’s 94.5% equity interests with total consideration of zero. Sichuan Senmiao became the majority owned subsidiary of Senmiao Consulting accordingly. The termination of the Sichuan Senmiao VIE Agreements had no significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.
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Former Voting Agreements with Jinkailong’s Other Shareholders
Hunan Ruixi entered into two voting agreements signed in August 2018 and February 2020, respectively, as amended (the “Voting Agreements”), with Jinkailong and other Jinkailong’s shareholders holding an aggregate of 65% equity interests. Pursuant to the Voting Agreements, all other Jinkailong’s shareholders will vote in concert with Hunan Ruixi on all fundamental corporate transactions in the event of a disagreement for periods of 20 years and 18 years, respectively, ending on August 25, 2038.
On March 31, 2022, Ruixi entered into an Agreement for the Termination of the Agreement for Concerted Action by Shareholders of Jinkailong (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Voting Agreements mentioned above was terminated as of the date of the Termination Agreement. The termination will not impair the past and future legitimate rights and interests of all parties in Jinkailong. As of December 31, 2022, the parties no longer maintain a concerted action relationship with respect to the decision required to take concerted action at its shareholders meetings as stipulated in the Voting Agreements. Each party shall independently express opinions and exercise various rights such as voting rights and perform relevant obligations in accordance with the provisions of laws, regulations, normative documents and the Jinkailong’s articles of association.
As a result of the Termination Agreement, the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in Jinkailong and has determined that Jinkailong was deconsolidated from the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements effective as of March 31, 2022. However, as Hunan Ruixi still holds 35% equity interests in Jinkailong, Jinkailong is the equity investee company of the Company since then. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the paid-in capital of Jinkailong is zero.
In connection with the deconsolidation and in accordance with ASC 810-10-40-5, the Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of Jinkailong on March 31, 2022 as follows:
| March 31, | ||
2022 | |||
Carrying amount of net deficit of Jinkailong as of March 31, 2022 | $ | 15,227,359 | |
Carrying amount of non-controlling interest |
| (3,605,156) | |
Cumulative currency translation adjustment removal |
| (670,658) | |
Net gain on deconsolidation of Jinkailong | $ | 10,951,545 |
In addition, the Company recognized $7,298,208 of related party receivable from Jinkailong as of March 31, 2022, of which, $6,635,746 is required to be repaid over a period from April 2023 to December 2026 based on the agreement between the Company and Jinkailong, classified as due from related parties, noncurrent. Besides, the deconsolidation also excluded $31,263 receivables due from related parties, which was recorded by Jinkailong. As of December 31, 2022, the Company has outstanding balance due from Jinkailong amounted to $5,992,152, net of allowance, of which, $5,351,735 is to be repaid over a period from January 2024 to December 2026, classified as due from related party, noncurrent (refer to Note 4).
The Company determined that the deconsolidation of Jinkailong represented a major shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, which triggers discontinued operations accounting in accordance with ASC 205-20-45 as discussed in note 4.
Former VIE Agreements with Youlu
On December 7, 2021, XXTX entered into a series of contractual arrangements (collectively, the “Youlu VIE Agreements”) with Youlu and each of its equity holders (“Youlu Shareholders”). The terms of Youlu VIE Agreements were similar to the Sichuan Senmiao VIE Agreements. According to the Youlu VIE Agreements, Youlu was obligated to pay XXTX service fees approximately equal to its net income. Youlu’s entire operations were, in fact, directly controlled by XXTX. There were no unrecognized revenue-producing assets that were held by Youlu. However, on March 31, 2022, the Youlu VIE Agreements were terminated by XXTX and Youlu Shareholders. As Youlu had limited operation, the termination had no significant impact on the consolidated financial statements. After Jinkailong and Youlu were deconsolidated from the Company’s consolidated financial statements at March 31, 2022, there were no assets and liabilities from the Company’s former VIEs included in the Company’s financial statements going forward.
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Net revenue, loss from operations and net loss of the former VIEs that were included in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
For the Three Months Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2022 |
| 2021* | |||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||
Net revenue from continuing operations | $ | — | $ | 152 | $ | — | $ | 23,380 | ||||
Net revenue from discontinued operations | $ | — | $ | 1,882,930 | $ | — | $ | 5,096,441 | ||||
Loss from operations from continuing operations | $ | — | $ | (57,616) | $ | — | $ | (107,802) | ||||
Loss from operations from discontinued operations | $ | — | $ | (390,710) | $ | — | $ | (2,182,402) | ||||
Net loss from continuing operations attributable to stockholders | $ | — | $ | (57,141) | $ | — | $ | (105,760) | ||||
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to stockholders | — | (309,583) | — | (1,789,880) | ||||||||
Net loss attributable to stockholders | $ | — | $ | (366,724) | $ | — | $ | (1,895,640) |
* Net revenue, loss from operations and net loss attributable to stockholders for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 were retroactively restated for comparative purpose.
2. GOING CONCERN
In assessing the Company’s liquidity, the Company monitors and analyzes its cash on-hand and its operating and capital expenditure commitments. The Company’s liquidity needs are to meet its working capital requirements, operating expenses and capital expenditure obligations. Debt financing from financial institutions and equity financings have been utilized to finance the working capital requirements of the Company.
The Company’s business is capital intensive. The Company’s management has considered whether there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern due to (1) the net loss of approximately $1.9 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022; (2) accumulated deficit of approximately $36.3 million as of December 31, 2022; (3) the working capital deficit of approximately $0.8 million as of December 31, 2022; and (4) two purchase commitments of approximately $2.4 million for 200 automobiles. As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company has entered into two purchase contracts with two automobile dealers to purchase a total of 300 automobiles in the amount of approximately $4.7 million, of which, 100 automobiles of approximately $1.6 million have been purchased in cash and delivered to the Company, and approximately $0.7 million has been remitted as purchase deposit. The remaining purchase commitment of approximately $2.4 million of which approximately $1.6 million shall be completed with financing option through the dealer’s designated financial institutions, and approximately $0.8 million shall be remit in installment to be completed before March 31, 2023.
Management has determined there is substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. If the Company is unable to generate significant revenue, the Company may be required to curtail or cease its operations. Management is trying to alleviate the going concern risk through the following sources:
● | Equity financing to support its working capital; |
● | Other available sources of financing (including debt) from PRC banks and other financial institutions; and |
● | Financial support and credit guarantee commitments from the Company’s related parties. |
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Based on the above considerations, management is of the opinion that the Company will probably not have sufficient funds to meet its working capital requirements and debt obligations as they become due one year from the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, if the Company is unable to obtain additional financing. In addition, the maximum contingent liabilities for automobile purchasers the Company would be exposed to was approximately $46,641 as of December 31, 2022, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default. There is no assurance that the Company will be successful in implementing the foregoing plans or that additional financing will be available to the Company on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. There are a number of factors that could potentially arise that could undermine the Company’s plans, such as (i) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business and areas of operations in China, (ii) changes in the demand for the Company’s services, (iii) PRC government policies, (iv) economic conditions in China and worldwide, (v) competitive pricing in the automobile transaction and related service and ride-hailing industries, (vi) changes in the Company’s relationships with key business partners, (vii) the ability of financial institutions in China to provide continued financial support to the Company’s customers, and (viii) the perception of PRC-based companies in the U.S. capital markets. The Company’s inability to secure needed financing when required could require material changes to the Company’s business plans and could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s viability and results of operations.
3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(a) Basis of presentation
The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company has been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
The interim unaudited financial information as of December 31, 2022 and for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and pursuant to Regulation S-X. Certain information and footnote disclosures, which are normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, have been omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. The interim unaudited financial information should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and the notes thereto, included in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, which was filed with the SEC on July 15, 2022.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present a fair statement of the Company’s unaudited financial position as of December 31, 2022, its unaudited results of operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, and its unaudited cash flows for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, as applicable, have been made. The unaudited interim results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full fiscal year or any future periods.
(b) Basis of consolidation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and include the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of the subsidiaries. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
(c) Foreign currency translation
Transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency at the exchange rates prevailing on the dates of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency are translated into the functional currency using the applicable exchange rates on the date of the balance sheet. The resulting exchange differences are recorded in the statement of operations.
The reporting currency of the Company and its subsidiaries and former VIEs is U.S. dollars (“US$”) and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been expressed in US$. However, the Company maintains the books and records in its functional currency, Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”), being the functional currency of the economic environment in which its operations are conducted.
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In general, for consolidation purposes, assets and liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the US$, are translated into US$, using the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenues and expenses are translated at average rates prevailing during the period. The gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries and former VIEs are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity.
Translation of amounts from RMB into US$ has been made at the following exchange rates for the respective periods:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |
2022 | 2022 | |||
Balance sheet items, except for equity accounts |
| 6.8972 |
| 6.3400 |
| For the Three Months Ended | |||
| December 31, | |||
| 2022 |
| 2021 | |
Items in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss | | 7.1120 |
| 6.3937 |
For the Nine Months Ended December 31, | ||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 | |
Items in the statements of operations and comprehensive loss, and statements of cash flows |
| 6.8547 |
| 6.4408 |
(d) Use of estimates
In presenting the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, management make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews these estimates and assumptions using the currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may cause the Company to revise its estimates. The Company bases its estimates on past experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. The inputs into our judgments and estimates consider the economic implications of COVID-19 on the Company’s critical and significant accounting estimates. Estimates are used when accounting for items and matters including, but not limited to, revenue recognition, residual values, lease classification and liabilities, finance lease receivables, inventory obsolescence, right-of-use assets, determinations of the useful lives and valuation of long-lived assets, estimates of allowances for doubtful accounts and prepayments, estimates of impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, valuation of deferred tax assets, estimated fair value used in business acquisitions, valuation of derivative liabilities, allocation of fair value of derivative liabilities, issuance of common stock and warrants exercised and other provisions and contingencies.
(e) Fair values of financial instruments
Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 825, Financial Instruments (“Topic 825”) requires disclosure of fair value information of financial instruments, whether or not recognized in the balance sheets, for which it is practicable to estimate that value. In cases where quoted market prices are not available, fair values are based on estimates using present value or other valuation techniques. Those techniques are significantly affected by the assumptions used, including the discount rate and estimates of future cash flows. Topic 825 excludes certain financial instruments and all nonfinancial assets and liabilities from its disclosure requirements. Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts do not represent the underlying value of the Company. The three levels of valuation hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
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.
Level 3 Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value.
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The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy our financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022:
Carrying Value as of | Fair Value Measurement as of | |||||||||||
December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||
| (Unaudited) |
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 |
| Level 3 | |||||
Derivative liabilities | $ | 572,021 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 572,021 |
Fair Value Measurement as of | ||||||||||||
Carrying Value as of | March 31, 2022 | |||||||||||
March 31, 2022 |
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 |
| Level 3 | ||||||
Derivative liabilities |
| $ | 2,215,204 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 2,215,204 |
The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for nine months ended December 31, 2022 and for the year ended March 31, 2022:
August | February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Underwritten | Registered | May 2021 | November 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 Registered Direct Offering | Public | Direct | Registered Direct Offering | Private Placement | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series A |
| Placement |
| Offering |
| Offering | Investors | Placement | Investors | Placement | ||||||||||||||||
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Total | ||||||||||
BALANCE as of March 31, 2021 | $ | 80,268 | $ | 163,572 | $ | 397,525 | $ | 637,561 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,278,926 | |||||||||
Derivative liabilities recognized at grant date | — | — | — | — | 3,313,864 | 248,541 | 4,060,857 | 310,173 | 7,933,435 | ||||||||||||||||||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | (32,680) | (153,047) | (352,944) | (572,018) | (2,535,376) | (190,154) | (2,895,392) | (219,871) | (6,951,482) | ||||||||||||||||||
Fair value of warrants exercised | (45,675) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (45,675) | ||||||||||||||||||
BALANCE as of March 31, 2022 |
| 1,913 |
| 10,525 |
| 44,581 |
| 65,543 | 778,488 | 58,387 | 1,165,465 | 90,302 |
| 2,215,204 | |||||||||||||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities |
| (1,878) |
| (10,342) |
| (34,526) |
| (51,581) | (589,804) | (44,236) | (843,900) | (65,383) |
| (1,641,650) | |||||||||||||
Cashless exercise on November 2021 Investor warrant |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — | — | (1,533) | — |
| (1,533) | |||||||||||||
BALANCE as of December 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | $ | 35 | $ | 183 | $ | 10,055 | $ | 13,962 | $ | 188,684 | $ | 14,151 | $ | 320,032 | $ | 24,919 | $ | 572,021 |
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The Company’s Series A and Series B warrants, the June 2019 Placement Agent Warrants, the Underwriters’ Warrants, the ROFR Warrants, the May 2021 Investors Warrants, the May 2021 Placement Agent Warrants, and the November 2021 Investors Warrants and November 2021 Placement Agent Warrants are not traded in an active securities market; therefore, the Company estimates the fair value to those warrants using the Black-Scholes valuation model on June 20, 2019 (the grant date), August 4, 2020 (the grant date), February 10, 2021 (the grant date), May 13, 2021 (the grant date), November 10, 2021 (the grant date), as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
June 20, 2019 |
| August 4, 2020 | February 10, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | November 10, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Series A |
| Series B |
| Placement Agent |
| Underwriters’ |
| Placement Agent |
| ROFR |
| Investor |
| Placement Agent |
| Investor |
| Placement Agent | ||||||||||||
Warrants | Warrants | Warrants |
| Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | |||||||||||||||||||||
# of shares exercisable* |
| 133,602 |
| 111,632 |
| 14,251 | 56,800 | 38,044 | 15,218 | 553,192 | 41,490 | 5,335,763 | 55,148 | ||||||||||||||||||
Valuation date |
| 6/20/2019 |
| 6/20/2019 |
| 6/20/2019 | 8/4/2020 | 2/10/2021 | 2/10/2021 | 5/13/2021 | 5/13/2021 | 11/10/2021 | 11/10/2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise price* | $ | 37.20 | $ | 37.20 | $ | 33.80 | $ | 6.30 | $ | 13.80 | $ | 17.30 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 1.13 | $ | 6.80 | |||||||||||
Stock price* | $ | 28.00 | $ | 28.00 | $ | 28.00 | $ | 5.10 | $ | 16.30 | $ | 16.30 | $ | 7.20 | $ | 7.20 | $ | 6.70 | $ | 6.70 | |||||||||||
Expected term (years) |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
| 1.77 | % |
| 1.91 | % |
| 1.77 | % | 0.19 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.84 | % | 0.84 | % | 1.23 | % | 1.23 | % | ||||||||
Expected volatility |
| 86 | % |
| 91 | % |
| 86 | % | 129 | % | 132 | % | 132 | % | 131 | % | 131 | % | 126 | % | 126 | % |
As of December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August 4, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 20, 2019 | 2020 | February 10, 2021 | May 13, 2021 | November 10, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Placement | Placement |
| Placement | Placement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series A | Agent | Underwriters’ | Agent | ROFR |
| Investor | Agent | Investor | Agent | |||||||||||||||||||
Granted Date | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants |
| Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | Warrants | ||||||||||||||||||
# of shares exercisable |
| 2,590 |
| 14,251 |
| 31,808 |
| 38,044 |
| 15,218 | 553,192 |
| 41,490 |
| 5,310,763 |
| 55,148 |
| ||||||||||
Valuation date |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 | 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| 12/31/2022 |
| ||||||||||
Exercise price | $ | 5.00 | $ | 5.00 | $ | 6.30 | $ | 13.80 | $ | 17.30 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 1.13 | $ | 6.80 | ||||||||||
Stock price | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | $ | 0.09 | ||||||||||
Expected term (years) |
| 0.47 |
| 0.47 |
| 2.59 |
| 3.12 |
| 3.12 |
| 3.37 |
| 3.37 |
| 3.86 |
| 3.86 | ||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
| 2.22 | % |
| 2.22 | % |
| 4.35 | % |
| 4.21 | % |
| 4.21 | % |
| 4.18 | % |
| 4.18 | % |
| 4.12 | % |
| 4.12 | % | |
Expected volatility |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
| 122 | % |
As of March 31, 2022 | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 20, | August 4, | February 10, | May 13, | | November 10, | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | | 2021 | | |||||||||||||||||||||
| | |
| Placement |
| | |
| Placement |
| | |
| | | | Placement | | | | | Placement | | |||||
Series A | Agent | Underwriters’ | Agent | ROFR | Investor | | Agent | | Investor | | Agent | | ||||||||||||||||
Granted Date | Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants |
| Warrants | Warrants | | Warrants | | Warrants | | Warrants | | |||||||||||
# of shares exercisable* |
| 2,590 |
| 14,251 |
| 31,808 | 38,044 |
| 15,218 |
| 553,192 |
| 41,490 |
| 5,335,763 |
| 55,148 |
| ||||||||||
Valuation date |
| 3/31/2022 |
| 3/31/2022 |
| 3/31/2022 | 3/31/2022 |
| 3/31/2022 |
| 3/31/2022 | 3/31/2022 | 3/31/2022 | 3/31/2022 | ||||||||||||||
Exercise price* | $ | 5.00 | $ | 5.00 | $ | 6.30 | $ | 13.80 | $ | 17.30 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 10.50 | $ | 1.13 | $ | 6.80 | ||||||||||
Stock price* | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | $ | 2.30 | ||||||||||
Expected term (years) |
| 1.22 |
| 1.22 |
| 3.35 |
| 3.87 |
| 3.87 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 4.62 | 4.62 | ||||||||||||||
Risk-free interest rate |
| 1.77 | % |
| 1.77 | % |
| 2.44 | % |
| 2.44 | % |
| 2.44 | % | 2.43 | % | 2.43 | % | 2.43 | % | 2.43 | % | |||||
Expected volatility |
| 123 | % |
| 123 | % |
| 123 | % |
| 123 | % |
| 123 | % | 123 | % | 123 | % | 123 | % | 123 | % |
*Giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022.
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, financial instruments of the Company comprised primarily current assets and current liabilities including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventories, finance lease receivables, prepayments, other receivables and other assets, due from related parties, borrowings from financial institutions, accounts payable, advance from customers, lease liabilities, accrued expenses and other liabilities, due to related parties and affiliates, and operating and financing lease liabilities, which approximate their fair values because of the short-term nature of these instruments, and non-current liabilities of borrowings from financial institutions, which approximate their fair values because of the stated loan interest rate to the rate charged by similar financial institutions.
The non-current portion of accounts receivables, finance lease receivables, and operating and financing lease liabilities were recorded at gross adjusted for the interest using the effective interest rate method. The Company believes that the effective interest rates underlying these instruments approximate their fair values because the Company used its incremental borrowing rate to recognize the present value of these instruments as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022.
Other than as listed above, the Company did not identify any assets or liabilities that are required to be presented on the balance sheet at fair value.
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(f) Equity method investments
The Company accounts for investments in private company by using equity method as the Company determined that it does not have control over Jinkailong under either voting or VIE models in accordance with ASC 323 “Investments- Equity Method and Joint Ventures”. The Company records equity method investments initially at cost and subsequently records its share of the earnings or losses of the investee in the periods for which they are reported by the investee in its financial statements rather than in the period in which an investee declares a dividend. The Company adjusts the carrying amount of an investment for its share of the earnings or losses of the investee after the date of investment and share report the recognized earnings or loses in income. If an investment balance is reduced to zero as a result of cumulative losses, the Company will need to pause the recognition of losses until its share of earnings exceeds the accumulated losses resulting in the investment balance returning to zero. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company had equity investment in Jinkailong of 35%, and the carrying value of the investment is $0 for both periods presented.
(g) Business combinations and non-controlling interests
The Company accounts for its business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805 “Business Combinations.” The cost of an acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the acquisition date fair value of the assets transferred to the sellers and liabilities incurred by the Company and equity instruments issued. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets and liabilities acquired or assumed are measured separately at their fair values as of the acquisition date, irrespective of the extent of any non-controlling interests. The excess of (i) the total costs of acquisition, fair value of the non-controlling interests and acquisition date fair value of any previously held equity interest in the acquiree over (ii) the fair value of the identifiable net assets of the acquiree is recorded as goodwill. If the cost of acquisition is less than the fair value of the net assets of the subsidiary acquired, the difference is recognized directly in the consolidated income statements. During the measurement period, which can be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed with the corresponding offset to goodwill. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the consolidated income statements.
For the Company’s non-wholly owned subsidiaries, a non-controlling interest is recognized to reflect portion of equity that is not attributable, directly or indirectly, to the Company. The cumulative results of operations attributable to non-controlling interests are also recorded as non-controlling interests in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Cash flows related to transactions with non-controlling interests are presented under financing activities in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
(h) Segment reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker (the “CODM”), which is comprised of certain members of the Company’s management team. During the year ended March 31, 2019 and 2021, the Company acquired Hunan Ruixi and XXTX, respectively. The Company evaluated how the CODM manages the businesses of the Company to maximize efficiency in allocating resources and assessing performance. Consequently, the Company presents two
and reportable segments as set forth in Notes 1 and 20.(i) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of bank deposits with original maturities of three months or less, which are unrestricted as to withdrawal and use. Cash and cash equivalents also consist of funds received from automobile purchasers as payments for automobiles, funds received from automobile lessees as payments for rentals, which were held at the third-party platforms’ fund accounts and which are unrestricted and immediately available for withdrawal and use.
(j) Accounts receivable, net
Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount less an allowance for any uncollectible accounts and do not bear interest, and are due on demand. Management reviews the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on an ongoing basis, using historical collection trends and aging of receivables. Management also periodically evaluates individual customer’s financial condition, credit history and the current economic conditions to make adjustments in the allowance when necessary. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, allowance for doubtful accounts amounted to $0 and $112,905, respectively.
