INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	NOTE 13—INCOME TAXES We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended for every year beginning with the year ended December 31, 1999. We have also elected for certain of our subsidiaries to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS” or “TRS entities”), which are subject to federal, state and foreign income taxes. All entities other than the TRS entities are collectively referred to as the “REIT” within this Note 13. Certain REIT entities are subject to foreign income tax. Although the TRS entities and certain other foreign entities have paid minimal cash federal, state and foreign income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2017, their income tax liabilities may increase in future periods as we exhaust net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and as our senior living and other operations grow. Such increases could be significant. Our consolidated provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was a benefit of $2.2 million and $11.5 million, respectively. Our consolidated provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was a benefit of $5.3 million and $20.0 million, respectively. The income tax benefits for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were each due primarily to operating losses at our taxable REIT subsidiaries; however, $0.8 million and $5.9 million of the income tax benefit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, were due to the reversal of a net deferred tax liability at a TRS entity. Realization of a deferred tax benefit related to NOLs depends in part upon generating sufficient taxable income in future periods. The NOL carryforwards have begun to expire annually for the REIT and begin to expire in 2024 with respect to the TRS entities. Each TRS is a tax paying component for purposes of classifying deferred tax assets and liabilities. Net deferred tax liabilities with respect to our TRS entities totaled $296.8 million and $316.6 million as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and related primarily to differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of fixed and intangible assets, net of loss carryforwards. Generally, we are subject to audit under the statute of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent years and are subject to audit by state taxing authorities for the year ended December 31, 2012 and subsequent years. We are subject to audit generally under the statutes of limitation by the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial authorities with respect to the Canadian entities for years ended December 31, 2012 and subsequent years. We are also subject to audit in Canada for periods subsequent to the acquisition, and certain prior periods, with respect to the entities acquired in 2014 from Holiday Retirement. We are subject to audit in the United Kingdom generally for periods ended in and subsequent to 2015.

NOTE 13—INCOME TAXES

We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended for every year beginning with the year ended December 31, 1999. We have also elected for certain of our subsidiaries to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS” or “TRS entities”), which are subject to federal, state and foreign income taxes. All entities other than the TRS entities are collectively referred to as the “REIT” within this Note 13. Certain REIT entities are subject to foreign income tax.

Although the TRS entities and certain other foreign entities have paid minimal cash federal, state and foreign income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2017, their income tax liabilities may increase in future periods as we exhaust net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards and as our senior living and other operations grow. Such increases could be significant.

Our consolidated provision for income taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was a benefit of $2.2 million and $11.5 million, respectively. Our consolidated provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was a benefit of $5.3 million and $20.0 million, respectively. The income tax benefits for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were each due primarily to operating losses at our taxable REIT subsidiaries; however, $0.8 million and $5.9 million of the income tax benefit for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, were due to the reversal of a net deferred tax liability at a TRS entity.

Realization of a deferred tax benefit related to NOLs depends in part upon generating sufficient taxable income in future periods. The NOL carryforwards have begun to expire annually for the REIT and begin to expire in 2024 with respect to the TRS entities.

Each TRS is a tax paying component for purposes of classifying deferred tax assets and liabilities. Net deferred tax liabilities with respect to our TRS entities totaled $296.8 million and $316.6 million as of June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and related primarily to differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of fixed and intangible assets, net of loss carryforwards.

Generally, we are subject to audit under the statute of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent years and are subject to audit by state taxing authorities for the year ended December 31, 2012 and subsequent years. We are subject to audit generally under the statutes of limitation by the Canada Revenue Agency and provincial authorities with respect to the Canadian entities for years ended December 31, 2012 and subsequent years. We are also subject to audit in Canada for periods subsequent to the acquisition, and certain prior periods, with respect to the entities acquired in 2014 from Holiday Retirement. We are subject to audit in the United Kingdom generally for periods ended in and subsequent to 2015.