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The portion of the difference between total income tax expense or benefit as reported in the Income Statement and the expected income tax expense or benefit computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations attributable to research tax credits generated or utilized during the prior year(s) under enacted tax laws.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Amount of operating loss carryforward, before tax effects, available to reduce future taxable income under enacted tax laws.

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