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Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities
16.Income Taxes, Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Liabilities

  (a) Income taxes in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive loss(income)

TheCompany’s provision for income taxes expenses consisted of:

   Three months ended
March 31,		 
   2020   2021 
PRC income tax:        
Current  $     -   $        - 
Deferred   -    - 
   $-   $- 

United States Tax


CBAK is a Nevada corporation that is subject to U.S. corporate income tax on its taxable income at a rate of up to 21% for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and U.S. corporate income tax on its taxable income of up to 35% for prior tax years. The U.S. Tax Reform signed into law on December 22, 2017 significantly modified the U.S. Internal Revenue Code by, among other things, reducing the statutory U.S. federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017; limiting and/or eliminating many business deductions; migrating the U.S. to a territorial tax system with a one-time transition tax on a mandatory deemed repatriation of previously deferred foreign earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries; subject to certain limitations, generally eliminating U.S. corporate income tax on dividends from foreign subsidiaries; and providing for new taxes on certain foreign earnings. Taxpayers may elect to pay the one-time transition tax over eight years, or in a single lump sum.


The U.S. Tax Reform also includes provisions for a new tax on GILTI effective for tax years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2017. The GILTI provisions impose a tax on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of controlled foreign corporations (“CFCs”), subject to the possible use of foreign tax credits and a deduction equal to 50 percent to offset the income tax liability, subject to some limitations.


To the extent that portions of CBAK’s U.S. taxable income, such as Subpart F income or GILTI, are determined to be from sources outside of the U.S., subject to certain limitations, the Company may be able to claim foreign tax credits to offset its U.S. income tax liabilities. If dividends that CBAK receives from its subsidiaries are determined to be from sources outside of the U.S., subject to certain limitations, CBAK will generally not be required to pay U.S. corporate income tax on those dividends. Any liabilities for U.S. corporate income tax will be accrued in the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income and estimated tax payments will be made when required by U.S. law.


No provision for income taxes in the United States or elsewhere has been made as CBAK had no taxable income for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2021.


Hong Kong Tax


BAK Asia and BAK Investments are subject to Hong Kong profits tax rate of 16.5% and did not have any assessable profits arising in or derived from Hong Kong for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2021 and accordingly no provision for Hong Kong profits tax was made in these periods.


PRC Tax


The CIT Law in China applies an income tax rate of 25% to all enterprises but grants preferential tax treatment to High-New Technology Enterprises. CBAK Power was regarded as a “High-new technology enterprise” pursuant to a certificate jointly issued by the relevant Dalian Government authorities. The certificate was valid for three years commencing from year 2019. Under the preferential tax treatment, CBAK Power was entitled to enjoy a tax rate of 15% for the years from 2019 to 2021 provided that the qualifying conditions as a High-new technology enterprise were met.


A reconciliation of the provision for income taxes determined at the statutory income tax rate to the Company’s income taxes is as follows:


   Three months ended
March 31,		 
   2020   2021 
Profit (loss) before income taxes  $(2,354,111)  $29,608,168 
United States federal corporate income tax rate   21%   21%
Income tax credit computed at United States statutory corporate income tax rate   (494,363)   6,217,715 
Reconciling items:          
Rate differential for PRC earnings   (69,225)   69,004 
Non-taxable income   -    (5,969,462)
Non-deductible expenses   67,679    82,672 
Share based payments   63,028    31,252 
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets   432,881    (431,181)
Income tax expenses  $-   $- 

(b)Deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021 are presented below:


    December 31,     March 31,  
    2020     2021  
Deferred tax assets            
Trade accounts receivable   $ 1,354,762     $ 1,316,433  
Inventories     575,575       593,697  
Property, plant and equipment     1,271,986       1,261,434  
Provision for product warranty     497,901       494,280  
Net operating loss carried forward     31,060,254       30,663,453  
Valuation allowance     (34,760,478 )     (34,329,297 ) 
Deferred tax assets, non-current   $ -     $ -  
                 
Deferred tax liabilities, non-current   $ -     $  -  

As of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the Company’s U.S. entity had net operating loss carry forwards of $103,580,741, of which $102,293 available to reduce future taxable income which will expire in various years through 2035 and $103,478,448 available to offset capital gains recognized in the succeeding 5 tax years and the Company’s PRC subsidiaries had net operating loss carry forwards of $37,536,687 and $36,798,249, respectively, which will expire in various years through 2028. Management believes it is more likely than not that the Company will not realize these potential tax benefits as these operations will not generate any operating profits in the foreseeable future. As a result, a valuation allowance was provided against the full amount of the potential tax benefits.


According to the PRC Tax Administration and Collection Law, the statute of limitations is three years if the underpayment of taxes is due to computational errors made by the taxpayer or its withholding agent. The statute of limitations extends to five years under special circumstances, which are not clearly defined. In the case of a related party transaction, the statute of limitations is ten years. There is no statute of limitations in the case of tax evasion.


The impact of an uncertain income tax positions on the income tax return must be recognized at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant tax authority. An uncertain income tax position will not be recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. Interest and penalties on income taxes will be classified as a component of the provisions for income taxes.


The significant uncertain tax position arose from the subsidies granted by the local government for the Company’s PRC subsidiary, which may be modified or challenged by the central government or the tax authority. A reconciliation of January 1, 2021 through March 31, 2021 amount of unrecognized tax benefits excluding interest and penalties (“Gross UTB”) is as follows:


   Gross UTB   Surcharge   Net UTB 
Balance as of January 1, 2021  $7,511,182   $         -   $7,511,182 
Increase in unrecognized tax benefits taken in current period   (27,740)   -    (27,740)
Balance as of March 31, 2021  $7,483,442   $-   $7,483,442 

As of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, the Company had not accrued any interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits.