Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Taxes  
Income Taxes

7. Income Taxes

Deferred tax attributes resulting from differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:

December 31,

December 31,

    

2022

    

2021

 

Deferred tax assets:

Accruals and reserves

$

631

$

501

Deferred rent credit

146

163

Depreciation and amortization

38

24

Total deferred tax assets

815

688

Deferred tax liabilities:

Accruals and reserves

(67)

Depreciation and amortization

(4,604)

 

(2,212)

Total deferred tax liabilities

(4,604)

(2,279)

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

(3,789)

$

(1,591)

The provision for income taxes is as follows:

Year ended December 31,

 

    

2022

    

2021

 

Current:

Federal

$

2,694

$

1,692

State

 

622

 

572

Foreign

 

1,254

 

674

 

4,570

 

2,938

Deferred:

Federal

 

(124)

 

(45)

State

(30)

(12)

Foreign

 

(381)

 

285

 

(535)

 

228

$

4,035

$

3,166

Effective Tax Rate

 

24.4

%  

 

25.6

%

The reasons for the difference between total tax expense and the amount computed by applying the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to income before income taxes are as follows:

Year ended December 31,

 

    

2022

    

2021

 

Statutory rate applied to pretax income

$

3,472

$

2,596

State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit

 

468

 

442

Other permanent items

156

19

Foreign income taxes over U.S. statutory rate

 

137

 

(18)

Other items

 

11

 

(36)

Adjustment for foreign rate change

353

Dividends

(9)

(17)

GILTI, net of foreign tax credits

(50)

(38)

Stock compensation

(150)

(135)

Income tax expense

$

4,035

$

3,166

The Company has analyzed filing positions in all the federal, state and foreign jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns, as well as all open tax years in these jurisdictions. The Company has identified its federal consolidated tax return, its state tax returns, its Canadian tax return and its tax return in the United Kingdom as major tax jurisdictions. As of December 31, 2022, the Company’s 2019 through 2021 Federal tax returns remain open for examination. The Company’s various states and Canadian tax returns are open for examination for the years 2018 through 2021. The Company’s tax return in the United Kingdom is open for examination for the years 2020 and 2021. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest expense and penalties as operating expenses. The Company believes that it has appropriate support for the income tax positions it takes and expects to take on its tax returns, and that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate for all open years based on an assessment of many factors including experience and interpretations of tax law applied to the facts of each matter.

For financial reporting purposes, income before income taxes includes the following components:

Year ended December 31,

 

    

2022

    

2021

 

United States

$

12,968

$

9,355

Foreign

 

3,564

 

3,009

$

16,532

$

12,364

The Company has approximately $8.0 million of undistributed earnings in Canada and $1.5 million of undistributed earnings in the United Kingdom, which it continues to reinvest indefinitely, and therefore no withholding taxes related to its repatriation has been recorded.

There was no activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits during the year ended December 31, 2022. The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2021:

    

2021

Balance as of January 1

$

49

Additions related to prior period tax positions

-

Reductions related to settlements with tax authorities

(49)

Balance as of December 31

$

-

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company incurred interest and penalties of zero, respectively, related to these uncertain tax benefits.