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(k) Inventories
Inventories consist of automobiles which are held primarily for sale and for leasing purposes and are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, as determined using the weighted average cost method. Management compares the cost of inventories with the net realizable value and if applicable, an allowance is made for writing down the inventory to its net realizable value, if lower than cost. On an ongoing basis, inventories are reviewed for potential write-down for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventories which equals the difference between the costs of inventories and the estimated net realizable value based upon forecasts for future demand and market conditions. When inventories are written-down to the lower of cost or net realizable value, it is not marked up subsequently based on changes in underlying facts and circumstances. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, $0 and $3,085 impairment of inventories were provided from continuing operations, respectively.
(l) Finance lease receivables, net
Finance lease receivables, which result from sales-type leases, are measured at discounted present value of (i) future minimum lease payments, (ii) any residual value not subject to a bargain purchase option as finance lease receivables on its balance sheet and (iii) accrued interest on the balance of the finance lease receivables based on the interest rate inherent in the applicable lease over the term of the lease. Management also periodically evaluates individual customer’s financial condition, credit history and the current economic conditions to make adjustments in the allowance when necessary. Finance lease receivables is charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company determined no allowance for doubtful accounts was necessary for finance lease receivables.
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, finance lease receivables consisted of the following:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Minimum lease payments receivable | $ | 288,026 | $ | 511,030 | ||
Less: Unearned interest | (67,484) |
| (103,786) | |||
Financing lease receivables, net | $ | 220,542 | $ | 407,244 | ||
Finance lease receivables, net, current portion | $ | 170,337 | $ | 314,264 | ||
Finance lease receivables, net, non-current portion | $ | 50,205 | $ | 92,980 |
Future scheduled minimum lease payments for investments in sales-type leases as of December 31, 2022 are as follows:
| Minimum future | ||
| payments receivable | ||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2023 | $ | 196,715 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2024 |
| 66,544 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2025 |
| 24,767 | |
Total | $ | 288,026 |
(m) Property and equipment, net
Property and equipment primarily consist of automobiles, leasehold improvements, computers and other equipment, which are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation less any provision required for impairment in value. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method with no residual value based on the estimated useful life. The useful life of property and equipment is summarized as follows:
Categories |
| Useful life |
Leasehold improvements | Shorter of the remaining lease terms or estimated useful lives | |
Computer equipment |
| 2 - 5 years |
Office equipment, fixture and furniture |
| 3 - 5 years |
Automobiles |
| 3 - 5 years |
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The Company reviews property and equipment for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. An asset is considered impaired if its carrying amount exceeds the future net undiscounted cash flows that the asset is expected to generate. If such asset is considered to be impaired, the impairment recognized is the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset, if any, exceeds its fair value determined using a discounted cash flow model. For the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the impairment for property and equipment was $0 and $11 from continuing operations, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the impairment for property and equipment was $0 and $2,936 from continuing operations, respectively. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the impairment for property and equipment was $6,007 and $35,609 from discontinued operations, respectively.
Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred and asset improvements are capitalized. The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets disposed of or retired are removed from the accounts, and any resulting gain or loss is reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.
(n) Intangible assets, net
Purchased intangible assets are recognized and measured at fair value upon acquisition. Separately identifiable intangible assets that have determinable lives continue to be amortized over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line method as follows:
Categories |
| Useful life |
Software |
| 5-10 years |
Online ride-hailing platform operating license | 2-10 years |
Separately identifiable intangible assets to be held and used are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Determination of recoverability is based on an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows resulting from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. Measurement of any impairment loss for identifiable intangible assets is based on the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, there was no impairment of intangible assets.
(o) Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the consideration paid of an acquisition over the fair value of the net identifiable assets of the acquired subsidiaries at the date of acquisition. Goodwill is not amortized and is tested for impairment at least annually, more often when circumstances indicate impairment may have occurred. Goodwill is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. If impairment exists, goodwill is immediately written off to its fair value and the loss is recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Impairment losses on goodwill are not reversed.
The Company reviews the carrying value of intangible assets not subject to amortization, including goodwill, to determine whether impairment may exist annually or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that an impairment has occurred. The Company assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step in accordance with ASC 350-20. If the Company believes, as a result of the qualitative carrying amount, the two-step quantitative impairment test described below is required.
The first step compares the fair values of each reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of each reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and the second step will not be required.
If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step compares the implied fair value of goodwill to the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in a manner similar to accounting for a business acquisition with the allocation of the assessed fair value determined in the first step to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to the assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. Estimating fair value is performed by utilizing various valuation techniques, with the primary technique being a discounted cash flow.
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company did not record impairment against goodwill. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the company recorded an impairment of $0 and $139,580 against goodwill, respectively.
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(p) Earnings (loss) per share
Basic earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to stockholders by the weighted average number of outstanding shares of common stock, adjusted for outstanding shares of common stock that are subject to repurchase.
For the calculation of diluted income (loss) per share, net income (loss) attributable to stockholders for basic earnings (loss) per share is adjusted by the effect of dilutive securities, including share-based awards, under the treasury stock method and convertible securities under the if-converted method. Potentially dilutive securities, of which the amounts are insignificant, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net earnings (loss) per share if their inclusion is anti-dilutive.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s dilutive securities from the outstanding series A convertible preferred stock are convertible into approximately 870,706 shares of common stock. This amount is not included in the computation of dilutive loss per share because their impact is anti-dilutive.
(q) Mezzanine Equity (redeemable)
The Company evaluates its convertible preferred stock in accordance with ASU 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20), and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity, to determine if its convertible preferred stock should be treated as a liability or an equity. As a result, the convertible preferred stock should be treated as an equity as it did not meet the definition of liability instrument. In accordance with ASC 480-10-S99, the convertible preferred stock should be classified as a mezzanine equity, since it contained a change of control redemption right feature which is not solely within the control of the Company.
(r) Derivative liabilities
A contract is designated as an asset or a liability and is carried at fair value on the Company’s balance sheet, with any changes in fair value recorded in the Company’s results of operations. The Company then determines which options, warrants and embedded features require liability accounting and records the fair value as a derivative liability. The changes in the values of these instruments are shown in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as “change in fair value of derivative liabilities”.
(s) Revenue recognition
The Company recognized its revenue under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606). ASC 606 establishes principles for reporting information about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from the entity’s contracts to provide goods or services to customers. The core principle requires an entity to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that it expects to be entitled to receive in exchange for those goods or services recognized as performance obligations are satisfied. It also requires the Company to identify contractual performance obligations and determine whether revenue should be recognized at a point in time or over time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer.
To achieve that core principle, the Company applies the five steps defined under ASC 606: (i) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (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 revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
The Company accounts for a contract with a customer when the contract is committed in writing, the rights of the parties, including payment terms, are identified, the contract has commercial substance and consideration to collect is substantially probable.
As of December 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding contracts for automobile transaction and related services amounting to $26,573, of which $24,558 is expected to be completed within twelve months after December 31, 2022, and $2,015 is expected to be completed after December 31, 2023.
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Disaggregated information of revenues by business lines are as follows:
For the Three Months Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2022 |
| 2021 | |||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||
Automobile Transaction and Related Services (Continuing Operations) |
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- Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals | $ | 781,210 | $ | 510,636 | $ | 2,570,959 | $ | 1,165,625 | ||||
- Service fees from NEVs leasing | 49,002 | 43,015 | 291,675 | 87,112 | ||||||||
- Revenues from sales of automobiles | — | — | 225,900 | — | ||||||||
- Service fees from automobile purchase services | — |
| — |
| 21,192 |
| — | |||||
- Service fees from management and guarantee services | 8,915 | 11,616 | 31,659 | 54,987 | ||||||||
- Financing revenues | 8,606 |
| 22,072 |
| 30,965 |
| 86,454 | |||||
- Other service fees | 82,892 |
| 55,624 |
| 181,050 |
| 140,960 | |||||
Total revenues from Automobile Transaction and Related Services (Continuing Operations) | 930,625 | 642,963 | 3,353,400 | 1,535,138 | ||||||||
Online Ride-hailing Platform Services (Continuing Operations) | 810,295 | 1,017,156 | 2,970,518 | 1,617,454 | ||||||||
Total Revenues from Continuing Operations | 1,740,920 | 1,660,119 | 6,323,918 | 3,152,592 | ||||||||
Automobile Transaction and Related Services (Discontinued Operations) | ||||||||||||
-Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals | — | 1,436,886 | — | 4,274,900 | ||||||||
- Service fees from NEVs leasing | — | 242 | — | 58,185 | ||||||||
- Commission from Online Ride-hailing platforms | — | 274,643 | — | 274,643 | ||||||||
- Service fees from management and guarantee services | — | 38,221 | — | 96,019 | ||||||||
- Financing revenues | — | 3,677 | — | 15,284 | ||||||||
- Other service fees | — | 129,261 | — | 377,410 | ||||||||
Total revenues from Automobile Transaction and Related Services (Discontinued Operations) | — | 1,882,930 | — | 5,096,441 | ||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 1,740,920 | $ | 3,543,049 | $ | 6,323,918 | $ | 8,249,033 |
Automobile transaction and related services
Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals –The Company generates revenue from sub-leasing automobiles from some online ride-hailing drivers or third-parties and leasing its own automobiles. The Company recognizes revenue wherein an automobile is transferred to the lessees and the lessees has the ability to control the asset, is accounted for under ASC Topic 842. Rental transactions are satisfied over the rental period and is recognized over time. Meanwhile, the Company recognized the revenue from operating lease by using the output method based on periodic settlement between the Company and the online ride-hailing drivers or third-parties and leasing its own automobiles. Rental periods are short term in nature, generally are twelve months or less.
Service fees from NEVs leasing and automobile purchase services – Services fees from NEVs leasing and automobile purchase services are paid by lessees who rent new energy electric vehicles from the Company or automobile purchasers for a series of the services provided to them throughout the purchase process such as credit assessment, preparation of financing application materials, assistance with closing of financing transactions, license and plate registration, payment of taxes and fees, purchase of insurance, installment of GPS devices, ride-hailing driver qualification and other administrative procedures. The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing is
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based on the product solutions while the fees for purchase is based on the sales price of the automobiles and relevant services provided. The Company recognizes revenue when all the services are completed and an automobile is delivered to the purchaser at a point in time. Accounts receivable related to the revenue from NEVs leasing is collected upon the NEVs are delivered to lessees while accounts receivables from purchase services are being collected over 36 to 48 months. The interest component is included in the non-current portion of the accounts receivable.
Sales of automobiles – The Company generated revenue from sales of automobiles to the customers of Hunan Ruixi. The control over the automobile is transferred to the purchaser along with the delivery of automobiles. The amount of the revenue is based on the sale price agreed by Hunan Ruixi and the customers. The Company recognizes revenues when an automobile is delivered and control is transferred to the purchaser at a point in time. Accounts receivable related to the revenue are being collected within 12 months.
Service fees from management and guarantee services – Over 95% of the Company’s customers are online ride-hailing drivers. Some of the drivers sign affiliation agreements with the Company, pursuant to which the Company provides them with management and guarantee services during the affiliation period. Service fees for management and guarantee services are paid by such automobile purchasers on a monthly basis for the management and guarantee services provided during the affiliation period. The Company recognizes revenue over the affiliation period when performance obligations are completed.
Financing revenues – Interest income from the lease arising from the Company’s sales-type leases and bundled lease arrangements are recognized as financing revenues over the lease term based on the effective rate of interest in the lease.
Online ride-hailing platform services
The Company generates revenue from providing services to online ride-hailing drivers (“Drivers”) to assist them in providing transportation services to riders (“Riders”) looking for taxi/ride-hailing services. The Company earns commissions for each completed ride in an amount equal to the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a Driver based on actual time and distance for the ride charged to the Rider. As a result, the Company bears a single performance obligation in the transaction of connecting Drivers with Riders to facilitate the completion of a successful transportation service for Riders. The Company recognizes revenue upon completion of a ride as the single performance obligation is satisfied and the Company has the right to receive payment for the services rendered upon the completion of the ride. The Company evaluates the presentation of revenue on a gross or net basis based on whether it controls the service provided to the Rider and is the principal (i.e., “gross”), or it arranges for other parties to provide the service to the Rider and is an agent (i.e., “net”). Since the Company is not primarily responsible for ride-hailing services provided to Riders, it does not have discretion in establishing the price of the online ride-hailing service and inventory risk related to the services as the Company earns commissions for each completed order as the difference between an upfront quote fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual time and distance for ride charged to the rider. Thus, the Company recognizes revenue at a net basis.
Leases - Lessor
The Company recognized revenue as lessor in accordance with ASC 842. The two primary accounting provisions the Company uses to classify transactions as sales-type or operating leases are: (i) a review of the lease term to determine if it is for the major part of the economic life of the underlying equipment (defined as greater than 75)%; and (ii) a review of the present value of the lease payments to determine if they are equal to or greater than substantially all of the fair market value of the equipment at the inception of the lease (defined as greater than 90)%. Automobiles included in arrangements meeting these conditions are accounted for as sales-type leases. Interest income from the lease is recognized in financing revenues over the lease term. Automobile included in arrangements that do not meet these conditions are accounted for as operating leases and revenue is recognized over the term of the lease.
The Company excludes from the measurement of its lease revenues any tax assessed by a governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with a specific revenue-producing transaction and collected from a customer.
The Company considers the economic life of most of the automobiles to be
to five years, since this represents the most common lease term for its automobiles and the automobiles will be used for ride-hailing services. The Company believes three to five years is representative of the period during which an automobile is expected to be economically usable, with normal service, for the purpose for which it is intended.21
A portion of the Company’s direct sales of automobile to end customers are made through bundled lease arrangements which typically include automobile, services (automobile purchase services, facilitation services, and management and guarantee services) and financing components where the customer pays a single negotiated fixed minimum monthly payment for all elements over the contractual lease term. Revenues under these bundled lease arrangements are allocated considering the relative standalone selling prices of the lease and non-lease deliverables included in the bundled arrangement and the financing components. Lease deliverables include the automobile and financing, while the non-lease deliverables generally consist of the services and repayment of advanced fees made on behalf of its customers. The Company considers the fixed payments for purposes of allocation to the lease elements of the contract. The fixed minimum monthly payments are multiplied by the number of months in the contract term to arrive at the total fixed lease payments that the customer is obligated to make over the lease term. Amounts allocated to the automobile and financing elements are then subjected to the accounting estimates under ASC 842 to ensure the values reflect standalone selling prices. The remainder of any fixed payments are allocated to non-lease elements (automobile purchase services, facilitation fees, and management and guarantee services), for which these revenues are recognized in a manner consistent with the guidance for service fees from automobile purchase services, facilitation fees from automobile transactions, and service fees from management and guarantee services as discussed above.
The Company’s lease pricing interest rates, which are used in determining customer payments in a bundled lease arrangement, are developed based upon the local prevailing rates in the marketplace where its customer will be able to obtain an automobile loan under similar terms from the bank. The Company reassesses its pricing interest rates quarterly based on changes in the local prevailing rates in the marketplace. As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s pricing interest rate was 6.0% per annum.
(t) Income taxes
Deferred income tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the income tax basis and financial reporting basis of assets and liabilities. Provisions or benefits for income taxes consists of tax estimated from taxable income plus or minus deferred tax expenses (benefits) if applicable.
Deferred tax is calculated using the balance sheet 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. In principle, deferred tax liabilities are recognized for all taxable temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are recognized to the extent that it is probable that taxable income will be utilized with prior net operating loss carried forwards 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 income 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 utilized. Current income taxes are provided for in accordance with the laws of the relevant tax authorities.
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. Penalties and interest incurred related to underpayment of income tax are classified as income tax expense in the period incurred. The Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions or any unrecognized liabilities, interest or penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefit as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2022, the calendar years ended December 31, 2018 through 2022 for the Company’s PRC entities remain open for statutory examination by PRC tax authorities. The Company presents deferred tax assets and liabilities as non-current in the balance sheet based on an analysis of each taxpaying component within a jurisdiction.
(u) Comprehensive loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss and foreign currency adjustments. Comprehensive loss is reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. Accumulated other comprehensive loss, as presented on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets are the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments.
(v) Share-based awards
Share-based awards granted to the Company’s employees are measured at fair value on grant date and share-based compensation expense is recognized (i) immediately at the grant date if no vesting conditions are required, or (ii) using the accelerated attribution method, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period. The fair value of restricted shares is determined with reference to the fair value of the underlying shares.
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At each date of measurement, the Company reviews internal and external sources of information to assist in the estimation of various attributes to determine the fair value of the share-based awards granted by the Company, including but not limited to the fair value of the underlying shares, expected life, expected volatility and expected forfeiture rates. The Company is required to consider many factors and make certain assumptions during this assessment. If any of the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the share-based awards changes significantly, share-based compensation expense may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current reporting period.
(w) Leases - lessee
The Company accounts for leases in accordance with ASC 842. The Company enters into certain agreements as a lessee to lease automobiles and to conduct its automobiles rental operations. If any of the following criteria are met, the Company classifies the lease as a finance lease (as a lessee) or as a direct financing or sales-type lease (as a lessee):
● | The lease transfers ownership of the underlying asset to the lessee by the end of the lease term; |
● | The lease grants the lessee an option to purchase the underlying asset that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise; |
● | The lease term is for 75% or more of the remaining economic life of the underlying asset, unless the commencement date falls within the last 25% of the economic life of the underlying asset; |
● | The present value of the sum of the lease payments equals or exceeds 90% of the fair value of the underlying asset; or |
● | The underlying asset is of such a specialized nature that it is expected to have no alternative use to the lessor at the end of the lease term. |
Leases that do not meet any of the above criteria are accounted for as operating leases.
The Company combines lease and non-lease components in its contracts under Topic 842, when permissible.
Finance and operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Since the implicit rate for the Company’s leases is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that the Company would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments, in a similar economic environment and over a similar term.
Lease terms used to calculate the present value of lease payments generally do not include any options to extend, renew, or terminate the lease, as the Company does not have reasonable certainty at lease inception that these options will be exercised. The Company generally considers the economic life of its operating lease ROU assets to be comparable to the useful life of similar owned assets. The Company has elected the short-term lease exception, therefore operating lease ROU assets and liabilities do not include leases with a lease term of twelve months or less. Its leases generally do not provide a residual guarantee. The finance or operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating lease. Meanwhile, the Company recognizes the finance leases ROU assets and interest on an amortized cost basis. The amortization of finance ROU assets is recognized on an accretion basis as amortization expense, while the lease liability is increased to reflect interest on the liability and decreased to reflect the lease payments made during the period. Interest expense on the lease liability is determined each period during the lease term as the amount that results in a constant periodic interest rate of the automobile loans on the remaining balance of the liability.
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The Company reviews the impairment of its ROU assets consistent with the approach applied for its other long-lived assets. The Company reviews the recoverability of its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on its ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows of the related operations. The Company has elected to include the carrying amount of finance and operating lease liabilities in any tested asset group and include the associated lease payments in the undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized impairment loss of $0 and $1,964 on its finance lease ROU assets, respectively.
(x) Significant risks and uncertainties
1) Credit risk
a. Assets that potentially subject the Company to significant concentration of credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents. The maximum exposure of these assets to credit risk is their carrying amounts as of the balance sheet dates. On December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, approximately $91,000 and $117,000, respectively, were deposited with a bank in the United States which is insured by the U.S. government up to $250,000. On December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, approximately $1,361,000 and $874,000, respectively, were deposited in financial institutions located in mainland China, which were insured by the government authority. Under the Deposit Insurance System in China, an enterprise’s deposits at one bank are insured for a maximum of approximately $70,000 (RMB500,000). To limit exposure to credit risk relating to deposits, the Company primarily places cash deposits with large financial institutions in China which management believes are of high credit quality.
The Company’s operations are carried out entirely in mainland China. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the social, political, economic and legal environments in the PRC as well as by the general state of the PRC economy. In addition, the Company’s business may be influenced by changes in PRC government laws, rules and policies with respect to, among other matters, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion and remittance of currency outside of China, rates and methods of taxation and other factors.
b. In measuring the credit risk of accounts receivables due from the automobile purchasers (the “customers”), the Company mainly reflects the “probability of default” by the customer on its contractual obligations and considers the current financial position of the customer and the risk exposures to the customer and its likely future development.
Historically, most of the automobile purchasers would pay the Company their previously defaulted amounts within one to three months. As a result, the Company would provide full provisions on accounts receivable if the customers default on repayments for over three months. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, allowance for doubtful accounts amounted to $0 and $112,905, respectively. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company wrote off accounts receivable of $107,820 and $45,465 from continuing operations, respectively, which represent due from automobile purchasers from continuing operation. For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company wrote off accounts receivable of $11,952 from discontinued operations, which represent due from automobile purchasers.
2) Foreign currency risk
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, substantially all of the Company’s operating activities and major assets and liabilities, except for the cash deposit of approximately $91,000 and $117,000, respectively, in U.S. dollars, are denominated in RMB, which are not freely convertible into foreign currencies. All foreign exchange transactions take place through either the People’s Bank of China (“PBOC”) or other authorized financial institutions at exchange rates quoted by PBOC. Approval of foreign currency payments by the PBOC or other regulatory institutions requires a payment application together with invoices and signed contracts. The value of RMB is subject to change in central government policies and international economic and political developments affecting supply and demand in the China Foreign Exchange Trading System market. When there is a significant change in value of RMB, the gains and losses resulting from translation of financial statements of a foreign subsidiary will be significantly affected. RMB depreciated from 6.34 RMB into US$1.00 on March 31, 2022 to 6.90 RMB into US$1.00 on December 31, 2022.
