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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
INCOME TAXES
As a real estate investment trust (REIT), we generally are not subject to federal and state corporate income taxes on income of the REIT that we distribute to our shareholders. We are, however, subject to corporate taxes on built-in gains (the excess of fair market value over tax basis on January 1, 2006) on sales of real property held by the REIT during the first ten years following the REIT conversion. The sale of standing timber is not subject to built-in gains tax. The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 modified the built-in gains provisions to exempt sales of real properties in 2011, if five years of the recognition period had elapsed before January 1, 2011. The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended the reduced five-year holding period for sales occurring in 2012 and 2013. Accordingly, the built-in gains tax does not apply to sales that occur in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
We are required to pay federal and state corporate income taxes on earnings of our taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRS) operations, principally comprised of our wood products manufacturing operations and certain real estate investments held for development and resale.
For the quarters ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded income tax provisions of $4.6 million and $5.7 million, respectively, primarily due to pre-tax income of the TRS. For the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we recorded income tax provisions of $9.4 million and $6.7 million, respectively, primarily due to pre-tax income of the TRS.