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The federal tax attributes of the common stock dividends as a Percentage of Earnings and Profits for Non Taxable Income

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The federal tax attributes of the common stock dividends as a Percentage of Earnings and Profits for Ordinary Income

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The percentage of ordinary taxable income that is required to be distributed to shareholders each year in order to continue to qualify for taxation as a Real Estate Investment Trust.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4297-108586