INCOME TAXES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes:

Income Tax Disclosure

NOTE 8.         INCOME TAXES

For tax periods ending before August 31, 2012, the Company was part of the ARL consolidated federal return.  After that date, the Company and the rest of the ARL group joined the RAMI consolidated group for tax purposes.  The income tax expense for the 2011 tax period in the accompanying financial statement was calculated under a tax sharing and compensating agreement between ARL, TCI and IOT.  That agreement continued until August 31, 2012 at which time a new tax sharing and compensating agreement was entered into by ARL, TCI, IOT and RAMI for the remainder of 2012 and all of 2013.  For 2013, RAMI, ARL, TCI and IOT had a combined net taxable loss and IOT recorded a current tax expense of $3,055,000.  The benefit or expense is calculated based on the amount of losses absorbed by taxable income multiplied by the statutory rate of 35% per the tax sharing and compensating agreements.

Current income tax expense is attributable to (dollars in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Income from continuing operations	$	3,063		$	876		$	815
Loss from discontinued operations		(8	)		(37	)		(168	)
	$	3,055		$	839		$	647

The following table presents the principal reasons for the differences between the Company’s effective tax rate and the United States statutory income tax rate of 35% (dollars in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Federal income tax at statutory rate	$	3,055		$	839		$	647
State tax expense		-			8			12
Gain on sale differences		-			-			-
Other		-			(8	)		(12	)
Utilization of net operating loss and minimum tax credit carry forwards		-			-			-
Effective income tax rate		35	%		35	%		35	%

Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effects of temporary timing differences between carrying amounts of assets and liabilities reflected on the financial statements and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  IOT’s tax basis in its net assets differs from the amount at which its net assets are reported for financial statement purposes, principally due to the accounting for gains and losses on property sales, and depreciation on owned properties.  The tax effects of temporary differences and net operating loss carry forwards that give rise to the deferred tax assets are presented below (dollars in thousands):

	2013			2012			2011
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	$	(514	)	$	(514	)	$	(514	)
Allowance for loss		694			694			694
Other		-			38			24
Federal benefit of NOL carryforward		1,078			1,078			1,078
Federal benefit of AMT caryforward		164			164			164
Deferred tax asset	$	1,422		$	1,460		$	1,446
Less valuation allowance		(1,422	)		(1,460	)		(1,446	)
Total deferred tax asset	$	-		$	-		$	-

Recognition of the benefits of deferred tax assets will require IOT to generate future taxable income.  There is no assurance that IOT will generate earnings in future years.  Therefore, IOT has established a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets of approximately $1,422,000, $1,460,000 and $1,446,000 as of December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

In 2013, IOT used approximately $8,729,000 of current losses from the consolidated group.  In 2012, the company used approximately $2,397,000 of losses from the ARL consolidated group.  In 2011, IOT used approximately $1,847,000 of losses from the consolidated group.  In 2010 and prior, the company generated taxable loss carryforwardstotaling $2,837,968.  The most recent loss year is 2010, which, if not used, will expire in 2030.  The alternative minimum tax credit balance did not change in 2013 and remains at approximately $164,000.  The credit has no expiration date.