Note 5 - Income Taxes

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 5 — INCOME TAXES

At September 30, 2024, the Company had $16.6 million of U.S. federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carry forwards. These losses do not expire but are limited to utilization of 80% of taxable income in any one year. At September 30, 2024, the Company had approximately $16.7 million of U.S. state NOL carry forwards. The tax benefits related to these state NOL carry forwards and future deductible temporary differences are recorded to the extent management believes it is more likely than not that such benefits will be realized.

The income of foreign subsidiaries before taxes was $249,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2024 as compared to income of foreign subsidiaries before taxes of $296,000 for the three month period ended September 30, 2023. The income of foreign subsidiaries before taxes was $520,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2024 as compared to income of foreign subsidiaries before taxes of $599,000 for the six month period ended September 30, 2023.

The Company analyzed the future reasonability of recognizing its deferred tax assets at September 30, 2024. As a result, the Company concluded that a 100% valuation allowance of approximately $4,837,000 would be recorded against the assets.

Although the Company generated a net operating loss, it recorded income tax expense of approximately nil and $3,000 during the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2024, respectively, primarily resulting from state income taxes. During the three and six month periods ended September 30, 2023, the Company generated net income and recorded income tax expense of approximately $88,000 and $88,000, respectively, of which approximately $9,000 resulted from state income taxes.. After the adoption of ASU 2019-12 “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”during fiscal 2022, these non-income based state taxes are now reported within selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company is subject to examination and assessment by tax authorities in numerous jurisdictions. As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s open tax years for examination for U.S. federal tax are 2017-2024, and for U.S. states’ tax are 2015-2024. Based on the outcome of tax examinations or due to the expiration of statutes of limitations, it is reasonably possible that the unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions taken in previously filed returns may be different from the liabilities that have been recorded for these unrecognized tax benefits. As a result, the Company may be subject to additional tax expense.

As of September 30, 2024, the Company is asserting under ASC 740-30 that all of the unremitted earnings of its foreign subsidiaries are indefinitely invested. The Company evaluates this assertion each period based on a number of factors, including the operating plans, budgets, and forecasts for both the Company and its foreign subsidiaries; the long-term and short-term financial requirements in the U.S. and in each foreign jurisdiction; and the tax consequences of any decision to repatriate earnings of foreign subsidiaries to the U.S.

As of September 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company had a federal tax liability of approximately $668,000 and $1,202,000, respectively, related to the repatriation of the Company’s undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries as required by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”). As of September 30, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Company’s short term portion was approximately $668,000 and $534,000, respectively, and the long term portion was nil and approximately $668,000, respectively.

The liability is payable over 8 years. The first five installments were each equal to 8%, the sixth was equal to 15%, the seventh was equal to 20% and the final installment is equal to 25% of the liability. As of September 30, 2024, the Company has paid seven of the eight installments. Each installment must be remitted on or before July 15^th of the year in which such installment is due.