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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
INCOME TAXES

14. INCOME TAXES

The Company operates its business to be qualified to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to federal income tax on the income that the Company distributes currently to our shareholders. The determination that the Company is a REIT requires analysis of various factual matters and circumstances that may not be totally within its control. To qualify as a REIT, at least 95% of the Company’s gross income must come from specific passive sources, such as rent, that are itemized in REIT tax laws. In addition, to qualify as a REIT, the Company cannot own specified amounts of debt and equity securities of some issuers. The Company is also required to distribute to its shareholders with respect to each year at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (excluding net capital gains). The Company’s intention is to adhere to the REIT qualification requirements and to maintain its qualification for taxation as a REIT.  If the Company fails to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, the Company will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and it may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. As a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and to federal income and excise taxes on undistributed taxable income. The Company’s taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRS") will generally be subject to federal, state, and local income taxes at the applicable rates.

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method.  Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax consequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective income tax bases, and for net operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards.  The deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted income tax rates in effect for the year in which those temporary differences are expected to be realized or settled.  The effect on the deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in earnings in the period when the new rate is enacted. However, deferred tax assets are recognized only to the extent that it is more likely than not that they will be realized based on consideration of all available evidence, including the future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, future projected taxable income and tax planning strategies. Valuation allowances are provided if, based upon the weight of the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.  

In projecting future taxable income, the analysis begins with historical results and incorporates assumptions about the amount of future state and federal pretax operating income adjusted for items that do not have tax consequences. The assumptions about future taxable income require significant judgment and are consistent with the plans and estimates the Company is using to manage the underlying businesses. The Company considered all available evidence, both positive and negative, including cumulative loss in recent years and its current forecast of future income in its analysis. While the Company believes its forecast of future taxable income is reasonable, it is inherently uncertain. If the Company’s projections of future income are lower than expected, the Company may need to establish a valuation allowance. Based on the analysis prepared, the Company recorded a deferred tax asset of $1.0 million as of September 30, 2017. There were no deferred tax balances as of September 30, 2016.

The Company had no accruals for tax uncertainties as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.