Cash paid for interest was $285.6 million in 2020, $275.3 million in 2019, and $251.5 million in 2018.

Cash paid for income taxes was $13.1 million in 2020, $4.2 million in 2019, and $4.7 million in 2018.

The following non-cash activities are included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements:

A. During 2020, the fair value of derivatives decreased by $55.2 million.

B. Non-refundable deposits from 2019 of $13.8 million were applied to acquisitions during 2020.

C. As a result of the adoption of Accounting Standards Codifications Topic 842, Leases, on January 1, 2019, we recorded $132.0 million of lease liabilities and related right of use assets as lessee under operating leases.

D. During 2019, we issued 89,322 common partnership units of Realty Income, L.P. totaling $6.3 million, as partial consideration for an acquisition of properties.

E. During 2019, we recorded $5.1 million to noncontrolling interests in connection with the acquisition of a controlling interest in a consolidated joint venture.

F. During 2019, we assumed mortgages payable to the third-party lenders of $130.8 million.

G. During 2018, we issued 373,797 common partnership units of Realty Income, L.P. as partial consideration for an acquisition of properties, totaling $18.8 million.

H. During 2018, we completed the acquisition of a property using $7.5 million in funds that were held in a non-refundable escrow account.

Per the requirements of ASU 2016-18 (Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows) the following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents reported within the consolidated balance sheets to the total of the cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the consolidated statements of cash flows (dollars in thousands):


	December 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents shown in the consolidated balance sheets	$	824,476	$	54,011
Restricted escrow deposits (1)	21,220		4,529
Impounds related to mortgages payable (1)	4,983		12,465
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows	$	850,679	$	71,005

(1) Included within other assets, net on the consolidated balance sheets (see note 3). These amounts consist of cash that we are legally entitled to, but that is not immediately available to us. As a result, these amounts were considered restricted as of the dates presented.