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Note 13 - Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | 13. TAXES We account for income taxes in accordance with the accounting standard for "Income Taxes," which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Accordingly, deferred income taxes have been provided for the temporary differences between the financial reporting and the income tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities by applying enacted statutory tax rates applicable to future years to the basis differences. A breakdown of our income tax expense (benefit) for the years ended December 31 is as follows:
($ in thousands) |  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Federal: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | 3,877 |  |  | $ | 5,993 |  |  | $ | 1,554 |
Deferred |  |  | (977 | ) |  |  | (1,417 | ) |  |  | 1,729 |
Total Federal |  |  | 2,900 |  |  |  | 4,576 |  |  |  | 3,283 |
State & local: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 262 |  |  |  | 1,415 |  |  |  | 833 |
Deferred |  |  | 123 |  |  |  | (247 | ) |  |  | (176 | )
Total State & local |  |  | 385 |  |  |  | 1,168 |  |  |  | 657 |
Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 182 |  |  |  | 907 |
Deferred |  |  | 337 |  |  |  | (623 | ) |  |  | (37 | )
Total Foreign |  |  | 443 |  |  |  | (441 | ) |  |  | 870 |
Total |  | $ | 3,728 |  |  | $ | 5,303 |  |  | $ | 4,810 |
A reconciliation of recorded Federal income tax expense to the expected expense computed by applying the applicable Federal statutory rate for all periods to income before income taxes follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
($ in thousands) |  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Expected expense at statutory rate |  | $ | 2,975 |  |  | $ | 5,414 |  |  | $ | 5,327 |
Increase (decrease) in income taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exempt income from Dominican Republic operations due to tax holiday |  |  | (476 | ) |  |  | (632 | ) |  |  | (1,238 | )
Tax Rate Differential effect of Foreign Operations |  |  | 106 |  |  |  | 160 |  |  |  | 45 |
Tax on repatriated earnings from Dominican Republic operations |  |  | 190 |  |  |  | 316 |  |  |  | 941 |
State and local income taxes |  |  | 407 |  |  |  | 734 |  |  |  | 222 |
Foreign Tax Credit |  |  | (227 | ) |  |  | (348 | ) |  |  | (547 | )
Meals and entertainment |  |  | 66 |  |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 2 |
Nondeductible penalties |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  | 3 |
Provision to return filing adjustments |  |  | 684 |  |  |  | (352 | ) |  |  | 55 |
Total |  | $ | 3,728 |  |  | $ | 5,303 |  |  | $ | 4,810 |
Deferred income taxes recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2023 and 2022 consisted of the following:
($ in thousands) |  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asset valuation allowances and accrued expenses |  | $ | 1,651 |  |  | $ | 2,257 |
Inventories |  |  | 2,428 |  |  |  | 3,300 |
State and local income taxes |  |  | 305 |  |  |  | 293 |
Pension and deferred compensation |  |  | 54 |  |  |  | 42 |
Net operating losses |  |  | 866 |  |  |  | 794 |
163(J) Interest limitation |  |  | 4,644 |  |  |  | 1,077 |
Lease asset |  |  | 1,853 |  |  |  | 2,608 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 11,801 |  |  |  | 10,371 |
Valuation allowances |  |  | (355 | ) |  |  | - |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 11,446 |  |  |  | 10,371 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed assets |  |  | 4,166 |  |  |  | 4,490 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 11,713 |  |  |  | 10,262 |
Other assets |  |  | 748 |  |  |  | 793 |
Tollgate tax on Lifestyle earnings |  |  | 228 |  |  |  | 228 |
State and local income taxes |  |  | 280 |  |  |  | 59 |
Lease Liability |  |  | 1,786 |  |  |  | 2,545 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | 18,921 |  |  |  | 18,377 |
Net deferred tax liability |  | $ | 7,475 |  |  | $ | 8,006 |
The valuation allowance as of December 31, 2023 is related to certain foreign income tax net operating loss carry forwards. We have provided Puerto Rico tollgate taxes on approximately $3.7 million of accumulated undistributed earnings of Lifestyle prior to the fiscal year ended June 30, 1994, that would be payable if such earnings were repatriated to the United States. In 2001, we received abatement for Puerto Rico tollgate taxes on all earnings subsequent to June 30, 1994; thus no other provision for tollgate tax has been made on earnings after that date. If we repatriate the earnings from Lifestyle, $0.2 million of tollgate tax would be due as of December 31, 2023. We are subject to tax examinations in various taxing jurisdictions. The earliest exam years open for examination are as follows:
|  | Earliest Exam Year |
Taxing Authority Jurisdiction: |  |  |  |
U.S. Federal |  |  | 2020 |
Various U.S. States |  | 2019 |
Puerto Rico (U.S. Territory) |  | 2018 |
Canada |  | 2018 |
China |  | 2020 |
Mexico |  | 2021 |
United Kingdom |  | 2021 |
Australia |  | 2021 |
Our policy is to accrue interest and penalties on any uncertain tax position as a component of income tax expense. As of December 31, 2023, no such expenses were recognized during the year. We do not believe there will be any material changes in our uncertain tax positions over the next 12 months. Accounting for uncertainty in income taxes requires financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements. Under this guidance, income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized upon the adoption of the standard. We did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

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