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Note 9 - Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Taxes

NOTE 9 — Taxes

 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, effective on January 1, 2018, eliminates alternative minimum taxes and lowers the U.S. federal corporate income tax from 34% to 21%. In the first quarter of 2018, the Company recorded a deferred tax benefit of approximately $80,000 based on the expectation of at least a breakeven in its full year’s results. In the same quarter a year ago, the Company recorded an income expense of approximately $253,000 which included deferred tax expense of $240,000, federal alternative minimum tax expense of $10,000, and state alternative minimum tax expense of $3,000.