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Note 10 - Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
   

Year ended

December 31,

2013

   

Year ended

December 31,

2012

   

Year ended

December 31,

2011

 

Income for the year before provision for income taxes

  $ 5,799,803     $ 6,428,298     $ 3,450,610  

Computed expected tax expense

  $ 1,971,933     $ 2,185,621     $ 1,173,207  

Increase (reduction) in income tax expense resulting from:

                       

State income taxes

    14,500       16,071       8,627  

Permanent differences, including foreign exchange

    13,700       21,728       13,700  

Investment tax credits recovered

    (115,455

)

    (106,941

)

    (41,833

)

Other, including alternative minimum tax and adjustments to opening deferred tax assets

    (265,339

)

    (112,323

)

    (218,252 )

Change in beginning of the year balance of the valuation allowance allocated to income tax expense

                (3,655,070

)

Provision for (recovery of) income taxes

  $ 1,619,339     $ 2,004,156     $ (2,719,621 )
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

2013

   

December 31,

2012

 

Deferred tax assets:

               

Deferred revenue

  $ 5,300,868     $ 5,429,220  

Losses

    290,714        

Foreign tax credit

    1,914,090        

Amortization

    69,169       541,242  

Accruals, including foreign exchange and other

    (1,123,278 )      

Total gross deferred tax assets

    6,451,563       5,970,462  

Less valuation allowance

           

Net deferred tax assets

  $ 6,451,563     $ 5,970,462  

Deferred income tax asset, current portion

    1,081,526        

Deferred income tax asset, long-term portion

    5,370,037       5,970,462  
    $ 6,451,563     $ 5,970,462  

Deferred tax liabilities:

               

Accruals, including foreign exchange and other

  $

 

  $ (914,429

)

Limited life intangible assets

    (301,500

)

    (394,100

)

Indefinite life intangible assets

    (4,840,000 )     (4,840,000

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

    (5,141,500

)

    (6,148,529

)

Less deferred tax liability, current portion

          (914,429

)

Deferred tax liability, long-term portion

  $ (5,141,500

)

  $ (5,234,100

)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block]
   

Total Gross

Unrecognized

Tax Benefits

 

Balance as at December 31, 2012

  $ 382,000  

Decrease in uncertain tax benefits of prior years

    (265,000

)

Balance as at December 31, 2013

  $ 117,000