Income taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Income Taxes [abstract]

Income taxes

24.Income taxes

The components of income tax expense are as follows:

	Year ended			Year ended
	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Current income tax expense	$	69		$	30
Deferred income tax recovery		(1,679	)		(1,032	)
Income tax recovery	$	(1,610	)	$	(1,002	)

The Company’s effective rate of income tax differs from the statutory rate of 26.5% as follows:

	Year ended			Year ended
	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Loss before income taxes	$	(162,186	)	$	(31,068	)
Statutory rate		26.5	%		26.5	%
Tax recovery at statutory rate		(42,979	)		(8,233	)
Mexican mining royalty		29			(587	)
Impact of foreign tax rates		1,415			(230	)
Non-deductible expenses		4,329			2,610
Losses not recognized		35,596			5,438
Income tax recovery	$	(1,610	)	$	(1,002	)

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Americas Gold and Silver Corporation

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

 

The Company’s net deferred tax asset relates to the U.S. alternative minimum tax credits available:

	December 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
Alternative minimum tax credits	$	-	$	-
Provisions and reserves		-		-
Net operating losses		-		6,792
Total deferred tax assets		-		6,792
Property, plant and equipment		-		(6,792	)
Net deferred tax assets	$	-	$	-

The Company’s net deferred tax liability relates to the Mexican mining royalty and arises principally from the following:

	December 31,			December 31,
	2021			2020
Property, plant and equipment	$	1,321		$	850
Other		-			-
Total deferred tax liabilities		1,321			850
Provisions and reserves		(833	)		(391	)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	488		$	459

Deferred income taxes have not been recognized in respect of the following deductible temporary differences, as management does not consider their utilization to be probable for the foreseeable future:

	December 31,		December 31,
	2021		2020
Property, plant and equipment	$	19,776	$	18,360
Mexican tax losses (expiring in 2023 - 2031)		36,349		37,897
Canadian tax losses (expiring in 2034 - 2041)		29,183		23,999
U.S. tax losses (expiring in 2025 - 2037)		31,957		31,956
U.S. tax losses (no expiry)		158,942		21,953
Provisions and other		78,254		49,959
Deferred Mexican mining royalty		488		459
	$	354,949	$	184,583