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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of loss before taxes | The components of income (loss) before income taxes are summarized below:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Income/(loss) before income taxes |  |  |  |
U.S. operations |  | $ | (8,105 | ) |  | $ | (7,721 | )
Foreign operations |  |  | 2,744 |  |  |  | 1,535 |
Loss before income taxes |  | $ | (5,361 | ) |  | $ | (6,186 | )
Schedule of components of the income tax provision | The components of the income tax provision were as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Current |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
State |  |  | 71 |  |  |  | 176 |
Foreign |  |  | 584 |  |  |  | 643 |
Deferred |  |  | (352 | ) |  |  | 2,220 |
Total income tax provision |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 3,039 |
Schedule of the reconciliation from the statutory U.S. income tax rate and the effective income tax rate | A reconciliation from the statutory U.S. income tax rate and the Company’s effective income tax rate, as computed on loss before taxes, is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Federal income tax at statutory rate |  | $ | (1,126 | ) |  | $ | (2,350 | )
State and local income tax, net |  |  | (314 | ) |  |  | (65 | )
Foreign rate differential |  |  | 157 |  |  |  | (143 | )
Other permanent items |  |  | 397 |  |  |  | 86 |
Impact of tax cuts and jobs act enactment |  |  | — |  |  |  | 516 |
Impact of repatriation of foreign subsidiary income |  |  | (330 | ) |  |  | 312 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | 1,581 |  |  |  | 4,710 |
True-up & other |  |  | (62 | ) |  |  | (27 | )
Total |  | $ | 303 |  |  | $ | 3,039 |
Schedule of deferred income tax asset | The net deferred income tax asset was comprised of the following:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Noncurrent deferred income taxes |  |  |  |
Total assets |  | $ | 2,971 |  |  | $ | 2,729 |
Total liabilities |  |  | (1,592 | ) |  |  | (1,665 | )
Net noncurrent deferred income tax asset |  |  | 1,379 |  |  |  | 1,064 |
Net deferred income tax asset |  | $ | 1,379 |  |  | $ | 1,064 |
Schedule of deferred income tax assets and liabilities | The tax effect of temporary differences between GAAP accounting and federal income tax accounting creating deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |
Canada net operating loss carry forward |  | $ | 120 |  |  | $ | 148 |
U.S. net operating loss carry forward |  |  | 659 |  |  |  | — |
Non-deductible reserves |  |  | 877 |  |  |  | 1,180 |
Non-deductible interest expense |  |  | 800 |  |  |  | — |
Pension plan |  |  | 39 |  |  |  | 75 |
Tax credits |  |  | 4,631 |  |  |  | 4,631 |
Fixed Assets |  |  | 26 |  |  |  | 104 |
Intangibles |  |  | 1,635 |  |  |  | 1,203 |
Other |  |  | 465 |  |  |  | 116 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (6,281 | ) |  |  | (4,728 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  |  | 2,971 |  |  |  | 2,729 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Assets, Land |  |  | (313 | ) |  |  | (415 | )
Intangibles |  |  | (723 | ) |  |  | (764 | )
Other |  |  | (556 | ) |  |  | (486 | )
Net deferred tax liability |  |  | (1,592 | ) |  |  | (1,665 | )
Deferred tax asset, net |  | $ | 1,379 |  |  | $ | 1,064 |
Schedule of gross unrecognized tax benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits, exclusive of interest and penalties, is as follows:
|  | Uncertain Tax Position |
Balance as of January 1, 2017 |  | $ | 204 |
Increases due to changes in foreign exchange |  |  | 14 |
Balance as of December 31, 2017 |  | $ | 218 |
Decreases related to tax return becoming statuted barred during the year |  |  | (89 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2018 |  | $ | 129 |

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