Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

NOTE 6. — INCOME TAXES

Net cash paid for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, of $557,000, $355,000 and $350,000, respectively, includes amounts related to state and local income taxes for jurisdictions that do not follow the federal tax rules, which are provided for in property costs in our consolidated statements of operations.

Earnings and profits (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code) are used to determine the tax attributes of dividends paid to stockholders and will differ from income reported for consolidated financial statements purposes due to the effect of items which are reported for income tax purposes in years different from that in which they are recorded for consolidated financial statements purposes. The federal tax attributes of the common dividends for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, were:

	2022			2021			2020
Ordinary income		77.00	%		73.00	%		88.70	%
Capital gain distributions		3.00	%		5.50	%		3.40	%
Non-taxable distributions		20.00	%		21.50	%		7.90	%
		100.00	%		100.00	%		100.00	%

To qualify for taxation as a REIT, we, among other requirements such as those related to the composition of our assets and gross income, must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income, including taxable income that is accrued by us without a corresponding receipt of cash. We cannot provide any assurance that our cash flows will permit us to continue paying cash dividends. Should the Internal Revenue Service successfully assert that our earnings and profits were greater than the amount distributed, we may fail to qualify as a REIT; however, we may avoid losing our REIT status by paying a deficiency dividend to eliminate any remaining earnings and profits. We may have to borrow money or sell assets to pay such a deficiency dividend. Although tax returns for the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, and tax returns which will be filed for the year ended 2022, remain open to examination by federal and state tax jurisdictions under the respective statute of limitations, we have not currently identified any uncertain tax positions related to those years and, accordingly, have not accrued for uncertain tax positions as of December 31, 2022 or 2021. However, uncertain tax matters may have a significant impact on the results of operations for any single fiscal year or interim period.