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Note 9 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		201 7				201 6
Current:
Federal		$	-			$	(70	)
State			-				20
Foreign			300				13
			300				(37	)
Deferred:
Federal			(1,717	)			220
State			55				-
Foreign			(7	)			(85	)
			(1,669	)			135
Total income tax provision		$	(1,369	)		$	98

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Property, Plant and Equipment		$	-			$	-
Other			38				-
Intangible Assets			3,806				5,471
Total Deferred Tax Liabilities			3,844				5,471
Deferred Tax Assets:
Property, Plant and Equipment			44				77
Net Operating Loss Carryforwards			17,870				27,127
Tax Credit Carryforwards			1,837				1,704
Intangible Assets			1,535				2,923
Accrued Expenses, Reserves and Other			1,359				1,527
Total Deferred Tax Assets			22,645				33,358
Valuation Allowance for Deferred Tax Assets			(22,636	)			(33,331	)
Net Deferred Tax Assets			9				27
Net Deferred Tax Liabilities		$	3,835			$	5,444

Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Liabilities [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		201 7				2016
Non-Current Deferred Tax Assets		$	32			$	94
Non-Current Deferred Tax Liabilities			(3,867	)			(5,538	)
		$	(3,835	)		$	(5,444	)

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		201 7				2016
United States		$	4,831			$	2,803
Foreign			1,464				777
		$	6,295			$	3,580

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

		Years Ended December 31,
		2017				2016
Statutory Income Tax Rate			34	%			34.0	%
(Increase) Decrease in Tax Provision Resulting From:
Equity Compensation			0.7				9.6
Income Tax Credits			(0.9	)			(6.2	)
Foreign Tax Rates			(3.8	)			(2.2	)
Release of Unrecognized Tax Benefits			-				-
Valuation Allowance			(20.9	)			(30	)
Excess Accrual			-				(5.2	)
Tax Rate Change			(30.8	)			-
Other			(0.1	)			2.7
Effective Income Tax Rate			(21.8	)%			2.7	%

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