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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 3 - Income Taxes

We had $1 income tax benefit for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and $4 of income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.  During the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2017, we had net operating losses (“NOLs”) which generated deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards.  We have provided valuation allowances against the net deferred tax assets including the deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards.  Valuation allowances provided for our net deferred tax assets increased by $1,404 and $5,152 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.
 
We had $119 income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $126 of income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2016, we had NOLs which generated deferred tax assets for NOL carryforwards.  We provided valuation allowances against the net deferred tax assets including the deferred tax assets for NOL carry-forwards. Valuation allowances provided for our net deferred tax assets increased by $2,707 and $7,942 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively.

In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all deferred assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of the deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Based on the available objective evidence, including our history of operating losses and the uncertainty of generating future taxable income, management believes it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets at September 30, 2017 will not be fully realizable. Accordingly, management has maintained a valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets at September 30, 2017. The valuation allowance provided against our net deferred tax assets was approximately $50,000 and $44,000 at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

At September 30, 2017, we have federal and state NOL carry-forwards of approximately $85,000 and $69,000, respectively, with the federal NOL carry-forwards expiring beginning in 2027. The state NOL carry-forward began expiring in 2016.

We have adopted accounting guidance for income taxes, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statements recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. We are required to recognize in the financial statements the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position.

Our tax years for 2005 and forward are subject to examination by the U.S. tax authority and various state tax authorities. These years are open due to net operating losses and tax credits remaining unutilized from such years.

Our policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of September 30, 2017, we had accrued immaterial amounts of interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.