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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Federal Income Tax Rate to Company's Effective Tax Rate

The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Tax at statutory federal rate

 

 

-34.00

%

 

 

-34.00

%

State Tax (benefit)—net of federal benefit

 

 

0.00

%

 

 

-1.12

%

Permanent differences

 

 

0.60

%

 

 

-7.95

%

R&D credits

 

 

-1.64

%

 

 

-3.16

%

Derecognition due to Sec. 382 and 383 limitations

 

 

54.08

%

 

 

0.00

%

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

-52.90

%

 

 

46.66

%

Federal tax rate change

 

 

33.89

%

 

 

0.00

%

Other

 

 

-0.03

%

 

 

-0.43

%

Effective tax rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Components of the Company's Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 consist of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accruals and reserves

 

$

1,112

 

 

$

1,137

 

Net operating loss carry forwards

 

 

11,519

 

 

 

25,944

 

R&D tax credit carry forwards

 

 

3,545

 

 

 

3,174

 

Fixed and intangible assets

 

 

89

 

 

 

114

 

Valuation Allowance

 

 

(16,265

)

 

 

(30,369

)

Net deferred tax assets:

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of the unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

Beginning Balance at January 1, 2016

 

$

1,314

 

Increase/(Decrease) of unrecognized tax benefits taken

   in prior years

 

 

6

 

Increase/(Decrease) of unrecognized tax benefits

   related to current year

 

 

219

 

Ending Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

1,539

 

Increase/(Decrease) of unrecognized tax benefits taken

   in prior years

 

 

(126

)

Increase/(Decrease) of unrecognized tax benefits

   related to current year

 

 

62

 

Ending Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

1,475