INCOME TAXES (Tables)
|
12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2025 |
| Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
|
| Schedule of income tax provision (benefit) |
| Schedule of income tax provision (benefit) |
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2025 |
|
|
2024 |
|
| Current: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Federal |
|
$ |
20,371 |
|
|
$ |
60,245 |
|
| State |
|
|
195,289 |
|
|
|
(36,735 |
) |
| Current income tax provision |
|
|
215,660 |
|
|
|
23,510 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Deferred: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Federal |
|
|
1,997,287 |
|
|
|
409,091 |
|
| State |
|
|
268,694 |
|
|
|
(110,311 |
) |
| Deferred income tax provision |
|
|
2,265,981 |
|
|
|
298,780 |
|
| Income tax provision |
|
$ |
2,481,641 |
|
|
$ |
322,290 |
|
|
| Schedule of reconciliation of federal statutory tax rate to benefit rate |
| Schedule of reconciliation of federal statutory
tax rate to benefit rate | |
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2025 | | |
2024 | |
| Federal taxes at U.S. statutory rate | |
$ | 2,106,983 | | |
| 21.0% | | |
$ | 869,021 | | |
| 21.0% | |
| State and local income tax, net of federal (national) income tax effect* | |
| 368,878 | | |
| 3.7 | | |
| (70,824 | ) | |
| (1.7 | ) |
| Foreign tax effect | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Foreign taxes | |
| (6,269 | ) | |
| (0.1 | ) | |
| (8,431 | ) | |
| (0.2 | ) |
| Foreign rate change | |
| 5,406 | | |
| 0.1 | | |
| 6,512 | | |
| 0.2 | |
| Tax credits | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Domestic R&D credits | |
| (411,358 | ) | |
| (4.1 | ) | |
| (397,422 | ) | |
| (9.6 | ) |
| Nontaxable or nondeductible items | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Stock-based compensation | |
| (660,802 | ) | |
| (6.6 | ) | |
| (322,307 | ) | |
| (7.8 | ) |
| IRC Section 162(m) limitation | |
| 489,938 | | |
| 4.9 | | |
| 293,466 | | |
| 7.1 | |
| Other permanent differences | |
| 39,676 | | |
| 0.4 | | |
| 28,866 | | |
| 0.7 | |
| Change in valuation allowance | |
| 6,269 | | |
| 0.1 | | |
| 8,431 | | |
| 0.2 | |
| Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | |
| 77,405 | | |
| 0.8 | | |
| 115,382 | | |
| 2.8 | |
| Other adjustments | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
| Return-to-provision adjustments | |
| 465,515 | | |
| 4.6 | | |
| (200,404 | ) | |
| (4.8 | ) |
| Other adjustments | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | | |
| – | |
| Effective tax rate | |
$ | 2,481,641 | | |
| 24.7% | | |
$ | 322,290 | | |
| 7.8% | |
| * |
State taxes in Michigan and New Jersey made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category in 2025; State
taxes in California, New Jersey, and South Carolina made up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category
in 2024. |
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following
at December 31:
|
| Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities |
| Schedule of deferred tax assets and liabilities | |
| | |
| |
| | |
2025 | | |
2024 | |
| Deferred tax assets: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Net operating loss carryforward | |
$ | 963,268 | | |
$ | 1,476,121 | |
| Operating lease obligation | |
| 1,426,104 | | |
| 693,128 | |
| Stock-based compensation | |
| 1,283,536 | | |
| 936,983 | |
| Tax credits | |
| 1,003,634 | | |
| 762,079 | |
| Intangible assets | |
| – | | |
| 869,419 | |
| Other Deferred Tax Assets | |
| 122,798 | | |
| 73,832 | |
| Deferred tax assets, gross | |
| 4,799,340 | | |
| 4,811,562 | |
| Deferred tax liabilities: | |
| | | |
| | |
| Intangible assets | |
| (1,291,993 | ) | |
| – | |
| Fixed assets | |
| (390,633 | ) | |
| (130,082 | ) |
| Right-of-use assets | |
| (1,356,081 | ) | |
| (661,134 | ) |
| Deferred tax liabilities | |
| (3,038,707 | ) | |
| (791,216 | ) |
| Less valuation allowance | |
| (25,664 | ) | |
| (19,396 | ) |
| Deferred tax asset, net | |
$ | 1,734,969 | | |
$ | 4,000,950 | |
|
| Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits |
| Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits | |
| |
| Balance as of December 31, 2023 | |
$ | 442,186 | |
| Additions for current year | |
| 79,484 | |
| Additions for prior year | |
| 35,896 | |
| Subtractions for current year | |
| – | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2024 | |
| 557,566 | |
| Additions for current year | |
| 77,405 | |
| Additions for prior year | |
| – | |
| Subtractions for current year | |
| – | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2025 | |
$ | 634,971 | |
|
| Schedule of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) |
| Schedule of income taxes paid (net of refunds received) | |
| | |
| |
| | |
2025 | | |
2024 | |
| Federal | |
$ | 271,000 | | |
$ | 63,000 | |
| California | |
| 34,100 | | |
| 2,400 | |
| New Jersey | |
| 37,620 | | |
| 5,375 | |
| Pennsylvania | |
| 13,171 | | |
| 13,171 | |
| Rhode Island | |
| 10,500 | | |
| 10,500 | |
| South Carolina | |
| 9,600 | | |
| 6,700 | |
| Other States | |
| 38,195 | | |
| 35,485 | |
| Income taxes paid | |
$ | 414,186 | | |
$ | 136,631 | |
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