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Note 15 - Income Taxes | 3 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2017
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15. | Income Taxes
The total income tax expense of $0.5 million recognized for the three months ended January 31, 2017 was primarily related to the impact of permanent differences between book income and taxable income and the conversion of deductible charitable contributions to net operating losses, which increased the Company’s valuation allowances. The total income tax expense of $3.0 million recognized for the three months ended January 31, 2016 was primarily due to the impact of permanent differences between book income and taxable income as a result of the issuance of shares under a deferred compensation plan that were expensed during vesting at significantly higher value than the value at the time of issuance as well as state tax expenses and state tax reserves for uncertain tax positions. Deferred federal and state income tax assets primarily represent the deferred tax benefits arising from temporary differences between book and tax income which will be recognized in future years as an offset against future taxable income. If the combination of future years’ income (or loss) and the reversal of the timing differences results in a loss, such losses can be carried forward to future years. In accordance with ASC 740, we evaluate our deferred tax assets quarterly to determine if valuation allowances are required. ASC 740 requires that companies assess whether valuation allowances should be established based on the consideration of all available evidence using a “more likely than not” standard. As of October 31, 2014, we concluded that it was more likely than not that a substantial amount of our deferred tax assets (“DTA”) would be utilized. This conclusion was based on a detailed evaluation of all relevant evidence available at that time, both positive and negative. The positive evidence included factors such as the expectation of earnings going forward over the long term and evidence of a sustained recovery in the housing markets in which we operate. Economic data affirmed the housing market recovery with housing starts, homebuilding volume and prices all increasing and forecasted to continue to increase. Historically low mortgage rates, affordable home prices, reduced foreclosures and a favorable home ownership to rental comparison are key factors in the recovery. As a result of this conclusion, our valuation allowance for our DTA was reduced in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014. As expected at the time of that conclusion, our earnings have continued to improve such that we have not been and are currently not in a three -year cumulative loss position as of January 31, 2017. As per ASC 740, cumulative losses are one of the most objectively verifiable forms of negative evidence; we no longer have this negative evidence that we had when the full valuation allowance was recorded and we expect to be profitable going forward over the long term. Our recent three years cumulative performance and our expectations for the coming years based on our current backlog, community count and recent sales contracts provide evidence that reaffirms our conclusion that a full valuation allowance was not necessary and that the current valuation allowance for deferred taxes of $628.1 million as of January 31, 2017 is appropriate.

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