# DRESNER INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. X-17A-5 (2023-03-31) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: DRESNER INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2023-03-31 - Period: 2022-12-31 - Accession: 0000913469-23-000002 - CIK: 913469 - File #: 8-46575 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: Jesser, Ravid, Jason, Basso and Farber, LLP - Auditor location: Chicago, IL - Contact: Brian Ytterberg - Phone: 312-780-7239 - Email: bytterberg@dresnerco.com - Website: dresnerco.com - Signed by: Brian Ytterberg (COO) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/913469/000091346923000002/dresnerpub22.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ # STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 {1}------------------------------------------------ # STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND REPORTS OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM # YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022 # C O N T E N T S | | Page | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------| | Facing Page | 1 | | Oath or Affirmation | 2 | | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on
Statement of Financial Condition | 3 | | Financial Statement: | | | Statement of Financial Condition | 4 | | Notes to Statement of Financial Condition | 5-9 | {2}------------------------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Oct. 31, 2023 Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 # ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART III SEC FILE NUMBER 8-46575 FACING PAGE Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and 18a-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 December 31, 2022 FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING January 1, 2022 AND ENDING MM/DD/YY MM/DD/YY A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION NAME OF FIRM: Dresner Investment Services, Inc. TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes): | Broker-dealer | | Security-based swap dealer | | Major security-based swap participant O Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) # 10 S. LaSalle St., Ste. 2170 | (No. and Street) | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | Chicago | Illinois | 60602 | | (City) | (State) | (Zip Code) | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING | | | | Brian Ytterberg | 312-780-7239 | bytterberg@dresnerco.com | | (Name) | (Area Code - Telephone Number) | (Email Address) | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing *
Jesser, Ravid, Jason, Basso and Farber, LLP | | | | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) | | | | 150 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 3100 | Chicago | Illinois
60606 | | (Address) | (City) | (State)
(Zip Code) | | 11/05/2003 | 851 | | | (Date of Registration with PCAOB)(if applicable) | | (PCAOB Registration Number, if applicable | | | FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | | | | | | \* Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports of an independent public accountant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis of the exemption. See 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(1)(ii), if applicable. Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. {3}------------------------------------------------ ### OATH OR AFFIRMATION | Brian Ytterberg | | swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the | | |-------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| | | financial report pertaining to the firm of Dresner Investment Services, inc. | | as of | | 12/31 | | 2 022 , is true and correct. I further swear (or affirm) that neither the company nor any | | | | | partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as the case may be, has any proprietary interest in any account classified solely | | | as that of a customer. | "OFFICIAL SEAL"
GEORGINA BARBA | | | | | NOTARY PUBLIC. STATE OF ILLINOIS
My Commission Expires May 26. 2024 | Signature: | | | | | Title: | | | | | COO | | | Notary Public | | | | | This filing ** contains (check all applicable boxes): | | | | | = (a) Statement of financial condition. | | | | | | (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. | | | | | | [c] Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of | | - comprehensive income (as defined in § 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X). - [d) Statement of cash flows. - [ (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - [ (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - [ (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - [ (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-1, as applicable. - [i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2. - [] (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - [ [k] Computation for determination of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - [ (I) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to § 240.15c3-3. - [ (m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - [n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - [] (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1, 17 CFR 240.18a-1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement that no material differences exist. - [ (p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement of financial condition. - = (q) Oath or affirmation in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - [r] Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - [s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition. - [ (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - | (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - | {w} Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - | (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - | {y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to have existed since the date of the previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k). - [ (z) Other: \*\* To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.170-5(e)(2), as applicable. {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) # REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM ON STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION To the Stockholder of Dresner Investment Services, Inc. Chicago, IL # Opinion on the Financial Statement We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Dresner Investment Services, Inc. as of December 31, 2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statement). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Dresner Investment Services, Inc. as of December 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. ## Basis for Opinion This financial statement is the responsibility of Dresner Investment Services, Inc.s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on Dresner Investment Services, Inc.s financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to Dresner Investment Services, Inc. in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We have served as Dresner Investment Services, Inc.s auditor since 2019. Chicago, IL March 29, 2023 {5}------------------------------------------------ #### STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION #### DECEMBER 31, 2022 #### ASSETS | CURRENT ASSETS: | | | |----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------| | Cash and cash equivalents
