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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

Note 11 — Income Taxes

The Company files U.S. federal and various state and foreign tax returns.

Pre-tax earnings consisted of the following for the years ended:

December 31, 

December 31, 

December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Pre-Tax Income (Loss)

 

  

 

  

 

  

U.S.

$

(41,356,619)

$

(39,906,101)

$

(18,238,773)

Outside the U.S.

 

593,046

 

(471,059)

 

286,601

Total Pre-Tax Income (Loss)

$

(40,763,573)

$

(40,377,160)

$

(17,952,172)

The provision expense/(benefit) for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 was as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

U.S. Income Taxes:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Current Provision

$

$

$

Deferred Provision

 

(2,957,991)

 

(8,924,947)

 

(3,897,293)

Valuation Allowance

 

2,957,991

 

8,924,947

 

3,897,293

Income Taxes Outside the U.S.:

 

 

 

Current Provision

 

 

 

Deferred Provision

 

109,107

 

(341,181)

 

7,916

Valuation Allowance

 

(109,107)

 

341,181

 

(7,916)

State Income Taxes:

 

 

 

  

Current Provision

 

 

 

Deferred Provision

 

271,248

 

(636,401)

 

(94,324)

Valuation Allowance

 

(271,248)

 

636,401

 

94,324

Total Provision

$

$

$

A reconciliation of the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to the effective rates for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020 is as follows:

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

%  

%  

%

Federal Income Tax at Statutory Rate

 

21.0

 

21.0

 

21.0

State Tax Provision, Net of Federal Benefit

 

(0.5)

 

1.6

 

0.3

Permanent Differences

 

(0.4)

 

 

(0.4)

Forgiveness of PPP Loan

1.8

Federal Tax Credits

 

(0.1)

 

0.2

 

1.1

Stock Compensation

(13.2)

1.5

(2.1)

Foreign Tax Provision

0.1

0.6

0.3

Expiration of NOL, Credits, Charitable Contribution

(0.8)

(0.7)

0.1

Other

 

0.2

 

0.3

 

0.1

Effective Tax Rate

 

6.3

 

24.5

 

22.2

Change in Valuation Allowance

 

(6.3)

 

(24.5)

 

(22.2)

Net Effective Tax Rate

 

 

 

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at year end are as follows:

December 31, 

December 31, 

December 31, 

    

2022

    

2021

    

2020

Deferred Tax Assets:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Net Operating Loss Carry-forwards

$

38,655,757

$

36,705,377

$

29,264,829

Tax Credit Carry-forwards

 

4,048,872

 

3,924,660

 

3,778,001

Inventory Valuation Adjustment

 

350,165

 

290,713

 

847,441

Stock-Based Compensation

 

890,169

 

2,989,427

 

208,803

Lease Obligation Liability

204,141

240,741

323,186

Capitalized R&D

2,265,857

Other

 

702,540

 

425,737

 

368,243

Total Deferred Tax Assets

 

47,117,501

 

44,576,655

 

34,790,503

Deferred Tax Liabilities:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Income from Foreign Operations

10,727

Lease Right of Use Asset

204,141

240,741

323,186

Moviynt Intangibles

3,867

Other

 

 

4,057

 

27,262

Total Deferred Tax Liabilities

 

208,008

 

244,798

 

361,175

Net Deferred Tax Assets Before Valuation Allowance

$

46,909,493

$

44,331,857

$

34,429,328

Valuation Allowance

 

(46,909,493)

 

(44,331,857)

 

(34,429,328)

Net Deferred Tax Assets

$

$

$

As of December 31, 2022, the Company has approximately $178 million in US federal net operating loss (NOL) carry-forwards and $2.2 million of Japanese NOL carry-forwards. The federal NOL carry-forwards generated in tax years prior to 2018 began to expire in 2020. The federal NOL carry-forwards created in 2018 - 2022 have no expiration. The Company has state NOL carry-forwards of approximately $8.4 million available in various jurisdictions in which it files that will begin to expire in 2034. The Company also has approximately $4.0 million of federal and state credit carry-forwards. The federal and state credit carry-forwards began to expire during 2018. Utilization of the NOL carry-forwards may be subject to an annual limitation in the case of sufficient equity ownership changes under Section 382 of the tax law or the carry-forwards may expire unutilized.

As a result of the assessment of the FASB ASC 740-10 (Prior Authoritative Literature: FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes — An Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109), the Company has no unrecognized tax benefits.

The Company’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for the years 2018 through 2021 remain subject to examination by the respective tax authorities.

FASB ASC 740 (Prior Authoritative Literature: SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes), requires recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differing treatment of items for financial reporting and income tax reporting purposes. The deferred tax balances are adjusted to reflect tax rates by tax jurisdiction, based on currently enacted tax laws, which will be in effect in the years in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse. In light of the historic losses of the Company, a 100% valuation allowance has been recorded to fully offset any benefit associated with the net deferred tax assets, for which realization is not considered more likely than not to occur.