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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws, expires in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws, expires in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws, expires in the forth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws, expires in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws, expires in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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The percentage of withholding income tax rate under the Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) Law.

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Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, with jurisdictional netting.

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Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The portion of the valuation allowance pertaining to the deferred tax asset representing potential future taxable deductions from net operating loss carryforwards for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized.

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