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(y) Reclassification
Certain items of operating expenses in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss of comparative period have been reclassified to conform to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the current period. The reclassification has no impact on net loss.
(z) Recently issued accounting standards
In June 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance ASU 2016-13 for recognition of credit losses on financial instruments, which is effective January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted on January 1, 2019. The guidance introduces a new credit reserving model known as the Current Expected Credit Loss (“CECL”) model, which is based on expected losses, and differs significantly from the incurred loss approach used today. The CECL model requires measurement of expected credit losses not only based on historical experience and current conditions, but also by including reasonable and supportable forecasts incorporating forward-looking information and will likely result in earlier recognition of credit reserves. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, which is to update the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13 for private companies, not-for-profit organizations and certain smaller reporting companies applying for credit losses standard. The new effective date for these preparers is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company has not yet adopted this update and it will become effective on April 1, 2023, assuming the Company will remain eligible to be smaller reporting company. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
CECL adoption will have broad impact on the financial statements of financial services firms, which will affect key profitability and solvency measures. Some of the more notable expected changes include:
- Higher allowance on financial guarantee reserve and finance lease receivable levels and related deferred tax assets. While different asset types will be impacted differently, the expectation is that reserve levels will generally increase across the board for all financial firms.
- Increased reserve levels may lead to a reduction in capital levels.
- As a result of higher reserving levels, the expectation is that CECL will reduce cyclicality in financial firms’ results, as higher reserving in “good times” will mean that less dramatic reserve increases will be loan related income (which will continue to be recognized on a periodic basis based on the effective interest method) and the related credit losses (which will be recognized up front at origination). This will make periods of loan expansion seem less profitable due to the immediate recognition of expected credit losses. Periods of stable or declining loan levels will look comparatively profitable as the income trickles in for loans, where losses had been previously recognized.
The Company does not believe other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial position, statements of operations and cash flows of the Company.
4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Discontinued operations- Online P2P lending services
On October 17, 2019, the Board approved the plan under which the Company has discontinued and is winding down its online P2P lending services business (the “Plan”). The Company determined that the operation of its online P2P lending services business was not viable in light of the tightened regulations on online peer-to-peer lending in China generally and the unofficial request from local regulator to reduce the Company’s online peer-to-peer lending transaction volume on a monthly basis. The Company also determined that the discontinuation of its online P2P lending services business would allow the Company to focus its resources on its automobile financing facilitation and transaction business. In connection with the Plan, the Company ceased facilitation of loan transactions on its online lending platform and assumed all the outstanding loans from investors on the platform. The decision and action taken by the Company of discontinuing the online lending services business represented a major shift that had a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results, which triggers discontinued operations accounting in accordance with ASC 205-20-45.
The fair value of discontinued operations, determined as of October 17, 2019, includes estimated consideration expected to be received, less costs to sell. After consideration of the determination of fair value of the discontinued operations including the assumption of all the outstanding loans from investors on the platform, $143,668 of accounts receivable, $3,760,599 of other receivables, and $143,943 of prepayments for impaired intangible assets were indicated as of the date the Company’s Board of Directors approved the Plan on
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October 17, 2019, and the Company recognized $4,048,210 provision for doubtful accounts as of December 31, 2019 related to the Company’s online lending services business, while the Company did not recognize any additional provision for doubtful accounts for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the carrying amounts of major classes liabilities from discontinued operations of Online P2P lending services in unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022 and consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022.
Carrying amounts of major classes of liabilities included as part of discontinued operations of Online P2P lending services:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
| ||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | $ | 468,376 | $ | 509,540 | ||
Due to a stockholder |
| 17,360 |
| 18,886 | ||
Total current liabilities |
| 485,736 |
| 528,426 |
Discontinued operation- Jinkailong
On March 31, 2022, Ruixi, a majority owned subsidiary of the Company, holding 35% equity interest of Jinkailong, entered into an Agreement for the Termination of the Agreement for Concerted Action by Shareholders of Jinkailong (the “Termination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Agreement for Concerted Action by Shareholders with respect to Jinkailong signed on August 26, 2018 (“Voting Agreement No.1”) and the Agreement for Concerted Action by Shareholders with respect to Jinkailong signed on February 13, 2020 (“Voting Agreement No.2”, collectively, “Voting Agreements”) shall be terminated as of the date of the Termination Agreement. As a result, the Company no longer has a controlling financial interest in Jinkailong and has determined that Jinkailong was deconsolidated from the Company’s consolidated financial statements effective as of March 31, 2022. However, as Hunan Ruixi still holds 35% equity interests in Jinkailong, Jinkailong is the equity investee company of the Company since then. As of December 31, 2022, the paid-in capital of Jinkailong is zero.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the amounts of major classes of income and losses from discontinued operations of Jinkailong in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
For the Three Months Ended | For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| 2022 |
| 2021 | |||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||
Revenues | $ | — | $ | 1,882,930 | $ | — | $ | 5,096,441 | ||||
Cost of revenue | — | (1,375,818) | — | (4,295,661) | ||||||||
Gross profit | — | 507,112 | — | 800,780 | ||||||||
Operating expenses |
|
|
|
| ||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| — |
| (525,673) |
| — |
| (2,597,474) | ||||
Amortization of intangible assets |
| — |
| (395,398) |
| — |
| (395,398) | ||||
Impairments of intangible assets and goodwill |
| — |
| (6,007) |
| — |
| (35,609) | ||||
Recovery of bad debts expense |
| — |
| 29,256 |
| — |
| 45,299 | ||||
Total operating expenses |
| — |
| (897,822) |
| — |
| (2,983,182) | ||||
Loss from discontinued operations |
| — |
| (390,710) |
| — |
| (2,182,402) | ||||
Other expense, net |
| — |
| (27,645) |
| — |
| (236,355) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
| — |
| (418,355) |
| — |
| (2,418,757) | ||||
Income tax expenses | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Net loss |
| — |
| (418,355) |
| — |
| (2,418,757) | ||||
Less: net loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interest | — | (108,772) | — | (628,877) | ||||||||
Net loss attributable to stockholders | $ | — | $ | (309,583) | $ | — | $ | (1,789,880) |
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5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts receivable include a portion of bundled lease arrangements on fixed minimum monthly payments to be paid by the automobile purchasers arising from automobile sales and services fees, net of unearned interest income, discounted using the Company’s lease pricing interest rates.
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, accounts receivables were comprised of the following:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Receivables of automobile sales due from automobile purchasers | $ | 107,246 | $ | 392,530 | ||
Receivables of service fees due from automobile purchasers | 15,949 | 17,350 | ||||
Receivables of online ride hailing fees from online ride-hailing drivers | 46,848 | 121,116 | ||||
Receivables of operating lease | 34,720 | — | ||||
Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts | — | (112,905) | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | $ | 204,763 | $ | 418,091 | ||
Accounts receivable, net, current portion | $ | 204,763 | $ | 418,022 | ||
Accounts receivable, net, non-current portion | $ | — | $ | 69 |
Movement of allowance for doubtful accounts for December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022 are as follows:
| December 31, | March 31, | ||||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Beginning balance | $ | 112,905 | $ | 78,167 | ||
Addition |
| 3,392 |
| 153,988 | ||
Write off | (107,820) | (44,227) | ||||
Deconsolidation of Jinkailong | — | (76,428) | ||||
Translation adjustment |
| (8,477) |
| 1,405 | ||
Ending balance | $ | — | $ | 112,905 |
6. INVENTORIES
December 31, | March 31, | |||||
| 2022 |
| 2022 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Automobiles (i) | $ | — | $ | 286,488 |
(i) | As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company owned 0 and 36 automobiles with a total value of $0 and $286,488, net of impairment, for sale or sales-type leases, respectively. |
At the end of each quarter, the Company compared the cost of automobiles with their net realizable value and recognized impairments of $0 and $3,085, respectively for certain automobiles for sale for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company did not recognized impairments for the inventories. As of March 31, 2022, an impairment of $60,398 was recognized for certain automobiles for sale.
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7. PREPAYMENTS, OTHER RECEIVABLES AND OTHER ASSETS
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the prepayments, receivables and other assets were comprised of the following:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Deposits (i) | $ | 618,689 | $ | 731,279 | ||
Receivables from aggregation platforms (ii) |
| 253,168 |
| 163,384 | ||
Prepaid expenses (iii) | 242,779 | 957,200 | ||||
Due from automobile purchasers, net (iv) |
| 103,333 |
| 238,421 | ||
Employee advances | 8,951 | 11,054 | ||||
Value added tax (“VAT”) recoverable (v) | 93,214 | 597,884 | ||||
Others | 42,683 | 13,986 | ||||
Total prepayments, receivables and other assets | $ | 1,362,817 | $ | 2,713,208 |
(i) | Deposits |
The balance of deposits mainly represented the security deposit made by the Company to various automobile leasing companies, financial institutions and Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd., who runs an online ride-hailing platform.
(ii) | Receivables from aggregation platforms |
The balance of receivables from aggregation platforms represented the amount due from the collaborated aggregation platforms based on the confirmed billings, which will be disbursed to the drivers who completed their rides through the Company’s online ride-hailing platform.
(iii)Prepaid expense
The balance of prepaid expense represented automobile liability insurance premium for automobiles for operating lease and other miscellaneous expense such as office lease, office remodel expense and etc. that will expire within one year.
The balance due from automobile purchasers represented the payments of automobiles and related insurances and taxes made on behalf of the automobile purchasers. The balance is expected to be collected from the automobile purchasers in installments. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company did not record allowance against doubtful receivables.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company did not recover allowances while during the nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded additional allowances of $55,459 and wrote off balance due from automobile purchasers of $32,201 from continuing operations. During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded additional allowances of $24,838, and recovered allowance against the balance due from automobile purchasers of $12,308 while wrote off balance due from automobile purchaser of $26,555 from discontinued operations.
(v) | Value added tax (“VAT”) recoverable |
The balance represented the amount of VAT, which resulted from historical purchasing activities and could be further used for deducting future VAT in PRC.
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8. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment consist of the following:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Leasehold improvements | $ | 182,429 | $ | 198,463 | ||
Computer equipment |
| 44,433 |
| 47,849 | ||
Office equipment, fixtures and furniture |
| 78,036 |
| 81,898 | ||
Automobiles |
| 4,652,593 |
| 6,463,698 | ||
Subtotal |
| 4,957,491 |
| 6,791,908 | ||
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization |
| (1,427,295) |
| (1,133,135) | ||
Total property and equipment, net | $ | 3,530,196 | $ | 5,658,773 |
Depreciation expense from continuing operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 were amounted to $266,998 and $873,480, respectively.
Depreciation expense from continuing operations for three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 amounted to $277,783 and $704,741, respectively. Depreciation expense from discontinued operations for three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 amounted to $50,768 and $144,901, respectively.
9. OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Prepayments of automobiles purchased (i) | $ | 837,731 | $ | — |
(i) | In September and October 2022, the Company entered into two automobile purchase agreements (“Purchase Agreements”) with two third parties to purchase a total of 130 automobile which amounted to $2,098,533. As of December 31, 2022, the Company has received possession of 20 automobiles and made prepayments of $837,731 towards the remaining purchase pertaining to the Purchase Agreements. The Company expects to complete the remaining purchase by March 31, 2023. |
10. INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Intangible assets consisted of the following:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Software |
| $ | 793,195 | $ | 796,042 | |
Online ride-hailing platform operating licenses |
|
| 439,662 |
| 450,701 | |
Subtotal | 1,232,857 | 1,246,743 | ||||
Less: accumulated amortization | (413,186) | (287,192) | ||||
Total intangible assets, net | $ | 819,671 | $ | 959,551 |
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Amortization expense from continuing operations totaled $34,814 and $128,538 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively. Amortization expense from continuing operations totaled $30,186 and $104,829 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
The following table sets forth the Company’s amortization expense for the next five years ending:
| Amortization | ||
expenses | |||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2023 | $ | 179,616 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2024 |
| 169,528 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2025 |
| 133,240 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2026 |
| 85,157 | |
Twelve months ending December 31, 2027 | 78,586 | ||
Thereafter |
| 173,544 | |
Total | $ | 819,671 |
11. BORROWINGS FROM A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
The borrowings from a financial institution in China represented the short-term loans of $22,857 and $145,542 as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively. Such borrowings bearing interest rate of 13.04% per annum as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, which are to be repaid within the next 12 months.
The interest expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 was $6,975 from continuing operations. The interest expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 was $0 and $5,872 from continuing operations. The interest expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021 was $16,475 and $38,251 from discontinued operations.
12. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Accrued payroll and welfare | $ | 1,305,857 | $ | 1,176,442 | ||
Payables to drivers from aggregation platforms (i) | 845,726 | 806,921 | ||||
Deposits (ii) | 555,513 | 783,830 | ||||
Accrued expenses |
| 261,085 |
| 94,106 | ||
Other taxes payable |
| 113,083 |
| 5,260 | ||
Loan repayments received on behalf of financial institutions (iii) |
| 63,989 |
| 28,704 | ||
Payables for expenditures on automobile transaction and related services | 26,562 | 56,222 | ||||
Other payables |
| 11,770 |
| 2,422 | ||
Total accrued expenses and other liabilities | 3,183,585 | 2,953,907 | ||||
Total accrued expenses and other liabilities - discontinued operations |
| (468,376) |
| (509,540) | ||
Total accrued expenses and other liabilities - continuing operations | $ | 2,715,209 | $ | 2,444,367 |
(i) | The balance of payables to drivers from aggregation platforms represented the amount the Company collected on behalf of drivers who completed their transaction through the Company’s online ride-hailing platform base on the confirmed billings. |
(ii) | The balance of deposits represented the security deposit from operating and finance lease customers to cover lease payment and related automobile expense in case the customers’ accounts are in default. The balance is refundable at the end of the lease term, after deducting any missed lease payment and applicable fee. |
(iii) | The balance of loan repayments received on behalf of financial institutions represented the loan repayments made by the automobile purchasers to financial institutions through the Company, which has not been paid to the financial institutions. |
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13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN
The Company has made employee benefit plan in accordance with relevant PRC regulations, including retirement insurance, unemployment insurance, medical insurance, housing fund, work injury insurance and maternity insurance.
The contributions made by the Company were $107,638 and $338,279 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively, from continuing operations of the Company. The contributions made by the Company were $130,591 and $383,896 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, for the Company’s continuing operations. The contributions made by the Company were $78,618 and $182,128 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, for the Company’s discontinued operations.
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company did not make adequate employee benefit contributions in the amount of $885,967 and $963,824, respectively, from continuing operations of the Company.
14. EQUITY
Warrants
IPO Warrants
The registration statement relating to the Company’s initial public offering also included the underwriters’ common stock purchase warrants to purchase 33,794 (337,940 pre reverse split) shares of common stock (“IPO Underwriter’s Warrants”). Each five-year warrant entitles warrant holder to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at the price of $48.0 ($4.80 before reverse split) per share and is not exercisable for a period of 180 days from March 16, 2018. As of December 31, 2022, there were 3,794 (37,940 pre reverse split) IPO Underwriter’s Warrants outstanding.
Warrants in Offerings
The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 815 on determining what types of instruments or embedded features in an instrument held by a reporting entity can be considered indexed to its own stock for the purpose of evaluating the first criteria of the scope exception in ASC 815. Warrants issued in connection with the direct equity offering with exercise prices denominated in US dollars are no longer considered indexed to the Company’s stock, as their exercise prices are not in the Company’s functional currency (RMB), and therefore no longer qualify for the scope exception and must be accounted for as a derivative. These warrants are classified as liabilities under the caption “Derivative liabilities” in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of balance sheets and recorded at estimated fair value at each reporting date, computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Changes in the liability from period to period are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under the caption “Change in fair value of derivative liabilities.”
2019 Registered Direct Offering Warrants
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, there were 16,841 (168,411 pre reverse split) 2019 registered direct offering warrants outstanding, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the change of fair value was a gain of $524 and $12,220 in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2022, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the change of fair value was a gain of $32,150 and $168,230, respectively recognized in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the fair value of the derivative instrument totaled $218 and $12,438, respectively.
August 2020 Underwriters’ Warrants
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, there were 31,808 (318,080 pre reverse split) underwriters’ warrants outstanding. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the change of fair value was a gain of $1,180 and $34,526 recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2022, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the change of fair value was a gain of $64,140 and $315,393, respectively, recognized in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and
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comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the fair value of the derivative instrument totaled $10,055 and $44,581, respectively.
February 2021 Registered Direct Offering Warrants
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, there were 53,262 (532,609 pre reverse split) February 2021 registered direct offering warrants outstanding. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the change of fair value was a gain of $1,952 and $51,581 recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2022, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the change of fair value was a gain of $102,568 and $514,123, respectively recognized in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the fair value of the derivative instrument totaled $13,962 and $65,543, respectively.
May 2021 Registered Direct Offering Warrants
As of December 31, 2022, there were 594,682 (5,946,810 pre reverse split) May 2021 registered direct offering warrants outstanding. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the change of fair value was a gain of $4,974 and $634,040 recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2022. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the change of fair value was a gain of $1,186,878 and $2,036,440, respectively recognized in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the increase in fair value of the liabilities since issuance. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the fair value of the derivative instrument totaled $202,835 and $836,875, respectively.
November 2021 Private Placement Warrants
Pursuant to November 2021 Investors Warrants, if at any time and from time to time on or after the issuance date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (“Stock Combination Event”) and the Event Market Price (which is defined as with respect to any Stock Combination Event date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest trading days during the twenty (
) consecutive trading day period ending and including the trading day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) trading day after such Stock Combination Event date, divided by (y) five (5)) is less than the original exercise price of $0.82 then in effect, then on the sixteenth (16th) trading day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the exercise price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) trading day shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the event market price. As the reverse stock split on the Company’s common stock became effective on April 6, 2022, the exercise price of the November 2021 Investors Warrants was adjusted to $1.13, the Event Market Price and the total number of shares of the November 2021 Investors Warrants was adjusted to 5,335,763.As of December 31, 2022, there were 5,365,911 (7,869,961 pre reverse split) November 2021 Private Placement Warrants outstanding. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the change of fair value was a loss of $21,927 and $909,283 recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since March 31, 2022. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the change of fair value was a gain of $ 2,151,123 recognized in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss based on the decrease in fair value of the liabilities since issuance. On November 18, 2022, a holder of November 2021 private placement warrants exercised the warrants on a “cashless” basis. Upon exercise of above mentioned warrants, the Company reduced the fair value of the warrants and increased the additional paid in capital by $1,533. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the fair value of the derivative instrument totaled $344,951 and $1,255,767, respectively.
The Company has warrants outstanding as follows giving retroactive effect to the 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected on April 6, 2022:
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Average | Remaining | ||||||||
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Balance, March 31, 2021 |
| 110,107 |
| 110,107 | $ | 11.60 |
| 4.09 | |
Granted |
| 5,985,591 |
| 5,985,591 | $ | 2.11 |
| 5.00 | |
Exercised |
| (4,400) |
| (4,400) |
| — |
| — | |
Balance, March 31, 2022 |
| 6,091,298 |
| 6,091,298 | $ | 2.28 |
| 4.32 | |
Exercised | (25,000) | (25,000) | — | — | |||||
Balance, December 31, 2022 (Unaudited) | 6,066,298 | 6,066,298 | $ | 2.29 | 3.81 |
Restricted Stock Units
On October 29, 2020, the Board approved the issuance of an aggregate of 127,273 restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to directors, officers and certain employees as stock compensation for their services for the nine months ended December 31, 2022. Total RSUs granted to these directors, officers and employees were valued at an aggregate fair value of $140,000. These RSUs will vest in four equal quarterly installments on January 29, 2021, April 29, 2021, July 29, 2021 and October 29, 2021 or in full upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company, provided that the director, officer or the employee remains in service through the applicable vesting date. The RSUs will be settled by the Company’s issuance of shares of common stock in certificated or uncertificated form upon the earlier of (i) vesting date, (ii) a change in control and (ii) termination of the services of the director, officer or employee due to a “separation of service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the death or disability of such director, officer or employee. As of the filing date of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, all installment of RSUs with an aggregate of 12,727 (127,273 pre reverse split) was vested and 9,545 (95,457 pre reverse split) was settled by the Company. The Company expects to settle the remaining vested RSUs by issuance of shares of common stock before March 31, 2023 and account for the vested RSUs as an addition to both expenses and additional paid-in capital.
Equity Incentive Plan
At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on November 8, 2018, the Company’s stockholders approved the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan for employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its affiliates. A committee consisting of at least two independent directors would be appointed by the Board or in the absence of such a committee, the board of directors, will be responsible for the general administration of the Equity Incentive Plan. All awards granted under the Equity Incentive Plan will be governed by separate award agreements between the Company and the participants. As of December 31, 2022, the Company has granted an aggregate of RSUs and issued an aggregate of shares upon vest under the Equity Incentive Plan and RSUs were forfeited due to two directors ceased to serve on the board of the Company since November 8, 2018.
Exercise of November 2021 Private Placement Warrants
On November 18, 2022, a holder of November 2021 private placement warrants exercised the warrants on a “cashless” basis to purchase 10,132 shares of the Company’s common stock as determined in accordance with the formula indicated on the notice of exercise.
