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Note 14 - Income Taxes

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Note 14 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
14.
Income Taxes
 
Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification
740,
Income Taxes
. Deferred tax assets (“DTAs”) and deferred tax liabilities (“DTLs”) are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. DTAs and DTLs are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on DTAs and DTLs of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
 
Current accounting standards require a valuation allowance against DTAs if, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than
not
that some or all of the DTAs
may
not
be realized. Due to the uncertainty surrounding the realization of these DTAs in future tax returns, all of the DTAs have been fully offset by a valuation allowance as of
March 31, 2021
and
December 31, 2020.
 
In assessing the realizability of DTAs, management considers whether it is more likely than
not
that some portion or all of the DTAs will
not
be realized. The ultimate realization of DTAs is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities (including the impact of available carryback and carryforward periods) and projected future taxable income in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the DTAs are deductible, management believes it is more likely than
not
that the Company will
not
realize the benefits of these deductible differences or tax carryforwards as of
March 31, 2021.
 
Current accounting standards include guidance on the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in the financial statements. Such standards also prescribe a recognition threshold and measurement model for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, and provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. The Company believes that the ultimate deductibility of all tax positions is highly certain, although there is uncertainty about the timing of such deductibility. As a result,
no
liability for uncertain tax positions was recorded as of
March 
31,
2021
or
December 
31,
2020
and we do
not
expect any significant changes in the next
twelve
months. Should we need to accrue interest or penalties on uncertain tax positions, we would recognize the interest as interest expense and the penalties as a selling, general and administrative expense. As of
March 
31,
2021,
tax years
2017
-
2020
remained subject to examination by federal and state tax authorities.
 
As of
March 31, 2021,
we had approximately
$153.3
million of federal and
$20.1
million of state net operating loss carryforwards, as well as approximately
$8.9
million of federal R&D credit carryforwards which expire from
2021
to
2040.