Note 5 – Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes are recorded for the expected tax consequences of temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and amounts recognized for income tax purposes. The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce the Company’s deferred tax assets to the amount of future tax benefit that is more likely than not to be realized.

As required under ASC 740-270, Interim Financial Reporting, the Company has estimated its annual effective tax rate for the full fiscal year and applied that rate to its year-to-date consolidated pre-tax ordinary loss before income taxes in determining its benefit for income taxes. The Company recorded a benefit for income taxes of approximately $282,000 and $0 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

As of March 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the Company maintained a valuation allowance equal to the full recorded amount of the Company’s net deferred tax assets related to intangible start-up costs since it is more likely than not that such benefits will not be realized. The valuation allowance is reviewed quarterly and is maintained until sufficient positive evidence exists to support its reversal.

A deferred tax liability was recorded when CoNCERT sold its license and “Know-How” to Processa for stock in an Internal Revenue Code Section 351 transaction on March 19, 2018 (see Note 1 – Company Overview and Note 2 – Intangible Asset). A Section 351 transaction treats the acquisition of the license and Know-How for stock as a tax-free exchange. As a result, under ASC 740-10-25-51 Income Taxes, Processa recorded a deferred tax liability of $3,037,147 for the acquired temporary difference between the financial reporting basis of approximately $11,038,929 and the tax basis of approximately $1,782. The deferred tax liability may be offset by the deferred tax assets resulting from 2017 and 2018 taxable net operating losses. Thus, a partial release of valuation allowance occurred in Q1 2018 as it relates to the NOL. There remains a valuation allowance on intangible start-up costs. Under ACS 740-270 Income Taxes – Interim Reporting, the Company is required to project its 2018 federal and state effective income tax rate and apply it to the March 31, 2018 operating loss before income taxes. Based on the projection, the Company expects to recognize the tax benefit from the 2017 net operating loss carryover and the projected 2018 taxable loss, which resulted in the recognition of a deferred tax benefit shown in the consolidated statements of operations for 2018.

As discussed in Note 2 – Income Taxes in the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of the 2017 Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 17, 2018, the historical information presented in the consolidated financial statements prior to October 4, 2017 is that of Promet in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 805-40-45, Business Combinations – Reverse Acquisitions. Prior to the closing of the asset purchase transaction on October 4, 2017, Promet was treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and thus was not subject to income tax at the entity level. Therefore, no provision or liability for income taxes has been included in these consolidated financial statements through the date of the asset purchase on October 4, 2017.

The Company expects to be in an overall taxable loss position for 2018. However, the Company expects to recognize a deferred tax benefit in 2018 to the extent the 2017 net operating loss carryover and the 2018 net operating losses can be used to offset the deferred tax liability related to the intangible asset. No current income tax expense is expected for the foreseeable future as the Company expects to generate taxable net operating losses.