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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Taxes Tables

Significant components of the income taxes

		2017				2016
Current
State and local		$	45,000			$	170,000
Federal			2,012,000				4,017,000
Total Current Tax Expense		$	2,057,000			$	4,187,000
Deferred
State and local			1,000				163,000
Federal			38,000				4,588,000
Total Deferred Tax Expense			39,000				4,751,000
Total Income Taxes		$	2,096,000			$	8,938,000

Significant components of deferred tax assets

		2017				2016
Deferred tax assets:
Options, warrants and restricted stock units			168,000				207,000
		$	168,000			$	207,000

Significant components of federal income tax

	Year Ended
	December 31,
	2017		2016
Income tax - statutory rate	34.0%		34.0%
State and local, net	0.73%		1.03%
Other – Net	(1.08%)		0.3%
Change in Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets	—		(7.3)%
	33.65%		28.03%

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