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Note 12 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
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. INCOME TAXES
 
For the
three
months ended
December 31, 2018,
the Company recorded income tax expense of
$283,003
reflecting an effective tax rate of
21.1%.
For the
three
months ended
December 31, 2017,
the Company recorded an income tax expense of
$234,888
reflecting an effective tax rate of
22.9%
and an additional discrete tax expense of
$2,474,000
due to the remeasurement of its deferred tax assets as a result of tax reform.  For the
three
months ended
December 31, 2018,
when compared to the same period in
2017,
the decrease in the effective tax rate was primarily attributable to the decrease in Federal statutory tax rate due to tax reform. The Company continues to maintain a partial valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as the Company believes that the negative evidence that it will be able to recover these net deferred tax assets outweighs the positive evidence.
 
ASC
740,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
, requires the Company to recognize in its consolidated financial statements uncertainties in tax positions taken that
may
not
be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. If interest or penalties are assessed, the Company would recognize these charges as income tax expense. The Company has
not
recorded any income tax expense or benefit for uncertain tax positions.