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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

(11) Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized. As of March 31, 2019, the Company established a valuation allowance against most of its net deferred tax assets. As of June 30, 2018, the Company established a full valuation allowance against all of its net deferred tax assets.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $2.3 million and $2.9 million, respectively. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred pre-tax losses in the amount of $6.6 million and $9.0 million, respectively. The total effective tax rate was approximately 38% and 13% for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019, respectively. The total effective tax rate was approximately 0% for each of the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018.

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate of 21% due to the Alternative Minimum Tax (“AMT”) credit referenced below. For the nine months ended March 31, 2019, the Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate of 21% due to the valuation allowance placed against its net deferred tax assets offset by the AMT credit. For the three and nine months ended March 31, 2018, the Company’s effective tax rate differed from the federal statutory rate of 28%, primarily due to the valuation allowance placed against its net deferred tax assets. 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted on December 22, 2017. The Act reduces the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, requires companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred, and creates new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. In the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company revised its estimated annual effective rate to reflect a change in its federal statutory rate from 35% to 21%. The rate change was effective on January 1, 2018; therefore, the Company’s blended statutory tax rate for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 was 28%. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also removed the AMT and therefore any AMT previously paid will be a refundable credit. The AMT credit will be refunded 50% in the current year for an amount of $429 thousand. The remaining AMT amount will be deferred and received according to the percentage schedule set forth by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act until all the AMT amount is paid in full by 2021. Due to this, the Company has a current federal income tax benefit of $429 thousand and a deferred federal income tax benefit of $429 thousand for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019.  

FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, “Income Taxes” addresses the accounting for uncertainty in income tax recognized in an entity’s financial statements and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for financial statement disclosure of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. The Company had no unrecognized tax benefit for the three and nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Loss carryovers are generally subject to modification by tax authorities until three years after they have been utilized; as such, the Company is subject to examination for the fiscal years ended 2000 through present for federal purposes and fiscal years ended 2006 through present for state purposes. The reason for this extended examination period is due to the utilization of the loss carryovers generated by the sale of our Astrotech Space Operations business unit in fiscal year 2015.