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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2010
INCOME TAXES
NOTE 11 – INCOME TAXES

Income tax reporting primarily relates to the business of the parent company Blue Fire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. which experienced a change in ownership on June 27, 2006. A change in ownership requires management to compute the annual limitation under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The amount of benefits the Company may receive from the operating loss carry forwards for income tax purposes is further dependent, in part, upon the tax laws in effect, the future earnings of the Company, and other future events, the effects of which cannot be determined.

The Company had no estimated state tax liability at December 31, 2010.  There is no current provision or liability for federal reporting purposes, and no deferred income tax expense is recorded since the deferred tax assets have been recorded as discussed below.
 
The Company's deferred tax assets consist solely of net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $9,386,000 and $8,563,000 at December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. For federal tax purposes these carry forwards expire in twenty years beginning in 2026 and for the State of California purposes they expire in five years beginning in 2011. A full valuation allowance has been placed on 100% of the Company's deferred tax assets as it cannot be determined if the assets will be ultimately used to offset future income, if any. During the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, and for the period from March 28, 2006 (Inception) to December 31, 2010, the valuation increased by approximately $822,000, and decreased by approximately $261,000, and increased by approximately $9,386,000, respectively.

The difference between the California statutory rate of approximately 8.83% and the actual provision rate is due to permanent difference required to get to taxable income. These permanent differences relate primarily to the gain on derivative liability and the loss on repurchase of warrants. The Company has not provided a reconciliation to the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009 as the difference between the statutory rates and the actual provision rate relate to changes in the NOLs and the corresponding valuation allowance.

In addition, the Company is not current in their federal and state income tax filings due to previous delinquencies by Sucre prior to the reverse acquisition. The Company has assessed and determined that the effect of non filing is not expected to be significant, as Sucre has not had active operations for a significant period of time.

The Company has filed all other United States Federal and State tax returns. The Company has identified the United States Federal tax returns as its “major” tax jurisdiction. The United States Federal return years 2006 through 2010 are still subject to tax examination by the United States Internal Revenue Service, however, we do not currently have any ongoing tax examinations. The Company is subject to examination by the California Franchise Tax Board for the years ended 2005 through 2010 and currently does not have any ongoing tax examinations.