10. Related Party Transactions

On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into a loan and promissory note with Joseph C. Visconti, the CEO and majority shareholder of the Company. The principal amount of the loan was $525,500, together with a simple interest rate of 6% on the balance of principal remaining unpaid. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repaid $27,850. At December 31, 2021, the outstanding amount of the note payable was $0.

As discussed in note 5, the Company has leased its facilities from a company owned by its CEO.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we received a cash payment in the amount of $24,300 from Boat Fuji, Inc., a company owned 33% by Joseph Visconti, our chief executive officer, for future technical website support expenses to be incurred by us on behalf of Boat Fuji, Inc. During the year ended December 31, 2021, we paid $15,808 to certain affiliate companies or on their behalf, including (i) $2,000 that was repaid to Boat Fuji, Inc. due to a decrease in the estimated expenses to be paid by us on its behalf, (ii) $12,000 of franchise fee development expenses paid by us on behalf of My Boat MD, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Twin Vee PowerCats, Inc and (iii) $1,808 of expenses paid to Twin Vee PowerCats, Inc. for reimbursement of telephone, internet and other similar expenses incurred by it on our behalf.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, we recorded $15,000 of professional fees, for consulting work for Twin Vee performed by Jim Leffew, the Chief Executive Officer of Forza.

In connection with the closing of Forza’s initial public offering, we entered into a transition services agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”) with Forza, pursuant to which we agreed to provide Forza, at our cost, with certain services, such as procurement, shipping, receiving, storage and use of our facility until Forza’ s new planned facility is completed. Forza’s ability to utilize our manufacturing capacity pending completion of its own facility will be subject to its availability as determined by us. The Transition Services Agreement operates on a month-to-month basis.

In 2021, the Company had purchases of $90,417, from a related party. The Company paid $90,417 to our parent company, Twin Vee PowerCats, Inc., to purchase a 36-foot used catamaran boat.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company received cash of $14,549 and $44,628 from its affiliate companies, and paid $57,659 and $3,111,100 to its affiliate companies, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company recorded management fees of $54,000 and $42,000, respectively, paid to its majority shareholder company, Twin Vee PowerCats, Inc.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company issued 20,000 shares valued at $52,400 for payment on behalf of our former Parent company.

At December 31, 2022 and 2021, advances from affiliated companies included in due to affiliated companies was $0 and $115,043, respectively. Approximately $93,000 of the balance is related to an equipment purchase, the remaining balance was related to startup costs for our franchise business.

During the year ended December 31, 2022, Twin Vee received a monthly fee of $5,850 to provide management services and facility utilization to Forza. This income for Twin Vee, and expense for Forza, has been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.