NOTE 14 – Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements consists of the following components:


	June 30, 2021		June 30, 2020
Current tax expense (benefit):
Federal	$	—	$	(30,589)
State		—		—
		—		(30,589)
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
Federal		—		30,589
State		—		—
		—		30,589

Total income tax expense (benefit)	$	—	$	—


	June 30, 2021		June 30, 2020
Deferred tax assets
Loss carryforwards	$	5,539,951	$	6,619,829
Other real estate owned		48,432		683,379
State loss and contribution		2,615,504		2,963,488
Bad debt reserve		384,776		368,687
Pension		—		719,294
Other assets		117,274		67,370
Total deferred tax assets		8,705,937		11,422,047
Deferred tax liabilities
Pension		(33,429)		—
Deferred loan fees		(58,007)		(91,078)
Depreciation		(174,760)		(212,240)
Unrealized gain on available for sale securities		(132,571)		(153,067)
Other liabilities		(64,648)		(66,045)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(463,415)		(522,430)
Valuation allowance		(8,242,522)		(10,899,617)
Net deferred tax asset	$	—	$	—


	June 30, 2021				June 30, 2020
			Percent of				Percent of
			Pretax				Pretax
	Amount		Income		Amount		Income
Reconciliation of statutory to effective rates
Federal income taxes at statutory rate	$	1,341,057	21.00	%	$	229,340	21.00	%
Adjustments for
True up of deferreds		101,940	1.60	%		47,207	4.32	%
Federal valuation allowance		(1,449,702)	(22.70)	%		(281,400)	(25.77)	%
Other - Net		6,705	0.10	%		4,853	0.45	%

Effective income taxes - operations	$	—	0.00	%	$	—	0.00	%

Deferred tax assets primarily relate to the difference in the allowance for loan losses (and other real estate owned) for book and tax purposes and net operating losses. The Company has loss carryforwards of approximately $26.4 million and $31.5 million as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company has state loss carryforwards of approximately $41.9 million and $46.9 million as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The federal losses begin to expire as of September 30, 2029 and the state losses begin to expire as of September 30, 2025. Deferred tax liabilities primarily relate to the difference in loan fees, depreciation on premises and equipment, FHLB stock basis, and prepaid pension costs.

Under U.S. GAAP, a valuation allowance is required to be recognized if it is “more likely than not” that a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The determination of the realizability of the deferred tax assets is highly subjective and dependent on judgment concerning management’s evaluation of both positive and negative evidence, the forecasts of future income, applicable tax planning strategies, and assessments of the current and future economic and business conditions. Management considered both positive and negative evidence regarding the ultimate realizability of the Company’s deferred tax assets. Positive evidence includes the existence of taxes paid in available carryback years as well as the probability that taxable income will be generated in future periods while negative evidence includes losses in the prior years as well as general business and economic trends. At June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, management determined that a valuation allowance relating to the Company’s deferred tax asset was necessary. This determination was based largely on the negative evidence represented by cumulative losses in prior years caused by the significant loan loss provisions recorded during recent years associated with our loan portfolio. In addition, general uncertainty surrounding future economic and business conditions have increased the potential volatility and uncertainty of our projected earnings. Therefore, a valuation allowance of $8.2 million and $10.9 million was recorded as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as components of interest expense and miscellaneous expense, respectively. The Company recognized no interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in its Consolidated Statement of Operations during the year ended June 30, 2021 and 2020. The Company had no accrual for the payment of interest and penalties related to income tax issues as of June 30, 2021 and 2020.

The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by the Internal Revenue Service for years before September 30, 2018. The Company is no longer subject to Wisconsin income tax examinations by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue for the years before September 30, 2017. The Bank is not currently under examination by any taxing jurisdiction.

Under the Internal Revenue Code and Wisconsin Statutes, the Company is permitted to deduct, for tax years beginning before 1996, an annual addition to a reserve for bad debts. This amount differs from the provision for loan losses recorded for financial accounting purposes. Under prior law, bad debt deductions for income tax purposes were included in taxable income of later years only if the bad debt reserves were used for purposes other than to absorb bad debt losses. Because the Bank did not intend to use the reserve for purposes other than to absorb losses, no deferred income taxes were provided. Retained earnings at June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, includes approximately $7.8 million for which no deferred Federal or state income taxes were provided.