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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Components of Income/(Loss) Before Income Tax Provision (Benefit)

The components of income/(loss) before income tax provision (benefit) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

U.S.

$

(21,915)

 

$

(20,387)

Foreign

 

(771)

 

 

(1,659)

 

$

(22,686)

 

$

(22,046)

 

Reconciliation of Total Income Tax Provision

A reconciliation of the total income tax provision tax rate to the statutory federal income tax rate of 34% for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Income tax expense (benefit) at federal statutory rate

 

 

(34.0

)%

 

 

(34.0

)%

Income tax expense (benefit) at state statutory rate

 

 

(3.9

)%

 

 

(3.4

)%

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(172.4

)%

 

 

16.8

%

Change in state rate

 

 

(0.8

)%

 

 

(0.1

)%

Permanent interest adjustments

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

0.2

%

Stock compensation

 

 

3.0

%

 

 

12.7

%

Research credit

 

 

(1.1

)%

 

 

(1.4

)%

Foreign rate differential

 

 

202.1

%

 

 

0.8

%

NOLs expiring and adjustments to NOL

 

 

7.0

%

 

 

6.0

%

Other, net

 

 

(0.2

)%

 

 

2.5

%

 

 

 

(0.0

)%

 

 

0.0

%

 

Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of our deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allowances and reserves

 

$

140

 

 

$

573

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

154

 

 

 

701

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

1,065

 

 

 

1,947

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

 

87,426

 

 

 

125,182

 

Income tax credit carryforwards

 

 

8,587

 

 

 

7,764

 

Property and equipment, principally due to differences in

   depreciation

 

 

514

 

 

 

675

 

Other, net

 

 

45

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

97,931

 

 

 

136,890

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(97,089

)

 

 

(134,873

)

Total deferred tax assets, net of allowance

 

 

842

 

 

 

2,017

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangibles assets

 

 

(842

)

 

 

(2,017

)

Total deferred tax liability

 

 

(842

)

 

 

(2,017

)

Net deferred tax assets (liability)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits Activity

Following is a tabular reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits activity during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits – Beginning

 

$

2,062

 

 

$

1,987

 

Gross increases – tax positions in prior period

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Gross decreases – tax positions in prior period

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

Gross increase – current-period tax positions

 

 

95

 

 

 

87

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits – Ending

 

$

2,157

 

 

$

2,062