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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
9.
INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes consists of the following at June 30:

   
2012
  
2011
  
2010
 
           
Current expense
 $0  $0  $0 
Deferred benefit
  (522,000)  (846,000)  878,000 
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance
  522,000   846,000   (878,000)
              
Total provision for income tax
 $0  $0  $0 

The total provision differs from the amount computed by applying federal statutory rates to loss before income taxes due to the following at June 30:

   
2012
  
2011
  
2010
 
           
Provision for income tax at the statutory rate of 34%
 $(1,001,000) $(966,000) $(996,000)
              
Increase (decrease) in taxes due to
            
Change in valuation allowance
  522,000   846,000   (878,000)
Disallowed expense
  2,000   2,000   1,000 
Expiration of net operating loss
  477,000   118,000   0 
Expiration of capital loss
  0   0   425,000 
Change in deferred stock-based compensation
  0   0   1,448,000 
Total provision for income tax
 $0  $0  $0 

The Company has used a federal statutory rate of 34%. All of the Company's operations are in Washington State, which has no corporation income tax, so no provision for state income tax is needed.
 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the tax effects of the temporary differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for tax purposes. The Company has net deferred income tax assets which have been reduced to zero through a valuation allowance because of uncertainties relating to utilization of future tax benefits. The increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for the years ended June 30, 2012, June 30, 2011 and June 30, 2010 are respectively $522,000, $846,000 and ($878,000). The components of the net deferred income tax assets, calculated at an effective rate of 34%, are as follows at June 30:

   
2012
  
2011
  
2010
 
           
Deferred income tax assets
         
Current deferred tax assets
         
Accrued liabilities
 $0  $0  $14,000 
Valuation allowance
  0   0   (14,000)
              
Total current deferred tax assets
  0   0   0 
              
Non-current deferred tax assets
            
Net operating loss carry-forwards
  9,455,000   9,048,000   8,102,000 
Non-qualified stock options
  1,038,000   923,000   762,000 
Capital loss carry-forwards
  0   0   0 
Investment reserve
  0   0   247,000 
Legal dispute reserve
  182,000   182,000   182,000 
Basis difference of fixed assets
  1,000   1,000   1,000 
Valuation allowance
  (10,676,000)  (10,154,000)  (9,294,000)
              
Total non-current deferred tax assets
  0   0   0 
              
Non-current deferred tax liabilities
  0   0   0 
              
Net deferred tax asset
 $0  $0  $0 
 
For tax purposes, the Company has unused net operating losses available to carry-forward to future tax years. At June 30, 2012, the amounts and expiration dates of the Company's net operating loss carry-forwards are as follows.

Year Ended
Expires
 
Amount
 
       
June 30, 1998
June 30, 2018
 $999,000 
June 30, 1999
June 30, 2019
  1,361,000 
June 30, 2000
June 30, 2020
  1,091,000 
June 30, 2001
June 30, 2021
  2,002,000 
June 30, 2002
June 30, 2022
  2,527,000 
June 30, 2003
June 30, 2023
  1,364,000 
June 30, 2004
June 30, 2024
  2,162,000 
June 30, 2005
June 30, 2025
  2,208,000 
June 30, 2006
June 30, 2026
  2,373,000 
June 30, 2007
June 30, 2027
  1,177,000 
June 30, 2008
June 30, 2028
  1,676,000 
June 30, 2009
June 30, 2029
  1,439,000 
June 30, 2010
June 30, 2030
  1,699,000 
June 30, 2011
June 30, 2031
  3,129,000 
June 30, 2012
June 30, 2032
  2,600,000 
        
Total
   $27,807,000 

Current federal tax laws include substantial restrictions on the utilization of net operating losses and tax credits in the event of an ownership change of a corporation. Accordingly, the Company's ability to utilize net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards may be limited as a result of such ownership changes, which could result in the expiration of carry-forwards before they are utilized.

For tax purposes, the Company had $1,405,000 unused net operating losses available for carry-forward to future tax years that expired unused as of June 30, 2012.

In July 2006, the FASB released the Final Interpretation No. 48 Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (formerly FIN 48, now ASC740-10). ASC740-10 prescribes the minimum recognition threshold a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. ASC740-10 also requires additional disclosure of the beginning and ending unrecognized tax benefits and details regarding the uncertainties that may cause the unrecognized benefits to increase within a twelve month period.

The Company has an unrecognized tax benefit of $336,000 as of June 30, 2012, including no accrued amounts for interest and penalties. In addition, the Company has not completed an analysis under IRC section 382 to determine if there have been any direct and/or indirect ownership changes that would limit the use of net operating loss in future years.
 
The Company's policy will be to recognize interest and penalties related to income taxes as a component of income tax expense. The Company is subject to income tax examinations for US income taxes from the year ended June 30, 1996 forward. We do not anticipate that total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change prior to June 30, 2013.