SS Innovations International, Inc. Income Taxes Disclosure
NOTE 17 – INCOME TAX
The Company has not recorded income tax benefits for the net operating losses incurred during the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 nor for other deferred tax assets generated, due to its uncertainty of realizing a benefit from those items.
The components of income/(loss) before income taxes consist of the following:
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Domestic | (17,924,310 | ) | (16,672,162 | ) | ||||
| Foreign | (1,226,887 | ) | (4,206,130 | ) | ||||
| Total | (19,151,197 | ) | (20,878,292 | ) | ||||
The Company has federal and state net operating losses as of December 31, 2024, and 2023.
The Company has not recorded any amounts for unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2024, and 2023. The Company’s practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company had no accrual of interest and penalties on the Company’s balance sheets and has not recognized interest and penalties in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023.
The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and India. The Company’s tax returns filed has no pending examinations in India and US.
The effective income tax rate differs from the amount computed by applying the income tax rate of India to Income/(Loss) before income taxes approximately as follows:
| Year ended December 31, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Accounting income / (loss) before income tax | (19,151,197 | ) | (20,878,292 | ) | ||||
| Income tax expense (benefit) at federal statutory rate at 21% | (4,021,752 | ) | (4,384,441 | ) | ||||
| Foreign tax rate differential | (798,222 | ) | (1,078,990 | ) | ||||
| Non-deductible expenses | 245,753 | (23,494 | ) | |||||
| Excess tax benefit / (expense) on depreciation | (66,770 | ) | 18,621 | |||||
| Excess tax expense on security deposit | 286 | 10,826 | ||||||
| Impact of unrecognized deferred tax asset on the loss of the year | 4,640,705 | 5,457,478 | ||||||
| Income tax expense/(benefit) | ||||||||
The Company recorded income tax expense for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023 due to losses in current year and prior year and it does not expect to recover the tax benefit on the losses incurred during the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023.
The components of the deferred tax balances were as follows:
| December 31, 2024 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Deferred tax assets: | ||||||||
| Net operating loss carry forwards | 5,123,862 | 763,591 | ||||||
| Net operating loss | 3,842,483 | 4,360,270 | ||||||
| Lease payments | 28,299 | 18,976 | ||||||
| Credit loss reserve | 198,703 | - | ||||||
| Others | 44,204 | 23,754 | ||||||
| 9,237,551 | 5,166,591 | |||||||
| Valuation allowance | (9,150,495 | ) | (5,145,040 | ) | ||||
| Deferred tax assets | 87,056 | 21,551 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 74,285 | 16,763 | ||||||
| Others | 12,771 | 4,788 | ||||||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 87,056 | 21,551 | ||||||
| Net deferred tax assets/liability | - | |||||||
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying values of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss carry forwards. The Company performed an analysis of the realizability of deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2024, and 2023 and recorded a valuation allowance of $9,150,495 and $5,145,040 respectively.
About Income Taxes Disclosures
The income tax disclosure reveals how much a company actually pays in taxes versus what the statutory rate would predict. Analysts focus on the effective tax rate (ETR) reconciliation, which breaks down every item driving the gap between the 21% federal rate and the company's reported ETR — including R&D credits, foreign rate differentials, and state taxes. Deferred tax assets (DTAs) and their valuation allowances signal management's confidence in future profitability: a rising allowance suggests the company doubts it can use accumulated tax benefits. Uncertain tax benefit (UTB) reserves quantify exposure to IRS challenges on aggressive positions.
Key signals to watch: sudden ETR drops without clear operational reasons, large increases in valuation allowances, growing UTB balances, and significant unremitted foreign earnings. Post-TCJA, pay attention to GILTI and BEAT provisions that affect multinational tax structures. Compare the cash taxes paid (from the cash flow statement) against the income tax provision to gauge earnings quality.