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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
NOTE (11) – Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiary are subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes.  Income tax expense is the total of the current year income tax due or refundable and the change in deferred tax assets and liabilities.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards.  Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.  The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.

Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion, or all, of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.  In assessing the realization of deferred tax assets, management evaluated both positive and negative evidence, including the existence of cumulative losses in the current year and the prior two years, the amount of taxes paid in available carry-back years, the forecasts of future income and tax planning strategies.  Based on this analysis, the Company determined that no valuation allowance was required on its deferred tax assets, which totaled $7.1 million and $5.6 million as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The Company expects to record an impairment allowance on its deferred tax assets during the second quarter of 2021 because the number of shares sold in the private placements completed on April 6, 2021 exceeded the threshold under the federal tax code that triggers limitations on the use of those assets.  Based on currently available data and the stock price on the merger date, the write-down is expected to be approximately $700 thousand.