INCOME TAXES | NOTE 5 – INCOME TAXES The Company files corporate income tax returns in the United States (Federal), in New Mexico and in New York. The Company is subject to federal, state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for the tax years 2015 through 2018. As of December 31, 2019, the Company had federal and state net operating loss carry forwards of $33.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively. Federal net operating losses generated prior to January 1, 2018, amounting to $33.7 million, and may be offset against future taxable income, subject to limitation under IRC Section 382, which begin to expire in 2022 if not utilized prior to that date, and fully expire during various years through 2037 for federal purposes. Net operating losses generated after January 1, 2018, amounting to $.3 million, are limited to 80% utilization of current year income and no longer have an expiration. State net operating loss carryforwards will begin to expire in 2034 through 2039. Other than minimum taxes, the company does not incur a provision for income taxes because the Company has historically incurred operating losses and maintains a full valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets due to the uncertainty surrounding the realizability of the benefit, based on a more likely than not criteria and in consideration of available positive and negative evidence. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“The Act”), was signed into law by President Trump. The Act includes a number of provisions, including the lowering of the U.S. corporate tax rate from 34 percent to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018 and the establishment of a territorial-style system for taxing foreign-source income of domestic multinational corporations. In December 2017, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Act (“SAB118”), which allows us to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extend beyond one year of the enactment. The Company remeasured its deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017, applying the reduced corporate income tax rate and recorded a provisional decrease to the deferred tax assets of $4,504,000, with a corresponding adjustment to the valuation allowance. In the fourth quarter of 2018, we completed our analysis to determine the effect of the Tax Act and there were no material adjustments as of December 31, 2018. The valuation allowance overall increased by approximately $33,000 in the year ended 2019, decreased by $280,000 in the year ended 2018, and was approximately $7,017,000 and $6,984,000 at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The Company has fully reserved the deferred tax asset resulting from available net operating loss carryforwards. The reconciliation of income tax expense computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate to the income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 is as follows: Year Ended December 31, 2019 2018 Income before income taxes $ (134,102 ) $ (115,862 ) Taxes under statutory US tax rates (28,161 ) (24,331 ) Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from: State taxes (5,036 ) 9,328 Other 10 10 Revaluation of NOL — 295,188 Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance 33,262 (280,120 ) Income tax expense $ 75 $ 75 The increase in the Company's net valuation allowance was caused by continued net operating losses from ongoing operations. Year Ended December 31, 2019 2018 Deferred Tax Assets $ 7,017,682 $ 6,984,420 Valuation allowance (7,017,682 ) (6,984,420 ) Net deferred tax assets $ — $ — |