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Note 8 - Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes Tables  
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block]
  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2019

  

2020

  

2021

 
   $   $   $ 
             

Cayman Islands

  3,843   3,805   5,652 

U.S.

  17,251   33,266   34,318 

PRC

  5,586   5,912   6,368 

BVI

  13,568   20,873   18,336 

Australia

  85   (35

)

  (36

)

             

Loss before income tax

  40,333   63,821   64,638 
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2019

  

2020

  

2021

 
   $   $   $ 
             

Current income tax

  -   -   3,570 

Deferred income tax

  -   -   - 
             

Income tax expenses

  -   -   3,570 
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2019

  

2020

  

2021

 
   $   $   $ 
             

Loss before income tax

  40,333   63,821   64,638 
             

Expected income tax benefit

  8,470   13,403   13,574 

Tax rate difference

  (3,425

)

  (4,653

)

  (3,796

)

Non-deductible expenses

  (5,228

)

  (688

)

  (788

)

Research tax credits

  2,360   641   1,096 

Non-taxable income

  -   120   21 

Tax preference

  -   -   3,755 

Others

  (99

)

  68   (262)

Change in valuation allowance

  (2,078

)

  (8,891

)

  (17,170

)

             

Total income tax expenses

  -   -   (3,570

)

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
  

December 31,

 
  

2020

  

2021

 
   $   $ 

Deferred tax assets:

        

Net operating loss carryforward

  18,034   24,211 

Deferral of tax deduction of R&D expenses

  5,674   6,757 

Share-based compensation

  1,768   1,482 

Deferred revenue

     9,510 

Research tax credits

  3,002   4,063 
Operating lease liabilities  452   422 

Accruals and reserves

  5   11 

Total deferred tax assets

  28,935   46,456 
         

Deferred tax liabilities:

        

Unrealized gain

  -   (37

)

Depreciation

  -   (254

)

Operating lease right-of-use assets  (473

)

  (420

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

  (473

)

  (711

)

         

Total gross deferred tax assets

  28,462   45,745 

Less: valuation allowance

  (28,462

)

  (45,745

)

         

Net deferred tax assets

  -   - 
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block]
  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2019

  

2020

  

2021

 
   $   $   $ 
             

Beginning balance, as of January 1

  624   956   730 

Additions based on tax positions related to prior tax years

  332   -   283 

Reductions based on tax positions related to prior tax years

  -   (226

)

  - 

Additions based on tax positions related to current tax year

  -   -   52 

Ending balance, as of December 31

            
   956   730   1,065