v3.26.1
INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
INCOME TAXES [Abstract]  
Components of Provision for Income Taxes
The components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
                 
    2025     2024  
Current:
               
Federal
  $ 423,465     $ 354,044  
State
    48,693       71,981  
Total current
    472,158       426,025  
Deferred:
               
Federal
    (256,941     (131,108
State
    (9,076     (12,189
Total deferred
    (266,017     (143,297
                 
Income tax expense
  $ 206,141     $ 282,728  
Income Tax Reconciliation
The actual income tax expense differs from the “expected” income tax expense (computed by applying the applicable U.S. federal corporate tax rate to income before income taxes) for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, as follows:
 
                                 
    2025     2024  
    Amount     Percent     Amount     Percent  
                                 
Computed “expected” expense
  $ 150,633       21.00 %   $ 333,757       21.00 %
Permanent differences
    23,474       3.27 %     22,432       1.41 %
State and local income tax expense
    8,406       1.17 %     18,626       1.17 %
State actual versus blended rate differences
    (11,278     (1.57 )%       -           -   %
VDA income tax
    29,242       4.08 %     47,545       3.00 %
True-up of current taxes
    55,762       7.77 %     1,802       0.11 %
True-up of deferred taxes
    (50,098     (6.98 )%     (141,434     (8.90 )%
                                 
Income tax expense
  $ 206,141       28.74 %   $ 282,728       17.79 %
Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
Deferred tax assets and liabilities represent the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
                 
    2025     2024  
Deferred tax assets:
               
Stock options
  $ 26,495     $ 25,411  
Accrued vacation
    124,462         -    
Allowance for credit losses
    6,652       6,570  
Net operating loss
    6,730       5,613  
Accrued income and sales tax VDAs
    415,654       274,112  
Total deferred tax assets
    579,993       311,706  
                 
Deferred tax liabilities:
               
Goodwill
    (433,342     (428,036
Property and equipment
    (87,942     (90,978
Total deferred tax liabilities
    (521,284     (519,014
                 
Deferred tax assets (liabilities), net
  $ 58,709     $ (207,308
Components of Income Taxes Paid
The Company paid income taxes by jurisdiction for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 as follows:
 
               
       2025       2024  
               
Federal
  $ 370,000    $ 585,000 
State
    10,600      26,882 
               
Total cash taxes paid
  $ 380,600    $ 611,882