Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

INCOME TAXES

We account for income taxes based on the asset and liability method, whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of existing assets and liabilities. Evaluating the need for, and amount of, a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets often requires significant judgment and extensive analysis of all available evidence on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction basis. Such judgments require us to interpret existing tax law and other published guidance as applied to our circumstances. As part of this assessment, we consider both positive and negative evidence. The weight given to the potential effect of positive and negative evidence must be commensurate with the extent to which the strength of the evidence can be objectivity verified.

Each quarter, we re-evaluate the potential realization of our deferred tax assets and if any adjustments to valuation allowance is appropriate. During our re-assessment in the third quarter of 2019, the company determined that it was no longer more likely than not that the tax benefits from the existing U.S domestic deferred tax assets would be realized due to the substantial amount of the accounting losses realized in the recent quarters combined with the downward financial trend of the current period and forecasted losses. As part of our assessment in the third quarter, we heavily weighted the negative evidence of our anticipated cumulative losses in the near-term. Consequently, we recorded, in the third quarter of 2019, $3.9 million of valuation allowance to reduce certain net deferred tax assets to their anticipated realizable value.

Should it be determined in the future that it is more likely than not that any part of deferred income tax assets will be realized, an appropriate amount of valuation allowance would be released during the period in which such an assessment is made.