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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Income Taxes

5. Income Taxes

The Company had a current state provision for income taxes of $4,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

The Company annually evaluates the positive and negative evidence bearing upon the realizability of its deferred tax assets. The Company, however, has considered results of operations and concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realizable. As a result, the Company has determined that a valuation allowance of $31.6 million and $31.4 million is required at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The valuation allowance increased primarily due to an increase in deferred tax assets arising from current year’s net operating losses. The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2013, and December 31, 2012, were as follows (in thousands):

 

     March 31,
2013
    December 31,
2012
 

Deferred tax assets:

    

Net operating losses

   $ 28,958      $ 28,824   

Capital losses

     3,907        3,907   

Other asset reserves

     267        268   

AMT credit

     —          —     

Accrued expenses

     19        19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

     33,151        33,018   

Valuation allowance

     (31,556     (31,432
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,595        1,586   

Deferred tax liabilities:

    

State deferreds

     (1,595     (1,586
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

     (1,595     (1,586
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net deferred taxes

   $ —        $ —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had federal NOLs of approximately $73.6 million that will expire from 2021 through 2032. The Company had post-apportionment state NOLs of approximately $42.4 million that will expire from 2013 through 2032. The Company also has pre-apportionment NOLs from New York State and New York City totaling $105.1 million at December 31, 2012. Since the Company has no revenue-generating operations, the apportionment factor is zero and thus no deferred tax asset is recognized. The NOLs from New York State and New York City carry forward for 20 years (expiring between 2020 and 2032). If the Company were to commence operations in New York State or New York City in future years, the apportionment factor would exceed zero resulting in deferred tax assets for which realization would be assessed.

In connection with the September, 18, 2008, recapitalization of the Company, the Company completed a review of any potential limitation on the use of its NOLs under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. Because of our current lack of operations, we have established a valuation allowance for the entire amount of federal and state NOLs as it is unlikely that we can realize these deferred tax benefits in the future. Based on such review, the Company does not believe Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code will adversely impact its ability to use its current net operating losses.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the actual effective income tax rate:

 

     March 31,  
     2013     2012  

Federal tax (benefit) rate

     (34.0 )%      (34.0 )% 

Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:

    

State income taxes

     (5.8     (5.8

Change in valuation allowance

     24.5        39.3   

Permanent differences

     15.3        0.3   

Minimum tax

     0.7        0.8   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     0.7     0.6