Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

v3.19.1
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Tax Rate of Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes

The effective tax rate of the Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes differs from the federal statutory rate as follows:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Federal statutory rate

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

34.0

%

 

 

34.0

%

State tax

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(32.7

)

 

 

20.8

 

 

 

53.0

 

Tax credits

 

 

7.5

 

 

 

3.8

 

 

 

(21.6

)

Stock compensation

 

 

(0.5

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Remeasurement of federal tax rate change

 

 

-

 

 

 

(63.4

)

 

 

-

 

Other

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

4.8

 

 

 

(65.4

)

Total

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%

Schedule of Components of Deferred Tax Assets

The components of the Company’s deferred tax assets consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

$

29,296

 

 

$

23,820

 

Research and development credits

 

 

15,680

 

 

 

11,244

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

3,027

 

 

 

3,004

 

Accruals and other

 

 

2,342

 

 

 

1,103

 

Fixed asset basis

 

 

363

 

 

 

-

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

50,708

 

 

 

39,171

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(50,708

)

 

 

(39,135

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

 

-

 

 

 

36

 

Deferred tax liability

 

 

-

 

 

 

(36

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

-

 

 

$

-

 

Schedule of Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

Gross unrecognized tax benefit at January 1

 

$

2,305

 

 

$

1,635

 

 

$

1,205

 

Additions for tax positions taken in the current year

 

 

741

 

 

 

670

 

 

 

430

 

Reductions for tax positions of prior years

 

 

(251

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Gross unrecognized tax benefit at December 31

 

$

2,795

 

 

$

2,305

 

 

$

1,635