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Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2023
Income Taxes |
Income Taxes | Note 16. Income Taxes The components of loss before income taxes for the years ended October 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 were as follows (in thousands): ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
U.S. | ​ | $ | (95,910) | ​ | $ | (145,439) | ​ | $ | (96,959)
Foreign |  | ​ | (11,565) |  | ​ | (974) |  | ​ | (4,064)
Loss before income taxes | ​ | $ | (107,475) | ​ | $ | (146,413) | ​ | $ | (101,023)
​ The Company recorded an income tax provision totaling $0.6 million, $0.8 million and $0 for the years ended October 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The income tax expense primarily relates to foreign income taxes in South Korea. Franchise tax expense, which is included in administrative and selling expenses, was $0.9 million, $1.0 million and $0.5 million for the years ended October 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to our effective income tax rate for the years ended October 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was as follows: ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |
Statutory federal income tax rate |  | (21.0) | % | (21.0) | % | (21.0) | %
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from: |  | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |
State taxes, net of Federal benefits |  | (3.2) | % | (3.6) | % | (5.2) | %
Foreign withholding tax |  | 0.5 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.2 | %
Net operating loss expiration, impairment and true-ups |  | 6.1 | % | 8.7 | % | 3.6 | %
Nondeductible expenditures |  | 2.1 | % | 1.4 | % | 1.9 | %
Change in tax rates |  | 2.8 | % | 0.3 | % | (1.3) | %
Fair value adjustment on warrants |  | — | % | — | % | 3.3 | %
Other, net |  | 0.6 | % | 0.7 | % | — | %
Deferred only adjustment |  | (0.1) | % | (0.1) | % | 0.8 | %
Valuation allowance |  | 12.7 | % | 13.6 | % | 17.9 | %
Effective income tax rate |  | 0.5 | % | 0.6 | % | 0.2 | %
​ Our deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following as of October 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands): ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Deferred tax assets: |  | ​ |  |  | ​ |
Compensation and benefit accruals | ​ | $ | 6,026 | ​ | $ | 8,523
Bad debt and other allowances | ​ |  | 1,945 | ​ |  | 2,453
Capital loss and tax credit carry-forwards | ​ |  | 14,701 | ​ |  | 14,310
Net operating losses (domestic and foreign) | ​ |  | 139,900 | ​ |  | 123,825
Deferred license revenue | ​ |  | 1,148 | ​ |  | 1,548
Accumulated depreciation | ​ |  | 14,051 | ​ |  | 20,229
Grant revenue | ​ |  | 323 | ​ |  | 475
Excess business interest | ​ |  | 6,406 | ​ |  | 10,424
Operating lease liabilities | ​ |  | 1,879 | ​ |  | 2,085
Capitalized research and development | ​ | ​ | 9,729 | ​ | ​ | —
Mark-to-market | ​ | ​ | 987 | ​ | ​ | —
Other | ​ |  | 4 | ​ |  | —
Gross deferred tax assets: | ​ |  | 197,099 | ​ |  | 183,872
Valuation allowance | ​ |  | (193,477) | ​ |  | (180,048)
Deferred tax assets after valuation allowance | ​ |  | 3,622 | ​ |  | 3,824
Deferred tax liability: | ​ |  | ​ | ​ |  | ​
In process research and development | ​ |  | (2,293) | ​ |  | (2,475)
Right of use assets | ​ |  | (1,600) | ​ |  | (1,809)
Other | ​ |  | (9) | ​ |  | —
Net deferred tax liability | ​ | $ | (280) | ​ | $ | (460)
​ We continually evaluate our deferred tax assets as to whether it is “more likely than not” that the deferred tax assets will be realized. In assessing the realizability of our deferred tax assets, management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies. Based on the projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are realizable, management believes the deferred tax assets are not more likely than not to be realized. As a result, we recorded a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets. As of October 31, 2023, we had $481.5 million of federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards that expire in the years 2024 to 2038 and $516.4 million of state NOL carryforwards that expire in the years 2024 through 2041. Additionally, we had $11.7 million of state tax credits available that will expire from tax years 2024 to 2040. During the 2020 tax year, the Company experienced an “ownership change” as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 382. As a result, the utilization of federal and state NOLs generated prior to October of 2020 is subject to limitation and a reduction was made in fiscal year 2020 to the carrying balance of the federal and state NOLs to reflect the future limitation on utilization. The Company has updated its analysis of potential ownership changes through October 31, 2023 and concluded that no additional ownership changes have occurred subsequent to October 2020. In addition, the acquisition of Versa Inc. in fiscal year 2013 triggered a Section 382 ownership change at the level of Versa Inc. which will limit the future usage of some of the federal and state NOLs that we acquired in that transaction. Accordingly, a valuation allowance has been recorded against the deferred tax asset associated with these attributes to reflect the future limitation on utilization. The Company’s financial statements reflect expected future tax consequences of uncertain tax positions that the Company has taken or expects to take on a tax return (including a decision whether to file or not file a return in a particular jurisdiction) presuming the taxing authorities’ full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. The Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits as of October 31, 2023 and 2022. It is our policy to record interest and penalties on unrecognized tax benefits as income taxes; however, because of our significant NOLs, no provision for interest or penalties has been recorded. We file income tax returns in the U.S. and certain states, primarily Connecticut and California, as well as income tax returns required internationally for South Korea and Germany. We are open to examination by the IRS and various states in which we file for fiscal year 2003 to the present.

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