Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: Income Taxes (Policies)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Policies
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” whereby deferred taxes are computed under the asset and liability method. In November 2015, the FASB released ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet classification of Deferred Taxes. ASU 2015-17 requires that all deferred income taxes are classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The Company adopted ASU 2015-17 retrospectively effective January 1, 2017. On December 22, 2017 the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was signed into law. As a result of the TCJA, the U.S. statutory tax rate was lowered from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, among other changes. ASC 740 requires companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period of enactment; therefore, UTMD was required to revalue its deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017 at the new rate. The TCJA contains a deemed repatriation transition tax (REPAT tax) on accumulated earnings and profits of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries that have not been subject to U.S. tax. The Company plans to elect to pay its net REPAT tax over eight years. On December 22, 2017, the SEC issued SAB 118 which provides guidance on accounting for the impact of the TCJA. SAB 118 provides a measurement period of up to one year from enactment for a company to complete its tax accounting under ASC 740. Once a company is able to make a reasonable estimate and record a provisional amount for effects of the TCJA, it is required to do so. During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company recorded a provisional tax charge for the REPAT tax of $6,288 and a provisional tax credit of $230 for the re-measurement of its U.S. deferred tax balances. Both provisional tax amounts were the Company’s reasonable estimate of the impact of the TCJA based on its understanding and available guidance. During the third quarter of 2018, the Company recognized a benefit of $3,230 from adjustments to the provisional amount recorded for the REPAT tax at December 31, 2017, and included this adjustment as a component of income tax expense from continuing operations. The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, in Utah, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Ireland and in Canada. The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expenses and any related penalties in income taxes. The Company did not recognize any tax-related interest expense or have any tax penalties in any of the three years 2016 through 2018.

Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: Income Taxes (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” whereby deferred taxes are computed under the asset and liability method.

In November 2015, the FASB released ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet classification of Deferred Taxes. ASU 2015-17 requires that all deferred income taxes are classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The Company adopted ASU 2015-17 retrospectively effective January 1, 2017.

On December 22, 2017 the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was signed into law. As a result of the TCJA, the U.S. statutory tax rate was lowered from 35% to 21% effective January 1, 2018, among other changes. ASC 740 requires companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period of enactment; therefore, UTMD was required to revalue its deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2017 at the new rate.

The TCJA contains a deemed repatriation transition tax (REPAT tax) on accumulated earnings and profits of the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries that have not been subject to U.S. tax. The Company plans to elect to pay its net REPAT tax over eight years.

On December 22, 2017, the SEC issued SAB 118 which provides guidance on accounting for the impact of the TCJA. SAB 118 provides a measurement period of up to one year from enactment for a company to complete its tax accounting under ASC 740. Once a company is able to make a reasonable estimate and record a provisional amount for effects of the TCJA, it is required to do so.

During the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company recorded a provisional tax charge for the REPAT tax of $6,288 and a provisional tax credit of $230 for the re-measurement of its U.S. deferred tax balances. Both provisional tax amounts were the Company’s reasonable estimate of the impact of the TCJA based on its understanding and available guidance. During the third quarter of 2018, the Company recognized a benefit of $3,230 from adjustments to the provisional amount recorded for the REPAT tax at December 31, 2017, and included this adjustment as a component of income tax expense from continuing operations.

The Company or one of its subsidiaries files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction, in Utah, in the United Kingdom, in Australia, in Ireland and in Canada.

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expenses and any related penalties in income taxes. The Company did not recognize any tax-related interest expense or have any tax penalties in any of the three years 2016 through 2018.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for income taxes, which may include its accounting policies for recognizing and measuring deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowances, recognizing investment tax credits, operating loss carryforwards, tax credit carryforwards, and other carryforwards, methodologies for determining its effective income tax rate and the characterization of interest and penalties in the financial statements.

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