The Company utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes. The liability method measures the expected income tax impact of future taxable income and deductions implicit in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The income tax provision in 2018 and 2017 consisted of the following:



Year Ended June 30,	2018		2017
Current:
Federal	$	414	$	19,822
State	25		425
Deferred	3,042,257		170,299
Total income tax provision	$	3,042,696	$	190,546

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) was enacted. The TCJA makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code including, among other things, reducing the U.S. Federal Corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018. In the second quarter of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, the Company recorded $713,826 of non-cash tax expense for the write-down of deferred income taxes due to the change in federal statutory tax rate.

The 2018 and 2017 tax results in an effective rate different than the federal statutory rate because of the following:



Year Ended June 30,	2018			2017
Federal income tax (benefit) at statutory rate	$	(94,425	)	$	(262,851	)
State income tax (benefit), net of federal income tax benefit	(8,736		)	(32,287		)
Increase in valuation allowance	2,338,590			444,000
Stock-based compensation	91,179			51,197
Remeasurement of deferred income taxes	713,826			—
Other	2,262			(9,513		)
Total income tax provision	$	3,042,696		$	190,546

Temporary differences which give rise to deferred income tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017 include:



	2018			2017
Deferred income tax assets:
Deferred compensation	$	636,002		$	904,435
Stock-based compensation	420,247			621,966
Accrued expenses and reserves	896,428			1,280,181
Federal and state net operating loss carryforwards	659,680			751,021
Equipment and leasehold improvements	26,580			—
Valuation allowance	(2,638,589		)	(444,409		)
Total deferred income tax assets	348			3,113,194

Deferred income tax liabilities:
Equipment and leasehold improvements	—			(67,675		)
Other	(348		)	(3,262		)
Net deferred income tax assets	$	—		$	3,042,257

Deferred income tax balances reflect the effects of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts. These differences are stated at enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when taxes are actually paid or recovered. The recognition of these deferred tax balances will be realized through normal recurring operations and, as such, the Company has recorded the value of such expected benefits. The Company has federal net operating loss carryforwards totaling $370,857 which expire in fiscal year 2037. The Company has net operating loss carryforwards in the state of Wisconsin totaling $6,145,535 which expire in fiscal years 2030 through 2037. In addition, the Company has operating loss carryforwards in other states totaling $413,252, which expire in fiscal years 2026 through 2037.

ASC Topic 740 "Income Taxes" prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken, or expected to be taken, in a tax return. There were no additional significant matters determined to be unrecognized tax benefits taken or expected to be taken in a tax return that have been recorded on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2018.

Additionally, ASC Topic 740 provides guidance on the recognition of interest and penalties related to income taxes. No interest or penalties related to income taxes has been accrued or recognized as of and for the years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. The Company records interest related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense.

The Company does not believe it has any unrecognized tax benefits as of June 30, 2018 and 2017. Any changes to the Company's unrecognized tax benefits during the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 would impact the effective tax rate.

The Company files income tax returns in the United States federal jurisdiction and in several state jurisdictions. The Company’s federal tax returns for tax years beginning July 1, 2014 or later are open. For states in which the Company files state income tax returns, the statute of limitations is generally open for tax years ended June 30, 2014 and forward.

During the year ended June 30, 2018, the valuation allowance was increased to include all net deferred tax assets due to uncertainty of the realizability of the net deferred tax assets. The following are the changes in the valuation allowance, which are net of the impact for the remeasurement due to the TCJA:



Year Ended June 30,	Balance, beginning of year			(Increase) in valuation allowance		Balance, end of year
2018	$	(444,409	)	(2,194,180	)	$	(2,638,589	)
2017	$	(409	)	(444,000	)	$	(444,409	)