Note 10 - Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

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

	2020			2019
Current:
Federal	$	(2	)	$	(3	)
State		100			163
Total current income taxes		98			160
Deferred:
Federal		-			-
State		-			-
Total deferred income taxes		-			-
Total provision for income taxes	$	98		$	160

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

	2020			2019
Deferred tax assets:
Accounts receivable, allowance for doubtful accounts	$	68		$	71
Reserves not deductible until paid		55			154
Net operating loss carryforwards
Federal		2,170			1,646
State		816			749
Federal tax credit		733			653
Business interest expense carryforward		-			235
Operating lease liabilities		416			-
Other		69			115
Gross deferred tax assets		4,327			3,623
Less valuation allowance		(2,269	)		(2,043	)
Deferred tax assets net of valuation allowance	$	2,058		$	1,580
Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment	$	(1,552	)	$	(1,517	)
Operating lease right of use assets		(416	)		-
Other		(82	)		(55	)
Gross deferred tax liabilities	$	(2,050	)	$	(1,572	)
Net deferred tax asset	$	8		$	8

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

	2020			2019
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	52		$	(375	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest in subsidiary		(60	)		(80	)
Income (loss) before income taxes attributable to
Avalon Holdings Corporation common shareholders		112			(295	)
Federal statutory rate		21	%		21	%
Computed Federal provision (benefit) for income taxes		24			(62	)
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefits		79			128
Change in valuation allowance		226			162
Increase in available federal tax credit		(80	)		(97	)
Other nondeductible expenses		16			39
Other nontaxable income		(168	)		-
Other, net		1			(10	)
Total provision for income taxes	$	98		$	160