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Note 8 - Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements |
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 8 - Income Taxes For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we recognized income tax expense (benefit) of $1,457 and ( $18,386 ), respectively.
|  | Year ended December 31 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Current: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
State |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | - |
Foreign |  |  | 203 |  |  |  | 257 |
|  |  | 246 |  |  |  | 257 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  |  | 1,236 |  |  |  | (18,514 | )
State |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Foreign |  |  | (25 | ) |  |  | (129 | )
|  |  | 1,211 |  |  |  | (18,643 | )
Total income tax provision |  | $ | 1,457 |  |  | $ | (18,386 | )
The income tax benefit for 2018 primarily represents a non-cash benefit of $18,652 upon recognizing the release of the valuation allowance on our U.S. deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2018, the Company recognized the release of the valuation allowance on our net operating loss carryforwards and other U.S. deferred tax assets on the basis of management’s assessment. In evaluating the realizability of our U.S. deferred tax assets, management considered all available evidence and concluded that positive factors, including further demonstration of sustained profitability in our core business and continued improvement in our ability to achieve internal earnings forecasts, outweighed all negative factors, including our history of operating losses (prior to 2015 ) and historical operating volatility in our core business. Our assessment also considered our expectation to utilize our domestic net operating loss carryforwards, which expire 2020 thru 2035, and our general business tax credits, which expire 2028 thru 2037. Based on the results of our assessment, management concluded that it is more likely than not that our U.S. deferred tax assets will be fully realized. As of December 31, 2019, our domestic net operating loss carryforwards and general business tax credits were $58,400 and $1,907, respectively. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, for certain past operations in the U.K., we continue to report a valuation allowance for net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $10,600, nearly all of which can be carried forward indefinitely. Management has concluded that the realizability of the U.K. net operating loss carryforwards is not more likely than not, as utilization of the net operating losses may be limited due to the change in the past U.K. operation. These net operating losses in the U.K. cannot currently be used to reduce taxable income at our other U.K. subsidiary, Accutronics Ltd. There are no other deferred tax assets related to the past U.K. operations. As of December 31, 2019 and 2018, we have not recognized a valuation allowance against our other foreign deferred tax assets, as we believe that it is more likely than not that they will be realized. We will continue to evaluate the realizability of our deferred tax assets in future periods. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amount used for income tax purposes. Significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 168 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  |  | 14,579 |  |  |  | 15,622 |
Tax credit carryforwards |  |  | 1,907 |  |  |  | 1,817 |
Intangible assets |  |  | 1,283 |  |  |  | 1,231 |
Accrued expenses, reserves and other |  |  | 2,265 |  |  |  | 1,838 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 20,034 |  |  |  | 20,676 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | (1,942 | ) |  |  | (1,942 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  |  | 18,092 |  |  |  | 18,734 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  |  | - |  |  |  | (25 | )
Property, plant and equipment |  |  | (342 | ) |  |  | - |
Intangible assets |  |  | (5,087 | ) |  |  | (3,856 | )
Total deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (5,429 | ) |  |  | (3,881 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 12,663 |  |  | $ | 14,853 |
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following balance sheet amounts:
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Deferred tax assets |  | $ | 13,222 |  |  | $ | 15,444 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  | (559 | ) |  |  | (591 | )
|  | $ | 12,663 |  |  | $ | 14,853 |
At December 31, 2019, the Company maintains its assertion that all foreign earnings will be indefinitely reinvested in those operations. For financial reporting purposes, income from continuing operations before income taxes is as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
United States |  | $ | 5,992 |  |  | $ | 6,226 |
Foreign |  |  | 779 |  |  |  | 387 |
|  | $ | 6,771 |  |  | $ | 6,613 |
The provision for income taxes differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the applicable U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to income from continuing operations before income taxes as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31 |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Statutory income tax rate |  |  | 21 | % |  |  | 21 | %
(Increase) decrease in tax provision resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity compensation |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (2.9 | )
Income tax credits |  |  | (0.4 | ) |  |  | (1.0 | )
Foreign tax rates |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  | 0.3 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | - |  |  |  | (297.3 | )
Other |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 2.0 |
Effective income tax rate |  |  | 21.5 | % |  |  | (277.9 | )%
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes There were no unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2019 and 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 remain subject to examination by the respective foreign tax jurisdiction authorities.

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