EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDIT

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Employee Retention Tax Credit

EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDIT

NOTE 10: EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDIT

Under the provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) signed into law on March 27, 2020 and the subsequent extension of the CARES Act, the Company was eligible for a refundable employee retention credit subject to certain criteria. Since there are no generally accepted accounting principles for for-profit business entities that receive government assistance that is not in the form of a loan, an income tax credit or revenue from a contract with a customer, we determined the appropriate accounting treatment by analogy to other guidance. The Company accounted for the employee retention credit by analogy to International Accounting Standards (IAS) 20, “Accounting for Government Grants and Disclosure of Government Assistance, of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).”

Under an IAS 20 analogy, a business entity would recognize the employee retention tax credit on a systematic basis over the periods in which the entity recognizes the payroll expenses for which the grant (i.e., tax credit) is intended to compensate when there is reasonable assurance (i.e., it is probable) that the entity will comply with any conditions attached to the grant and the grant will be received.

The Company recognized a $650 employee retention tax credit as other income on its consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Company filed for refunds of the employee retention tax credits and on October 10, 2023, received a $344 refund for the employee retention tax credit filed for the first quarter of 2021. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has a $323 employee retention tax credit receivable balance recorded on its condensed consolidated balance sheets.