NOTE 10 - INCOME TAXES
No provision has been made in the financial statements for income taxes because the Company has accumulated losses from operations since inception. Any deferred tax benefit arising from the operating loss carried forward is offset entirely by a valuation allowance since it is currently not likely that the Company will be significantly profitable in the near future to take advantage of the losses. The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
| For the Years Ended | ||||||||
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | |||||||
| Current taxes | $ | (29,550 | ) | $ | (173,192 | ) | ||
| Impairment of oil and gas properties | — | 137,645 | ||||||
| Valuation allowance | 29,550 | 35,547 | ||||||
| Total provision for income taxes | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
The income tax provision differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal and state income tax rates of 34% to pretax income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 due to the following:
| December 31, | ||||||||
| 2016 | 2015 | |||||||
| Loss carry forwards (expire through 2035) | $ | 1,636,324 | $ | 1,568,832 | ||||
| Total gross deferred tax asset | 698,751 | 718,676 | ||||||
| Valuation allowance | (698,751 | ) | (718,676 | ) | ||||
| Net deferred taxes | $ | — | $ | — | ||||
At December 31, 2016, the Company had net operating loss carry forwards of approximately $1,776,611 that may be offset against future taxable income through 2034. The Company adopted the provisions of ASC 740 at the beginning of fiscal year 2008. As a result of this adoption, the Company has not made any adjustments to deferred tax assets or liabilities. The Company did not identify any material uncertain tax positions on returns that have been filed or that will be filed. The Company has not had operations resulting in net income and is carrying a large Net Operating Loss as disclosed above. Since it is not thought that this Net Operating Loss will ever produce a tax benefit, even if examined by taxing authorities and disallowed entirely, there would be no effect on the financial statements.