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Note 8 - Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
8.
    
INCOME TAXES
 
Our effective tax rate for the
three
-month periods ended
March 31, 2020
and
March 31, 2019
was
22.9%
and
8.4%,
respectively. The period-over-period change was primarily attributable to discrete tax benefits realized on disqualifying dispositions of incentive stock options exercised by employees during the
three
-month period ended
March 31, 2019.
 
As of
December 31, 2019,
we have domestic net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of
$58,400,
which expire
2020
thru
2035,
and domestic tax credits of
$1,907,
which expire
2028
thru
2039,
available to reduce future taxable income. As of
March 31, 2020,
Management has concluded it is more likely than
not
that these domestic NOL and credit carryforwards will be fully utilized.
 
As of
March 31, 2020,
for certain past operations in the U.K., we continue to report a valuation allowance for NOL carryforwards of approximately
$10,000,
nearly all of which can be carried forward indefinitely. Utilization of the net operating losses
may
be limited due to the change in the past U.K. operation and cannot currently be used to reduce taxable income at our other U.K. subsidiary, Accutronics Ltd.
 
As of
March 31, 2020,
we have
not
recognized a valuation allowance against our other foreign deferred tax assets, as realization is considered to be more likely than
not.
 
As of
March 31, 2020,
the Company maintains its assertion that all foreign earnings will be indefinitely reinvested in those operations.
 
There were
no
unrecognized tax benefits related to uncertain tax positions at
March 31, 2020
and
December 31, 2019.
 
As a result of our operations, we file income tax returns in various jurisdictions including U.S. federal, U.S. state and foreign jurisdictions. We are routinely subject to examination by taxing authorities in these various jurisdictions. Our U.S. tax matters for the years
2000
through
2019
remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) due to our net operating loss carryforwards. Our U.S. tax matters for the years
2000
through
2019
remain subject to examination by various state and local tax jurisdictions due to our net operating loss carryforwards. Our tax matters for the years
2010
through
2019
remain subject to examination by the respective foreign tax jurisdiction authorities.