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Deferred Taxes
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Deferred Taxes Deferred Taxes
The tax effects of significant items comprising the Company’s net deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:
 December 31,
(In thousands)20242023
Deferred tax assets:  
Credit losses not currently deductible$5,127 $4,985 
Deferred compensation1,692 1,757 
Depreciation278 92 
Accrued reserves248 — 
Write-down on other real estate owned291 291 
Unrealized gain on retirement obligation63 56 
Deferred loss ASC 825 – fair value option354 159 
Unrealized loss on available for sale securities6,613 6,835 
Interest on nonaccrual loans1,733 1,513 
Lease liability1,006 458 
Other751 848 
Total deferred tax assets18,156 16,994 
Deferred tax liabilities:  
State tax(636)(596)
FHLB dividend(46)(46)
Loss on limited partnership investments(841)(650)
Fair value adjustments for purchase accounting(93)(93)
Unrealized loss on TRUPs(471)(579)
Deferred loan costs(567)(414)
Prepaid expenses(106)(135)
Right-of-use asset(977)(426)
Total deferred tax liabilities(3,737)(2,939)
Net deferred tax assets$14,419 $14,055 
 
The Company periodically evaluates its deferred tax assets to determine whether a valuation allowance is required based upon a determination that some or all of the deferred assets may not be ultimately realized. The Company did not record a valuation allowance at December 31, 2024, or December 31, 2023.

Income tax expense for the years ended December 31, consist of the following:
(In thousands)FederalStateTotal
2024
Current$3,769 $2,240 $6,009 
Deferred(295)(177)(472)
$3,474 $2,063 $5,537 
2023   
Current$5,103 $2,874 $7,977 
Deferred(238)(59)(297)
 $4,865 $2,815 $7,680 
 
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:
 
 Year Ended December 31,
 20242023
Statutory federal income tax rate21.0 %21.0 %
State franchise tax, net of federal income tax benefit8.0 8.1 
Other(1.7)(1.1)
Effective income tax rate27.3 %28.0 %

The Company periodically reviews its tax positions under the accounting standards related to uncertainty in income taxes, which defines the criteria that an individual tax position would have to meet for some or all of the income tax benefit to be recognized in a taxable entity’s financial statements. Under the guidelines, an entity should recognize the financial statement benefit of a tax position if it determines that it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained on examination. The term “more likely than not” means a likelihood of more than 50 percent. In assessing whether the more-likely-than-not criterion is met, the entity should assume that the tax position will be reviewed by the applicable taxing authority and all available information is known to the taxing authority. As of December 31, 2024, and 2023, the Company has no uncertain tax positions.

The Company and its subsidiary file income tax returns in the U.S federal jurisdiction and California. There are no filings in foreign jurisdictions. The Company is no longer subject to income tax examinations by taxing authorities for years before 2021 and 2020 for Federal and California jurisdictions, respectively.
The Company’s policy is to recognize any interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. Interest and penalties recognized during the periods ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were insignificant.