Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Note 12 - Income Taxes

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the significant components of the deferred tax assets are summarized below:

	2017			2016
Deferred income tax asset
Net operation loss carryforwards		2,329,554			1,642,678
Book to tax differences in intangible assets		74,100			—
Total deferred income tax asset		2,403,654			1,642,678
Less: valuation allowance		(2,403,654	)		(1,642,678	)
Total deferred income tax asset	$	—		$	—

The valuation allowance increased by $760,976 and $6765,264 in 2017 and 2016 as a result of the Company generating additional net operating losses. The Company’s net operating loss carryforward of approximately $5,900,000 begin to expire in 2024.

Income tax expense reflected in the consolidated statements of income consist of the following for 2017 and 2016:

	2017		2016
Current
Federal	$	—	$	—
State		—		—
		—		—
Deferred
Federal		—		—
State		—		—
		—		—
Income tax expense	$	—	$	—

The reconciliation of the effective income tax rate to the federal statutory rate for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	2017						2016
	Amount			Percent			Amount			Percent
Federal statutory rates	$	(3,497,679	)		34.0	%	$	(539,317	)		34.0	%
State income taxes		(514,365	)		5.0	%		(79,311	)		5.0	%
Amortization of intangible assets		74,100			-0.7	%		—			0.0	%
Permanent differences		3,251,067			-31.6	%		(56,636	)		3.6	%
Valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets		686,876			-6.7	%		675,264			-42.6	%
Effective rate	$	—			0.00	%	$	—			0.00	%

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, and state jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 2014.

The Company periodically evaluates the likelihood of the realization of deferred tax assets, and adjusts the carrying amount of the deferred tax assets by the valuation allowance to the extent the future realization of the deferred tax assets is not judged to be more likely than not. The Company considers many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization of its deferred tax assets, including its recent cumulative earnings experience by taxing jurisdiction, expectations of future taxable income or loss, the carryforward periods available to the Company for tax reporting purposes, and other relevant factors.

Future changes in the unrecognized tax benefit will have no impact on the effective tax rate due to the existence of the valuation allowance. The Company estimates that the unrecognized tax benefit will not change significantly within the next twelve months. The Company will continue to classify income tax penalties and interest as part of general and administrative expense in its consolidated statements of operations. There were no interest or penalties accrued as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.