Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

15. Income Taxes

The Company has recognized a full tax valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021. The tax benefit related to the exercise of stock options is recognized as a deferred tax asset that is offset by a corresponding valuation allowance. As such, the Company’s effective tax rate is zero for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

Historically, the Company’s benefit from income taxes relates to state R&D tax credits exchanged for cash pursuant to the Connecticut R&D Tax Credit Exchange Program, which permits qualified small businesses engaged in R&D activities within Connecticut to exchange their unused R&D tax credits for a cash amount equal to 65% of the value of the exchanged credits. Because the Company’s revenue in 2020 exceeded $70,000, it was not eligible to exchange its 2021 R&D tax credit for cash, therefore there was no benefit from income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021. As of September 30, 2022, the Company does not qualify to receive a refund of the 2022 credit, therefore no receivable or benefit from income taxes have been recorded for the 2022 credit during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.