INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
INCOME TAXES	NOTE 8: INCOME TAXES The Company filed its tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2015 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in September 2016. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had recorded cumulative federal Net Operating Loss (NOL) carryforward assets and Research and Development (R&D) credit carryforwards of $12.2 million to offset against taxes payable in future periods. If unused, the Company’s federal NOL carryforward assets will begin to expire in 2029, and the federal R&D credits will begin to expire in 2035. In addition, at September 30, 2016, the Company had $1.5 million of cumulative Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) credit carryforwards to offset future AMT taxes payable indefinitely. In 2015, the Company recognized a tax benefit of $63,000 and $288,000 for tax years 2014 and 2015, respectively, in the tax provision related to Federal research and development tax credits under the rules of section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company will continue to recognize a tax benefit on its incremental qualified research expenses and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016 has recognized a tax benefit in the tax provision of $362,852 related to 2016 expenditures. The Company evaluated its tax positions at September 30, 2016 in accordance with the FASB Codification, and has concluded that no adjustment for recognition, derecognition, settlement and foreseeable future events to any tax liabilities or assets as defined by the FASB Codification is required. The Company remains subject to examination by Federal, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire tax authorities for the tax periods ended December 31, 2013; December 31, 2014; and December 31, 2015. The Company bills its customers for sales tax in Massachusetts and Maine and consumption tax in New Hampshire. These taxes are remitted to the appropriate departments of revenue in each state and are excluded from revenues on the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

NOTE 8: INCOME TAXES

The Company filed its tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2015 with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in September 2016. As of September 30, 2016, the Company had recorded cumulative federal Net Operating Loss (NOL) carryforward assets and Research and Development (R&D) credit carryforwards of $12.2 million to offset against taxes payable in future periods. If unused, the Company’s federal NOL carryforward assets will begin to expire in 2029, and the federal R&D credits will begin to expire in 2035. In addition, at September 30, 2016, the Company had $1.5 million of cumulative Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) credit carryforwards to offset future AMT taxes payable indefinitely.

In 2015, the Company recognized a tax benefit of $63,000 and $288,000 for tax years 2014 and 2015, respectively, in the tax provision related to Federal research and development tax credits under the rules of section 41 of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company will continue to recognize a tax benefit on its incremental qualified research expenses and for the nine month period ended September 30, 2016 has recognized a tax benefit in the tax provision of $362,852 related to 2016 expenditures.

The Company evaluated its tax positions at September 30, 2016 in accordance with the FASB Codification, and has concluded that no adjustment for recognition, derecognition, settlement and foreseeable future events to any tax liabilities or assets as defined by the FASB Codification is required. The Company remains subject to examination by Federal, Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire tax authorities for the tax periods ended December 31, 2013; December 31, 2014; and December 31, 2015.

The Company bills its customers for sales tax in Massachusetts and Maine and consumption tax in New Hampshire. These taxes are remitted to the appropriate departments of revenue in each state and are excluded from revenues on the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Statements of Earnings.