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Income Tax Expense | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Expense [Abstract] |
INCOME TAX EXPENSE | NOTE 22 — INCOME TAX EXPENSE The provision for income tax expense consisted of the following:
|  | For the years ended December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
U.S. |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Other than U.S. |  |  | — |  |  |  | 287 |
Income tax expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 287 |
|  | For the years ended December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Current tax |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 332 |
Deferred tax |  |  | — |  |  |  | (45 | )
Income tax expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 287 |
The Company’s subsidiaries mainly operate in Hong Kong and the U.S. that are subject to taxes in the jurisdictions in which they operate, as follows: British Virgin Islands The Company’s subsidiaries are incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and is not subject to taxation. In addition, upon payments of dividends by these entities to their stockholders, no British Virgin Islands withholding tax will be imposed. Hong Kong The Company’s subsidiaries operating in Hong Kong are subject to the Hong Kong Profits Tax at the income tax rates ranging from 8.25% to 16.5% on the assessable income arising in Hong Kong during its tax year. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Hong Kong profits tax is calculated in accordance with the two-tiered profits tax rates regime. The applicable tax rate for the first HK$ 2 million of assessable profits is 8.25% and assessable profits above HK$ 2 million will continue to be subject to the rate of 16.5% for corporations in Hong Kong, effective from the year of assessment 2018/2019. United States of America Upon the domiciliation from the British Virgin Islands to the State of Delaware, the Company is subject to the federal income tax rate of 21%. The reconciliation of income tax rate to the effective income tax rate based on loss before income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Loss before income taxes |  | $ | (1,138,036 | ) |  | $ | (48,919 | )
Statutory income tax rate |  |  | 16.5 | % |  |  | 16.5 | %
Income tax expense at statutory rate |  |  | (187,776 | ) |  |  | (8,072 | )
Income not subject to taxes |  |  | (7,641 | ) |  |  | (2,563 | )
Non-deductible items: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Share based compensation |  |  | 12,833 |  |  |  | 1,854 |
- Investment loss |  |  | 2,635 |  |  |  | 1,135 |
- Others (a) |  |  | 178,777 |  |  |  | — |
Effect of difference tax jurisdiction |  |  | (309 | ) |  |  | — |
Under provision of prior years |  |  | — |  |  |  | 221 |
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | 1,481 |  |  |  | 7,733 |
Tax holiday |  |  | — |  |  |  | (21 | )
Income tax expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 287 |
Note:
(a) | For the year ended December 31, 2024, other non-deductible expenses mainly consisted of impairment loss on goodwill and other non-current assets.
The following table sets forth the significant components of the deferred tax assets of the Company as of December 31, 2024 and 2023:
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Deferred tax assets, net: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | $ | 10,446 |  |  | $ | 8,909 |
Less: valuation allowance |  |  | (10,446 | ) |  |  | (8,909 | )
Deferred tax assets, net: |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
The movement of valuation allowance is as follows:
|  | For the years ended December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Balance as of beginning of the year |  | $ | (8,909 | ) |  | $ | (5,461 | )
Additions |  |  | (1,537 | ) |  |  | (3,448 | )
Balance as of end of the year |  | $ | (10,446 | ) |  | $ | (8,909 | )
As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the operations incurred approximately $61.5 million and $54.0 million, respectively of cumulative net operating losses, which can be carried forward to offset future taxable income. Net operating loss can be carried forward indefinitely but cannot be carried back to prior years. There are no group relief provisions for losses or transfers of assets under Hong Kong tax regime. Each company within a corporate group is taxed as a separate entity. The Company has provided for a full valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets on the expected future tax benefits from the net operating loss carryforwards as the management believes that it is more likely that not all of these assets will be realized in the future. The valuation allowance is reviewed annually. Uncertain tax positions The Company evaluates the uncertain tax position (including the potential application of interest and penalties) based on the technical merits, and measure the unrecognized benefits associated with the tax positions. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company did not have any significant unrecognized uncertain tax positions. The Company did not incur any interest and penalties related to potential underpaid income tax expenses for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and also did not anticipate any significant increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months from December 31, 2024.

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