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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income Tax Provisions

The December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 income tax provision is as follows:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

$

21,272

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

State and local

 

 

2,608

 

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

622

 

Total current provision

 

 

23,880

 

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

622

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

 

483

 

 

 

6,124

 

 

 

 

State and local

 

 

1,322

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

Total deferred provision

 

 

1,805

 

 

 

6,166

 

 

 

 

Total tax provision

 

$

25,685

 

 

$

8,181

 

 

$

622

 

 

Schedule of Reconciliation of Income Tax Provision to Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate

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, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2015

 

Income taxes at statutory rates

 

$

396,760

 

 

$

1,272,242

 

 

$

(91,705

)

State income tax, net of federal benefit

 

 

3,910

 

 

 

2,054

 

 

 

411

 

Permanent items

 

 

(5,060

)

 

 

68,944

 

 

 

32,530

 

Meals and entertainment

 

 

74,755

 

 

 

54,375

 

 

 

40,796

 

Equity based compensation

 

 

(645,512

)

 

 

48,385

 

 

 

98,637

 

Warrant liability

 

 

 

 

 

(156,498

)

 

 

(34,160

)

Corporate tax rate change - impact on deferred income taxes

 

 

2,768,458

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development credit

 

 

206,801

 

 

 

(141,494

)

 

 

628,573

 

Federal NOL adjustment

 

 

(386,441

)

 

 

(206,133

)

 

 

 

Federal return to provision

 

 

53,265

 

 

 

11,104

 

 

 

 

Other federal credits

 

 

112,262

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

15,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in federal valuation allowance

 

 

(2,569,208

)

 

 

(944,798

)

 

 

(674,460

)

 

 

$

25,685

 

 

$

8,181

 

 

$

622

 

 

Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

4,584,606

 

 

$

6,786,922

 

Capitalization of patent costs, goodwill and amortization

 

 

221,593

 

 

 

332,901

 

Capitalization of acquisition costs

 

 

84,640

 

 

 

43,523

 

Research and AMT credits

 

 

1,447,479

 

 

 

1,689,883

 

Stock based compensation

 

 

82,085

 

 

 

160,182

 

Deferred lease obligation

 

 

91,017

 

 

 

182,550

 

Other timing differences

 

 

72,787

 

 

 

51,314

 

 

 

 

6,584,207

 

 

 

9,247,275

 

Less valuation allowance

 

 

(6,453,466

)

 

 

(9,028,241

)

Total deferred tax assets, net of allowance

 

$

130,741

 

 

$

219,034

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed assets

 

 

(104,324

)

 

 

(219,034

)

Goodwill

 

 

(34,388

)

 

 

(6,166

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

$

(138,712

)

 

$

(225,200

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

$

(7,971

)

 

$

(6,166

)

 

Summary of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefit Activity

The following table summarizes the reconciliation of the unrecognized tax benefits activity during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016:

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Beginning unrecognized tax benefits

 

$

1,532,000

 

 

$

1,408,000

 

Decreases related to prior year tax positions

 

 

(1,001,000

)

 

 

(53,000

)

Increases related to current year tax positions

 

 

179,000

 

 

 

177,000

 

Ending unrecognized tax benefits

 

$

710,000

 

 

$

1,532,000