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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

7.       Income Taxes

The Company did not record a provision for income taxes for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, as the Company has generated losses for all periods.

The Company periodically evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on all available evidence, both positive and negative. The realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on the Company’s ability to generate sufficient future taxable income during periods prior to the expiration of tax attributes to fully utilize these assets. The Company weighed both positive and negative evidence and determined that there is a continued need for a full valuation allowance on its deferred tax assets (after consideration of the reversal of the deferred tax liabilities for the ROU assets and fixed assets) in the United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands as of September 30, 2020. Should the Company determine that it would be able to realize its remaining deferred tax assets in the foreseeable future, an adjustment to its remaining deferred tax assets would cause a material increase to income in the period such determination is made.

The intraperiod tax allocation guidance required that the Company allocate income taxes between continuing operations and other categories of earnings. When the Company had a year-to-date pre-tax loss from continuing operations and year-to-date pre-tax income in other comprehensive income, applicable GAAP (ASC 740-20-45-7) required that the Company allocate the income tax provision to other categories of earnings (including other comprehensive income), and then record a related tax benefit in operations. For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, the Company recognized net income from other comprehensive income while sustaining losses from operations. Because of the required allocation, the Company recorded on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss an income tax benefit of $338,670 and $430,060 for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively, within “benefit for income taxes” and income tax expense of $338,670 and $430,060 within “other comprehensive income” on the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019, respectively.  In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. ASU 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for income taxes, including removing exceptions within the general principles of Topic 740 regarding the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation. The Company has elected to adopt this ASU as of January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis.

New Tax Legislation

Many governments have enacted or are currently contemplating economic stimulus and financial aid measures. Many of these measures include deferring the due dates for tax payments, including both income tax and other taxes. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the United States to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act includes corporate income tax, payroll tax, and other provisions. While the Company may receive financial, tax, or other benefits under the bill, this legislation did not impact the Company during the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The Company is still assessing the impact of the CARES Act and other global measures and does not expect there to be a material impact to its income tax provision for the year ending December 31, 2020.