Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Tables)

v3.23.1
Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company’s deferred tax assets (liabilities) consisted of the effects of temporary differences attributable to the following:

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development tax credits

 

$

10,526,768

 

 

$

9,475,588

 

Net operating loss carryovers

 

 

76,477,629

 

 

 

67,785,680

 

Property and equipment

 

 

162,698

 

 

 

189,271

 

Research and development costs

 

 

9,829,326

 

 

 

10,923,959

 

Start-up and organizational costs

 

 

9,275

 

 

 

462

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

283,285

 

 

 

4,659,555

 

Operating lease liability

 

 

551,284

 

 

 

187,132

 

Other accruals

 

 

464,948

 

 

 

670,065

 

Total gross deferred tax assets

 

 

98,305,213

 

 

 

93,891,712

 

Less: valuation allowance

 

 

(97,756,771

)

 

 

(93,718,497

)

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

548,442

 

 

 

173,215

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use asset

 

 

(548,442

)

 

 

(173,215

)

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

(548,442

)

 

 

(173,215

)

Total deferred taxes, net

 

$

 

 

$

 

Summary of Valuation Allowance

The change in the Company’s valuation allowance is as follows:

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

January 1,

 

$

93,718,497

 

 

$

82,929,675

 

Increase in valuation allowance

 

 

4,038,274

 

 

 

10,788,822

 

December 31,

 

$

97,756,771

 

 

$

93,718,497

 

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Tax benefit at federal statutory rate

 

 

(21.0

)%

 

 

(21.0

)%

State income taxes

 

 

(4.4

)

 

 

(5.8

)

Permanent differences:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

12.4

 

 

 

1.8

 

Executive compensation

 

 

 

 

 

1.6

 

Research and development tax credits

 

 

(2.4

)

 

 

(2.7

)

Increase in valuation allowance

 

 

15.4

 

 

 

26.1

 

Effective income tax rate

 

 

0.0

%

 

 

0.0

%