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Note 11 - Income Taxes

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Note 11 - Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
11:
Income Taxes
 
Income tax provision (benefit) reported in the consolidated statements of operations is comprised of the following (rounded to hundreds):
 
    December 31,
    2018   2017
Current provision (benefit):                
Federal   $
    $
 
State, net of state tax credits    
39,300
     
20,100
 
Total current provision (benefit)    
39,300
     
20,100
 
                 
Deferred provision (benefit):                
Federal    
(90,000
)    
13,800
 
State    
12,900
     
2,000
 
Total deferred provision (benefit)    
(77,100
)    
15,800
 
                 
Total income tax provision (benefit)   $
(37,800
)   $
35,900
 
 
The following are the components of the Company’s net deferred taxes for federal and state income taxes (rounded to hundreds):
 
    December 31,
    2018   2017
         
Deferred revenue   $
2,632,400
    $
756,900
 
Deferred franchise costs    
(574,100
)    
(281,000
)
Accrued expenses    
361,100
     
45,300
 
Goodwill - Component 1    
(194,700
)    
(136,500
)
Goodwill - Component 2    
52,500
     
55,500
 
Restricted stock compensation    
(30,800
)    
(17,900
)
Nonqualified stock options    
184,400
     
152,900
 
Deferred rent    
237,900
     
257,100
 
Lease Abandonment    
96,500
     
80,600
 
Net operating loss carryforwards    
6,175,600
     
7,061,300
 
Tax credits    
14,000
     
14,000
 
Charitable contribution carryover    
15,500
     
5,200
 
Asset basis difference related to property and equipment    
458,600
     
377,800
 
Intangibles    
435,900
     
368,100
 
     
9,864,800
     
8,739,300
 
Less valuation allowance    
(9,941,500
)    
(8,875,800
)
Net non-current deferred tax liability   $
(76,700
)   $
(136,500
)
 
The
2017
Tax Act was signed into law on
December 22, 2017.
The
2017
Tax Act significantly revises the U.S. corporate income tax by, among other things, lowering the statutory corporate tax rate from
34%
to
21%,
eliminating certain deductions, imposing a mandatory
one
-time tax on accumulated earnings of foreign subsidiaries, introducing new tax regimes, and changing how foreign earnings are subject to U.S. tax. The Company finalized the effects of the
2017
Tax Act and recorded the impact in its financial statements as of
December 22, 2018.
The company recorded a tax expense for the impact of the
2017
Tax Act of approximately
$3.9
million. This amount is a remeasurement of federal net deferred tax assets resulting from the permanent reduction in the U.S. statutory corporate tax rate to
21%
from
34%.
 
At
December 31, 2018,
the Company had federal and state net operating losses of approximately
$23.1
million and
$28.5
million, respectively. These net operating losses are available to offset future taxable income and will begin to expire in
2035
for federal purposes and
2025
for state purposes. The Company has research & development credits of
14,000
that will begin to expire in
2031.
 
The following is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate applied to pre-tax accounting net income (loss), compared to the income tax provision (benefit) in the consolidated statement of operations (rounded to hundreds):
 
    For the Years Ended December 31,
    2018   2017
    Amount   Percent   Amount   Percent
Expected federal tax expense (benefit)   $
45,200
     
-21.0
%   $
(1,100,000
)    
-34.0
%
State tax provision, net of federal benefit    
(57,000
)    
26.5
%    
(140,200
)    
-4.3
%
Effect of increase in valuation allowance    
22,600
     
-10.5
%    
(2,741,300
)    
-84.7
%
Other permanent differences    
13,200
     
-6.1
%    
16,700
     
0.5
%
Stock compensation    
(40,800
)    
18.9
%    
(131,879
)    
-4.1
%
Impact of enacted tax reform    
     
0.0
%    
3,946,100
     
122.0
%
State deferred tax true up    
     
0.0
%    
185,000
     
5.7
%
Bargain purchase gain    
(16,100
)    
7.5
%    
     
0.0
%
Return to provision adjustments    
(4,900
)    
2.2
%    
     
0.0
%
Other, net    
     
0.0
%    
1,500
     
0.0
%
Provision (benefit)   $
(37,800
)    
17.5
%   $
35,900
     
1.1
%
 
Changes in our income tax expense related primarily to changes in pretax income during the year ended
December 31, 2018,
as compared to year ended
December 31, 2017,
and the effective rate was
17.5%
and
1.1%,
respectively. The difference is primarily due to state taxes, stock compensation and adjustment of the deferred revenue deferred tax asset due to the adoption of ASC
606.
 
For the years ended
December 31, 2018
and
December 31, 2017,
the Company had
no
material interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Interest and penalties associated with tax positions are recorded in the period assessed as general and administrative expenses.   
 
The following table sets forth a reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of uncertain tax positions during the tax years ended
December 31, 2018
and
2017
(rounded to hundreds):
 
    2018   2017
    Tax   Interest/
penalties
  Tax   Interest/
penalties
Unrecognized tax benefit - January 1   $     $     $
13,200
    $
26,800
 
Gross decreases - tax positions in prior period                
(13,200
)    
(26,800
)
Unrecognized tax benefit - December 31   $     $     $
    $
 
 
Our tax returns for tax years subject to examination by tax authorities include
2014
through the current period for state and
2015
through the current period for federal purposes.