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14. Income Tax (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income tax expense

	2019			2018
Current:
Federal		-			-
State and Local	$	8		$	7
Foreign		-			-
	$	8		$	7
Deferred:
Federal	$	-		$	-
State and Local		-			-
Foreign		1,123			-
Income tax expense/(benefit)	$	1131		$	7

U.S. loss and foreign loss before income taxes

		Year Ended December 31,
		2019				2018
United States loss		$	(43,419	)		$	(36,129	)
Foreign income (loss)			5,073				(151	)
Total pretax loss		$	(38,346	)		$	(36,280	)

Effective tax rate

		Year Ended December 31,
		2019				2018
Income tax (benefit) at the federal statutory rate		$	(8,052	)		$	(7,619	)
State tax (benefit)			(48	)			(632	)
Foreign tax differential			900				450
Stock-based compensation			133				150
Interest Expense			478				-
GILTI Inclusion			849				97
Other			166				(47	)
Prior year true-ups			1,493				-
Valuation Allowance			5,212				7,608
Income Tax Expense		$	1,131			$	7
Effective Tax Rate			-2.95	%			-0.02	%

Components of the net deferred tax asset or (liability)

		Year Ended December 31,
		2019				2018
Deferred tax Assets:
Organization, Startup and Intangible Assets		$	3,997			$	4,723
Stock Based Compensation			328				301
NOLs and R&D Credits			53,400				56,270
Interest expense carryover			9,131				4,722
Ethanol Credits			1,500				1,500
Other, net			2,622				450
Total deferred tax assets			70,978				67,966
Valuation Allowance			(59,547	)			(54,335	)
Net deferred tax assets			11,431				13,631
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property, Plant, and Equipment			(12,554	)			(13,631	)
Total deferred tax liabilities			(12,554	)			(13,631	)
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	(1,123	)		$	-

Open tax years, by major tax jurisdiction

United States — Federal	2007 – present
United States — State	2008– present
India	2010 – present
Mauritius	2006 – present

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