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Note 7 - Employee Benefit and Savings Plan
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]
7.
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND SAVINGS PLANS
 
We have a
401(k)
plan to provide retirement benefits for our employees. As allowed under Section
401(k)
of the Internal Revenue Code, the plan provides tax-deferred salary contributions for eligible employees and allows employees to contribute a percentage of their annual compensation to the plan on a pretax basis. Employee contributions are limited to a maximum annual amount as set periodically by the Internal Revenue Code. In
2016,
2015,
and
2014,
we matched
100
%
of the pretax employee contributions on the
first
3%
of eligible earnings and
50%
of the pretax employee contributions on the next
2%
of eligible earnings that are contributed by employees.
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
Maximum Matching
Contribution per Participant
*
   
Total Matching
Contribution
 
2016
  $
10,600
    $
277,753
 
2015
  $
10,600
    $
290,388
 
2014
  $
10,400
    $
286,224
 
 
* Due to the annual limit on eligible earnings imposed by the Internal Revenue Code
 
The plan allows employees who meet the age requirements and reach the plan contribution limits to make a catch-up contribution. The catch-up contributions are not eligible for matching contributions. In addition, the plan provides for discretionary matching contributions as determined by the Board of Directors. There were
no
discretionary matching contributions made in
2016,
2015,
or
2014.
 
We currently offer no postretirement or postemployment benefits to our employees.