Note 5 - Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Notes Tables

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	Nine months ended September 30
	2017			2016
Income taxes (benefit) at U.S. statutory rate	$	(98,000	)	$	(293,000	)
Change in valuation allowance		201,000			363,000
State income taxes, net of federal benefit		11,000			20,000
Higher / (lower) effective taxes on earnings/losses in certain foreign countries		(103,000	)		(50,000	)
Foreign corporate income taxes		28,000			66,000
Other, net		(11,000	)		(71,000	)
	$	28,000		$	35,000