1-for- 10 shares reverse split on common stock
The Company considered the above transactions after giving a retroactive effect to a
reverse stock split of its common stock which became effective on April 6, 2022. The Company believed it is appropriate to reflect the above transactions on a retroactive basis similar to those after a stock split or dividend pursuant to ASC 260. All shares and per share amounts used herein and in the accompanying consolidated financial statements have been retroactively stated to reflect the effect of the reverse stock split. Upon execution of the 1-for-10 reverse stock split, the Company recognized additional 8,402 shares of common stock due to round up issue.33
Conversion Price Adjustment for November 2021 Preferred Shares
Pursuant to the COD signed by the Company and certain institutional investors in November 2021 Private Placement, the initial conversion price of the series A convertible Preferred Shares was $0.68. If as of the applicable date the conversion price then in effect is greater than the greater of (1) $0.41 (the “floor Price”) (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, stock combinations, recapitalizations and similar events) and (2) 85% of the closing bid price on the applicable date (the “Adjustment Price”), the conversion price shall automatically lower to the Adjustment Price accordingly. As the
reverse stock split on the Company’s Common Stock became effective on April 6, 2022, the conversion price of the Preferred Shares was adjusted to $4.1. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, there were 1,741 and 5,000 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock outstanding, respectively. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, 3,259 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock was converted into 1,496,125 shares of the Company’s common stock. Further, on August 9, 2022, the Company and the investors agreed to reduce the conversion price of the series A convertible Preferred Shares from $4.10 to $2.00 and to increase the number of the shares of common stock that are available to be issued upon conversion of the Preferred Shares from 1,092,683 to 2,240,000.Adjustments of Exercise Price and Warrant Shares for November 2021 Investors Warrants
Pursuant to November 2021 Investors Warrants, if at any time and from time to time on or after the issuance date there occurs any stock split, stock dividend, stock combination recapitalization or other similar transaction involving the Common Stock (“Stock Combination Event”) and the Event Market Price (which is defined as with respect to any Stock Combination Event date, the quotient determined by dividing (x) the sum of the VWAP of the Common Stock for each of the five (5) lowest trading days during the twenty (
) consecutive trading day period ending and including the trading day immediately preceding the sixteenth (16th) trading day after such Stock Combination Event date, divided by (y) five (5)) is less than the original exercise price of $0.82 then in effect, then on the sixteenth (16th) trading day immediately following such Stock Combination Event, the exercise price then in effect on such sixteenth (16th) trading day shall be reduced (but in no event increased) to the event market price. As the reverse stock split on the Company’s common stock became effective on April 6, 2022, the exercise price of the November 2021 Investors Warrants was adjusted to $1.13, the Event Market Price and the total number of shares of the November 2021 Investors Warrants was adjusted to 5,335,763.15. INCOME TAXES
The United States of America
The Company is incorporated in the State of Nevada in the U.S., and is subject to U.S. federal corporate income taxes with tax rate of 21%. The State of Nevada does not impose any state corporate income tax.
On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation. The Tax Act also stablished the Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI), a new inclusion rule affecting non-routine income earned by foreign subsidiaries. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s foreign subsidiaries in China were operating at loss on a consolidated basis which resulted in no GILTI tax.
The Company’s net operating loss for U.S. income taxes from U.S for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 amounted to approximately $0.4 million. As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s net operating loss carryforward for U.S. income taxes was approximately $7.1 million. The net operating loss carryforward will not expire and is available to reduce future years’ taxable income, but limited to 80% of income until utilized. Management believes that the utilization of the benefit from this loss appears uncertain due to the Company’s operating history. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset to reduce the deferred tax assets to zero on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, valuation allowances for deferred tax assets were approximately $1.5 million and $1.2 million, respectively. Management reviews the valuation allowance periodically and makes changes accordingly.
PRC
Senmiao Consulting, Sichuan Senmiao, Hunan Ruixi, Ruixi Leasing, Jinkailong (deconsolidated in the year ended March 31, 2022), Yicheng, Jiekai, Youlu and XXTX and its subsidiaries are subject to PRC Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) on the taxable income in accordance with the relevant PRC income tax laws. The EIT rate for companies operating in the PRC is 25%.
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Income taxes in the PRC are consist of:
For the Three Months ended | For the Nine Months ended | |||||||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||||||
| 2022 | 2021 | 2022 |
| 2021 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||||
Deferred income tax expenses | — | 4,539 | — | 4,550 | ||||||||
Total income tax expenses | $ | — | $ | 4,539 | $ | — | $ | 4,550 |
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company’s PRC entities from continuing operations had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $10.5 million and $8.5 million, respectively, which will expire starting from 2025 and ending in 2027. In addition, allowance for doubtful accounts must be approved by the Chinese tax authority prior to being deducted as an expense item on the tax return. The bad debt allowances are incurred in Company’s PRC subsidiaries and former VIEs which were operating at losses, the Company believes it is more likely than not that its PRC operations will be unable to fully utilize its deferred tax assets related to the net operating loss carryforwards in the PRC. As a result, the Company provided 100% allowance on all deferred tax assets on net operating loss carryforwards in the PRC of $2,732,507 and $2,315,793 related to its continuing operations in the PRC as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively and provided 100% allowance on all deferred tax assets on allowance for doubtful account of $131,775 and $29,129 related to its continuing operations in the PRC as of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively.
The tax effects of temporary differences from continuing operations that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Deferred Tax Assets | ||||||
Net operating loss carryforwards in the PRC | $ | 2,732,507 | $ | 2,315,793 | ||
Net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S. |
| 1,508,215 |
| 1,234,789 | ||
Allowance for doubtful account |
| 131,775 |
| 29,129 | ||
Less: valuation allowance | (4,372,497) | (3,579,711) | ||||
Deferred tax assets, net | $ | — | $ | — | ||
Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||
Capitalized intangible assets cost | $ | 42,746 | $ | 46,386 | ||
Deferred tax liabilities, net | $ | 42,746 | $ | 46,386 |
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company’s PRC entities associated with discontinued operations had net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $10.3 million and $10.3 million, which will start to expire from 2024 to 2027. In addition, allowance for doubtful accounts must be approved by the Chinese tax authority prior to being deducted as an expense item on the tax return. The Company reviews deferred tax assets for a valuation allowance based upon whether it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be fully realized. As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, full valuation allowance is provided against the deferred tax assets related to the Company’s discontinued operations based upon management’s assessment as to their realization.
The tax effects of temporary differences from discontinued operations that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows:
| December 31, 2022 |
| March 31, 2022 | |||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Net operating loss carry forwards in the PRC | $ | 2,595,919 | $ | 2,595,919 | ||
Less: valuation allowance |
| (2,595,919) |
| (2,595,919) | ||
Total | $ | — | $ | — |
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16. CONCENTRATION
Major Suppliers
For the three months ended December 31, 2022, three suppliers accounted for approximately 19.7%, 12.0% and 11.8% of the total costs of revenue. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, two suppliers accounted for approximately 20.3% and 12.0% of the total cost of revenues.
For the three months ended December 31, 2021, two suppliers accounted for approximately 35.1%, 19.8% of the total costs of revenue from continuing operations of the Company. For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, three suppliers accounted for approximately 30.1%, 18.1% and 16.9% of the total cost of revenues from continuing operations of the Company.
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, one supplier accounted for approximately 18.1% and 17.4% of the total costs of revenue from discontinued operations of the Company.
17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES
1. Related Party Balances
1) Account receivable, a related party
As of December 31, 2022, account receivable from a related party from the Company’s continuing operations of $9,816 represented balance due from operating lease revenue recognized from Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company.
2) Due from related parties
As of December 31, 2022, balances due from related parties from the Company’s continuing operations of $5,992,152, net of allowance, represented balance due from Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company as result of Jinkailong’s deconsolidation, of which, $5,351,735 is to be repaid over a period from January 2024 to December 2026, classified as due from related party, noncurrent (refer to Note 4). In addition, another $18,882 represented receivable due from Youlu, the Company’s former VIE as result of Youlu’s deconsolidation.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company recorded additional allowances against the balance due from Jinkailong of $464,708.
3) Due to a stockholder
Due to a stockholder comprised of amounts payable to a stockholder named below and are unsecured, interest free and due on demand.
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Jun Wang (Stockholder of the Company)* | $ | 17,360 | $ | 18,886 | ||
Total due to a stockholder |
| 17,360 |
| 18,886 | ||
Total due to a stockholder – discontinued operations | (17,360) | (18,886) | ||||
Total due to a stockholder – continuing operations | $ | — | $ | — |
* In December 2017, the Company entered into a loan agreement with one stockholder, who agreed to grant lines of credit of approximating $159,000 to the Company for five years. The lines of credit are non-interest bearing, effective from January 2017.
4) Due to related parties and affiliates
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| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
2022 | 2022 | |||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||
Loan payable to a related party (i) | $ | 114,425 | $ | 9,897 | ||
Others (ii) | 2,812 | 1,785 | ||||
Total due to related parties and affiliates | $ | 117,237 | $ | 11,682 |
(i) | As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the balances represented borrowings from Xi Wen, the CEO of the Company, of which, $114,425 and $9,897 are unsecured, interest free and due on demand, respectively. |
(ii) | As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the balances of $2,812 and $1,785, respectively, represented payables to Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company, for operational purposes. |
Interest expense for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $0.
4) Operating lease right-of-use assets, net, related parties and Operating lease liabilities - related parties
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Lease I (i) | $ | 27,519 |
| $ | 446,372 | |
Lease II (ii) |
| 112,268 |
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| 69,534 | |
Total Operating lease right-of-use assets - related parties | $ | 139,787 |
| $ | 515,906 |
| December 31, |
| March 31, | |||
| 2022 |
| 2022 | |||
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Lease I (i) | $ | 91,732 | $ | 246,516 | ||
Lease II (ii) |
| 71,826 |
| 84,265 | ||
Total Operating lease liabilities, current - related parties | $ | 163,558 | $ | 330,781 |
December 31, | March 31, | |||||
| 2022 |
| 2022 | |||
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Lease I (i) | $ | — | $ | 211,953 | ||
Lease II (ii) |
| 52,205 |
| 14,943 | ||
Total Operating lease liabilities, non-current - related parties | $ | 52,205 | $ | 226,896 |
(i) | The Company entered into two office lease agreements with Hong Li, supervisor of Sichuan Senmiao, which were set to expire on January 1, 2020. On April 1, 2020, the two office leases were updated with a leasing term from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023. On March 1, 2021, the Company entered into an additional office lease which was set to expire on February 1, 2026. On April 1, 2021, the Company entered into another office lease which was set to expire on April 1, 2024. In October 2022, the Company terminated the leases signed on March 1, 2021 and April 1, 2021 as mentioned above. |
(ii) | In November 2018, Hunan Ruixi entered into an office lease agreement with Hunan Dingchentai Investment Co., Ltd. (“Dingchentai”), a company where one of the Company’s independent directors serves as legal representative and general manager. The term of the lease agreement was from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2023 and the rent was approximately $44,250 per year, payable on a quarterly basis. The original lease agreement with Dingchentai was terminated on July 1, 2019. The Company entered into another lease with Dingchentai on substantially similar terms on September 27, 2019, and a renewal lease contract was signed on June 2022 which extended the original lease to May 2025. |
2. Related Party Transactions
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred $40,490 and $148,999, respectively, in rental expenses to Hong Li, supervisor of Sichuan Senmiao, pursuant to four office lease agreements. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $62,353 and $176,652, respectively, in rental expenses to this related party.
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For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred $11,557 and $46,427, respectively, in rental expenses to Dingchentai, a company where one of the Company’s independent directors serves as legal representative and general manager. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred $11,705 and $34,153, respectively, in rental expenses to this related party.
In June 2019 and January 2020, Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company entered into two automobile maintenance services contracts with Sichuan Qihuaxin Automobile Services Co., Ltd and Sichuan Yousen Automobile Maintenance Service Co., Ltd, which companies are controlled by one of the non-controlling shareholders of Jinkailong. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the Company did not incur automobile maintenance fees to those companies as mentioned above, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong incurred automobile maintenance fees of $242,046 and $776,182 to those companies as mentioned above, respectively from discontinued operation.
The Company had reached cooperation with Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company that the drivers who leased automobile from Jinkailong completed their online ride-hailing requests and orders through the company’s ride-hailing platform, and the company will pay Jinkailong a certain promotion service fee. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, the company incurred promotion fee of $19,483 and $87,692 to Jinkailong, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, the company incurred promotion fee of $19,478 and $524,633 to Jinkailong, which was eliminated in the loss of continuing operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, Corenel leased automobiles to Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company and generated revenues of $30,748 and $323,321, and Jiekai leased automobiles from Jinkailong and had a rental cost of $185,254 and $333,756, respectively. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, Corenel and Yicheng leased 370 automobiles to Jinkailong and generated revenues of $362,529 and $914,513, respectively, which was eliminated in the loss of continuing operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, Hunan Ruixi and Yicheng had loans due from Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company, and had interest income of $119,215 and $327,808, respectively which was eliminated in the loss of continuing operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
18. LEASES
Lessor
The Company’s operating leases for automobile rentals have rental periods that are typically short term, generally is twelve months or less. Revenue recognition section of Note 3 (r), the Company discloses that revenue earned from automobile rentals, wherein an identified asset is transferred to the customer and the customer has the ability to control that asset, is accounted for under Topic 842 upon adoption for the year ended March 31, 2020.
Lessee
As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, the Company has engaged in offices and showroom leases which were classified as operating leases.
The Company leased automobiles under operating lease agreements with a term shorter than twelve months which it elected not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities under ASC 842. Instead, the Company recognized the lease payments in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term and variable lease payments in the period in which the obligation for those payments is incurred. In addition, the Company had automobiles leases which were classified as finance lease.
The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
The Company recognized lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating lease. Meanwhile, the Company recognized the finance leases ROU assets and interest on an amortized cost basis. The amortization of finance ROU assets is recognized on an accretion basis as amortization expense, while the lease liability is increased to reflect interest on the liability and decreased to reflect the lease payments made during the period. Interest expense on the lease liability is determined each period during the lease term as the amount that results in a constant periodic interest rate of the automobile loans on the remaining balance of the liability.
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The ROU assets and lease liabilities are determined based on the present value of the future minimum rental payments of the lease as of the adoption date, using an effective interest rate of 6.0%, which is determined using an incremental borrowing rate with similar term in the PRC. As of December 31, 2022, the weighted-average remaining operating and finance lease term of its existing leases is 2.41 and 2.75 years, respectively.
Operating and finance lease expenses consist of the following:
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Automobile lease costs | Cost of revenues | $ | 564,646 | 501,847 | 1,622,601 | 1,205,011 | ||||||||
Lease expenses |
| Selling, general and administrative | 88,493 | 165,263 | 313,753 | 434,733 | ||||||||
Finance lease cost |
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Amortization of leased asset |
| Cost of revenue | 73,991 | 834,807 |
| 203,044 |
| 2,419,695 | ||||||
Amortization of leased asset |
| General and administrative | 62,255 | 76,187 |
| 196,890 |
| 522,605 | ||||||
Interest on lease liabilities |
| Interest expenses on finance leases | 7,602 | 97,919 |
| 15,903 |
| 313,766 | ||||||
Total lease expenses | $ | 796,987 | 1,676,023 | 2,352,191 | 4,895,810 | |||||||||
Total Lease expenses – discontinued operations | — | 989,573 | — | 3,240,386 | ||||||||||
Total Lease expenses- continuing operations | $ | 796,987 | 686,450 | 2,352,191 | 1,655,424 |
Operating lease expenses for automobiles from continuing operations totaled $564,646 and $417,519 for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Operating lease expenses for automobiles from continuing operations totaled $1,622,601 and $941,818 for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. Operating lease expenses for automobiles from discontinued operations totaled $84,328 and $263,193 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Operating lease expenses for offices and showroom leases from continuing operations totaled $88,493 and $313,753 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively. Operating lease expenses for offices and showroom leases from continuing operations totaled $141,208 and $367,690 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively. Operating lease expenses for offices and showroom leases from discontinued operations totaled $24,055 and $67,043 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
Interest expenses on finance leases from continuing operations totaled $7,602 and $15,903 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively. Interest expenses on finance leases from continuing operations totaled $13,612 and $44,369 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively. Interest expenses on finance leases from discontinued operations totaled $84,307 and $269,397 for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
The following table sets forth the Company’s minimum lease payments in future periods:
| *Operating lease |
| Finance lease |
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payments | payments | Total | |||||||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2023 | $ | 265,601 | 278,610 | 544,211 | |||||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2024 |
| 95,690 |
| 269,675 |
| 365,365 | |||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2025 |
| 63,120 |
| 202,256 |
| 265,376 | |||
Twelve months ending December 31, 2026 |
| 14,982 |
| — |
| 14,982 | |||
Total lease payments |
| 439,393 |
| 750,541 |
| 1,189,934 | |||
Less: discount |
| (22,205) |
| (58,657) |
| (80,862) | |||
Present value of lease liabilities | $ | 417,188 | 691,884 | 1,109,072 |
*As of December 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of operating lease payments due to related parties was $215,763.
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19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingencies
In measuring the credit risk of guarantee services to automobile purchasers, the Company primarily reflects the “probability of default” by the automobile purchasers on its contractual obligations and considers the current financial position of the automobile purchasers and its likely future development.
The Company manages the credit risk of automobile purchasers by performing preliminary credit checks of each automobile purchaser and ongoing monitoring every month. By using the current credit loss model, management is of the opinion that the Company is bearing the credit risk to repay the principal and interests to the financial institutions if automobile purchasers’ default on their payments for more than three months. Management also periodically re-evaluates probability of default of automobile purchasers to make adjustments in the allowance, when necessary, as the Company is the guarantor of the loans.
Purchase commitments
On February 22, 2021, the Company entered into one purchase contract with an automobile dealer to purchase a total of 200 automobiles for the amount of approximately $3.2 million. Pursuant to the contract, the Company required to purchase 100 automobiles in cash with the amount of approximately $1.6 million. The remaining 100 automobiles purchase commitment with the amount of approximately $1.6 million shall be completed with financing option through the dealer’s designated financial institutions. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, 100 automobiles of the contract signed in February 2021 have been purchased in cash and delivered to us. As the Company are in process of getting approval from the dealer’s designated financial institutions in financing the 100 automobiles’ purchase, there is no clear timing schedule for completing the remaining purchase commitment with this automobile dealer. However, the Company expects the purchase to be completed by June 30, 2023.
On September 23, 2022, the Company entered into a purchase contract with an automobile dealer to purchase a total of 100 automobiles for the amount of approximately $1.5 million. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company has remit approximately $0.7 million as purchase prepayments, and expect to fulfill the purchase commitment before March 31, 2023.
Contingent liabilities for automobile purchasers
Historically, most of the automobile purchasers would pay the Company their previous defaulted amounts within one to three months. In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, surfaced and it has spread rapidly to many parts of China and other parts of the world, including the United States. The epidemic has resulted in quarantines, travel restrictions, and the temporary closure of stores and facilities in China and elsewhere. Because substantially all of the Company’s operations are conducted in China, the COVID-19 outbreak has materially and adversely affected, and may continue to affect, the Company’s business operations, financial condition and operating results for 2021 and 2022, including but not limited to decrease in revenues, slower collection of accounts receivables and additional allowance for doubtful accounts. Some of the Company’s customers exited the ride-hailing business and rendered their automobiles to the Company for sublease or sale to generate income or proceeds to cover payments owed to financial institutions and the Company. For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized an estimated provision loss of approximately $7,284 and $15,005, respectively, for drivers who exited the ride-hailing business were not able to make the monthly payments from continuing operations. For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized an estimated provision loss of approximately $11,140, for the guarantee services for drivers who exited the ride-hailing business were not able to make the monthly payments from discontinued operations.
As of December 31, 2022, the maximum contingent liabilities Hunan Ruixi would be exposed to was approximately $47,000, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default. Automobiles are used as collateral to secure the payment obligations of the automobile purchasers under the financing agreements. The Company estimated the fair market value of the collateral to be approximately $1,900 as of December 31, 2022, based on the market price and the useful life of such collateral, which represents approximately 4.1% of the maximum contingent liabilities.
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Contingent liability of Jinkailong
As the Company holds 35% of equity interest of Jinkailong through Hunan Ruixi, and has not make any consideration towards to the investment. In accordance with PRC’s company registry compliance, the Company will subject to the maximum amount of RMB3.5 million (approximately $507,000) of which is equivalent to 35% of liabilities in case Jinkailong is liquidated.
As of December 31, 2022, the maximum contingent liabilities of Jinkailong, the Company’s equity investee company and former VIE, would be exposed to was approximately $4.8 million, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default. Automobiles are used as collateral to secure the payment obligations of the automobile purchasers under the financing agreements. Jinkailong estimated the fair market value of the collateral to be approximately $2.8 million as of December 31, 2022, based on the market price and the useful life of such collateral, which represents approximately 59% of the maximum contingent liabilities. Meanwhile, approximately $3.5 million, including interests of approximately $281,000, due to financial institutions, of all the automobile purchases Jinkailong serviced were past due mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China in prior years.
Besides, as of December 31, 2022, due to Jinkailong has undertaken the joint and several liability guarantee for all loans of Langyue Automobile Service Co., Ltd. from Chengdu Industrial Impawn Co., Ltd (“Impawn”) for certain historical business, Jinkailong may be required to pay all the outstanding balance of approximately $882,000 to Impawn in the future.
From time to time, the Company and its equity investee company may be subject to certain legal proceedings, claims and disputes that arise in the ordinary course of business. The total amount of reasonable possible losses with the respect to such matters, individually and in the aggregate, are not deemed to be material to the consolidated financial statements.
20. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company presents segment information after elimination of inter-company transactions. In general, revenue, cost of revenue and operating expenses are directly attributable, or are allocated, to each segment. The Company allocates costs and expenses that are not directly attributable to a specific segment, such as those that support infrastructure across different segments, to different segments mainly on the basis of usage, revenue or headcount, depending on the nature of the relevant costs and expenses. The Company does not allocate assets to its segments as the CODM does not evaluate the performance of segments using asset information.
By assessing the qualitative and quantitative criteria established by Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 280, “Segment Reporting”, the Company considers itself to be operating in two reportable segments which comprise of automobile transaction and related services and online ride-hailing platform. The segments are organized based on type of service offered.
The following tables present the summary of each segment’s revenue, loss from operations, loss before income taxes and net loss which is considered as a segment operating performance measure, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
| For the Three Months ended December 31, 2022 | |||||||||||
Automobile | Online ride- | | | | | |||||||
Transaction and | hailing | | | |||||||||
Related | platform | | | |||||||||
| Services |
| Services |
| Unallocated |
| Consolidated | |||||
Revenues | $ | 930,625 | $ | 810,295 | $ | — | $ | 1,740,920 | ||||
Interest income | $ | 467 | $ | 64 | $ | 13 | $ | 544 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 429,419 | $ | 12,128 | $ | 21,638 | $ | 463,185 | ||||
Loss from operations | $ | (999,958) | $ | (69,672) | $ | (259,746) | $ | (1,329,376) | ||||
Loss before income taxes | $ | (700,414) | $ | (56,667) | $ | (229,188) | $ | (986,269) | ||||
Net loss | $ | (700,414) | $ | (56,667) | $ | (229,188) | $ | (986,269) | ||||
Capital expenditure | $ | 1,238,504 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,238,504 |
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For the Nine Months ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Transaction and | platform | |||||||||||
Related Services | Services | Unallocated | Consolidated | |||||||||
Revenues | $ | 3,353,400 | $ | 2,970,518 |
| $ | — | $ | 6,323,918 | |||
Interest income | $ | 1,292 | $ | 168 | $ | 57 | $ | 1,517 | ||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 1,470,335 | $ | 47,594 | $ | 63,298 | $ | 1,581,227 | ||||
Loss from operations | $ | (2,854,231) | $ | (262,097) | $ | (1,238,849) | $ | (4,355,177) | ||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (2,071,478) | $ | (253,477) | $ | 402,802 | $ | (1,922,153) | ||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (2,071,478) | $ | (253,477) | $ | 402,802 | $ | (1,922,153) | ||||
Capital expenditure | $ | 1,240,404 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,240,404 |
For the three months ended December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Transaction and | platform | Discontinued | Continuing | |||||||||||||||
related service | services | Unallocated | Total | operations | operations | |||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 2,525,893 | $ | 1,017,156 |
| $ | — | $ | 3,543,049 | $ | 1,882,930 | $ | 1,660,119 | |||||
Interest income | $ | 618 | $ | 72 | $ | 81 | $ | 771 | $ | 288 | $ | 483 | ||||||
Interest expense | $ | 16,451 | $ | 24 | $ | — | $ | 16,475 | $ | 16,475 | $ | — | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 1,425,441 | $ | 8,058 | $ | 3,179 | $ | 1,436,678 | $ | 886,651 | $ | 550,027 | ||||||
Loss from operations | $ | (1,289,884) | $ | (629,177) | $ | (979,941) | $ | (2,899,002) | $ | (390,710) | $ | (2,508,292) | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (1,069,871) | $ | (792,769) | $ | 1,735,058 | $ | (127,582) | $ | (418,355) | $ | 290,773 | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (1,074,410) | $ | (792,769) | $ | 1,735,058 | $ | (132,121) | $ | (418,355) | $ | 286,234 | ||||||
Capital expenditure | $ | 1,321,226 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,321,226 | $ | — | $ | 1,321,226 |
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Transaction and | platform | Discontinued | Continuing | |||||||||||||||
related service | services | Unallocated | Total | operations | operations | |||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 6,631,579 | $ | 1,617,454 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 8,249,033 | $ | 5,096,441 | $ | 3,152,592 | ||||
Interest income | $ | 1,198 | $ | 785 | $ | 389 | $ | 2,372 | $ | 514 | $ | 1,858 | ||||||
Interest expense | $ | 37,587 | $ | 6,536 | $ | — | $ | 44,123 | $ | 38,251 | $ | 5,872 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 4,269,755 | $ | 23,135 | $ | 9,580 | $ | 4,302,470 | $ | 2,857,864 | $ | 1,444,606 | ||||||
Loss from operations | $ | (3,606,376) | $ | (6,358,532) | $ | (1,813,645) | $ | (11,778,553) | $ | (2,182,402) | $ | (9,596,151) | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (3,520,754) | $ | (6,649,325) | $ | 2,549,947 | $ | (7,620,132) | $ | (2,418,757) | $ | (5,201,375) | ||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,525,304) | $ | (6,649,325) | $ | 2,549,947 | $ | (7,624,682) | $ | (2,418,757) | $ | (5,205,925) | ||||||
Capital expenditure | $ | 3,484,051 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 3,484,051 | $ | — | $ | 3,484,051 |
The accounting principles for the Company’s revenue by segment are set out in Note 3(h).
As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s total assets were comprised of $14,004,591 for automobile transaction and related services, $816,024 for online ride-hailing platform services and $717,978 unallocated.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company’s total assets were comprised of $12,022,387 for automobile transaction and related services, $7,003,867 for online ride-hailing platform services and $851,863 unallocated.
As substantially all of the Company’s long-lived assets are located in the PRC and substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from within the PRC, no geographical information is presented.
21. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company evaluated all events and transactions that occurred after December 31, 2022 up through February 14, 2023, the date the Company issued these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our results of operations and financial condition should be read together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto, which are included elsewhere in this Report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 (the “Annual Report”) filed with the SEC. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).
Overview
We are a provider of automobile transaction and related services, connecting auto dealers, financial institutions, and consumers, who are mostly existing and prospective ride-hailing drivers affiliated with different operators of online ride-hailing platforms in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC” or “China”). We provide automobile transaction and related services through our wholly owned subsidiaries, Yicheng Financial Leasing Co., Ltd., a PRC limited liability company (“Yicheng”), Chengdu Corenel Technology Limited, a PRC limited liability company (“Corenel”), and our majority owned subsidiaries, Chengdu Jiekai Technology Ltd. (“Jiekai”), and Hunan Ruixi Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (“Hunan Ruixi”), a PRC limited liability company, and equity investee company, Sichuan Jinkailong Automobile Leasing Co., Ltd. (“Jinkailong”). Since October 2020, we also operate an online ride-hailing platform through Hunan Xixingtianxia Technology Co., Ltd. (“XXTX”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sichuan Senmiao Zecheng Business Consulting Co., Ltd., our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Senmiao Consulting”). Our platform enables qualified ride-hailing drivers to provide application-based transportation services mainly in Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other 23 cities in China. Substantially all of our operations are conducted in China.
Our Automobile Transactions and Related Services
Our Automobile Transaction And Related Services are mainly comprised of (i) automobile operating lease where we provide car rental services to individual customers to meet their personal needs with lease term no more than twelve months (the “Auto Operating Leasing”); (ii) automobile financing where we provide our customers with auto finance solutions through financing leases (the “Auto Financing”); (iii) automobile sales where we sell new purchased or used cars to our customers (the “Auto Sales”); (iv) facilitation of automobile transaction and financing where we used to connect the prospective ride-hailing drivers to financial institutions to buy, or get financing on the purchase of, cars to be used to provide online ride-hailing services (the “Auto Financing and Transaction Facilitation”); and (v) other supporting services provided to online ride-hailing drivers. We started our facilitation and supporting services in November 2018, the sale of automobiles in January 2019, and financial and operating leasing in March 2019, respectively.
Since November 22, 2018, the acquisition date of Hunan Ruixi, and as of December 31, 2022, we and our former VIEs have facilitated financing for an aggregate of 1,687 automobiles with a total value of approximately $24.4 million, sold an aggregate of 1,465 automobiles with a total value of approximately $14.1 million and delivered approximately 2,942 automobiles under operating leases (including 1,826 automobiles used to be delivered by Jinkailong before March 31, 2022) and 139 automobiles under financing leases to customers, the vast majority of whom are online ride-hailing drivers.
The table below provides a breakdown of the number of vehicles sold or delivered under different leasing arrangements or managed/guaranteed by us and corresponding revenue generated for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||||||
December 31 | December 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
Number of | Revenue | Number of | Revenue | Number of | Revenue | Number of | Revenue | |||||||||||||
| Vehicles |
| (Approximate) |
| Vehicles |
| (Approximate) |
| Vehicles |
| (Approximate) |
| Vehicles |
| (Approximate) | |||||
Auto Operating Leasing | 802 | $ | 781,000 | 468 | $ | 511,000 |
| 1,607 | $ | 2,571,000 | 484 | $ | 1,166,000 | |||||||
Auto Sales | — | $ | — |
| — | $ | — |
| 41 | $ | 226,000 | — | $ | — | ||||||
Auto Financing |
| 139 | $ | 9,000 |
| 131 | $ | 22,000 |
| 139 | $ | 31,000 | 131 | $ | 86,000 | |||||
Other Services |
| >780 | $ | 141,000 |
| >410 | $ | 110,000 |
| >1,000 | $ | 525,000 | >420 | $ | 283,000 |
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As of March 31, 2022, we deconsolidated Jinkailong and its operation result was not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022. However, although Jinkailong ceased to be within our consolidation scope since March 31, 2022, Hunan Ruixi, Corenel and Jiekai continuously provide automobile transaction and related services, mainly Auto Operating Leasing, similar to Jinkailong in Changsha and Chengdu. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, our Auto Operating Leasing and Auto Financing accounted for approximately 83.9% and 0.9% of our total revenue from our automobile transactions and related services, respectively, while our Auto Operating Leasing, and Auto Financing accounted for approximately 79.4% and 3.4% for the three months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, excluding the income which Jinkailong generated. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, our Auto Operating Leasing, Auto Sales, and Auto Financing accounted for approximately 76.7%, 6.7%, and 0.9% of our total revenue from our automobile transactions and related services, respectively, while our Auto Operating Leasing, and Auto Financing accounted for approximately 75.9% and 5.6% for the nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively, excluding the income which Jinkailong generated.
Our Ride-Hailing Platform Services
As part of our goal to provide an all-round solution for online ride-hailing drivers as well as to increase our competitive power in an increasingly competitive online ride-hailing industry and to take advantage of the market potential, in October 2020, we began operating our own online ride-hailing platform in Chengdu. The platform (called Xixingtianxia) was owned and operated by XXTX, of which Senmiao Consulting acquired the 100% equity interest pursuant to a series of investment and supplementary agreements. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, Senmiao Consulting has made accumulated capital contribution of RMB39.76 million (approximately $5.76 million) to XXTX and the remaining amount is expected to be paid before December 31, 2025.
XXTX operates Xixingtianxia and holds a national online reservation taxi operating license. The platform is presently servicing online ride-hailing drivers in 26 cities in China, including Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou and so on, providing them with a platform to view and take customer orders for rides. We currently collaborate with Gaode Map, a well-known aggregation platform in China on our ride-hailing platform services. Under our collaboration, when a rider uses the platform to search for taxi/ride-hailing services on the aggregation platform, the platform provides such rider a number of online ride-hailing platforms for selection, including ours and if our platform is selected by the rider, the order will then be distributed to registered drivers on our platform for viewing and acceptance. The rider may also simultaneously select multiple online ride-hailing platforms in which case, the aggregation platform will distribute the requests to different online ride-hailing platforms which they cooperate with, based on the number of available drivers using the platform in a certain area and these drivers’ historical performance, among other things. XXTX generates revenue from providing services to online ride-hailing drivers to assist them in providing transportation services to the riders looking for taxi/ride-hailing services. XXTX earns commissions for each completed order as the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual time and distance for the ride charged to the rider. XXTX settles its commissions with the aggregation platforms on a weekly basis.
Meanwhile, in order to strengthen our market position in certain cities, our collaboration model with Meituan has been changed from the one same as Gaode, to the one focusing on automobile operating lease and drivers’ management services since August 2021. Our equity investee company and former VIE, Jinkailong, signed a new contract with an affiliate of Meituan, whereby the online ride-hailing requests and orders shall be completed on Meituan’s platform utilizing our network of cars and drivers. Jinkailong earned rental income from drivers and earned commissions from Meituan. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, Jiekai also signed similar contracts with Meituan and other similar ride-hailing platform companies, such as Chengdu Anma Zhixing Technology Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou Xiehua Network Technology Co., Ltd.
The acquisition of XXTX has brought us a new stream of revenue and enhanced our goal of providing an all-round solution for online ride-hailing drivers. We launched Xixingtianxia in specific markets within Chengdu in late October 2020, focusing on current driver customers. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we have expanded marketing of our ride-hailing platform to a larger pool of potential drivers and riders in Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou and other 23 cities through cooperation with certain local car rental companies and through offering attractive incentives and awards to drivers.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, approximately 4.8 million rides with gross fare of approximately $15.7 million were completed through Xixingtianxia and an average of over 5,200 ride-hailing drivers completed rides and earned income through Xixingtianxia (the “Active Drivers”) each month. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of approximately $3.0 million, netting off approximately $0.4 million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, approximately 10.2 million rides with gross fare of approximately $32.2 million were completed through Xixingtianxia and an average of over 10,900 Active Drivers each month. During the nine months ended
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December 31, 2021, we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of $1.6 million, netting off approximately $3.2million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
We plan to expand our driver base for the platform and automobile rental business while strengthening the royalty of the drivers who both lease our cars and use our platform while expanding, but our platform is available to others. We plan to launch Xixingtianxia in more cities across China the next 12 months.
Key Factors and Risks Affecting Results of Operations
Ability to Increase Our Automobile Lessee and Active Driver Base
Our revenue growth has been largely driven by the expansion of our automobile lessee base and the corresponding revenue generated from operating and financial leasing. After the acquisition of XXTX, our revenue growth also depends on the number of completed online ride-hailing orders on our platform, which largely depends on the number of Active Drivers who complete ride-hailing transactions on our platform. We acquire customers for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services, as well as for our Online Ride-hailing Platform Services, through the network of third-party sales teams, referral from online ride-hailing platforms and our own efforts including online advertising and billboard advertising. We also send out fliers and participate in trade shows to advertise our services. We plan to increase the number of our Active Drivers by expanding our platform to more cities during the next five years as well as marketing our platform to our existing and prospective automobile lessees. We expect the expansion of our Active Driver base to promote the growth of our automobile rental business because we offer automobile rental solutions/incentives specifically targeted at drivers using our platform. An effective cross-selling strategies between our automobile leasing business and online ride-hailing platform services business is important to our expansion and revenue growth. We also plan to strengthen our marketing efforts through the collaboration with certain automobile dealers and through our own team by employing more experienced staffs and improving the quality and variety of our services. As of December 31, 2022, we had 17 and 51 employees in our own sales department and sales department of our equity investee company, Jinkailong, respectively.
Management of Automobile Rentals
Due to the fierce competition of online ride-hailing industry in Chengdu and the adverse impact from COVID-19 pandemic across mainland China, a significant number of online ride-hailing drivers exited the ride-hailing business and rendered their automobiles to us for sublease or sales in order to generate income/proceeds to cover their payments owed to the financial institutions and us. We have seen an increasing demand for short-term car rentals since the end of 2019, which remained stable during the nine months ended December 31, 2022. To meet the demand of business expansion in Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou, we also purchased and leased automobiles from third parties for our operating lease. The daily management and timely maintenance of leased automobiles will have a significant effect on the growth of our income from leasing automobiles in the next twelve months. The effective management of our automobiles through our proprietary system and experienced auto-management team could provide qualified automobiles to potential lessees, either for personal use or providing online ride-hailing services. As of December 31, 2022, we had one parking lot and 3 employees in Guangzhou, and one parking lot, an exhibition hall and 4 employees in Changsha, and our equity investee company, Jinkailong, had one parking lot and 9 employees in Chengdu, for parking and management of automobiles for operating lease. During the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our average utilization of the automobiles for operating lease was approximately 43% and 72%, respectively. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the average utilization of the automobiles for operating lease was approximately 65% and 74%, respectively.
Our Service Offerings and Pricing
The growth of our revenue depends on our ability to improve existing solutions and services provided, continue identifying evolving business needs, refine our collaborations with business partners and provide value-added services to our customers. The attraction of new automobile leases depends on our leasing solutions with attractive rental price and flexible leasing terms. We have also adopted a stable pricing formula, considering the historical and future expenditure, remaining available leasing months and market price to determine our rental price for varied rental solutions. Furthermore, our product designs affect the type of automobile leases we attract, which in turn affect our financial performance. The attraction of new Active Drivers depends on the comprehensive income they could earn from our own or cooperated platform, which is mainly affected by the number orders distributed to them through our platform and the amount of the incentives paid to them from platforms. Our revenue growth also depends on our abilities to effectively price our services, which enables us to attract more customers and improve our profit margin.
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Ability to Retain and Key Business Cooperators
Historically, we have set up a series of strategy and business relationships with certain affiliates of some famous and leading companies of new energy vehicles (“NEVs”) manufacturers, online ride-hailing platforms and travel service providers to develop our Automobile Transaction and Related Services and Online Ride-hailing Platform Services. We earned commission or services fee from them, purchased and leased automobiles for our business at a favorable price. The close relationships have provided us with the necessary capacity to support the development of our online ride-hailing platform and leasing business. To retain these valuable cooperators and continuously explore opportunities to collaborate with them in more areas is important to us to have considerable resources to support the exploration and expansion of our business into new cities.
Ability to Retain Existing Financial Institutions and Engage New Financial Institutions
Historically, the growth of our business is dependent on our ability to retain existing financial institutions and engage new financial institutions. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we did not generate revenue from automobile financing facilitation transactions because of the shift of our business focus to automobile rental. Despite such decrease, we are exploring new collaboration methods with financial institutions in connection with our automobile rental business and for our purchase of NEVs in the next twelve months. Our collaborations with financial institutions may be affected by factors beyond our control, such as perception of automobile financing as an attractive asset, stability of financial institutions, general economic conditions and regulatory environment. To increase the number of our cooperative financial institutions and the availability of financing for our existing and new businesses will enhance the overall stability and sufficiency of funding for automobile transactions.
Ability to Collect Receivables on a Timely Basis
We used to advance the purchase price of automobiles and all service expenses when we provide related services to the purchasers. We collect the receivables due from automobile purchasers from their monthly installment payments and repay financial institutions on behalf of the purchasers every month. As of December 31, 2022, we had accounts receivable, net of allowance of approximately $107,000 and advanced payments of approximately $103,000 due from the automobile purchasers, net of allowance, which will be collected through installment payments on a monthly basis during the relevant affiliation periods. For receivables from Auto Operating Leasing, we usually settle the rental income with each online ride-hailing driver monthly based on the product solutions they chose. In accordance with the development of the operating lease business, our cooperated platforms, such as Meituan, agree to temporarily “lock-up” the fares of the rides which Active Drivers earn from the platform to ensure the timely collection of its rental receivables from those Active Drivers. Besides, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we settle our commissions with the aggregation platforms for our online ride-hailing platform services and automobile rental income on a monthly basis. As of December 31, 2022, we had accounts receivable of online ride-hailing service fees of approximately $47,000 in total.
The efficiency of collection of the monthly and weekly payments has a material impact on our daily operation. Our risk and asset management department has set up a series of procedures to monitor the collection from drivers. Our business department has also set up a stable and close relationship with cooperated platform to ensure the timely collection of commissions. The accounts receivable and advance payments may increase our liquidity risk. We have used the majority of the proceeds from our equity offerings and plan to seek equity and/or debt financings to pay for the expenditure related to the automobile purchase. To pay for the expenditure in advance will enhance the stability of our daily operation and lower the liquidity risk, and attract more customers.
Ability to Manage Defaults and Potential Guarantee Liability Effectively
Our subsidiary, Hunan Ruixi, and its equity investee company and former VIE, Jinkailong are exposed to credit risk as they are required by certain financial institutions to provide guarantee on the lease/loan payments (including principal and interests) of the automobile purchasers referred by us. If a default occurs, they are required to make the monthly payments on behalf of the defaulted purchasers to the financial institution.
We manage the credit risk arising from the default of automobile purchasers and lessees by performing credit checks on each automobile purchaser or lessee based on the credit reports from People’s Bank of China and third-party credit rating companies, and personal information including residence, ethnicity group, driving history and involvement in legal proceeding. Our risk department continuously monitors the payment by each purchaser and sends them payment reminders. We also keep monitoring the daily gross fare earned by the online ride-hailing drivers, who are our majority customers and run their business through our online ride-hailing platform during the nine months ended December 31, 2022. We do this so that we can evaluate their financial conditions and provide them with assistance including the transfer of automobile to a new driver if they are no longer interested in providing ride-hailing services or are unable to earn enough income to make monthly lease/loan payments.
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In addition, automobiles are used as collateral to secure purchasers’ payment obligations under the financing arrangement. In the event of a default, Hunan Ruixi and Jinkailong can track the automobile through an installed GPS system and repossess and handover the automobile over to the financial institution so that they can be released from their guarantee liability. However, if a financial institution initiates a legal proceeding to collect payments due from a defaulted automobile purchaser, Hunan Ruixi and Jinkailong may be required to repay the defaulted amount as a guarantor. If they are unable to undertake the responsibility as a guarantor, their own assets, such as cash and cash equivalents, may be frozen by the court if the financial institution successfully requests for an order to freeze our assets or bank accounts, which may adversely affect our operations.
