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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Income Taxes

5. Income Taxes

The Company had a provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 that consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
         2015              2014      

Current:

     

Federal

   $ —         $ —     

State

     14.4         9.2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     14.4         9.2   

Deferred:

     

Federal

     4.7         —     

State

     0.8         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     5.5         —     

Total:

     

Federal

     4.7         9.2   

State

     15.2         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19.9       $ 9.2   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company’s provision for income taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, included adjustments to reverse federal and state deferred taxes relating to a prior period totaling approximately $4,700 and $800, respectively. The Company does not consider these adjustments to be material.

 

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 current 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 $45.0 million and $38.2 million is required at September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. The tax effects of temporary differences that gave rise to deferred tax assets at September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, were as follows (in thousands):

 

     September 30,
2015
     December 31,
2014
 

Deferred tax assets:

     

Net operating losses

   $ 52,874       $ 42,579   

Capital losses

     361         361   

Accrued expenses

     23         18   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

     53,258         42,958   

Valuation allowance

     (45,040      (38,166
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     8,218         4,792   

Deferred tax liabilities:

     

State deferreds

     (8,243      (4,814

Other investment

     25         22   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

     (8,218      (4,792
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred taxes

   $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2015, the Company had federal NOLs totaling approximately $84.4 million and post-apportionment state NOLs totaling approximately $153.8 million. The New York State post-apportionment NOLs included above total $121.8 million. The federal NOLs carry forward for 20 years and begin to expire in 2021 through 2036. The state post-apportioned NOLs are from various states and begin to expire in 2015 through 2036.

The Company also has pre-apportionment NOLs from New York City totaling $118.9 million as of September 30, 2015. Since the Company has no revenue-generating operations in New York City and none are expected in the future, management has determined that none of the NOLs should be recognized. If the Company were to commence operations in New York City in future years, the realizability of the NOLs and related deferred tax assets will be assessed at such time. The NOLs from New York City carry forward for 20 years and begin to expire in 2021 through 2036.

The federal and state NOLs may be subject to certain limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code, which could significantly restrict the Company’s ability to use the NOLs to offset taxable income in subsequent years. The Company completed a review of any potential limitation on the use of its net operating losses under Section 382 on August 9, 2008, and an update to this review on June 7, 2013. Based on such reviews, the Company does not believe Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code will adversely impact its ability to use its current net operating losses to offset future taxable income, if any.

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

 

     September 30,  
     2015     2014  

Federal tax (benefit) rate

     (34.0 )%      (34.0 )% 

Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from:

    

State income taxes

     (4.1     (5.8

Change in valuation allowance

     37.8        39.6   

Permanent differences

     2.1        0.2   

Minimum tax

     1.5        0.1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     3.3     0.1