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The expiration date of each operating loss carryforward four years from the balance sheet date included in total operating loss carryforwards.

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The expiration date of each operating loss carryforward one year from the balance sheet date included in total operating loss carryforwards.

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The expiration date of each operating loss carryforward three years from the balance sheet date included in total operating loss carryforwards.

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The expiration date of each operating loss carryforward two years from the balance sheet date included in total operating loss carryforwards.

No definition available.

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Each operating loss carryforward after five years from the balance sheet date included in total operating loss carryforwards with no expiration date.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 740
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32559-109319

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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