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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2021
INCOME TAXES  
10. INCOME TAXES

10. INCOME TAXES

 

The Company is subject to U.S federal and state and foreign income taxes as a corporation. The Company’s tax provision and the resulting effective tax rate for the interim period is determined based upon its estimated annual effective tax rate adjusted for the effect of discrete items arising in that quarter. The Company recorded a provision for income tax of $23,000 for the three months ended August 31, 2021 which consisted primarily of foreign withholding taxes and foreign income taxes. For the three months ended August 31, 2020 the Company recorded a $215,000 tax benefit related to the dissolution of its Japan subsidiary. See Note 16.

 

Income taxes have been provided using the liability method whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse, or the carryforwards are utilized. Valuation allowances are established when it is determined that it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized.

 

Since fiscal 2009, a full valuation allowance was established against all deferred tax assets, as management determined that it is more likely than not that certain deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions consistent with authoritative guidance. The guidance prescribes a “more likely than not” recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Company does not expect any material change in its unrecognized tax benefits over the next twelve months. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income taxes.