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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
NOTE 10.
 
INCOME TAXES
 
The Company
 
will generally
 
not be subject
 
to federal
 
income tax
 
on its REIT
 
taxable income
 
to the extent
 
that it distributes
 
its REIT
taxable income
 
to its stockholders
 
and satisfies
 
the ongoing
 
REIT requirements,
 
including meeting
 
certain asset,
 
income and
 
stock
ownership
 
tests.
 
A REIT must
 
generally distribute
 
at least 90%
 
of its REIT
 
taxable income
 
to its stockholders,
 
of which 85%
 
generally
must be distributed
 
within the
 
taxable year, in
 
order to avoid
 
the imposition
 
of an excise
 
tax.
 
The remaining
 
balance may
 
be distributed
 
up
to the end
 
of the following
 
taxable year, provided
 
the REIT
 
elects to treat
 
such amount
 
as a prior
 
year distribution
 
and meets
 
certain other
requirements.
 
REIT taxable
 
income (loss)
 
is computed
 
in accordance
 
with the Code,
 
which is different
 
than the Company’s
 
financial statement
 
net
income (loss)
 
computed in
 
accordance
 
with GAAP. Book to
 
tax differences
 
primarily relate
 
to the recognition
 
of interest
 
income on RMBS,
unrealized
 
gains and losses
 
on RMBS,
 
and the amortization
 
of losses on
 
derivative
 
instruments
 
that are treated
 
as hedges for
 
tax
purposes.
 
As of December
 
31, 2020,
 
we had distributed
 
all of our
 
estimated
 
REIT taxable
 
income through
 
fiscal year
 
2020. Accordingly,
 
no
income tax
 
provision was
 
recorded
 
for 2020,
 
2019 and 2018.