SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Accounting Policies [Abstract] | ' |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | ' |
NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
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Organization |
The Company was incorporated on July 10, 2012 (Date of Inception) under the laws of the State of Nevada, as Creative App Solutions, Inc. On August 23, 2013, the Company amended its articles of incorporation and changed their name to Capstone Financial Group, Inc. |
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During the period of inception (July 10, 2012) through December 31, 2012, the Company had not commenced significant operations and, in accordance with ASC Topic 915, the Company was considered a development stage company. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company exited the development stage. |
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Nature of operations |
During the quarter ended June 30, 2014 the Company changed its business plan and will use its own capital to acquire the outstanding stock of other companies, working closely and constructively with the management and boards of those companies, and aiming to significantly enhance their long-term earnings power and thus increase shareholder value. The Company will also actively trade in our strategic investment positions and will enter into private securities transactions with those positions to capitalize on price fluctuations and realize profits or minimize losses. |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
For the purpose of the statements of cash flows, all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. The carrying value of these investments approximates fair value. |
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Investments |
Investments primarily comprise strategic non-controlling equity ownership interests. These strategic investments are accounted for under either the equity method, at fair value, or at cost. The equity method of accounting is used when the Company has significant influence. Strategic investments with a readily determinable fair value are held at fair value. When strategic investments do not have a readily determinable fair value, and the Company is not considered to exert significant influence on operating and financial policies of the investee, the investment is held at a value determined by the use of mark-to-model valuation techniques or is held at cost, less impairment if any. |
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Strategic investments are reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure that the carrying values of the investments have not been impaired. If the Company determines that an impairment loss on a strategic investment has occurred due to a decline in fair value or other market conditions, the investment is written down to its estimated fair value |
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Revenue recognition |
We recognize revenue when all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement; (2) the company has made a strategic investment for its own account; (3) the gain from our investment is fixed or determinable; and (4) the recognition of gains (realized or unrealized) from our investments. |
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The Company will record revenue when it is realizable and earned and the services have been rendered to the customers. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded $33,703 in revenue related to financial services consulting and commissions that were assigned by an officer, director, and shareholder of the Company. The assignment was necessary since the officer, director and shareholder holds the proper licenses in order to conduct business. |
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Advertising costs |
Advertising costs are anticipated to be expensed as incurred. Advertising and marketing costs included in general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $21,048. |
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Fair value of financial instruments |
Fair value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of September 30, 2014. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values. These financial instruments include cash, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable. Fair values were assumed to approximate carrying values for cash and payables because they are short term in nature and their carrying amounts approximate fair values or they are payable on demand. |
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Level 1: The preferred inputs to valuation efforts are “quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities,” with the caveat that the reporting entity must have access to that market. Information at this level is based on direct observations of transactions involving the same assets and liabilities, not assumptions, and thus offers superior reliability. However, relatively few items, especially physical assets, actually trade in active markets. |
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Level 2: FASB acknowledged that active markets for identical assets and liabilities are relatively uncommon and, even when they do exist, they may be too thin to provide reliable information. To deal with this shortage of direct data, the board provided a second level of inputs that can be applied in three situations. |
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Level 3: If inputs from levels 1 and 2 are not available, FASB acknowledges that fair value measures of many assets and liabilities are less precise. The board describes Level 3 inputs as “unobservable,” and limits their use by saying they “shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.” This category allows “for situations in which there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date”. Earlier in the standard, FASB explains that “observable inputs” are gathered from sources other than the reporting company and that they are expected to reflect assumptions made by market participants. |
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The Company used level 2 inputs for the valuation of its trading securities. |
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Stock-based compensation |
The Company records stock based compensation in accordance with the guidance in ASC Topic 505 and 718, which requires the Company to recognize expenses related to the fair value of its employee stock option awards. This eliminates accounting for share-based compensation transactions using the intrinsic value and requires instead that such transactions be accounted for using a fair-value-based method. The Company recognizes the cost of all share-based awards on a graded vesting basis over the vesting period of the award. |
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The Company accounts for equity instruments issued in exchange for the receipt of goods or services from other than employees in accordance with FASB ASC 718-10 and the conclusions reached by the FASB ASC 505-50. Costs are measured at the estimated fair market value of the consideration received or the estimated fair value of the equity instruments issued, whichever is more reliably measurable. The value of equity instruments issued for consideration other than employee services is determined on the earliest of a performance commitment or completion of performance by the provider of goods or services as defined by FASB ASC 505-50. |
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Earnings per share |
The Company follows ASC Topic 260 to account for the earnings per share. Basic earnings per common share (“EPS”) calculations are determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the year. Diluted earnings per common share calculations are determined by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents outstanding. During periods when common stock equivalents, if any, are anti-dilutive they are not considered in the computation. As of September 30, 2014, there were no dilutive common shares outstanding. |
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Use of estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates. |
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Concentration of revenue |
During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, there was $33,703 in revenue generated from one customer for consulting services. Additionally, there were realized and unrealized gains recorded from one security holding. |
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Income taxes |
The Company follows ASC Topic 740 for recording the provision for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are computed based upon the difference between the financial statement and income tax basis of assets and liabilities using the enacted marginal tax rate applicable when the related asset or liability is expected to be realized or settled. Deferred income tax expenses or benefits are based on the changes in the asset or liability each period. If available evidence suggests that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is required to reduce the deferred tax assets to the amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Future changes in such valuation allowance are included in the provision for deferred income taxes in the period of change. |
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Deferred income taxes may arise from temporary differences resulting from income and expense items reported for financial accounting and tax purposes in different periods. Deferred taxes are classified as current or non-current, depending on the classification of assets and liabilities to which they relate. Deferred taxes arising from temporary differences that are not related to an asset or liability are classified as current or non-current depending on the periods in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. |
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The Company applies a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold for all tax uncertainties. ASC Topic 740 only allows the recognition of those tax benefits that have a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. As of September 30, 2014 the Company reviewed its tax positions and determined there were no outstanding, or retroactive tax positions with less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities, therefore this standard has not had a material effect on the Company. |
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The Company does not anticipate any significant changes to its total unrecognized tax benefits within the next 12 months. |
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The Company classifies tax-related penalties and net interest as income tax expense. As of September 30, 2014 no income tax expense has been incurred. |
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Recent pronouncements |
The Company has evaluated the recent accounting pronouncements through the date of this filing and believes that none of them will have a material effect on the company’s financial statements. |