Note 6 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016
Current:
Federal	$	(2	)	$	(2	)
State		124			127
Total current income taxes		122			125
Deferred:
Federal		-			-
State		-			-
Total deferred income taxes		-			-
Total provision for income taxes	$	122		$	125

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts	$	60		$	87
Reserves not deductible until paid		187			300
Net operating loss carryforwards
Federal		1,794			2,764
State		556			537
Federal tax credit		476			398
Other		-			12
Gross deferred tax assets		3,073			4,098
Less valuation allowance		(1,313	)		(1,453	)
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance	$	1,760		$	2,645
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	$	(1,582	)	$	(2,399	)
Other		(170	)		(238	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities	$	(1,752	)	$	(2,637	)
Net deferred tax asset	$	8		$	8

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2017			2016
Loss before income taxes	$	(694	)	$	(284	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiary		(509	)		(340	)
Income (loss) before income taxes attributable to
Avalon Holdings Corporation common shareholders		(185	)		56
Federal statutory rate		35	%		35	%
Computed Federal provision (benefit) for income taxes		(65	)		20
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefits		81			82
Change in valuation allowance		(140	)		(198	)
Increase in available federal tax credit		(78	)		(60	)
Other nondeductible expenses		42			41
Decrease (increase) in net operating loss carryforward:
State		(19	)		231
Federal		(4	)		5
Deferred tax rate change		262			-
Other, net		43			4
Total provision for income taxes	$	122		$	125