As of December 31, 2022, 107 online ride-hailing drivers we serviced rendered their automobiles to Hunan Ruixi for sublease or sale. In general, most of the defaulted automobile purchasers who want to remain in online ride-hailing business would pay the default amounts within one to three months. Our risk management department typically starts to interact with overdue purchasers if they have missed one monthly installment payment. However, if the balances are overdue for more than two months or the purchasers decide to exit the online ride-hailing business and sublease or sell their automobiles, we would fully record an allowance against receivables from those purchasers. As of December 31, 2022, we recognized an accumulated allowance against receivables of $372,006 from these purchasers served by Hunan Ruixi. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, we recognized approximately $0 and $7,300 expenses for the guarantee services as the drivers exited the online ride-hailing business and would no longer make the monthly repayments to us. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we sub-leased approximately 62 rendered automobiles in total to other customers. By subleasing automobiles from these drivers, we believe we can cope with the defaults and control associated risks.
Further, the automobiles subject to our financing leases are not collateralized by us. As of December 31, 2022, the total value of non-collateralized automobiles was approximately $486,000. We believe our risk exposure of financing leasing is immaterial as we have experienced limited default cases and we are able to re-lease those automobiles to drivers under financing leases.
Actual and Potential Impact of Ongoing Coronavirus (COVID 19) in China on Our Business
Impact on the Automobile Transactions and Related Services
Our Automobile Transactions and Related Services have been gradually recovering from the adverse impact of COVID-19 pandemic. As of December 31, 2022, 107 online ride-hailing drivers we serviced rendered their automobiles to Hunan Ruixi. As a result, we recorded accumulated allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $372,006 for them. As most of the leasing term of the automobiles we delivered in Changsha in prior periods has come to the end, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the number of newly rendered automobiles decreased to 7 as compared with 25 during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
However, our daily cash flow will be adversely impacted as a result of the unsatisfied collection from the online ride-hailing drivers and our potential guarantee expenditure pursuant to the financing agreements we guaranteed. Our cash flow has been adversely impacted by local resurgences of COVID-19 in Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou while the COVID measures in China keep applying the current control and prevention measures especially from September to November 2022, which had negative impact on the online ride-hailing market accordingly due to travel restriction. In addition, our automobile purchasers and lessees may be unable to generate sufficient income to make their monthly installment payments, which may create a significant risk of continuing default from our automobile purchasers or lessees. As a result, we may have to repay the defaulted amount as a guarantor or lose the monthly rental revenue. If we experience a widespread default by our automobile purchasers/lessees, our cash flow and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected. As a consequence, we could face shortfalls in liquidity without extra financing resources for the foreseeable future and lose the ability to grow our business or may even be required to scale down or restructure our operations.
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Impact on the Ride-Hailing Platform Services
XXTX commenced the operation of its online ride-hailing platform since late October 2020 and have witnessed the decrease in online ride-hailing orders in July 2021, November 2021, February 2022, September 2022 and December 2022, when Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou reported several confirmed COVID-19 cases. Under the zero-tolerance approach to smothering Covid outbreaks in China, the local government usually ensured concrete and effective measures to fight against the resurgence, including suspending some traffic activities in certain medium-risk and high-risk areas. Fewer people took ride-hailing trips as a result and the average daily rides completed through our platform decreased and our income decreased accordingly. The average daily rides completed through our platform decreased by approximately 20% to 30% compared to that before the reporting of the new COVID-19 cases in these cities and recovered one to two weeks later as the new confirmed cases were fully under control. Furthermore, the online ride-hailing services in Chengdu was temporally suspended by the Municipal Communications Commission of Chengdu from September 1 to September 18, 2022, when Chengdu reported accumulated over 1,000 COVID-19 cases since late August 2022. We also had no income from the online ride-hailing platform services in Chengdu during those periods. The total number of rides completed through our platform in September 2022 decreased by approximately 35% compared with the prior months. Consequently, the income of our Automobile Transaction and Related Services customers who ran their business through the online ride-hailing platforms also decreased during this period.
Since March 2022, major outbreaks of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 occurred in many parts of China. These outbreaks resulted in lockdowns, highway closures and other restrictive measures across China, which caused severe hardships to countless dealers and consumers. Furthermore, Chengdu suffered an infection peak in the middle of December, after China shifted the prevention and control of COVID-19 infection strategy in December 2022. Base on the surveys released from Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the actual infection rate of the surveyed population was estimated to be over 80 percent. And the peak of positive detection in the whole province was concentrated from December 12 to 23, which caused significant decreasing orders for online ride-hailing in December. The central government of China has adjusted the prevention and control measures of COVID-19, and gradually restored the order of production and life, which would bring optimism for us to operate our online ride-hailing platform in the next 12 months.
We may have a larger cash outflow in our daily operations in the next twelve months as we expand our Online Ride-hailing Platform Services in more cities in China and incur more marketing and promotion expenses. Our cash flow situation may worsen if the economy in China does not improve as expected.
Any of these factors related to COVID 19 and other similar or currently unforeseen factors beyond our control could have an adverse effect on our overall business environment, causing uncertainties in the regions in China where we conduct business, and causing our business to suffer in ways that we cannot predict and materially and adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Ability to Manage and Grow New Ride-Hailing Business
Due to the fierce competition of online ride-hailing industry in Chengdu and Changsha, our ability to increase our revenue over time may be limited if we focus only on our current Automobile Transaction and Related Services business model. As part of our strategy to provide an all-encompassing solution for online ride-hailing drivers, we have expanded our services to drivers through the operation of Xixingtianxia, our own online ride-hailing platform, which has brought us a new stream of revenue. We generate revenue from commissions earned from each completed order, which represent the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual time and distance for the ride charged to the rider. As the aggregation platforms distribute the demand orders to different online ride-hailing platforms, the flow of drivers in our area of operations is enhanced, leading to a higher probability that more ride orders will be distributed to our platform, which in turn will increase the revenue of the drivers who use our platform (and our revenue). This also allows us to attract more drivers to engage their online ride-hailing business on our platform. Through a series of promotion and effective daily management and training services, we expect our own online ride-hailing platform will offer us a stable revenue source which can also help grow our automobile financing and leasing business. Besides, we are dealing with other trip platforms to attract more riders choosing their trip through our platform.
Pursuant to the cooperation agreement signed with Didi Chuxing Technology Co., Ltd. (“Didi”) for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services, we may be penalized by Didi, or our partnership with Didi may be terminated as we now operate a business competitive with Didi. However, the service fees we earned from Didi for automobile transaction and related services currently represent less than 0.1% of our total revenue. Therefore, we believe that the risk of termination of cooperation with Didi on automobile transaction and related services will not have a material influence on our business or results of operations.
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Ability to Compete Effectively
Our business and results of operations depend on our ability to compete effectively. Overall, our competitive position may be affected by, among other things, our service quality and our ability to price our solutions and services competitively. We will set up and continuously optimize our own business system to improve our service quality and user experience. Our competitors may have more resources than we do, including financial, technological, marketing and others and may be able to devote greater resources to the development and promotion of their services. We will need to continue to introduce new or enhance existing solutions and services to continue to attract automobile dealers, financial institutions, car buyers, lessees, ride-hailing drivers and other industry participants. Whether and how quickly we can do so will have a significant impact on the growth of our business.
Market Opportunity and Government Regulations in China
The demand for our services depends on overall market conditions of the online ride-hailing industry in China. The continuous growth of the urban population places increasing pressure on the urban transportation and the improvement of living standards has increased the market demand for quality travel in China. Traditional taxi service is limited, and the emerging online platforms have created good opportunities for the development of the online ride-hailing service market. According to the 50th Statistical report on Internet Development in China published in August 2022 by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), the number of online ride-hailing service users had reached 405 million by the end of June 2022, decreased by 10.5% from December 2021, and took approximately 38.5% of the total number of Chinese internet users. The online ride-hailing industry is facing increasing competition in China and is attracting more capital investment. According to the MOT of the People’s Republic of China, as of December 31, 2022, approximately 298 online ride-hailing platforms have obtained booking taxi operating licenses and the total volume of online ride-hailing orders was approximately 504 million in December 2022 in China. Meanwhile, approximately 2.12 million online booking taxi transportation certificates and approximately 5.09 million online booking taxi driver’s licenses were issued nationwide in China. Since 2019, in addition to the traditional online ride-hailing platforms, automobile manufacturers, offline operation service companies, financial and map service providers, among others, have built cooperation relationships with each other to make the online ride-hailing industry a more aggregated industry.
The online ride-hailing industry may also be affected by, among other factors, the general economic conditions in China. The interest rates and unemployment rates may affect the demand of ride-hailing services and automobile purchasers’ willingness to seek credit from financial institutions. Adverse economic conditions could also reduce the number of qualified automobile purchasers and online ride-hailing drivers seeking credit from the financial institutions, as well as their ability to make payments. Should any of those negative situations occur, the volume and value of the automobile transactions we service will decline, and our revenue and financial condition will be negatively impacted.
In order to manage the rapidly growing ride-hailing service market and control relevant risks, on July 27, 2016, seven ministries and commissions in China, including the MOT, jointly promulgated the “Interim Measures for the Administration of Online Taxi Booking Business Operations and Services” (“Interim Measures”) and amended it on December 28, 2019, which legalizes online ride-hailing services such as Didi and requires the online ride-hailing services to meet the requirements set out by the measures and obtain taxi-booking service licenses and take full responsibility of the ride services to ensure the safety of riders.
On November 5, 2016, the Municipal Communications Commission of Chengdu City and a number of municipal departments jointly issued the “Implementation Rules for the Administration of Online Booking Taxi Management Services for Chengdu”, which was abolished and replaced by the updated version issued on July 26, 2021. On August 10, 2017, the Transportation Commission of Chengdu further issued the detailed guidance “Working Process for the Online Booking Taxi Drivers Qualification Examination and Issuance” and the “Online Booking Taxi Transportation Certificate Issuance Process”. On November 28, 2016, Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government promulgated Interim Measures for the Management of Online Ride Hailing Operation and Service in Guangzhou, as amended on November 14, 2019. According to these regulations and guidelines, three licenses /certificates are required for operating the online ride-hailing business in Chengdu: (1) the ride-hailing service platform such as Didi should obtain the online booking taxi operating license; (2) the automobiles used for online ride-hailing should obtain the online booking taxi transportation certificate (“automobile certificate”); (3) the drivers should obtain the online booking taxi driver’s license (“driver’s license”). Besides, all the new cars used for online ride-hailing should be NEVs.
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On July 23, 2018, the General Office of Changsha Municipal People’s Government issued the “Detailed Rules for the Administration of Online Booking Taxi Management Services for Changsha.” On June 12, 2019, the Municipal Communications Commission of Changsha City further issued “Transfer and Registration Procedures of Changsha Online Booking of Taxi.” According to the regulations and guidelines, to operate a ride-hailing business in Changsha requires similar licenses in Chengdu, except those automobiles used for online ride-hailing services are required to meet certain standards, including that the sales price (including taxes) is over RMB120,000 (approximately $17,000). In practice, Hunan Ruixi is also required to employ a safety administrator for every 50 automobiles used for online ride-hailing services and submit daily operation information of these automobiles such as traffic violation to the Transport Management Office of the Municipal Communications Commission of Changsha City every month.
In addition to the national online reservation taxi operating license, XXTX and its subsidiaries also obtained the online reservation taxi operating license in 28 cities, including Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Shenyang, Harbin, Nanchang, Haikou, Foshan, Xining, two cities in Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangxi and Guizhou Province, respectively, five cities in Jiangsu Province and other five cities in Sichuan Province from June 2020 to July 2022, to operate the online ride-hailing platform services.
However, approximately 53% of our ride-hailing drivers have not obtained the driver’s license as of December 31, 2022 while all of the cars used for online ride-hailing services which we provided management services have the automobile certificate. Without requisite automobile certificate or driver’s license, these drivers may be suspended from providing ride-hailing services, confiscated their illegal income and subject to fines of up to 10 times of their illegal income. Starting in December 2019, Didi began to enforce such limitation on drivers in Chengdu who have a driver’s license but operate automobiles without the automobile certificate.
Furthermore, according to the Interim Measures, no enterprise or individual is allowed to provide information for conducting online ride-hailing services to unqualified vehicles and drivers. Pursuant to the Interim Measures, XXTX and its subsidiaries may be fined between RMB5,000 to RMB30,000 (approximately $725 to $4,350) for violations of the Interim Measures, including providing online ride-hailing platform services to unqualified drivers or vehicles. During the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, we have been fined by approximately $8,000 and $19,000 by Traffic Management Bureaus in Chengdu and Changsha, of which, approximately $0 and $2,000, respectively, was further compensated by drivers or cooperated third parties, respectively. If we are deemed in serious violation of the Interim Measures, our Online Ride-hailing Platform Services may be suspended and the relevant licenses may be revoked by certain government authorities.
We are in the process of assisting the drivers to obtain the required certificate and license both for our Automobile Transaction and Related Services and our Online Ride-hailing Platform Services. However, there is no guarantee that all of the drivers affiliated with us would be able to obtain all the certificates and licenses. Further, there is no assurance that each of the drivers who uses our platform or the cars can possess the requisite license or certificate. Our business and results of operations will be materially and adversely affected if our affiliated drivers are suspended from providing ride-hailing services or imposed substantial fines or if we are found to be in serious violation of the Interim Measures due to the drivers’ failure to obtain requite licenses and/or automobile certificates in connection with providing services through our platform.
The Chinese government has exercised and continued to exercise substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. For example, the Chinese cybersecurity regulator announced on July 2, 2021 that it had begun an investigation of Didi and two days later ordered that the company’s app be removed from smartphone app stores. We believe that our current operations are in compliance with the laws and regulations of the Chinese cybersecurity regulator. However, the Company’s operations could be adversely affected, directly or indirectly, by existing or future laws and regulations relating to its business or industry.
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Results of Operations for the Three months ended December 31, 2022 Compared to the Three months ended December 31, 2021
| For the Three Months Ended | | |||||||
December 31, | |||||||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 |
| Change | ||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||
Revenues | $ | 1,740,920 | $ | 1,660,119 | $ | 80,801 | |||
Cost of revenues |
| (1,558,170) |
| (1,457,589) |
| (100,581) | |||
Gross profit |
| 182,750 |
| 202,530 |
| (19,780) | |||
Operating expenses |
|
| |
| |||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| (1,385,580) |
| (2,701,921) |
| 1,316,341 | |||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
| (126,546) |
| (6,926) |
| (119,620) | |||
Impairments of long-lived assets |
| — |
| (1,975) |
| 1,975 | |||
Total operating expenses |
| (1,512,126) |
| (2,710,822) |
| 1,198,696 | |||
Loss from operations |
| (1,329,376) |
| (2,508,292) |
| 1,178,916 | |||
Other income, net |
| 320,151 |
| 97,710 |
| 222,441 | |||
Interest expense |
| (6,975) |
| — |
| (6,975) | |||
Interest expense on finance leases |
| (626) |
| (13,612) |
| 12,986 | |||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities |
| 30,557 |
| 3,536,859 |
| (3,506,302) | |||
Issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock |
| — |
| (821,892) |
| 821,892 | |||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
| (986,269) |
| 290,773 |
| (1,277,042) | |||
Income tax expenses |
| — |
| (4,539) |
| 4,539 | |||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations | $ | (986,269) | $ | 286,234 | $ | (1,272,503) |
Revenues
We started generating revenue from Automobile Transaction and Related Services from our acquisition of Hunan Ruixi on November 22, 2018 and revenue from Online Ride-hailing Platform Services from our acquisition of XXTX on October 23, 2020, respectively.
Revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2022 increased by $80,801, or approximately 5%, as compared with the three months ended December 31, 2021. The increase was mainly due to the increase of operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, which was offset by the decrease in revenue from online ride-hailing services as the completed orders decreased during the three months ended December 31, 2022.
As we have focused on our automobile rental and Online Ride-hailing Platform Services business, we expect revenue from our Online Ride-hailing Platform Services and automobile rental to keep stable over the next twelve months. We also expect them to continuously account for a majority of our revenues. We plan to provide a series of product solutions to sustain and further increase the number of our automobiles for operating leases.
The following table sets forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
For the Three Months Ended | ||||||
December 31, | ||||||
| 2022 |
| 2021 | |||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||
Revenue from automobile transactions and related services | $ | 930,625 | $ | 642,963 | ||
- Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals |
| 781,210 |
| 510,636 | ||
- Service fees from NEVs leasing |
| 49,002 |
| 43,015 | ||
- Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services |
| 8,915 |
| 11,616 | ||
- Financing revenues |
| 8,606 |
| 22,072 | ||
- Other service fees |
| 82,892 |
| 55,624 | ||
Revenue from online ride-hailing platform services |
| 810,295 |
| 1,017,156 | ||
Total Revenue | $ | 1,740,920 | $ | 1,660,119 |
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Revenue from Automobile Transactions and Related Services
Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, service fees from automobile management and guarantee services, financing revenues (representing interest income from financial leasing), and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 83.9%, 5.3%, 1.0%, 0.9%, and 8.9%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services during the three months ended December 31, 2022. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, financing revenues, service fees from automobile management and guarantee services and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 79.4%, 6.7%, 3.4%, 1.8%, and 8.7%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals
We generate revenues from leasing our own automobiles, sub-leasing automobiles leased from third-parties or rendered by online ride-hailing drivers with their authorization for a lease term of no more than twelve months. The increase of rental income of $270,574 during the three months ended December 31, 2022 was due to the increased number of leased automobiles. We leased over 800 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $474 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $781,210, including rental income of $30,748 from one of our related parties, for the three months ended December 31, 2022. While we leased over 460 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $464 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $510,636, for the three months ended December 31, 2021. Meanwhile, the rental income of approximately $0.36 million generated from the rental of approximately 370 automobiles from our former VIE, Jinkailong, was eliminated in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Service fees from NEVs leasing
We generated revenues of $49,002 and $43,015 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in accordance with the increasing demand for NEVs in the online ride-hailing industry in Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou. The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing is based on its product solutions.
Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services and Financing revenues
The majority of our customers are online ride-hailing drivers. Some of them also entered into affiliation service agreements with us in prior periods pursuant to which we provide them post-transaction management services and guarantee services. We had management and guarantee services for over 91 and 197 automobiles during the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
We started our financial leasing business in March 2019 and began to generate interest income from providing financial leasing services to ride-hailing drivers in April 2019. We also charge the customers of our automobile financing facilitation services interest on their monthly payments which cover purchase price of automobile and our services fees and facilitation fees for terms of 36 or 48 months. We recognized a total interest income of $8,606 from an average monthly number of 37 automobiles and $22,072 from an average monthly number of 69 automobiles during the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease was further aggravated by the decrease in the monthly amortization of interest income for automobiles leased in prior periods.
Other service fees
We generate other revenues such as monthly services commissions from insurance companies and other companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers, which accounted for approximately 65.6%, and 34.4% of revenues from other service fees during the three months ended December 31, 2022, respectively. The commissions from insurance companies and other companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to the automobile purchasers, which accounted for approximately 94.8%, and 5.2% of revenues from other service fees during the three months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
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Revenue from online ride-hailing platform services
We generate revenue from providing services to online ride-hailing drivers to assist them in providing transportation service to the riders though our platform and earn commissions for each completed order equal to the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual time and distance for the ride charged to the rider since October 2020. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, approximately 1.4 million rides with gross fare of approximately $4.4 million were completed through our Xixingtianxia platform and we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of $810,295, netting off approximately $0.1 million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
During the three months ended December 31, 2021, approximately 1.5 million rides with gross fare of approximately $5.6 million were completed through our Xixingtianxia platform and we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of $1,017,156, netting off approximately $0.13 million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues represents the amortization, daily maintenance and insurance expense of automobiles leased to online ride-hailing drivers of $1,055,103, technical service charges, insurance and other expenses of online ride-hailing platform services of $503,067. Cost of revenues increased by $100,581, or approximately 7%, during the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with the same period in 2021, mainly due to the increase of $139,611 in costs of automobiles under operating leases as a result of business expansion, partially offset by the decrease of $39,030 in direct expense and technical service fees of Online Ride-hailing Platform Services due to the decrease in the number of completed orders. During the three months ended December 31, 2022, the costs of automobiles under operating leases of $185,254 was from one of our related parties.
Gross Profit
We had gross profit of $182,750 during the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with $202,530 in the same period in 2021. The decrease of $19,780 was mainly due to the decrease in profit in our online ride-hailing platform services and offset by the decrease in loss in our operating lease. The gross profit in our online ride-hailing platform services decreased by $167,831 due to the decrease in the number of completed orders. The gross loss generated from automobile rentals decreased by $128,767 due to the higher average rental income from operating lease. The other revenues with no cost of revenues slightly increased by $19,284 during the three months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with the same period in 2021.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of salary and employee benefits, office rental expense, travel expenses, and other costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from $2,701,921 for the three months ended December 31, 2021 to $1,385,580 for the three months ended December 31, 2022, representing a decrease of $1,316,341, or approximately 48.7%. The decrease was attributable to that our cost-cutting strategy implemented during the three months ended December 31, 2022. The decrease mainly consists of (1) a decrease of $765,041 in professional service fees such as financial, legal and market consulting. During the three months ended December 31, 2021, the Company incurred a consulting fee of approximately $653,000 for certain market research and business development advisory services; (2) a decrease of $252,182 in salary and employee benefits as the average monthly number of our employee decreased from 198 to 174; (3) a decrease of $187,849 in advertising and promotion for the new online ride-hailing platform services; (4) a decrease of $88,652 in offices expenditure; (5) a slight decrease of $22,617 in other miscellaneous expenses during the three months ended December 31, 2022, as compared with the same period in 2021.
