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Note 8 - Income Taxes | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | 8. INCOME TAXES Our effective tax rate for the nine -month periods ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 was 20.5% and 4.0%, respectively. The increase in our effective tax rate for the current period compared to the prior period was primarily due to the reversal of the valuation allowance on our U.S. deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2018. Our effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 29, 2019 was lower than the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to tax benefits relating to the exercise of stock options during the period. As of December 31, 2018, we have domestic net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of $63,388, which expire 2019 thru 2035, and domestic tax credits of $1,817, which expire 2028 thru 2037, available to reduce future taxable income. Management has concluded it is more likely than not that these domestic NOL and credit carryforwards will be fully utilized. As of September 29, 2019, for certain past operations in the U.K., we continue to report a valuation allowance for NOL carryforwards of approximately $10,000, nearly all of which can be carried forward indefinitely. Utilization of the net operating losses may be limited due to the change in the past U.K. operation and cannot currently be used to reduce taxable income at our other U.K. subsidiary, Accutronics Ltd. As of September 29, 2019, we have not recognized a valuation allowance against our other foreign deferred tax assets, as realization is considered to be more likely than not. As of September 29, 2019, the Company maintains its assertion that all foreign earnings will be indefinitely reinvested in those operations. There were no unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions at September 29, 2019 and December 31, 2018. As a result of our operations, we file income tax returns in various jurisdictions including U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign jurisdictions. We are routinely subject to examination by taxing authorities in these various jurisdictions. Our U.S. tax matters for the years 2000 through 2018 remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) due to our net operating loss carryforwards. Our U.S. tax matters for the years 2000 through 2018 remain subject to examination by various state and local tax jurisdictions due to our net operating loss carryforwards. Our tax matters for the years 2010 through 2018 remain subject to examination by the respective foreign tax jurisdiction authorities.

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