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Income taxes |
Income taxes
As at December 31, 2018, the Company has available Canadian non-capital losses in the amount of $163,144,000 (2017 – $117,232,000) and scientific research and experimental development expenditures (SRED) in the amount of $3,732,000 (2017 – nil) to reduce Canadian taxable income in future years. The Company has unclaimed investment tax credits of $1,926,000 (2017 – $1,409,000) available to reduce future Canadian income taxes otherwise payable.
The SRED expenditures do not expire. The losses and credits will expire as follows:
As at December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset was recognized were as follows:
Given the Company’s past losses, management does not believe that it is more probable than not that the Company can realize its deferred tax assets and therefore it has not recognized any amount in the consolidated statements of financial position.
The difference between the expected income tax recovery based on a 27.0% (2017 – 27.0%) Canadian statutory tax rate and the actual income tax expense recorded is summarized as follows:
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