16. | Income taxes |
For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
in CHF thousands | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
Income / (loss) before income tax | (26,411 | ) | (7,096 | ) | 20,270 | |||||||
Tax expense / (benefit) calculated at the statutory rate of 20.5% (21% for 2016 and 22% for 2015) | (5,420 | ) | (1,504 | ) | 4,566 | |||||||
Effect of Swiss Tax Holidays | - | - | - | |||||||||
Permanent differences | 40 | (166 | ) | - | ||||||||
Effect of unrecognized carry forward tax loss | - | - | (4,566 | ) | ||||||||
Effect of unused tax losses and tax offsets not recognized as deferred tax assets | 5,380 | 1,670 | - | |||||||||
Effective income tax rate benefit / (expense) | - | - | - |
For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
in CHF thousands | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
Unrecognized deductible temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits | ||||||||||||
Deductible temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits for which no deferred tax assets have been recognized are attributable to the following: | ||||||||||||
- Tax losses | 62,575 | 36,707 | 29,079 | |||||||||
- Deductible temporary differences related to the retirement benefit plan | 4,926 | 3,798 | 2,787 | |||||||||
Total | 67,501 | 40,505 | 31,866 |
in CHF thousands | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||||||||
Tax losses split by expiry date | ||||||||||||
December 31, 2017 | - | - | - | |||||||||
December 31, 2018 | 2,175 | 2,175 | 2,175 | |||||||||
December 31, 2019 | 16,566 | 16,566 | 16,566 | |||||||||
December 31, 2020 | 10,338 | 10,338 | 10,388 | |||||||||
December 31, 2021 | - | - | - | |||||||||
December 31, 2022 | - | - | - | |||||||||
December 31, 2023 | 7,628 | 7,628 | - | |||||||||
December 31, 2024 | 25,868 | - | - | |||||||||
Total | 62,575 | 36,707 | 29,079 |