v3.25.4
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes The Company's provision for income taxes consists of the following:

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

 

 

$

 

State

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(5

)

Total current

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(5

)

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

6,047

 

 

 

5,641

 

State

 

 

2,187

 

 

 

(4,933

)

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(5,693

)

 

 

(708

)

Total deferred

 

 

2,541

 

 

 

 

Total income tax benefit (expense)

 

$

2,538

 

 

$

(5

)

Schedule of Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate to Income Before Taxes

The Company’s provision for income tax differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before taxes after the adoption of ASU 2023-09 as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31, 2025

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

Percent

 

US federal statutory tax rate

 

$

1,575

 

 

 

21.0

%

State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (1)

 

 

(138

)

 

 

(1.8

)

Tax credits

 

 

(627

)

 

 

(8.4

)

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

3,980

 

 

 

53.1

 

Nontaxable or nondeductible items

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrant liability revaluation

 

 

(7,925

)

 

 

(105.7

)

Executive compensation

 

 

119

 

 

 

1.6

 

Share-based payment awards

 

 

(453

)

 

 

(6.0

)

Transaction costs

 

 

124

 

 

 

1.7

 

Other

 

 

17

 

 

 

0.2

 

Changes in unrecognized tax benefits

 

 

195

 

 

 

2.6

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred adjustments

 

 

593

 

 

 

7.9

 

Other

 

 

2

 

 

 

0.0

 

Total benefit for income taxes

 

$

(2,538

)

 

 

(33.8

)%

(1) Massachusetts contributed to the majority of the tax effect in the category.

 

The Company’s provision for income tax differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to income before taxes prior to adoption of ASU 2023-09 as follows:

 

 

Year Ended December 31, 2024

 

Statutory federal income tax rate

 

 

21.0

%

State tax provision

 

 

(3.6

)

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(1.0

)

Research credits

 

 

0.3

 

Change in tax rate

 

 

(1.2

)

Warrant liability revaluation

 

 

(13.7

)

Stock compensation

 

 

(1.3

)

Unrecognized tax benefits

 

 

(0.5

)

Total provision for income taxes

 

 

0.0

%

 

Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Assets

As of December 31, 2025 and 2024, net deferred tax assets consisted of the following:

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued expenses

 

$

259

 

 

$

234

 

Stock compensation

 

 

2,084

 

 

 

1,994

 

Research credits

 

 

9,012

 

 

 

8,427

 

Research and experimental capitalization

 

 

9,700

 

 

 

13,430

 

Lease liability

 

 

2,656

 

 

 

2,588

 

Intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

230

 

Net operating loss carryforwards

 

 

66,450

 

 

 

55,380

 

Other

 

 

4

 

 

 

2

 

Total gross deferred tax assets

 

 

90,165

 

 

 

82,285

 

Less valuation allowance

 

 

(85,016

)

 

 

(79,323

)

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

5,149

 

 

 

2,962

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment

 

 

(801

)

 

 

(889

)

Intangibles

 

 

(2,043

)

 

 

 

Right-of-use-asset

 

 

(2,130

)

 

 

(2,073

)

Other

 

 

(175

)

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(5,149

)

 

 

(2,962

)

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

 

 

$

 

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Valuation Allowance A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of the valuation allowance is as follows:

 

 

December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Valuation allowance at beginning of year

 

$

79,323

 

 

$

78,615

 

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

5,693

 

 

 

708

 

Valuation allowance at end of year

 

$

85,016

 

 

$

79,323

 

Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amounts of Unrecognized Benefits

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

(In thousands)

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning of year

 

$

2,738

 

 

$

2,446

 

Gross increases – current year tax positions

 

 

138

 

 

 

106

 

Gross increases – prior year tax positions

 

 

67

 

 

 

186

 

Unrecognized tax benefits at end of year

 

$

2,943

 

 

$

2,738

 

Interest and penalties in year-end balance

 

$

 

 

$

 

Schedule of Income Taxes Paid

The amounts of cash income taxes paid by the Company were as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

Year Ended December 31, 2025

 

Federal

 

$

 

State

 

 

 

Massachusetts

 

 

1

 

All other states

 

 

1

 

Income taxes, net of amounts refunded

 

$

2