Provision for doubtful accounts
We re-evaluated the possibility of collection of unsettled balances from Jinkailong and a customer we serviced who purchased our automobiles from Yicheng, and provided bad debt expense for the receivables of $123,154 and $3,392, respectively, during the three months ended December 31, 2022, while we provided additional bad debt expense of $6,926 for those receivables from the online ride-hailing drivers we serviced during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
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Impairments of Long-lived Assets
We evaluated the future cash flow of our right-of-use assets and our own vehicles used for operating leases during their remaining useful life and did not recognize any impairment loss for the three months ended December 31, 2022. While for the three months ended December 31, 2021, we recognized an additional impairment loss of $1,975 for certain right-of-use assets and our own vehicles as property and equipment that could not generate sufficient cash.
Other income, net
For the three months ended December 31, 2022, we had other income, net of $320,151, which primarily consisted of the income of approximately $240,000 from the disposal of our right-of-use assets and our own vehicles used for operating leases; and miscellaneous income of approximately $80,000. For the three months ended December 31, 2021, we had other income, net, of $97,710, which was mainly the penalty income of from some lessees who failed to perform in accordance with the signed contracts and other miscellaneous service fees.
Interest Expense on Finance Leases
Interest expense on finance leases for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was $626, representing the interest expense accrued under financing leases for the leased automobiles rendered to us for sublease or sale by the online ride-hailing drivers who exited the ride-hailing business. Interest expense on finance leases decreased by $12,986, or approximately 95%, as compared with the three months ended December 31, 2021, mainly due to the decreased weighted average number of rendered automobiles during the three months ended December 31, 2022.
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities
Warrants issued in our registered direct offerings that took place in June 2019, February 2021 and May 2021, and the August 2020 underwritten public offering, and November 2021 private placement were classified as liabilities under the caption “Derivative Liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet and recorded at estimated fair value at each reporting date, computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The change in fair value of derivative liabilities for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was a gain of $30,557 in total as our stock price as of December 31, 2022 was lower than the price on September 30, 2022. The gain consists of a gain of $524 for the warrants issued in our June 2019 registered direct offering, a gain of $1,180 for the warrants issued in our August 2020 underwritten public offering, a gain of $1,952 for the warrants issued in our February 2021 registered direct offering, a gain of $4,974 for the warrants issued in our May 2021 registered direct offering, and a gain of $21,927 for the warrants issued in our November 2021 private placement.
The change in fair value of derivative liabilities the three months ended December 31, 2021 was a gain of $3,536,859 in total, which consists of a gain of $32,150 for the warrants issued in our June 2019 registered direct offering, a gain of $64,140 for the warrants issued in our August 2020 underwritten public offering, and a gain of $102,569 for the warrants issued in our February 2021 registered direct offering, a gain of $1,186,876 for the warrants issued in our May 2021 registered direct offering, and a gain of $2,151,124 for the warrants issued in our November 2021 private placement.
Issuance costs for issuing series A convertible preferred stock
Issuance costs for the series A convertible preferred stock in our November 2021 private placement in connection with the placement agent warrants, placement commission and other direct costs were expensed. Total issuance costs charged to expense for the three months ended December 31, 2021 were $821,892. Issuance costs allocated to the series A convertible preferred (Mezzanine Equity) were recorded as a reduction of the share balance.
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Income Tax Expense
Generally, our subsidiaries are subject to enterprise income tax on their taxable income in China at a rate of 25%. The enterprise income tax is calculated based on the entity’s global income as determined under PRC tax laws and accounting standards. All subsidiaries in China incurred cumulative losses and no tax expense was recorded for the three months ended December 31, 2022, while for the three months ended December 31, 2021, income tax expense of $4,539 mainly represented the provision of enterprise income tax resulting from the taxable income of $18,156 from Hunan Ruixi.
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from our continuing operations for the three months ended December 31, 2022 was $986,269, representing a change of $1,272,503 from net income of $286,234 for three months ended December 31, 2021.
Results of Operations for the Nine months ended December 31, 2022 Compared to the Nine months ended December 31, 2021
For the Nine Months Ended | |||||||||
| December 31, | ||||||||
2022 | 2021 | Change | |||||||
(unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||
Revenues | $ | 6,323,918 | $ | 3,152,592 | $ | 3,171,326 | |||
Cost of revenues |
| (5,372,370) |
| (5,378,411) |
| 6,041 | |||
Gross profit (loss) |
| 951,548 |
| (2,225,819) |
| 3,177,367 | |||
Operating expenses |
|
|
| ||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| (4,832,658) |
| (7,102,107) |
| 2,269,449 | |||
Provision for doubtful accounts |
| (470,982) |
| (125,709) |
| (345,273) | |||
Impairments of inventories | (3,085) | — | (3,085) | ||||||
Impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill |
| — |
| (142,516) |
| 142,516 | |||
Total operating expenses |
| (5,306,725) |
| (7,370,332) |
| 2,063,607 | |||
Loss from operations |
| (4,355,177) |
| (9,596,151) |
| 5,240,974 | |||
Other income, net |
| 807,276 |
| 81,600 |
| 725,676 | |||
Interest expense |
| (6,975) |
| (5,872) |
| (1,103) | |||
Interest expense on finance leases |
| (8,927) |
| (44,369) |
| 35,442 | |||
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | 1,641,650 | 5,185,309 | (3,543,659) | ||||||
Issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock | — | (821,892) | 821,892 | ||||||
Loss before income taxes |
| (1,922,153) |
| (5,201,375) |
| 3,279,222 | |||
Income tax expenses |
| — |
| (4,550) |
| 4,550 | |||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (1,922,153) | $ | (5,205,925) | $ | 3,283,772 |
Revenues
Revenue for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 increased by $3,171,326, or approximately 101%, as compared with the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The increase was mainly due to the increase of operating lease revenues from automobile rentals and revenues from online ride-hailing platform services, as a result of the expansion and our continuous “efficiency – improving” strategy of those two businesses.
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The following table sets forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:
For the | ||||||
Nine Months Ended | ||||||
December 31, | ||||||
2022 | 2021 | |||||
| (unaudited) |
| (unaudited) | |||
Revenue from automobile transactions and related services | | $ | 3,353,400 | | $ | 1,535,138 |
- Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals |
| 2,570,959 |
| 1,165,625 | ||
- Service fees from NEVs leasing |
| 291,675 |
| 87,112 | ||
- Revenues from sales of automobiles |
| 225,900 |
| — | ||
- Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services |
| 31,659 |
| 54,987 | ||
- Financing revenues |
| 30,965 |
| 86,454 | ||
- Service fees from automobile purchase services |
| 21,192 |
| — | ||
- Other service fees |
| 181,050 |
| 140,960 | ||
Revenue from online ride-hailing platform services |
| 2,970,518 |
| 1,617,454 | ||
Total Revenue | $ | 6,323,918 | $ | 3,152,592 |
Revenue from Automobile Transactions and Related Services
Revenue from our automobile transaction and related services mainly includes operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, sales revenue of automobiles, service fees from automobile management and guarantee services, financing revenues, service fees from automobile purchase services, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 76.7%, 8.7%, 6.7%, 0.9%, 0.9%, 0.6% and 5.5%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services during the nine months ended December 31, 2022. Meanwhile, operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, service fees from NEVs leasing, financing revenues, service fees from automobile management and guarantee services and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 75.9%, 5.7%, 5.6%, 3.6%, and 9.2%, respectively, of the total revenue from automobile transaction and related services during the nine months ended December 31, 2021
Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals
We generate revenues from leasing our own automobiles, sub-leasing automobiles leased from third-parties or rendered by online ride-hailing drivers with their authorization for a lease term of no more than twelve months. The increase of rental income of $1,405,334 during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was due to the increased number of leased automobiles. We leased over 1,600 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $389 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $2,570,959, including rental income of $323,321 from one of our related parties, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022. While we leased over 480 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $475 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $1,165,625, for the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Meanwhile, the rental income of approximately $0.9 million generated from the rental of approximately 370 automobiles from our former VIE, Jinkailong, was eliminated in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Service fees from NEVs leasing
We generated revenues of $291,675 and $87,112 from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively, in accordance with the increasing demand for NEVs in the online ride-hailing industry in Chengdu, Changsha and Guangzhou. The amount of services fees for NEVs leasing is based on its product solutions. The increase of $204,563 was mainly due to the increase in the number of NEVs we own and lease to drivers.
Sales of automobiles
As we have shifted our business focus to automobile leasing, we sold 41 used- automobiles with income of $225,900 during the nine months ended December 31, 2022. Meanwhile, we had no automobile sold during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
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Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services and Service fees from automobile purchase services
The majority of our customers are online ride-hailing drivers. Some of them also entered into affiliation service agreements in prior periods with us pursuant to which we provide them post-transaction management services and guarantee services. The decrease of $23,328 was due to the decrease in the accumulated number of rendered automobiles which were subsequently rented to ride-hailing drivers whom we charge rent rather than charging management and guarantee services fee. We had management and guarantee services for over 130 and 212 automobiles during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
We generate revenues from providing a series of automobile purchase services throughout the automobile purchase transaction process, including sales-type lease. We had revenue from 10 automobiles purchase transactions during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 while we had no revenue from automobile purchase services during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Financing revenues
We started our financial leasing business in March 2019 and began to generate interest income from providing financial leasing services to ride-hailing drivers in April 2019. We also charge the customers of our automobile financing facilitation services interest on their monthly payments which cover purchase price of automobile and our services fees and facilitation fees for terms of 36 or 48 months. We recognized a total interest income of $30,965 from an average monthly number of 46 automobiles and $86,454 from an average monthly number of 79 automobiles during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The decrease was further aggravated by the decrease in the monthly amortization of interest income for automobiles leased in prior periods.
Other service fees
We generate other revenues such as monthly services commissions from insurance companies and other companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers, which accounted for approximately 60.2%, and 39.8% of revenues from other service fees during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, respectively. The commissions from insurance companies and other companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to the automobile purchasers, which accounted for approximately 66.4%, and 33.6% of revenues from other service fees during the nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
Revenue from online ride-hailing platform services
We generate revenue from providing services to online ride-hailing drivers to assist them in providing transportation service to the riders though our platform and earn commissions for each completed order equal to the difference between an upfront quoted fare and the amount earned by a driver based on actual time and distance for the ride charged to the rider since October 2020. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, approximately 4.8 million rides with gross fare of approximately $15.7 million were completed through our Xixingtianxia platform and we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of $2,970,518, netting off approximately $0.4 million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, approximately 10.2 million rides with gross fare of approximately $32.2 million were completed through our Xixingtianxia platform and we earned online ride-hailing platform service fees of $1,617,454, netting off approximately $3.2 million incentives paid to Active Drivers.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues represents the amortization, daily maintenance and insurance expense of automobiles leased to online ride-hailing drivers of $3,245,235, technical service charges, insurance and other expenses of online ride-hailing platform services of $1,820,588 and costs of automobiles sold of $306,547. Cost of revenues slightly decreased by $6,041, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with the same period in 2021, mainly due to the decrease of $1,388,577 in direct expense and technical service fees of Online Ride-hailing Platform Services due to the decrease in the number of completed orders, partially offset by the increase of $1,075,989 in costs of automobiles under operating leases as a result of business expansion and $306,547 in costs of automobile sold as the number of automobiles sold increased from 0 to 41. During the nine months ended December 31, 2022, the costs of automobiles under operating leases of $333,756 was from one of our related parties.
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Gross Profit (loss)
We had gross profit of $951,548 during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with the gross loss of $2,225,819 in the same period in 2021. The change of $3,177,367 was mainly due to the increase in profit in our online ride-hailing platform services and operating lease, partially offset by the gross loss of $80,647 from sales of automobiles. We had a gross profit of $1,149,930 in our online ride-hailing platform services during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, which increased by $2,741,641 from a gross loss of $1,591,711 in the same period in 2021. We paid excess driver incentives to attract drivers to our platform during the nine months ended December 31, 2021 based on the historical market strategy and reduced the expenditure in the nine months ended December 31, 2022 in accordance with the market change. The gross profit generated from automobile rentals from operating lease and other revenues with no cost of revenues increased by $516,373 during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared with the same period in 2021.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of salary and employee benefits, office rental expense, travel expenses, and other costs. Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased from $7,102,107 for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 to $4,832,658 for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, representing a decrease of $2,269,449, or approximately 32%. The decrease was attributable to that our continuous control on costs and streamline expenses during the nine months ended December 31, 2022. The decrease mainly consists of (1) a decrease of $842,895 in advertising and promotion for the new online ride-hailing platform services; (2) a decrease of $823,170 in professional service fees such as financial, legal and market consulting as the Company incurred a consulting fee of approximately $653,000 for certain market research and business development advisory services during the nine months ended December 31, 2021; (3) a decrease of $478,945 in salary and employee benefits as the average monthly number of our employee decreased from 200 to 186; (4) a decrease of $303,060 in offices expenditure; and partially offset by (5) an increase of $92,371 in amortization of intangible assets and automobiles which were rendered to us but have not been sub-leased as we leased more automobiles; (6) a liquidated damages compensation of $86,250 for investors in November 2021 Private Placement during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, as compared with the same period in 2021.
Provision for doubtful accounts
We re-evaluated the possibility of collection of unsettled balances from customers of our automobile transactions and related services, and provided bad debt expense for the receivables of $467,590 and $3,392, respectively, against receivables from Jinkailong and an automobile purchaser, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022, while we provided additional bad debt expense of $125,709 for those receivables during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Impairments of inventories
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we evaluated the net realizable value of our inventories and recognized an impairment loss of $3,085 for certain automobiles for sale based on their selling price in the market. For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, we did not recognize impairment for inventories.
Impairments of Long-lived Assets and Goodwill
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we evaluated the future cash flow of our right-of-use assets and our own vehicles used for operating leases during their remaining useful life. We did not recognize any impairment loss for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 while we recognized an impairment loss of $2,936 for certain right-of-use assets and our own vehicles as property and equipment that could not generate sufficient cash and fully recognized impairment of $139,580 against goodwill during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Other income, net
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we had other income, net of $807,276, which primarily consist of the income of approximately $597,000 from the disposal of our right-of-use assets and our own vehicles used for operating leases; and the miscellaneous income of approximately $210,000. For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, we had other income, net of $81,600, which primarily consist of penalty income of $172,000 from some lessees who failed to perform in accordance with the signed contracts and other miscellaneous non-recurring income, partially offset by fines expense of approximately $90,000 for our served online ride-hailing drivers who failed to obtain the ride-hailing driver’s licenses.
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Interest Expense on Finance Leases
Interest expense on finance leases for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was $8,927, representing the interest expense accrued under financing leases for the leased automobiles rendered to us for sublease or sale by the online ride-hailing drivers who exited the ride-hailing business. Interest expense on finance leases decreased by $35,442, or approximately 80%, as compared with the nine months ended December 31, 2021, mainly due to the decreased weighted average number of rendered automobiles during the nine months ended December 31, 2022.
Change in Fair Value of Derivative Liabilities
Warrants issued in our registered direct offerings that took place in June 2019, February 2021 and May 2021, and the August 2020 underwritten public offering, and November 2021 private placement were classified as liabilities under the caption “Derivative Liabilities” in the consolidated balance sheet and recorded at estimated fair value at each reporting date, computed using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The change in fair value of derivative liabilities for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was a gain of $1,641,650 in total as our stock price as of December 31, 2022 was lower than the price on March 31, 2022. The gain consists of a gain of $12,220 for the warrants issued in our June 2019 registered direct offering, a gain of $34,526 for the warrants issued in our August 2020 underwritten public offering, a gain of $51,581 for the warrants issued in our February 2021 registered direct offering, a gain of $634,040 for the warrants issued in our May 2021 registered direct offering, and a gain of $909,283 for the warrants issued in our November 2021 private placement.
The change in fair value of derivative liabilities for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was a gain of $5,185,309 in total, which consists of a gain of $168,230 for the warrants issued in our June 2019 registered direct offering, a gain of $315,393 for the warrants issued in our August 2020 underwritten public offering, a gain of $514,123 for the warrants issued in our February 2021 registered direct offering, a gain of $2,036,440 for the warrants issued in our May 2021 registered direct offering, and a gain of $2,151,123 for the warrants issued in our November 2021 private placement.
Income Tax Expense
Generally, our subsidiaries are subject to enterprise income tax on their taxable income in China at a rate of 25%. The enterprise income tax is calculated based on the entity’s global income as determined under PRC tax laws and accounting standards. All subsidiaries in China incurred cumulative losses and no tax expense was recorded for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, while for the nine months ended December 31, 2021, income tax expense of $4,550 mainly represented the provision of enterprise income tax resulting from the taxable income of $18,200 from Hunan Ruixi.
Net loss from continuing operations
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from our continuing operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was $1,922,153, representing a decrease of $3,283,772 from net loss of $5,205,925 for nine months ended December 31, 2021.
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Results of Discontinued Operations for the Three months ended December 31, 2021
For the Three months Ended | |||
December 31, 2021 | |||
| (unaudited) | ||
Revenues | | $ | 1,882,930 |
Cost of revenues |
| (1,375,818) | |
Gross profit |
| 507,112 | |
Operating expenses |
|
| |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| (921,071) | |
Recovery of doubtful accounts |
| 29,256 | |
Impairments of long-lived assets |
| (6,007) | |
Total operating expenses |
| (897,822) | |
Loss from operations |
| (390,710) | |
Other income, net |
| 73,777 | |
Interest expense |
| (17,115) | |
Interest expense on finance leases |
| (84,307) | |
Loss before income taxes |
| (418,355) | |
Income tax expenses |
| — | |
Loss from discontinued operations | $ | (418,355) |
The results of discontinued operations mainly consist of the financial figures of our former VIE, Jinkailong. As of March 31, 2022, we deconsolidated Jinkailong and its operation result was not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended December 31, 2022.
Revenues
The following table sets forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for the three months ended December 31, 2021:
| For the Three Months Ended | ||
|
| December 31, 2021 | |
| (unaudited) | ||
- Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals | $ | 1,436,886 | |
- Commission from an online ride-hailing platform |
| 274,643 | |
- Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services |
| 38,221 | |
- Financing revenues |
| 3,677 | |
- Other service fees |
| 129,503 | |
Total revenues from discontinued operations | $ | 1,882,930 |
Revenue from discontinued operations mainly included operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, commission from Online Ride-hailing platforms, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 76.3%, 14.6% and 9.1%, respectively, of the total revenue from discontinued operations during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Jinkailong generated revenues from leasing its own automobiles, sub-leasing automobiles leased from other companies or from rendered by online ride-hailing drivers with their authorization for a lease term of no more than twelve months. Jinkailong leased over 1,550 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $456 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $1,436,886, for the three months ended December 31, 2021.
During the three months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong earned commissions of $274,643 from Meituan. Meanwhile, Jinkailong earned commissions of approximately $19,000 from XXTX, which was eliminated in the loss of discontinued operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Jinkailong had management and guarantee services for over 1,100 automobiles and generated revenues of $38,221 from automobile management and guarantee services during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
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Jinkailong generated other revenues such as monthly services commissions from insurance companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers, which accounted for approximately 31.3% and 68.7% of revenues from services commissions from insurance companies, and other miscellaneous service fees during the three months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues represents the amortization and depreciation of $776,187, daily maintenance and insurance expense, and rental costs of automobiles leased to online ride-hailing drivers of $599,631 during the three months ended December 31, 2021. Jinkailong leased approximately another 459 automobiles, including approximately 370 from Corenel and Yicheng, to expand leasing scale during the three months ended December 31, 2021. Meanwhile, the rental costs of approximately $0.36 million for automobiles leased from Corenel and Yicheng was eliminated in the loss of discontinued operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of $602,966 in salary and employee benefits, $195,529 in office rental and charges, and $122,576 in promotion and other expenses during the three months ended December 31, 2021.
Provision for doubtful accounts
During the three months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong recovered allowance for doubtful accounts of $29,256 for receivables as some drivers who postponed the monthly installment at the beginning of year 2021 and repaid them in the nine months ended December 31, 2021 as the online ride-hailing market recovered.
Impairments of Long-lived Assets
For the three months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong evaluated the future cash flow of our right-of-use assets and its own vehicles used for operating leases during their remaining useful life and recognized an impairment loss of $6,007 for those assets that could not generate sufficient cash.
Interest Expense and Interest Expense on Finance Leases
Interest expense for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $17,115, resulting from the borrowings from financial institutions. Interest expense on finance leases for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $84,307, representing the interest expense accrued under financing leases for the leased automobiles rendered to Jinkailong for sublease or sale by the online ride-hailing drivers who exited the ride-hailing business.
Net loss from discontinuing operations
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from our discontinued operations for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $418,355.
