Note 5 - Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law. Among other changes, the Act reduced the corporate federal income tax rate from 35% to 21%.
At December 31, 2017, the Company had net operating loss (“NOL”) carry–forwards for Federal income tax purposes of $1,774,972 that may be offset against future taxable income through 2037. No tax benefit has been reported with respect to these net operating loss carry-forwards because the Company believes that the realization of the Company’s net deferred tax assets of approximately $372,744 was not considered more likely than not and accordingly, the potential tax benefits of the net loss carry-forwards are offset by a full valuation allowance.
Deferred tax assets consist primarily of the tax effect of NOL carry-forwards. Due to the change in control on December 15, 2017, the future utilization of the net operating loss carryforward is significantly limited. The Company has provided a full valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets because of the uncertainty regarding the probability of its realization. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the valuation allowance decreased $215,504 primarily due to a reduction in expected tax rate utilized in calculating the deferred tax assets. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the valuation allowance increased $10,651.
Components of deferred tax assets in the balance sheets are as follows:
| December 31, 2017 | December 31,2016 | |||||||
| Net deferred tax assets – non-current: | ||||||||
| Expected income tax benefit from NOL carry-forwards | $ | 372,744 | $ | 588,248 | ||||
| Less valuation allowance | (372,744 | ) | (588,248 | ) | ||||
| Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate and the effective income tax rate as a percentage of income before income tax provision is as follows:
|
For the reporting period ended December 31, 2017 |
For the reporting period ended December 31, 2016 |
|||||||
| Federal statutory income tax rate | 34.0 | % | 34.0 | % | ||||
| Change in valuation allowance on net operating loss carry-forwards | (34.0 | ) | (34.0 | ) | ||||
| Effective income tax rate | 0.0 | % | 0.0 | % | ||||