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New Member Registered	The Strange Story of the Accounting Firm SaveSome Corporation (Vancouver – British Columbia, Canada) Just a few months ago a very “special” service company was active in Vancouver, the SaveSome Corporation. The Accounting Division of the Company was active since 1998. This Company was used to declare in its Web Site that "We are professionals and certified CA, CMA and CGA Accountants". See the link: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:38btFS-ANF4J:www.savesomeonline.com/SavesSome-G-Services.htm+%22K.Y.+EXPRESS,+INC%22&hl=it I made a check about this statement, but none of the British Columbia Accounting Associations recognized the SaveSome Corporation and Mr. Hemin Kadir (its Accountant) as members of their organizations. Was that an unauthorized statement? Apparently it was. Could such an (apparently) unauthorized statement bring to any legal consequences? I do not have any idea about it. But if this statement was not unauthorized, then the problem around this Company would be even more serious, as I am going to demonstrate. The Accounting Division of this Company prepared the Financial Statements 2000-2001-2002 for a Manufacturing Company incorporated in Vancouver in year 2000. And that is why I am interested in it: this Manufacturing Company had an Italian company as its 50% shareholder. And I am a shareholder of the Italian Company. This Manufacturing Company incorporated in Vancouver was also one of the so called “Related Companies” of the SaveSome Corporation which prepared its Financial Statements. See the link: http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:X5sbnYIxkeMJ:www.savesomeonline.com/SaveSome%2520-%2520Contacts1.htm+savesomeonline&hl=it What is the true meaning of “related” for two different companies? Friend to? Close to? What else? Surely not “controlled”. The Manufacturing Company was controlled officially by different shareholders (50% by an Italian Company and 50% by a Korean manager). And let's come to the key issue of this story: the 2000-2001-2002 Financial Statements were clearly false. Nethertheless they were approved by the shareholders of the Company in May 2004 as they were reliable Annual Reports for the years 2000-2001-2002. In fact, in July 2003 the Manufacturing Company had been declared “dissolved” by the Ministry of Finance of British Columbia for having failed to file in the previous years. This was confirmed to me in writing by the Minister of Finance of B.C., Honourable Colin Hansen. So, probably for the first time in the story of Canadian corporations, a company “dissolved” in year 2003 approved its past Annual Reports (2000-2001-2002) in year 2004. Fantastic example of juridical creativity! Were there any additional reasons to conclude that these Annual Reports were clearly false? Yes, there were: 1) most of the figures were strangely "rounded" at one hundred or one thousand dollars: this happens in business plans not in Annual Reports and not in real accounting; 2) in the calculation of the "cost of goods sold", the Accountant subtracted the "stock" of inventory and not the "change in inventory" (unbelievable mistake) 3) the amortization cost is missing in year 2001 4) corporate taxes are missing and gross income before taxes is equal to net income after taxes (a true “Paradise”: in British Columbia they do not seem to pay any corporate taxes) 5) fixed assets net of amortization fluctuate in the years but are the same figures in years 2000 and 2002 (truly unrealistic) 6) ending equity of year x and beginning equity of year x+1 are different (sic!) 7) curiously, the ending capitals (net equity) at the end of 2000 and 2002 are perfectly equal ($77.579), which, again, is pretty unrealistic. You can find these “Reports”, signed by Mr. Kadir, here below: Financial Statements prepared by the Vancouver Accounting Company http://www.savesomeonline.com/which declared that it used certified CA, CMA and CGA accountants. INCOME STATEMENT 2000 2001 2002 Revenue 80.000 79.700 172.000 Purchases -14.000 -18.000 -35.000 Delivery & Freight -1.800 -4.500 -7.400 Materials & Supplies -2.500 -7.500 -10.000 Subcontractors/Assembly Costs -8.000 -12.000 -14.000 Cost of Goods Sold -26.300 -42.000 -66.400 Less: Inventory -2.000 -1.000 -2.000 <---- Total Costs of Goods Sold -24.300 -41.000 -64.400 Gross Margin from Sales 55.700 38.700 107.600 Accounting & Legal -900 -1.500 -1.600 Advertising & Promotions -1.800 -2.400 -1.800 Amortization -6.060 ? -6.060 <---- Insurance -1.540 -1.540 -1.540 Courier & Postage -100 Interest Bank Charges -800 -1.125 -2.800 Repair & Maintenance -1.600 Office Supplies -700 -1.400 -15.000 Wages & Salaries -14.000 -18.000 -30.000 Rent -10.200 -10.200 -10.200 Telephone -1.300 -1.523 -5.000 Vehicle & Expenses -4.500 -4.500 -7.000 Travel & Entertainment -7.000 Miscellaneous -1.100 Total General & Administrative Exp. -41.800 -51.988 -81.000 Net Income/Loss for the Year 13.900 -13.288 26.600 BALANCE SHEET 2000 2001 2002 Assets Cash & Bank 18.900 600 16.000 Accounts Receivable 14.000 14.000 Prepaid Expenses & Deposits 300 800 300 Inventory 2.000 1.000 2.000 <---- Total Current Assets 35.200 2.400 32.300 Office Equipment 5.000 Office Furniture 3.000 Vehicle 15.000 Fixed Assets, Net of Depreciations 52.379 23.000 52.379 <--- Total Assets 87.579 25.400 84.679 Liabilities Accounts Payable 10.000 7.288 7.100 Long Term Liabilities 0 0 0 Total Liabilities 10.000 7.288 7.100 Equity Capital at Beginning of Year 63.679 31.400 50.979 <---- Net Income for the Year 13.900 -13.288 26.600 Dividends 0 0 0 Capital Increase 0 0 0 Capital at End of Year 77.579 18.112 77.579 <---- Total Liabilities & Equity 87.579 25.400 84.679 It is evident that the numbers were purely invented by people with no basic knowledge of accounting and in a great hurry. Were they certified CA, CMA, CGA accountants, as stated in web site of the Save Some Corporation? I do not (can not) think so, but if I am wrong, these Canadian organizations have a reputational problem. On the contrary, if I am right, it means that it is possible to “usurp” an accounting title pretty easily in British Columbia. It also evident that the Manufacturing Company with the creative Reports never paid corporate taxes in the years 2000-2001-2002-2003-2004 (five years in a row) because the missing of the “corporate tax” heading was a Freudian omission. Will tax evasion bring to any consequences? I do not know. I am frankly curious. I thought it was an interesting story to tell. Paolo Sassetti Paolo_Sassetti@yahoo.it Post Scriptum – The Annual Reports of the Company and the letter of the Minister of Finance of British Columbia are available on request (a 2,7 MB file).
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