Note 7 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
Current:
Federal	$	(2	)	$	(2	)
State		75			99
		73			97
Deferred:
Federal		-			-
State		-			-
		-			-
	$	73		$	97

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts	$	63		$	63
Reserves not deductible until paid		269			236
Net operating loss carryforwards
Federal		2,252			1,851
State		726			604
Federal tax credit		340			296
Capital loss carryforward		10			10
Other		11			31
Gross deferred tax assets		3,671			3,091
Less valuation allowance		(1,418	)		(942	)
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance	$	2,253		$	2,149
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	$	(2,188	)	$	(2,141	)
Other		(57	)		-
Gross deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,245	)	$	(2,141	)
Net deferred tax asset	$	8		$	8

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	2014			2013
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(1,185	)	$	535
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiary		(178	)		-
Income (loss) before income taxes of Avalon Holdings Corporation common shareholders		(1,007	)		535
Federal statutory rate		35	%		35	%
		(352	)		187
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefits		49			64
Change in valuation allowance		476			(54	)
Increase in available federal tax credit		(44	)		(47	)
Other nondeductible expenses		49			52
Increase in net operating loss carryforward:
State		(122	)		(77	)
Federal		(9	)		-
Other, net		26			(28	)
	$	73		$	97