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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]
6.
Income Taxes
 
Presidential has elected to qualify as a Real Estate Investment Trust under the Internal Revenue Code. A REIT which distributes at least 90% of its real estate investment trust taxable income to its shareholders each year by the end of the following year and which meets certain other conditions will not be taxed on that portion of its taxable income which is distributed to its shareholders.
 
ASC 740 prescribes a more likely than not recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken. If the Company’s tax position in relation to a transaction was not likely to be upheld, the Company would be required to record the accrual for the tax and interest thereon. As of March 31, 2014, the tax years that remain open to examination by the federal, state and local taxing authorities are the 2010 – 2013 tax years and the Company was not required to accrue any liability for those tax years.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company had a tax loss of approximately $209,000 ($.05 per share) which was all ordinary loss. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company had a tax loss of approximately $352,000 ($.10 per share), which was all ordinary loss.