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12. Income Tax (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

U.S. loss and foreign loss before income taxes

		Year Ended December 31,
		2016				2015
United States			(16,316	)			(26,241	)
Foreign			686				(891	)
Pretax Income			(15,630	)			(27,132	)

Effective tax rate

		Year Ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Income tax expense (benefit) at the federal statutory rate			(5,314	)			(9,225	)
State tax expense (benefit)			(775	)			(760	)
Foreign tax differential			(401	)			180
Stock-based compensation			152				253
Interest expense			26				16
Goodwill impairment			-				329
Other			127				113
Credits			(24	)			(17	)
Valuation allowance			6,215				9,117
Income Tax Expense			6				6
Effective Tax Rate			-0.04	%			-0.02	%

Components of the net deferred tax asset or (liability)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2016				2015
Org, Start-up and Intangible Assets			7,435				8,067
Stock Based Comp			185				67
Prop., Plant, and Equip.			(21,639	)			(22,717	)
NOLs and Credits			66,698				60,603
Convertible Debt			(5	)			(5	)
Ethanol Credits			1,500				1,500
Debt Extinguishment			612				1,361
Other, net			620				536
Subtotal			55,406				49,411
Valuation Allowance			(55,406	)			(49,411	)
Deferred tax assets (liabilities)			-				-

Open tax years, by major tax jurisdiction

United States — Federal		2005 – present
United States — State		2005 – present
India		2006 – present
Mauritius		2006 – present

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