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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | The reported tax benefit varies from the amount that would be provided by applying the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to the income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes for the following reasons:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Expected federal statutory tax expenses (benefit) |  | $ | (944 | ) |  | $ | 1,485 |
Increase (reduction) in taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
State income taxes recoverable |  |  | (5 | ) |  |  | 175 |
Non-deductible expenses (permanent differences) |  |  | 36 |  |  |  | 36 |
Change in valuation allowance attributable to continuing operations |  |  | — |  |  |  | (27,789 | )
Capital loss expiry |  |  | — |  |  |  | 125 |
Adjustment to effective tax rate |  |  | (12 | ) |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | (53 | ) |  |  | (349 | )
Income tax recovery |  | $ | (978 | ) |  | $ | (26,317 | )
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The components of the deferred tax asset and liability as of December 31 (after derecognizing uncertain tax positions) are as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Net operating loss carry-forwards |  | $ | 28,736 |  |  | $ | 28,293 |
Capital loss carry forwards |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2 |
Intangibles |  |  | (7 | ) |  |  | 62 |
Stock based compensation |  |  | 469 |  |  |  | 242 |
Start-up costs |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 35 |
Depreciation and amortization |  |  | 15 |  |  |  | (1 | )
Other |  |  | 398 |  |  |  | 150 |
Heritage Global Partners – Trade Name |  |  | (459 | ) |  |  | — |
Heritage Global Partners – Customer List/Business Network |  |  | (1,606 | ) |  |  | — |
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 27,578 |  |  |  | 28,783 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32537-109319 + Details
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