Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Income Taxes  
Schedule of components of the provision for income taxes

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Current taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

$

3,674,645

 

$

3,874,171

 

$

1,022,098

 

State

 

634,453

 

245,204

 

112,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current tax expense

 

4,309,098

 

4,119,375

 

1,134,242

 

Deferred taxes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. federal

 

(509,404

)

(13,171

)

(149,247

)

State

 

(61,505

)

(1,590

)

(18,020

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total deferred tax benefit

 

(570,909

)

(14,761

)

(167,267

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

$

3,738,189

 

$

4,104,614

 

$

966,975

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of significant components of deferred taxes

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Current deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves and allowances

 

$

205,050 

 

$

162,947 

 

Deferred revenue

 

170,970 

 

42,648 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current deferred tax assets

 

$

376,020 

 

$

205,595 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncurrent deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Stock compensation

 

$

1,114,007 

 

$

427,133 

 

Other

 

24,160 

 

35,511 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total noncurrent deferred tax assets

 

$

1,138,167 

 

$

462,644 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Current deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Reserves and allowances

 

$

64,149 

 

$

64,149 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current deferred tax liabilities

 

$

64,149 

 

$

64,149 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

$

660,636 

 

$

374,246 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities

 

$

660,636 

 

$

374,246 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule of reconciliation of statutory U.S. federal tax rate to effective rate

 

 

 

Years Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2014

 

Statutory U.S. federal tax rate

 

34.0

%

34.0

%

34.0

%

State taxes, net of federal benefit

 

4.2

 

1.8

 

2.0

 

Stock compensation expense

 

(0.3

)

2.9

 

0.3

 

Domestic production activities deduction

 

(2.9

)

(1.8

)

(2.1

)

Research and development credits

 

(1.0

)

(1.1

)

(1.8

)

Permanent items

 

0.1

 

(0.5

)

(0.4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective rate

 

34.1

%

35.3

%

32.0

%