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L. INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income or loss from operations before income taxes | The sources of our income or loss from operations before income taxes were as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Domestic |  | $ | (684 | ) |  | $ | (3,077) |  |  | $ | (3,513 | )
Foreign loss |  |  | (722 | ) |  |  | 2,132 |  |  |  | (1,815 | )
Total loss |  | $ | (1,406 | ) |  | $ | (945 | ) |  | $ | (5,328 | )
Net deferred tax assets and liabilities | At December 31, the net deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following approximate amounts:
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
|  | (in thousands) |
NOL Carryforward |  | $ | 14,908 |  |  | $ | 22,673 |
Inventory reserves |  |  | 489 |  |  |  | 389 |
Stock compensation |  |  | 624 |  |  |  | 511 |
Fixed assets and intangibles |  |  | (1,631 | ) |  |  | 1,582 | )
Impairment loss |  |  | (615 | ) |  |  | (614 | )
Other |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | 267 |
|  |  | 14,110 |  |  |  | 21,644 |
Less valuation allowance |  |  | (14,110 | ) |  |  | (21,644 | )
Deferred tax assets, net |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |
Effective income tax rate | A reconciliation of the U.S. federal income tax rate of 34% for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 to the Company’s effective income tax rate follows:
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Expected (benefit) taxes |  | $ | (467 | ) |  | $ | (293 | ) |  | $ | (1,808 | )
Non-deductible expenses |  |  | 619 |  |  |  | (760 | ) |  |  | 1,003 |
(Decrease) Increase in valuation allowance |  |  | (7,533 | ) |  |  | 1,545 |  |  |  | 845 |
Section 382 limitation |  |  | 7,423 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  |  | (42 | ) |  |  | (492 | ) |  |  | (40 | )
Tax expense |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32687-109319 + Details
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