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INCOME TAXES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES
INCOME TAXES

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT beginning with the filing of its tax return for the 2011 fiscal year. As of March 31, 2016, the Company has met the requirements of a REIT and has filed its tax returns for the 2014 calendar year accordingly. Subject to its ability to meet the requirements of a REIT, the Company intends to maintain this status in future periods.

To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including requirements to distribute at least 90% of its ordinary taxable income and to either distribute capital gains to stockholders or pay corporate income tax on the undistributed capital gains. In addition, the Company is required to meet certain asset and income tests.
 
As a REIT, the Company will generally not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on taxable income that it distributes currently to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income or property, and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income.

The Company has a subsidiary that it elected to treat as a taxable REIT subsidiary ("TRS"), which is subject to federal and state income taxes. For each of the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company incurred approximately $0.01 million, respectively, in taxes associated with the TRS, which are recorded in "Provision for income taxes" on the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).