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- Details

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Represents the increase in the tax indemnity receivable.

No definition available.

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Represents the increase in tax indemnity receivable due to the increase in the related interest income.

No definition available.

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Represents the increase in tax indemnity receivable due to the increase in the related remeasurement gain.

No definition available.

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Represents the number of its predecessor's former taxable real estate investment trust subsidiaries transferred to the reporting entity and subject to litigation with the Internal Revenue Service, for which the predecessor filed a motion to consolidate the cases.

No definition available.

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Represents the reduction in the tax indemnity receivable due to interest income that was offset by the utilization of tax assets.

No definition available.

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Represents the amount of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses directly attributable to certain taxes related to the sale of certain assets, which is indemnified by the predecessor.

No definition available.

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Represents the percentage of losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses directly attributable to certain taxes related to the sale of certain assets, which is indemnified by the predecessor.

No definition available.

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Represents the amount of interest income receivable related to certain taxes indemnified by the predecessor.

No definition available.

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The gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits pertaining to uncertain tax positions taken in tax returns as of the balance sheet date.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Unrecognized Tax Benefit

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 15A

-Subparagraph (a)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)

-Number 48

-Paragraph 21

-Subparagraph a

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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This element represents the amount of interest expense accrued as of the date of the statement of financial position for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32718-109319

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-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)

-Number 48

-Paragraph 21

-Subparagraph c

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)

-Number 48

-Paragraph 15

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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This element represents interest expense recognized for an underpayment of income taxes computed by applying the applicable statutory rate of interest to the difference between a tax position recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amount previously taken or expected to be taken in a tax return of the entity.