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Note 7 - Income Taxes

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Note 7 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
7
.
Income Taxes
 
During the
three
months ended
March 31, 2018,
the Company recorded expense provision for income taxes of
$0.1
million.  The income tax provision relates principally to the Company’s state and local taxes and foreign operations in Canada. The Company recorded a benefit from income taxes of
$0.9
million for the same prior year period.
 
The Company’s realization of its deferred tax assets is dependent upon many factors, including, but 
not
 limited to, the Company’s ability to generate sufficient taxable income. Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to use the existing deferred tax assets. The Company’s management has determined that it is more likely than 
not
that the Company will 
not
 recognize the benefits of its federal and state deferred tax assets. Accordingly, the Company had a full valuation allowance for all deferred tax assets at
March 31, 2018
and
December 31, 2017.
 
In 
December 2017, 
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the 
“2017
 Tax Act”) was enacted. The 
2017
 Tax Act includes many changes to existing U.S. tax laws that impact the Company, most notably a reduction of the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 
35%
 to 
21%
 for tax years beginning after 
December 31, 2017. 
The 
2017
 Tax Act also provides for a 
one
-time transition tax on certain foreign earnings and the acceleration of depreciation for certain assets placed into service after 
September 27, 2017 
as well as prospective changes beginning in 
2018,
 including repeal of the domestic manufacturing deduction, acceleration of tax revenue recognition, capitalization of research and development expenditures, additional limitations on executive compensation and limitations on the deductibility of interest.
 
The Company recognized the income tax effects of the 
2017
 Tax Act in its 
2017
 financial statements in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 
No.
 
118,
 which provides SEC staff guidance for the application of ASC Topic 
740
- Income Taxes (“ASC
740”
), in the reporting period in which the 
2017
 Tax Act was signed into law. As such, the Company’s financial results reflect the income tax effects of the 
2017
 Tax Act for which the accounting under ASC
740
 is complete and provisional amounts for those specific income tax effects of the 
2017
 Tax Act for which the accounting under ASC
740
 is incomplete but a reasonable estimate could be determined. The ultimate impact of the 
2017
 Tax Act on our financial statements and related disclosures for 
2018
 and beyond 
may 
differ from our current provisional amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions we have made, guidance that 
may 
be issued and other actions we 
may 
take as a result of the 
2017
 Tax Act that differ from those presently contemplated.
 
As of
March 
31,
2018,
the Company had
not
yet completed its accounting for all of the tax effects of the enactment of the
2017
Tax Act; however, the Company has made a reasonable estimate of the effects on its existing deferred tax balances. The Company will continue to refine its calculations as additional analysis is completed. The Company expects that any additional changes will be offset by a corresponding increase or decrease in the Company’s valuation allowance.