Note 7 - Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

7.	Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiaries file U.S. federal and various U.S. state income tax returns. Current income tax expense or (benefit) represents federal and state taxes based on tax paid or expected to be payable or receivable for the periods shown in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The income tax expense in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements consists of the following (amounts in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015		2014
Current tax expense	$	3	$	-
Deferred tax expense		-		-
Total tax expense	$	3	$	-

The Company is not expecting a current federal tax liability for the year due to a projected taxable loss. The Company does expect a state tax liability for 2015 in states without sufficient net operating loss carry forwards. Therefore, a current tax expense has been recorded for those states for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The Company’s deferred tax expense or (benefit) reflects the change in deferred tax assets or liabilities. The Company performs an analysis at the end of each reporting period to determine whether it is more likely than not the deferred tax assets are expected to be realized in future years. Based upon this analysis, a valuation allowance has been applied to our net deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. Therefore, there has been no change in net deferred taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

The income tax expense or (benefit) differs from the amounts using the statutory federal income tax rate of 35% for the following reasons (amounts in thousands, except for percentages):

	Three Months Ended March, 31
	2015						2014
	Amount			%			Amount			%
Tax expense (benefit) at the U.S. federal statutory rate	$	(5,843	)		35.0	%	$	168			35.0	%
State tax based on income, net of refunds and federal benefits		(309	)		1.9			5			1.0
Taxes on subsidiaries’ earnings allocated to noncontrolling interests owners		133			(0.8	)		(165	)		(34.4	)
Valuation allowance		5,699			(34.2	)		(55	)		(11.5	)
Other permanent differences		323			(1.9	)		47			9.9
Income tax expense	$	3			-	%	$	-			-	%

As a result of the Company’s analysis, management has determined that the Company does not have any material uncertain tax positions.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information.

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