v3.26.1
INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The total provision for income taxes consists of the following for the fiscal years ended (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Pretax Book Income/(Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States Federal & State

 

$

(3,264

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

 

 

161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Pretax Book Loss

 

 

(3,103

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States Federal

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

State

 

 

55

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

46

 

Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Current

 

 

55

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

46

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States Federal

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

(1

)

State

 

 

3

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(4

)

Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Deferred

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

(5

)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 

$

60

 

 

$

42

 

 

$

41

 

Reconciliation of the Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate and the Effective Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax rate and effective income tax rate is as follows:

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

 

Amount (thousands)

 

 

Percent

 

 

Percent

 

 

Percent

 

Statutory federal tax rate

 

$

(652

)

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

 

 

21.0

%

State taxes, net (1)

 

 

44

 

 

 

(1.4

)%

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

3.2

%

State tax credits, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.2

)%

 

 

(0.2

)%

Foreign tax effects, Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Statutory tax rate differential

 

 

10

 

 

 

(0.3

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in valuation reserve

 

 

(36

)

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal tax credit

 

 

111

 

 

 

(3.6

)%

 

 

(0.5

)%

 

 

(0.4

)%

Change in valuation reserve

 

 

507

 

 

 

(16.3

)%

 

 

(23.7

)%

 

 

(22.7

)%

Effect of cross-border tax laws, global intangible low-tax income

 

 

21

 

 

 

(0.7

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other permanent items

 

 

38

 

 

 

(1.2

)%

 

 

(0.9

)%

 

 

(0.8

)%

Change in tax contingency reserve

 

 

11

 

 

 

(0.4

)%

 

 

(0.1

)%

 

 

(0.1

)%

Equity compensation cancellations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(0.2

)%

State return to provision

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

0.1

%

Other, net

 

 

6

 

 

 

(0.2

)%

 

 

(0.2

)%

 

 

(0.3

)%

Effective income tax rate

 

$

60

 

 

 

(1.9

)%

 

 

(0.4

)%

 

 

(0.4

)%

(1) State taxes in Texas make up the majority (greater than 50 percent) of the tax effect in this category.

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets

The net deferred tax assets reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements include the following components (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory, accruals and reserves

 

$

833

 

 

$

742

 

Interest deduction carry-forward

 

 

497

 

 

 

495

 

Federal and state operating loss carry-forwards

 

 

22,554

 

 

 

22,332

 

Tax credit carry-forwards

 

 

1,204

 

 

 

1,367

 

Equity compensation

 

 

132

 

 

 

272

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Fixed assets

 

 

78

 

 

 

 

Lease liabilities

 

 

722

 

 

 

922

 

Intangible assets

 

 

2,273

 

 

 

1,871

 

Other

 

 

868

 

 

 

1,206

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

29,161

 

 

 

29,226

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(28,563

)

 

 

(28,149

)

Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance

 

 

598

 

 

 

1,077

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease ROU assets

 

 

(682

)

 

 

(880

)

Fixed assets

 

 

 

 

 

(276

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(682

)

 

 

(1,156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net deferred tax (liabilities) assets

 

$

(84

)

 

$

(79

)

Unrecognized Tax Benefit Activity Orion had the following unrecognized tax benefit activity (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Fiscal Year Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2026

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Unrecognized tax benefits as of beginning of fiscal year

 

$

248

 

 

$

237

 

 

$

225

 

Additions based on tax positions related to the current period positions

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Additions for tax positions of prior years

 

 

11

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Unrecognized tax benefits as of end of fiscal year

 

$

260

 

 

$

248

 

 

$

237