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Note 11 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
1
1
.  Income Taxes
 
The benefit from income taxes is based upon loss before income taxes as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2017
 
Domestic pre-tax loss
  $
(1,803
)
Foreign pre-tax loss
   
(324
)
Total pre-tax loss   $
(2,127
)
 
The components of the benefit from income taxes are as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2017
 
US
  $
(22
)
Foreign
   
5
 
Total provision for income taxes
  $
(17
)
 
 The Company accounts for its income taxes in accordance with ASC
740,
Income Taxes. ASC
740
clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes and prescribes a recognition threshold, measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. Under ASC
740,
the Company is 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. ASC
740
also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and disclosure. The Company policy is to record interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. 
 
 At
June 30, 2017,
there was
no
material increase in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits nor any accrued interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions.
 
 In addition, at
June 30, 2017,
the Company had approximately
$1.4
million of unrecognized tax benefits which was netted against deferred tax assets with a full valuation allowance. If these amounts are recognized, there will be
no
effect on the Company’s effective tax rate due to the full valuation allowance.
 
ASC
740
also requires the allocation of tax benefits recorded in other components of the financial statements to be recorded in continuing operations in interim periods. During the
three
months ended
June 30, 2017,
the Company recorded a deferred tax liability in Other Comprehensive Income related to currency translation gains. Because the Company has a loss and a full valuation allowance in the United States, a tax benefit of
$28,000
was recorded in continuing operations in the U.S. to record the impact of the valuation allowance release related to the currency translation gain during the
three
months ended
June 30, 2017.
 
 The Company’s Federal, state and foreign tax returns
may
be subject to examination by the tax authorities for fiscal year ended from
1998
to
2016
due to net operating losses and tax carryforwards unutilized from such years.