Aspen Group, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Income Taxes (Tables)

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2017

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The components of income tax expense (benefit) are as follows:

For the Years Ended

April 30,

2017

2016

Current:

Federal

—

State

—

Deferred:

Federal

—

State

—

Total Income tax expense (benefit)

—

Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company's deferred income tax assets and liabilities are as follows:


	April 30,
	2017			2016
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss	$	8,626,748		$	8,271,894
Allowance for doubtful accounts (recovery)		(20,029	)		26,793
Intangible assets		201,942			249,099
Deferred rent		16,911			11,678
Stock-based compensation		820,257			694,900
Contributions carryforward		93			93
Total deferred tax assets		9,645,922			9,254,457

Deferred tax liabilities:
Property and equipment		(174,260	)		(185,683	)
Total deferred tax liabilities		(174,260	)		(185,683	)

Deferred tax assets, net		9,471,662			9,068,774


Valuation allowance:
Beginning of year		(9,068,774	)		(8,240,200	)
(Increase) during period		(402,888	)		(828,574	)
Ending balance		(9,471,662	)		(9,068,774	)

Net deferred tax asset	$	—		$	—

Schedule of Income Tax Reconciliation

A reconciliation of income tax computed at the U.S. statutory rate to the effective income tax rate is as follows:


	April 30,
	2017			2016
Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate		34.0	%		34.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		3.0			3.0
Other		(0.5	)		(0.1	)
Change in valuation allowance		(36.5	)		(36.9	)
Effective income tax rate		0.0	%		0.0	%

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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