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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of income before taxes | For financial reporting purposes, income before taxes includes the following components:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
United States |  | $ | (76,925,380 | ) |  | $ | (89,875,459 | ) |  | $ | (85,077,024 | )
Total |  | $ | (76,925,380 | ) |  | $ | (89,875,459 | ) |  | $ | (85,077,024 | )
Schedule of tax rate reconciliation | A reconciliation between taxes computed at the federal statutory rate and the consolidated effective tax rate is as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Federal statutory tax rate |  |  | 34.0 | % |  |  | 34.0 | % |  |  | 34.0 | %
State tax rate, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 5.0 | % |  |  | 5.4 | % |  |  | 4.73 | %
Adjustment in valuation allowances |  |  | 22.6 | % |  |  | (40.3 | )% |  |  | (38.97 | )%
Federal income tax rate change |  |  | (60.8 | )% |  |  | — | % |  |  | — | %
Permanent and other differences |  |  | (0.8 | )% |  |  | 0.9 | % |  |  | 0.24 | %
(Provision) benefit for income taxes |  |  | — | % |  |  | — | % |  |  | — | %
Schedule of components of the net deferred income tax asset | The components of the net deferred income tax asset as of December 31, 2017, 2016, and 2015 are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Deferred Income Tax Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net operating losses |  | $ | 99,596,321 |  |  | $ | 111,730,450 |  |  | $ | 79,499,633 |
R&D Credit |  |  | 186,347 |  |  |  | 186,347 |  |  |  | 186,347 |
Total deferred income tax asset |  |  | 99,782,668 |  |  |  | 111,916,797 |  |  |  | 79,685,980 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (99,782,668 | ) |  |  | (111,916,797 | ) |  |  | (79,685,980 | )
Deferred income tax assets, net |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |

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