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Results of Discontinued Operations for the Nine months ended December 31, 2021
For the Nine months Ended | |||
December 31, 2021 | |||
| (unaudited) | ||
Revenues | | $ | 5,096,441 |
Cost of revenues |
| (4,295,661) | |
Gross profit |
| 800,780 | |
Operating expenses |
|
| |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |
| (2,992,872) | |
Recovery of doubtful accounts |
| 45,299 | |
Impairments of long-lived assets |
| (35,609) | |
Total operating expenses |
| (2,983,182) | |
Loss from operations |
| (2,182,402) | |
Other expenses, net |
| 71,293 | |
Interest expense |
| (38,251) | |
Interest expense on finance leases |
| (269,397) | |
Loss before income taxes |
| (2,418,757) | |
Income tax expenses |
| — | |
Loss from discontinued operations | $ | (2,418,757) |
The results of discontinued operations mainly consist of the financial figures of our former VIE, Jinkailong. As of March 31, 2022, we deconsolidated Jinkailong and its operation result was not included in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the nine months ended December 31, 2022.
Revenues
The following table sets forth the breakdown of revenues by revenue source for the nine months ended December 31, 2021:
For the Nine Months Ended | |||
December 31, 2021 | |||
| (unaudited) | ||
- Operating lease revenues from automobile rentals | $ | 4,274,900 | |
- Commission from an online ride-hailing platform |
| 274,643 | |
- Service fees from automobile management and guarantee services |
| 96,019 | |
- Service fees from NEVs leasing | 58,185 | ||
- Financing revenues |
| 15,284 | |
- Other service fees |
| 377,410 | |
Total revenues from discontinued operations | $ | 5,096,441 |
Revenue from discontinued operations mainly included operating lease revenues from automobile rentals, commission from Online Ride-hailing platforms, service fees from automobile management and guarantee services, and other services fees, which accounted for approximately 83.9%, 5.4%, 1.9% and 8.8%, respectively, of the total revenue from discontinued operations during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Jinkailong leased over 1,600 automobiles with an average monthly rental income of $430 per automobile, resulting in a rental income of $4,274,900, for the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Jinkailong generated revenues of $96,019 and $58,185 from providing management and guarantee services, and from leasing NEVs by charging leases service fees for over 1,100 automobiles during the nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong earned commissions of $274,643 from Meituan. Meanwhile, Jinkailong earned commissions of approximately $0.52 million from XXTX, which was eliminated in the loss of discontinued operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Jinkailong also generated other revenues such as monthly services commissions from insurance companies, and other miscellaneous service fees charged to our customers, which accounted for approximately 53.1% and 46.9% of revenues from services commissions from insurance companies, and other miscellaneous service fees during the nine months ended December 31, 2021, respectively.
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Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues represents the amortization and depreciation of $2,245,354, daily maintenance and insurance expense, and rental costs of automobiles leased to online ride-hailing drivers of $2,050,307 during the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Jinkailong leased approximately another 459 automobiles, including 370 from Corenel and Yicheng, to expand leasing scale during the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Meanwhile, the rental costs of approximately $0.9 million belong to Corenel and Yicheng was eliminated in the loss of discontinued operations of the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consist of $1,635,082 in salary and employee benefits, $560,449 in office rental and charges, $395,398 in amortization of rendered automobiles which were rendered to Jinkailong but have not been sub-leased, and $173,018 in advertising and promotion, during the nine months ended December 31, 2021.
Recovery of doubtful accounts
During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong recovered allowance for doubtful accounts of $45,299 for receivables as some drivers who postponed the monthly installment at the beginning of year 2021 and repaid them in the nine months ended December 31, 2021 as the online ride-hailing market recovered.
Impairments of Long-lived Assets
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, Jinkailong evaluated the future cash flow of our right-of-use assets and its own vehicles used for operating leases during their remaining useful life and recognized an impairment loss of $35,609 for those assets that could not generate sufficient cash.
Interest Expense and Interest Expense on Finance Leases
Interest expense for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was $38,251, resulting from the borrowings from financial institutions. Interest expense on finance leases for the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $269,397, representing the interest expense accrued under financing leases for the leased automobiles rendered to Jinkailong for sublease or sale by the online ride-hailing drivers who exited the ride-hailing business.
Net loss from our discontinuing operations
As a result of the foregoing, net loss from our discontinued operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was $2,418,757.
Liquidity and Going Concern
We have financed our operations primarily through proceeds from our equity offerings, stockholder loans, commercial debt and cash flow from operations.
We had cash and cash equivalents of $1,537,609 as of December 31, 2022 as compared to $1,185,221 as of March 31, 2022 for our continuing operations. We primarily hold our excess unrestricted cash in short-term interest-bearing bank accounts at financial institutions.
Our business is capital intensive. We have considered whether there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern due to (1) the net loss of approximately $1.9 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022; (2) accumulated deficit of approximately $36.3 million as of December 31, 2022; (3) the working capital deficit of approximately $0.8 million as of December 31, 2022; and (4) the potential purchase commitment of approximately $2.4 million. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, we have entered into two purchase contracts with two automobile dealers to purchase a total of 300 automobiles in the amount of approximately $4.7 million, of which, 100 automobiles of approximately $1.6 million have been purchased in cash and delivered to the Company, and approximately $0.3 million has been remitted as purchase deposit. The remaining purchase commitment of approximately $2.4 million of which approximately $1.6 million shall be completed with financing option through the dealer’s designated financial institutions, and approximately $0.8 million shall be remit in installment to be due by the end of March 31, 2023.
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We do not believe that the proceeds from our public offerings and our anticipated cash flows would be sufficient to meet our anticipated working capital requirements and capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business for the next 12 months from the date of this Report. We have determined there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. If we are unable to generate significant revenue, we may be required to cease or curtail our operations. We are trying to alleviate the going concern risk through the following sources:
● | equity financing to support our working capital; |
● | other available sources of financing (including debt) from PRC banks and other financial institutions; and |
● | financial support and credit guarantee commitments from our related parties. |
Based on the above considerations, we are of the opinion that we will probably not have sufficient funds to meet our working capital requirements and debt obligations as they become due one year from the filing date of this Report, if we are unable to obtain additional financing. In addition, the maximum contingent liabilities for automobile purchasers we would be exposed to was approximately $0.47 million as of December 31, 2022, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default. However, there is no assurance that we will be successful in implementing the foregoing plans or that additional financial will be available to us on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. There are a number of factors that could potentially arise that could undermine our plans, such as (i) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and areas of operations in China, (ii) changes in the demand for our services, (iii) PRC government policies, (iv) economic conditions in China and worldwide, (v) competitive pricing in the automobile transaction and related service and ride-hailing industries, (vi) changes in our relationships with key business partners, (vii) that financial institutions in China may not able to provide continued financial support to our customers, and (viii) the perception of PRC-based companies in the U.S. capital markets. Our inability to secure needed financing when required could require material changes to our business plans and could have a material adverse effect on our viability and results of operations.
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Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities | $ | 249,287 | $ | (6,459,172) | ||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities |
| 287,146 |
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Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities |
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| 8,177,287 | ||
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash and Cash Equivalents |
| (82,673) |
| 173,623 | ||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period |
| 1,185,221 |
| 4,448,075 | ||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period |
| 1,537,609 |
| 2,801,711 | ||
Less: Cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations |
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| 833,060 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations, end of period | $ | 1,537,609 | $ | 1,968,651 |
Cash Flow in Operating Activities
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, net cash provided by operating activities was $249,2870. While for the nine months ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in operating activities was $6,459,172, which consists of $6,875,694 used in continuing operations and $416,522 provided by discontinued operations.
The total net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations primarily comprised of the revenue received of $6,528,262, and the net collection of $187,695 on automobiles used for financial lease to be collected within the lease terms, partially offset by the payment of salary and employee benefits of $1,647,926, maintenance fees, insurance and other costs for automobiles and related transactions of $4,070,055, and other operating costs of $748,689. The change of $7,124,981 in net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was primarily attributable to (1) increase of $3,283,772 in net income; (2) increase of $3,543,659 in change in fair value of derivative liabilities; (3) increase of $1,304,505 in the change of accrued expenses and other liabilities; (4) increase of $432,222 in the change of prepayments, other receivables and other assets; (5) increase of $415,861 in the change of inventories, and partially offset by (6) issuance cost incurred for issuing series A convertible preferred stock of $821,892; (7) stock compensation expense of $653,000, and (8) gain on disposal of long-lived assets of $596,564.
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in operating activities from discontinued operation was primarily the payment to investors of the discontinued P2P platform of $1.7 million, offset by the net cash inflow of approximately $2.1 million for nine months ended December 31, 2021.
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Cash Flow in Investing Activities
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we had net cash provided by investing activities of $287,146. The majority net cash provided by investing was for the proceeds from sales of the used-automobiles and rendered automobiles and offset by the expenditures on the licenses of online ride-hailing platforms in different cities in China and purchase of automobiles for operating lease purpose.
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, we had net cash used in investing activities of $3,538,102, which consisted of $3,560,688 used in continuing operations and offset by $22,586 provided by discontinued operations. The majority net cash used in investing was for the purchase of automobiles for operating lease purpose.
Cash Flow in Financing Activities
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022, we had net cash used in financing activities of $101,372, which primarily consisted of: (1) principal payments made for finance lease liabilities of $349,140, (2) repayments of current borrowings from a financial institution of $111,615, partially offset by (3) repayment from related parties and affiliates of $359,383.
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, we had net cash provided by financing activities of $8,177,287, which consisted of $9,617,206 from continuing operations and offset by $1,439,919 used in discontinued operations. The net cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations primarily consisted of: (1) total net proceeds of approximately $5.8 million from our registered public offering in May 2021, approximately $4.4 million from our private placement in November 2021, and $22,015 from exercised warrants from investors, respectively; (2) borrowings from a financial institution of $534,112; (3) repayment from related parties and affiliates of $15,546, partially offset by (4) principal payments made for finance lease liabilities of $333,480, (5) loan to related parties of $232,751; and (6) repayments of current borrowings from financial institutions of $529,226.
For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, net cash used in financing activities from discontinued operations primarily consisted of: (1) principal payments made for finance lease liabilities of $1,660,597; offset by (2) borrowings from a financial institution of $159,665, and (3) borrowings from related parties and affiliates $61,013.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of the date of this Report, we have the following off-balance sheet arrangements that are likely to have a future effect on our financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations and liquidity:
● | Purchase Commitments |
On February 22, 2021, we entered into one purchase contract with an automobile dealer to purchase a total of 200 automobiles for the amount of approximately $3.2 million. Pursuant to the contract, we are required to purchase 100 automobiles in cash with the amount of approximately $1.6 million. The remaining 100 automobiles purchase commitment with the amount of approximately $1.6 million shall be completed with financing option through the dealer’s designated financial institutions. As of the date of filing of this unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, 100 automobiles of the contract signed in February 2021 have been purchased in cash and delivered to us. As we are in process of getting approval from the dealer’s designated financial institutions in financing the 100 automobiles’ purchase, there is no clear timing schedule for completing the remaining purchase commitment with this automobile dealer. However, we expect the purchase to be completed by June 30, 2023.
On September 23, 2022, we entered into another purchase contract with an automobile dealer to purchase a total of 100 automobiles for the amount of approximately $1.5 million, of which approximately $0.7 million has been remitted as purchase prepayments, and we expect to fulfill the purchase commitment before March 31, 2023.
● | Contingent Liabilities |
We are exposed to credit risk as we are required by certain financial institutions to provide guarantee on the lease/loan payments (including principal and interests) of the automobile purchasers referred by us. As of December 31, 2022, the maximum contingent liabilities we would be exposed to was approximately $47,000, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default, which may cause an increase in guarantee expense and cash outflow in financing activities. Besides, the maximum contingent liabilities our former VIE, Jinkailong, would be exposed to was approximately $4.8 million, assuming all the automobile purchasers were in default, which may cause an increase in guarantee expense and cash outflow in its own financing activities. As Hunan Ruixi holds 35% of equity interest of Jinkailong and has not made any consideration towards to the investment, Hunan Ruixi will subject to the maximum amount
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of RMB3.5 million (approximately $507,000) of which is equivalent to 35% of liabilities in case Jinkailong is liquidated in accordance with PRC’s company registry compliance.
Inflation
We do not believe our business and operations have been materially affected by inflation.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We have identified certain accounting estimates that are significant to the preparation of our financial statements. These estimates are important for an understanding of our financial condition and results of operation. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting the estimate may differ significantly from management’s current judgments. We believe the following critical accounting estimates involve the most significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our financial statements.
In presenting the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, management make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and related disclosures. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgement and available information. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, management reviews these estimates and assumptions using the currently available information. Changes in facts and circumstances may cause us to revise our estimates. we base our estimates on past experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Estimates are used when accounting for items and matters including, but not limited to the critical accounting estimates as follows.
(a) | Derivative liabilities |
A contract is designated as an asset or a liability and is carried at fair value on a company’s balance sheet, with any changes in fair value recorded in a company’s results of operations. We then determine which options, warrants and embedded features require liability accounting and records the fair value as a derivative liability by using Black-Scholes model. The changes in the values of these instruments are shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as “change in fair value of derivative liabilities”.
(b) | Revenue recognition |
Leases - Lessor
We recognized revenue as lessor in accordance with ASC 842. We recognized sales from sales-type leases equal to the present value of the minimum lease payments discounted using the implicit interest rate in the lease and cost of sales equal to carrying amount of the asset being leased and any initial direct costs incurred, less the present value of the unguaranteed residual. Interest income from the lease is recognized in financing revenues over the lease term. Operating leases and revenue is recognized over the term of the lease. The basis of the amount of revenue that is recognized since it isn’t straight-line basis
We consider the economic life of most of automobile to be three to four years, since this represents the most frequent contractual lease term for its automobile and the automobile will be used for Didi driving services. We believe three to four years is representative of the period during which the automobile is expected to be economically usable, with normal service, for the purpose for which it is intended.
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A portion of our direct sales of automobile to end customers are made through bundled lease arrangements which typically include automobile, services (automobile purchase services, facilitation fees, and management and guarantee services) and financing components where the customer pays a single negotiated fixed minimum monthly payment for all elements over the contractual lease term. Revenues under these bundled lease arrangements are allocated considering the relative standalone selling prices of the lease and non-lease deliverables included in the bundled arrangement and the financing components. Lease deliverables include the automobile and financing, while the non-lease deliverables generally consist of the services and repayment of advanced fees made on behalf of its customers. We consider the fixed payments for purposes of allocation to the lease elements of the contract. The fixed minimum monthly payments are multiplied by the number of months in the contract term to arrive at the total fixed lease payments that the customer is obligated to make over the lease term. Amounts allocated to the automobile and financing elements are then subjected to the accounting estimates under ASC 842 to ensure the values reflect standalone selling prices. The remainder of any fixed payments are allocated to non-lease elements (automobile purchase services, facilitation fees, and management and guarantee services), for which these revenues are recognized in a manner consistent with the guidance for service fees from automobile purchase services, facilitation fees from automobile transactions, and service fees from management and guarantee services as discussed above.
Our lease pricing interest rates, which are used in determining customer payments in a bundled lease arrangement, are developed based upon the local prevailing rates in the marketplace where its customer will be able to obtain an automobile loan under similar terms from the bank. We reassess our pricing interest rates quarterly based on changes in the local prevailing rates in the marketplace. As of December 31, 2022, our pricing interest rate is 6.0% per annum.
(c) | Share-based awards |
Share-based awards are measured at fair value on grant date and share-based compensation expense is recognized (i) immediately at the grant date if no vesting conditions are required, or (ii) using the accelerated attribution method, net of estimated forfeitures, over the requisite service period. The fair value of restricted shares is determined with reference to the fair value of the underlying shares.
At each date of measurement, we review internal and external sources of information to assist in the estimation of various attributes to determine the fair value of the share-based awards granted by us, including but not limited to the fair value of the underlying shares, expected life, expected volatility and expected forfeiture rates. We are required to consider many factors and make certain assumptions during this assessment. If any of the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the share-based awards changes significantly, share-based compensation expense may differ materially in the future from that recorded in the current reporting period.
(d) | Leases - Lessee |
Finance and operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Since the implicit rate for our leases is not readily determinable, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate is the rate of interest that we would have to pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis, an amount equal to the lease payments, in a similar economic environment and over a similar term.
Lease terms used to calculate the present value of lease payments generally do not include any options to extend, renew, or terminate the lease, as we do not have reasonable certainty at lease inception that these options will be exercised. We generally consider the economic life of its operating lease ROU assets to be comparable to the useful life of similar owned assets. We have elected the short-term lease exception; therefore, operating lease ROU assets and liabilities do not include leases with a lease term of twelve months or less. The leases generally do not provide a residual guarantee. The finance or operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term for operating lease. Meanwhile, the Company recognizes the finance leases ROU assets and interest on an amortized cost basis. The amortization of finance ROU assets is recognized on an accretion basis as amortization expense, while the lease liability is increased to reflect interest on the liability and decreased to reflect the lease payments made during the period. Interest expense on the lease liability is determined each period during the lease term as the amount that results in a constant periodic interest rate of the automobile loans on the remaining balance of the liability.
We review the impairment of our ROU assets consistent with the approach applied for our other long-lived assets. We review the recoverability of its long-lived assets when events or changes in circumstances occur, indicating that the carrying value of the asset may not be recoverable. The assessment of possible impairment is based on its ability to recover the carrying value of the asset from the expected undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows of the related operations. We have elected to include the carrying amount of operating lease liabilities in any tested asset group and include the associated operating lease payments in the undiscounted future pre-tax cash flows.
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(e)Business acquisitions
The Company accounts for its business combinations using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC 805 “Business Combinations.” The cost of an acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the acquisition date fair value of the assets transferred to the sellers and liabilities incurred by the Company and equity instruments issued. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets and liabilities acquired or assumed are measured separately at their fair values as of the acquisition date, irrespective of the extent of any non-controlling interests.
(f)Impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill
Long-lived assets
Long-lived assets, including property and equipment and intangible assets with finite lives are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances (such as a significant adverse change to market conditions that will impact the future use of the assets) indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not be recoverable. We assess the recoverability of the assets based on the undiscounted future cash flows the assets are expected to generate and recognize an impairment loss when estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset plus net proceeds expected from disposition of the asset, if any, are less than the carrying value of the asset. If an impairment is identified, we would reduce the carrying amount of the asset to its estimated fair value based on a discounted cash flows approach or, when available and appropriate, to comparable market values.
Goodwill
We review the carrying value of intangible assets not subject to amortization, including goodwill, to determine whether impairment may exist annually or more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that an impairment has occurred. The Company assesses qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step in accordance with ASC 350-20. If the Company believes, as a result of the qualitative carrying amount, the two-step quantitative impairment test described below is required.
The first step compares the fair values of each reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the fair value of each reporting unit exceeds its carrying amount, goodwill is not considered to be impaired and the second step will not be required.
If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step compares the implied fair value of goodwill to the carrying value of a reporting unit’s goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined in a manner similar to accounting for a business acquisition with the allocation of the assessed fair value determined in the first step to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. The excess of the fair value of the reporting unit over the amounts assigned to the assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. Estimating fair value is performed by utilizing various valuation techniques, with the primary technique being a discounted cash flow.
For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022, we did not record impairment against goodwill. For the three and nine months ended December 31, 2021, we recorded an impairment of $0 and $139,580 against goodwill, respectively.
(g)Allowances for doubtful accounts
Management reviews the adequacy of the allowance for doubtful accounts on an ongoing basis, using historical collection trends and aging of account receivable, finance receivable, prepayment, other receivables and other assets, and due from related parties. Management also periodically evaluates above mentioned account’s corresponding parties’ financial condition, credit history and the current economic conditions to make adjustments in the allowance when necessary. Above mentioned account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote.
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(h)Inventory obsolescence
Inventories consist of automobiles which are held primarily for sale and for leasing purposes, and are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, as determined using the weighted average cost method. Management compares the cost of inventories with the net realizable value and if applicable, an allowance is made for writing down the inventory to its net realizable value, if lower than cost. On an ongoing basis, inventories are reviewed for potential write-down for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventories which equals the difference between the costs of inventories and the estimated net realizable value based upon forecasts for future demand and market conditions. When inventories are written-down to the lower of cost or net realizable value, it is not marked up subsequently based on changes in underlying facts and circumstances.
(i)Valuation of deferred tax assets
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.
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
Not applicable.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Based on an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), as of December 31, 2022, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer) have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the following material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting:
● | We did not have sufficient personnel with appropriate levels of accounting knowledge and experience to address complex U.S. GAAP accounting issues and to prepare and review financial statements and related disclosures under U.S. GAAP. Specifically, our control did not operate effectively to ensure the appropriate and timely analysis of and accounting for unusual and non-routine transactions and certain financial statement accounts; |
● | We are lacking adequate policies and procedures in internal audit function to ensure that our policies and procedures have been carried out as planned; |
● | We did not establish and perform periodic review and in-time recertification of unauthorized access to the financial system; |
● | We are lacking adequate policies and procedures in our data management, storage, backup and recovery, including IT or Cybersecurity risk and vulnerability |
● | We did not establish and perform appropriate regular monitoring and testing on the security of our financial system, including lack of formal management of system change, user access and periodic review; and |
● | We had deficiencies in our IT general controls, including lacking of IT policies and procedures, system monitoring, access and other managements, etc. |
We are improving our IT environment and daily management to ensure network and information security. In addition, we plan to address the weaknesses identified above by implementing the following measures:
(i) | Ameliorating our internal audit to assist with assessment of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance requirements and improvement of internal controls related to financial reporting; and |
(ii) | improving our system security environment and conducting regular backup plan and penetration testing to ensure the network and information security. |
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 14, 2023 | Senmiao Technology Limited | ||
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Dated: February 14, 2023 | By: | /s/ Xiaoyuan Zhang | |
| Name: | Xiaoyuan Zhang | |
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