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INCOME TAXES
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES

NOTE 16: INCOME TAXES

As a REIT, we generally are not subject to federal corporate income taxes on REIT taxable income that is distributed to shareholders. We are required to pay corporate income taxes on earnings of our wholly-owned TRSs, which includes our Wood Products segment earnings and portions of our Timberlands and Real Estate & ENR segments' earnings.

The quarterly provision for income taxes is based on our current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted for discrete taxable events that may occur during the quarter. Our 2019 estimated annual effective tax rate for our TRSs, excluding discrete items, is a 37.6 percent benefit. The estimated annual effective tax rate is a benefit due to a projected pretax loss at our TRSs and varies from the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21 percent, primarily due to state income tax benefits related to unitary state filings.

In 2019, we recorded as a discrete item a benefit of $109 million related to the tax effects of the noncash pretax settlement charge recorded in connection with our U.S. pension plan. Refer to Note 7: Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans for additional details.