Ascent Industries Co. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Income Taxes (Components of Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 03, 2015	Dec. 28, 2013	Dec. 29, 2012
Current:
Federal	$ 3,933,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 2,192,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 1,493,000us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
State	656,000	344,000	236,000
Total current	4,589,000us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	2,536,000us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	1,729,000us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Deferred:
Federal	964,000	(1,113,000)	250,000
State	(167,000)	(213,000)	(85,000)
Total deferred	796,916us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	(1,325,781)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	164,774us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Total	$ 5,386,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 1,210,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 1,894,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

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Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred federal income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.