INCOME TAXES

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

11.

INCOME TAXES

The United States of America

The Company is incorporated in the State of Nevada in the U.S., and is subject to U.S. federal corporate income taxes. The State of Nevada does not impose any state corporate income tax.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law, which has made significant changes to the Internal Revenue Code. Those changes include, but are not limited to, a U.S. corporate tax rate decrease from 35% to 21% effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, the transition of U.S international taxation from a worldwide tax system to a territorial system, and a one-time transition tax on the deemed repatriation of cumulative foreign earnings as of December 31, 2017. As the Company has a March 31 fiscal year end, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a U.S. statutory federal rate of approximately 31.5% for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, and 21% for subsequent fiscal years. Accordingly, the Company reevaluated its deferred tax assets on net operating loss carryforward in the U.S and concluded there was no effect on the Company’s income tax expenses as the Company has no deferred tax assets generated since inception.

Additionally, the Tax Act imposes a one-time transition tax on deemed repatriation of historical earnings of foreign subsidiaries, and future foreign earnings are subject to U.S. taxation. The change in rate has caused the Company to reevaluate all U.S. deferred income tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences and net operating loss carryforwards and recorded one time income tax payable to be paid in 8 years. However, this one-time transition tax has no effect on the Company’s income tax expenses as the Company has no undistributed foreign earnings prior to December 31, 2018, because the Company has cumulative foreign losses as of December 31, 2018.

The Company’s net operating loss for the nine months ended December 31, 2018 amounted to approximately $0.88 million. As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s net operating loss carryforward for U.S. income taxes was approximately $1.07 million. The net operating loss carryforward is available to reduce future years’ taxable income through year 2037. Management believes that the realization of the benefit from this loss appears uncertain due to the Company’s operating history. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a 100% valuation allowance on the deferred tax asset to reduce the deferred tax assets to zero on the consolidated balance sheets. As of December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2018, valuation allowances for deferred tax assets were approximately $0.23 million and $0.04 million, respectively. Management reviews the valuation allowance periodically and makes changes accordingly.

PRC

WFOE and Sichuan Senmiao are subject to PRC Enterprise Income Tax (“EIT”) on the taxable income in accordance with the relevant PRC income tax laws. The EIT rate for companies operating in the PRC is 25%.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no income taxes attributable to the operations in PRC. As of December 31, 2018, and March 31, 2018, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards of $2,948,285 and $1,512,341, respectively, which will expire in 2023. The Company reviews deferred tax assets for a valuation allowance based upon whether it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be fully realized. At December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2018, full valuation allowance is provided against the deferred tax assets based upon management’s assessment as to their realization.

The tax effects of temporary differences from continuing operations that give rise to the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows:

	December 31, 2018			March 31, 2018
	(unaudited)
Net operating loss carryforwards in the PRC	$	737,072		$	378,085
Net operating loss carryforwards in the U.S.		228,181			43,021
Less: valuation allowance		(965,253	)		(421,106	)
	$	-		$	-

The Company evaluates its valuation allowance requirements at the end of each reporting period by reviewing all available evidence, both positive and negative, and considering whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is needed. When circumstances cause a change in management’s judgement about the realizability of deferred tax assets, the impact of the change on the valuation allowance is generally reflected in net income (loss). The future realization of the tax benefit of an existing deductible temporary difference ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character within the carryforward period available under applicable tax law.