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Note 7 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
Note
7
 – Income Taxes 
 
Income tax expense during interim periods is based on applying an estimated annual effective income tax rate to year-to-date income, plus any significant unusual or infrequently occurring items which are recorded in the interim period.  The provision for income taxes for the
three
months ended
March 
31, 2021
and
2020
differs from the amount that would be provided by applying the statutory U.S. federal income tax rate of
21
% to pre-tax income primarily because of state income taxes and estimated permanent differences.
 
The computation of the annual estimated effective tax rate at each interim period requires certain estimates and significant judgment including, but
not
limited to, the expected operating income for the year, projections of the proportion of income earned and taxed in various jurisdictions, permanent and temporary differences, and the likelihood of recovering deferred tax assets generated in the current year.  The accounting estimates used to compute the provision for income taxes
may
change as new events occur, more experience is obtained, additional information becomes known or as the tax environment changes.
 
In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than 
not
 that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will 
not
 be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.
 
Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, management recorded a valuation allowance to reduce its net deferred tax assets to zero.
 
During the
three
months ended
March 31, 2021
and
2020,
the Company's tax benefit of
$0.5
million and
$0.7
million, respectively, were adjusted by the valuation allowance which resulted in a net tax provision of zero.