| Schedule of Reconciliation of the Statutory Tax Rate |
Differences between the U.S. statutory federal tax rate and the Company’s 2025 effective income tax rate presented prospectively in accordance with ASU 2023-09 are analyzed below:
|
|
|
2025
|
| |
|
Amount
|
|
%
|
|
Statutory federal income tax
|
|
$
|
(8,597,455 |
)
|
|
21.00 |
%
|
|
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit
|
|
|
(250,603 |
)
|
|
0.61 |
%
|
|
Warrants and issuance of common stock
|
|
|
5,932,653 |
|
|
(14.49 |
)%
|
|
Adjustment to deferred tax assets
|
|
|
(52,186 |
)
|
|
0.13 |
%
|
|
Other
|
|
|
160 |
|
|
0 |
%
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
2,967,432 |
|
|
(7.25 |
)%
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
0 |
%
|
Differences between the U.S. statutory federal tax rate and the Company’s effective income tax rate for periods prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09 are analyzed below:
|
|
|
2024
|
|
Statutory federal income tax rate
|
|
21.00 |
%
|
|
State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit
|
|
1.04 |
|
|
Warrants and issuance of common stock
|
|
(12.15 |
)
|
|
Adjustment to deferred tax assets
|
|
(6.32 |
)
|
|
Other
|
|
(0.87 |
)
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
(2.71 |
)
|
|
Income tax expense
|
|
0 |
%
|
|
| Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets |
The Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows at December 31, 2025 and 2024:
|
|
|
2025
|
|
2024
|
|
Deferred tax asset:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
4,428,341 |
|
$
|
1,534,755 |
|
Capitalized research and development
|
|
|
808,845 |
|
|
1,081,840 |
|
Equity-based compensation
|
|
|
1,174,237 |
|
|
496,493 |
|
Accrued legal fees
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
453,986 |
|
Organizational and start-up costs
|
|
|
377,374 |
|
|
379,620 |
|
Accrued expenses
|
|
|
2,447 |
|
|
33,956 |
|
Accrued compensation
|
|
|
248,187 |
|
|
75,639 |
|
Intangible assets
|
|
|
42,217 |
|
|
26,557 |
|
Total deferred tax asset before valuation allowance
|
|
|
7,081,648 |
|
|
4,082,846 |
|
|
|
2025
|
|
2024
|
|
Less: Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(6,905,353 |
)
|
|
|
(3,923,277 |
)
|
|
Total deferred tax asset after valuation allowance
|
|
|
176,295 |
|
|
|
159,569 |
|
|
Deferred tax liability:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fixed assets
|
|
|
(176,295 |
)
|
|
|
(159,569 |
)
|
|
Net deferred tax asset
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
| Schedule of Uncertain Tax Positions |
The following table indicates the changes to the Company’s uncertain tax positions for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024:
|
|
|
2025
|
|
2024
|
|
Balance, beginning of the year
|
|
$
|
207,022 |
|
$
|
—
|
|
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Payments made on tax positions related to prior years
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Additions based on tax positions related to current year
|
|
|
158,223 |
|
|
207,022 |
|
Balance, end of year
|
|
$
|
365,244 |
|
$
|
207,022 |
|