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Income taxes (Tables)

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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Summary of the Company's loss before Income Taxes
The components of the Company’s loss before income taxes are as follows:
 
    
Year Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
    
2019
 
Loss before income taxes:
                 
Domestic
   $ (18,269    $ (29,944
Foreign
     395        84  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total
   $ (17,874    $ (29,860
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Summary of the Income Tax Provision
The components of the income tax provision are as follows:
 
    
Year Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
    
2019
 
Current Provision
                 
Federal
   $ —        $ —    
State
     5        10  
Foreign
     106        5  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total current provision
     111        15  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Deferred Provision
                 
Federal
     —          —    
State
     —          —    
Foreign
     —          —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total deferred provision
     —          —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Total income tax expense
   $ 111      $ 15  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Summary of the Overall Effective Tax Rate differs from the Statutory Federal Tax Rate
The overall effective tax rate differs from the statutory federal tax rate as follows:
 
    
Year Ended
December 31,
 
    
% of Pretax Loss
 
    
2020
   
2019
 
Statutory US federal rate
     21.00     21.00
State income taxes
     1.85       2.19  
Stock-based compensation
     (1.06     (0.23
Nondeductible expenses
     (0.61     (0.22
Global intangible
low-taxed
income
     (0.46     (0.06
Research & development credits
     3.48       2.35  
Valuation allowance
     (25.18     (25.65
Change in statutory tax rate
     (0.20     —    
Other rate items
     0.24       0.50  
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
     (0.94 )%      (0.12 )% 
    
 
 
   
 
 
 
Summary of the Company's Net Deferred Tax Assets
Significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax assets are as follows:
 
    
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
    
2019
 
Deferred tax assets
                 
Amortization
     23        27  
Deferred revenue
     318        86  
Deferred expenses
     280        322  
Reserves
     560        713  
Accrued expenses
     453        97  
Stock compensation
     372        43  
Uniform capitalization
     45        31  
Net operating losses
     16,266        13,184  
Research and development credits
     3,085        2,467  
Other state credits
     147        141  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Gross deferred tax assets
   $ 21,546      $ 17,111  
Less: Valuation allowance
     (21,507      (17,001
     
Deferred tax liabilities
                 
Depreciation
     (39      (110
Unrealized foreign currency loss
     (3      —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Net deferred tax assets
   $ —        $ —    
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Summary of the Company's Deferred Income Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
The following table presents the changes in the balance of the Company’s deferred income tax asset valuation allowance:
 
    
Year Ended
December 31,
 
(in thousands)
  
2020
    
2019
 
Balance at beginning of year
   $ 17,001      $ 9,343  
Additions charged to expense
     4,465        7,658  
    
 
 
    
 
 
 
Balance at end of year
   $ 21,466      $ 17,001