9. Income taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Provision for income taxes

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2018			2017
Current:
Federal	$	(13	)	$	(359	)
State and local		249			193
Total current		236			(166	)
Deferred		(461	)		(292	)
Benefit for income taxes	$	(225	)	$	(458	)

Reconciliation to effective rate for income taxes

	2018					2017
	Amount			Percentage		Amount			Percentage
Federal income tax computed at the statutory rate	$	(695	)		21.0%	$	(274	)		34.0%
State and local tax, net		(47	)		1.4%		1			(0.1)%
Goodwill impairment		324			(9.8)%		–			0.0%
U.S. domestic manufacturers’ deduction & other permanent differences		147			(4.4)%		111			(13.8)%
Changes for tax positions of prior years		–			0.0%		118			(14.6)%
Change in tax rates (a)		(37	)		1.1%		(378	)		47.0%
Change in tax estimate		83			(2.5)%		(36	)		4.5%
Benefit for income taxes	$	(225	)		6.8%	$	(458	)		57.0%

Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities

	December 31,
	2018			2017
Deferred tax liabilities attributable to:
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	(2,062	)	$	(1,784	)
Total net deferred tax liabilities		(2,062	)		(1,784	)
Deferred tax assets attributable to:
Net operating losses		595			14
Capital loss carry-forward & investment impairment		115			122
Incentive compensation		448			255
Inventory		355			335
Allowances for doubtful accounts and discounts		109			161
Other		50			57
Total net deferred tax assets		1,673			944
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(390	)	$	(840	)

Reconciliation of amount of unrecognized tax benefits

	2018			2017
Balance at January 1	$	181		$	63
Additions for tax positions of prior years		–			118
Release for tax positions of prior years		(118	)		–
Balance at December 31	$	63		$	181