Certificate of deposit | \$
5,016,750
349,921 | | | Trade receivables - less allowance for | | | | doubtful accounts of \$39,367 | 209,735 | | | Prepaid expenses | 24,086 | | | Total Current Assets | | \$
5,600,492 | | PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT: | | | | Computer equipment | 24,404 | | | Furniture | 4,125 | | | Automobile | 68,353 | | | Total Property and Equipment | 96,882 | | | Less accumulated depreciation | (48,566) | | | Property and Equipment, Net | | 48,316 | | OTHER ASSETS: | | | | Security deposit | 23,725 | | | Investments, at cost | 116,250 | | | Right of use lease asset, net | 158,960 | | | Total Other Assets | | 298,935 | | TOTAL ASSETS | | \$
5,947,743 | | | | | | LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY | | | | CURRENT LIABILITIES: | | | | Accounts payable | \$
8,129 | | | Accrued expenses | 280,768 | | | Lease liability, current portion | 47,062 | | | Note payable, current portion | 9,468 | | | Due to affiliates | 714,688 | | | Total Current Liabilities | | \$
1,060,115 | | LONG-TERM LIABILITIES: | | | | Distribution payable | 6,150 | | | Lease liability | 122,935 | | | Note payable | 35,722 | | | Total Long-Term Liabilities | | 164,807 | | TOTAL LIABILITIES | | 1,224,922 | | STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY: | | | | Common stock, no par value; authorized 1,000,000 shares; | | | | issued and outstanding 100,000 shares | 7,615 | | | Additional paid-in capital | 25,000 | | | Retained earnings | 4,690,206 | | | TOTAL STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY | | 4,722,821 | | TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY | | \$
5,947,743 | See Notes to {6}------------------------------------------------ ## NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 1. Description of business: Dresner Investment Services, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated in Illinois on April 12, 1993. The Company, which was admitted as a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (formerly known as NASD) member in 1994, provides investment banking services for middle market companies. These services include advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, recapitalizations, placement of debt, equity securities and corporate valuations. The Company's shareholder is also the sole shareholder of three other legal entities sharing common ownership and management control. These entities were incorporated to provide management, professional and consulting services and are not subject to regulatory agencies' oversight. 2. Summary of significant accounting policies: Cash and cash equivalents: For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company generally considers short-term debt securities purchased with a maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2022, the Company held \$349,921 in a certificate of deposit account that bears an interest rate of 0.150% with a maturity date of May 10, 2023. Trade accounts receivable: Trade accounts receivable are stated at the amount management expects to collect from balances outstanding at year-end. Management provides for probable uncollectible amounts through a charge to earnings and a credit to a valuation allowance based on its assessment of the current status of individual accounts. Balances that are still outstanding after management has used reasonable collection efforts are written off through a charge to the valuation allowance and a credit to trade accounts receivable. During 2022, the Company recorded an estimated allowance for bad debts of \$39,367, recovered previous bad debts totaling \$0.00, and wrote off other past due balances totaling \$304,989. Use of estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. Property and equipment and related depreciation: Property and equipment are stated at cost. Provisions for depreciation of property and equipment are computed under accelerated and straight-line methods over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from 5 to 7 years. {7}------------------------------------------------ ## NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 2. Summary of significant accounting policies continued: Investments: Investments consist of stock in private companies. These investments are carried on the Statement of Financial Condition at cost, as there is no readily available fair market value. Income taxes: The Company uses the cash method of accounting for tax reporting purposes and the accrual method of accounting for financial statement purposes. Since its inception, the Company elected to be taxed as an S Corporation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Under these provisions, the Company is not required to pay federal income taxes on its income, if any. Instead, the shareholder of the Company is liable for the federal income taxes on his respective share of the Company's income, if any. However, the Company is liable for state income taxes, where applicable. The Company provides for deferred income taxes to recognize the tax consequences of temporary timing differences, primarily from net operating losses, by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to differences between financial statement amounts and those reported on the state tax return for income and expenses. # 3. Credit risk: The Company maintains its cash in bank accounts which, at times, may exceed federally insured limits, which is currently \$250,000 per financial institution. The Company had uninsured balances approximating \$4,472,490 at December 31, 2022. Management believes that the Company is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash. 4. Major customers: Nine customers accounted for approximately 88% of the Company's revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022. There re no significant receivables from those customers at December 31, 2022. 