Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes

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Income Taxes
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
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Income Taxes

8. Income Taxes

Loss before provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the years ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

United States

 

$

(18,388)

 

$

(21,920)

 

Foreign

    

 

20

    

 

34

 

Loss before provision for income taxes

 

$

(18,368)

 

$

(21,886)

 

Current income tax provision is the amount of income taxes reported or expected to be reported on our income tax return. The provision for current income taxes was $19,000 and $12,000 for Fiscal 2021 and 2020, respectively. The current income taxes were related to state income and foreign taxes. The Company did not have current federal income taxes for Fiscal 2021 and 2020.

Actual income tax expense differed from the amount computed by applying statutory corporate income tax rates to loss from operations before income taxes. A reconciliation of income tax (benefit) expense to the federal statutory rate follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

    

2021

    

2020

 

Federal income tax benefit at the statutory rate

 

$

(3,857)

 

$

(4,596)

 

State taxes, net of federal effect

    

 

(311)

    

 

(248)

 

Foreign taxes

 

 

 9

 

 

 2

 

Expiring NOLs and tax credits

 

 

14,086

 

 

6,273

 

Impact of state rate change

 

 

160

 

 

24

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(10,154)

 

 

(1,792)

 

Shortfall in tax benefit—stock compensation

 

 

87

 

 

321

 

True-up

 

 

(2)

 

 

(2)

 

Other

 

 

 1

 

 

30

 

Income tax expense

 

$

19

 

$

12

 

 

The Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following at March 31, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Year Ended March 31,

 

 

2021

    

2020

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

$

889

 

$

1,536

Warranty reserve

 

 

1,357

 

 

454

Bad debt reserve

 

 

58

 

 

139

Deferred revenue

 

 

1,434

 

 

1,684

Net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards

 

 

135,895

 

 

146,503

Tax credit carryforwards

 

 

13,988

 

 

15,227

Depreciation, amortization and impairment loss

 

 

1,237

 

 

1,652

Lease liability

 

 

1,146

 

 

1,263

Interest limitation

 

 

3,735

 

 

1,570

Other

 

 

1,032

 

 

998

Deferred tax assets

 

 

160,771

 

 

171,026

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets

 

 

(159,671)

 

 

(169,825)

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance

 

 

1,100

 

 

1,201

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right of use assets

 

 

(1,100)

 

 

(1,201)

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

 —

 

$

 —

 

Because of the uncertainty surrounding the timing of realizing the benefits of favorable tax attributes in future income tax returns, the Company has placed a valuation allowance against its net deferred income tax assets. The change in valuation allowance for Fiscal 2021 and 2020 was $10.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

The Company’s NOL and tax credit carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes at March 31, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expiration

 

 

    

Amount

    

Period

 

Federal NOL generated before April 1, 2018

 

$

543,781

 

2022 - 2038

 

Federal NOL generated after March 31, 2018

 

$

48,899

 

Indefinite

 

State NOL

 

$

162,967

 

2022 - 2039

 

Federal tax credit carryforwards

 

$

6,331

 

2022 - 2038

 

State tax credit carryforwards

 

$

9,692

 

Indefinite

 

 

The NOLs and federal and state tax credits can be carried forward to offset future taxable income, if any. Utilization of the NOLs and tax credits are subject to an annual limitation of approximately $57.3 million due to the ownership change limitations provided by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and similar state provisions. The federal tax credit carryforward is a research and development credit, which may be carried forward. The state tax credits consist of a research and development credit can be carried forward indefinitely.

Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, Income Taxes clarifies the accounting for income taxes by prescribing a minimum recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in the financial statements. ASC 740 also provides guidance on de-recognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Based on management’s evaluation, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits related to research and development credits as of March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $1.9 million and $2.3 million, respectively. There were no interest or penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as of March 31, 2021 or March 31, 2020. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate as of March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020 was $1.9 million and $2.3 million, respectively. However, this impact would be offset by an equal increase in the deferred tax valuation allowance as the Company has recorded a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets because of uncertainty as to future realization. The fully reserved recognized federal and state deferred tax assets related to research and development credits balance as of March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $6.3 million and $9.7 million, and $7.6 million and $8.4 million, respectively.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of total gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2019

 

$

2,390

 

Gross increase related to prior year tax positions

 

 

 —

 

Gross increase related to current year tax positions

 

 

 —

 

Lapse of statute of limitations

 

 

(118)

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

 

$

2,272

 

Gross increase related to prior year tax positions

 

 

 —

 

Gross increase related to current year tax positions

 

 

 —

 

Lapse of statute of limitations

 

 

(326)

 

Balance at March 31, 2021

 

$

1,946

 

 

The Company does not expect a material change to its unrecognized tax benefits over the next twelve months.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for the years before 2015. However, net operating loss carryforwards remain subject to examination to the extent they are carried forward and impact a year that is open to examination by tax authorities. The Company's evaluation was performed for the tax years which remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions as of March 31, 2021. When applicable, the Company accounts for interest and penalties generated by tax contingencies as interest and other expense, net in the statements of operations.

In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) was enacted on March 27, 2020 in the U.S. The CARES Act includes many measures to assist companies, including temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax laws. The Company currently does not expect the CARES Act to have a material impact on the Company’s financial results, including on the Company’s annual estimated effective tax rate. The Company will continue to monitor and assess the impact the CARES Act, and similar legislation in other countries, with respect to what impact they may have on the Company’s business and financial results.

On December 27, 2020 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was signed into law. It provides additional COVID-19 focused relief and extends certain provisions of the CARES Act. At this time, we do not expect that the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to have a material impact on the Company’s financial results.