Jen: This is the PKF Texas Entrepreneur’s Playbook. I’m Jen Lemanski, and I’m back again with Carlos Gomez, an audit manager and one of the faces of the PKF Texas Contract Compliance Services team. Carlos, welcome back to The Playbook.
Carlos: Thanks for having me again.
Jen: On our last video, you mentioned about franchise compliance, and that’s a type of audit that we do that we provide as part of our contract compliance services. What is a franchise compliance audit?
Carlos: Typically, the way a franchise is set up, they license a territory, certain rights; whether it be a restaurant, some type of service industry, from a franchisor who developed a plan, put together a program, how to really build a business. And so, when they license that right to get a franchise in a certain location, the franchisors just want to make sure they’re getting their—not only correct revenue, but that they’re obeying the terms of the agreement; whether that be marketing, advertising and treating the brand with respect.
Jen: Why should somebody be concerned if a franchisee is in compliance with their contract?