5. Employee benefit plans: The Company and its affiliates have a defined contribution retirement plan (401(k) plan) with a profit-sharing feature covering substantially all employees. Under the plan, the Company may make a discretionary contribution based on salary and contributions of all employees who meet the service requirements as prescribed by the plan. The expense related to this plan allocated to the Company was \$207,913 for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Company, at times, receives stock in private companies as a form of revenue, and at its discretion, may compensate its own employees by distributing them the stock. {8}------------------------------------------------ ### NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 6. Lease commitments: The Company shares occupancy costs of its office facilities in Illinois with the three entities described in Note . Each entity is responsible for its agreed upon share of base rent and real estate taxes and operating expenses of the facilities, and the Company has recorded its proportionate share of expenses. The Company currently leases its office space under a non-cancelable lease which expires on October 31, 2025. The Company recognizes and measures its lease in accordance with FASB ASC 842, Leases. The Company is a lessee in an operating lease for office space, as described above. The Company recognizes a lease liability and the right of use (ROU) asset at the commencement date of the lease. The lease liability is initially and subsequently recognized based on the present value of its future lease payments. The implicit rate of the Companys lease is not readily determinable, and accordingly, management has used the Companys incremental borrowing rate, which is defined as the rate of interest it would have to pay on a collateralized basis to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments under similar terms and in a similar economic environment. Lease cost for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has elected to not recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases that have a lease term of 12 months or less at lease commencement and do not include an option to purchase the underlying asset that the Company is reasonably certain to exercise. The Company recognizes lease cost associated with its short-term leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Because the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise the renewal options, the optional periods are not included in determining the lease term and associated payments under the renewal options are excluded from lease payments. The Companys office space lease requires it to make variable payments for the Companys proportionate share of the buildings property taxes, insurance, and common area maintenance. These variable lease payments are not included in lease payments used to determine lease liability and are recognized as variable costs when incurred. Right of use asset consists of the following: | Right of use lease asset
Less: Accumulated amortization
Net | \$168,735
\$
9,775
\$158,960 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| | Lease liability consists of the following: | \$181,480 | | Undiscounted cash payments | \$ 11,482 | | Less: discount | \$169,998 | The Companys annual minimum payments under its current office lease are as follows: | 2023 | \$ 53,645 | |------|-----------| | 2024 | \$ 66,529 | | 2025 | \$ 61,306 | | | \$181,480 | {9}------------------------------------------------ ## NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 7. Related party transactions: Dresner Capital Resources, Inc. (DCR), one of the related corporations which is wholly owned by the sole shareholder of the Company, provides certain administrative support services. Allocation of expenses, referred to as "support services," are made by DCR to the Company and its affiliates. Expenses specific to the Company and its affiliates are allocated directly to the entity to which the expense applies. If the expense does not specifically apply to the Company or its affiliates, they are apportioned based on an allocation percentage determined by management. The Company received \$0.00 from DCR for these services in 2022. Dresner Corporate Services, Inc. (DCS) is also a related entity. The Company received \$47,996 from DCS for administrative support services, wages, and other overhead in 2022. The Company also paid a monthly management fee to Dresner Building Services, Inc., a related entity that is owned by a family member of the sole shareholder of the Company. The Company paid \$179,400 in management fees to this related entity in 2022. The following amounts were due to (from) related parties at December 31, 2022: | December 31, 2022 | | |----------------------------------|-----------| | Dresner Capital Resources, Inc. | \$820,291 | | Dresner Corporate Services, Inc. | (105,603) | | Net | \$714,688 | 8. Net capital requirements: The Company is subject to the SEC Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to regulatory net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed a 15 to 1 ratio. At December 31, 2022, the Company had regulatory net capital of \$4,300,709, which was \$4,229,645 in excess of its required net capital of \$71,064. At December 31, 2022, the Company's ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital was .25 to 1. Withdrawals of capital are subject to certain notification and other provisions of the net capital rule of the SEC and other regulatory bodies. 9. Subsequent events: Management of the Company has reviewed and evaluated subsequent events from December 31, 2022, the financial statement date, through March 29, 2023, the date the financial statements were available to be issued. {10}------------------------------------------------ ### NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION # 10. Note Payable: In 2021 the company purchased a vehicle for 100% company use and entered into a retail installment contract. The amount financed for this purchase was \$58,353 at an annual interest rate of 2.15%. The monthly payments are \$865 for 72 months commencing on August 21, 2021. The future maturities of the note are as follows: | 2023 | \$ 9,468 | |------|----------| | 2024 | \$ 9,682 | | 2025 | \$ 9,902 | | 2026 | \$10,126 | | 2027 | \$ 6,012 | Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.