Inventergy Global, Inc.

8. Income Taxes

The Company recorded $4,872 and $(14,041) income tax provision/(benefit) for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Income tax provision/(benefit) was comprised of the following:

	2016		2015

Current
Federal	$	-	$	-
State		4,872		(14,041)
	$	4,872	$	(14,041)

Deferred
Federal	$	-	$	-
State		-		-
	$	-	$	-
Expense/(benefit)	$	4,872	$	(14,041)

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate to the effective tax rate for the years ended December 31 was as follows:

	2016			2015
Statutory federal income tax rate		34	%		34	%
State income taxes (net of federal benefit)		0			0
Impact of Section 382 limitation		(125.43)			0
Stock compensation		(2.37)			(1.37)
Other permanent differences		(0.01)			(0.04)
True ups		5.75			(10.20)
Change in valuation allowance		88.05			(22.27)
Total		0.01	%		0.12	%

Deferred income taxes reflect the tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Based on the Company’s historical net losses, the Company has provided a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2016 and 2015.

The components of the net deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	2016		2015
Deferred Tax Assets:
Accrued Liabilities	$	941,333	$	1,361,612
Intangibles		2,381,431		2,476,386
Fixed Assets		10,821		6,686
NOL and Credit Carryforwards		3,585,768		10,331,722
Deferred Revenue		423,786		-
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts		-		7,599
Gross Deferred Tax Asset		7,343,139		14,184,005
Valuation Allowance		(7,250,291)		(14,052,737)
Net Deferred Tax Assets		92,848		131,268
Deferred Tax Liabilities:
Acquired Contracts Intangibles		(92,848)		(131,268)
Gross Deferred Liabilities		(92,848)		(131,268)
Net Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities)	$	-	$	-

At December 31, 2016, the Company had federal and California net operating loss carryforwards, prior to any annual limitation, of approximately $55.5 million and $11.1 million, respectively, expiring beginning in 2021 for federal and 2016 for California. The use of the Company’s net operating loss carryforwards is subject to certain annual limitations and may be subject to further limitations as a result of changes in ownership as defined by the Internal Revenue Code and similar state provisions. An ownership change date occurred in June 2014 at the merger with eOn so that an annual limitation was estimated to reduce the federal net operating loss carryforward to approximately $30.4 million with no further limitation to the CA net operating loss carryforward, and an ownership change date occurred in July 2016, resulting in a reduction of the federal net operating loss carryforward to approximately $9.6 million and a reduction in the California net operating loss carryforward to approximately $5.5 million. Notwithstanding, these federal and state net operating loss carryforwards could be further reduced if there are further ownership changes.

At December 31, 2016, the gross liability for uncertain tax positions was $0. The Company does not anticipate a significant change to unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain income tax positions within the next 12 months.

It is the Company’s practice to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. As of December 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had no interest and penalties related to income taxes.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. and various state jurisdictions including California. In the normal course of business, the Company is subject to examination by taxing authorities including the United States and California. The Company is not currently under audit or examination by either of these jurisdictions. The federal and California statute of limitations remains open back to 2011 for federal and 2010 for California. However, due to the fact that the Company has net operating losses carried forward dating back to 2001, certain items attributable to technically closed years are still subject to adjustment by the relevant taxing authority through an adjustment to the tax attributes carried forward to open years.