Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes relates primarily to the taxable income of the Company's taxable REIT subsidiaries. The earnings, other than in taxable REIT subsidiaries, of the Company are not generally subject to federal income taxes at the Company level due to the REIT election made by the Company.

Income taxes have been provided for on the asset and liability method. Under the asset and liability method, deferred income taxes are recognized for the temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of assets and liabilities.

The Company's provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 is summarized as follows:



	2016			2015			2014
Current:
Federal	$	(140	)	$	—		$	145
State and local	(1,299		)	(645		)	(1,130		)
NOL utilized	59			—			—
Deferred:
Federal	(44		)	59			(91		)
State and local	(15		)	18			(33		)
	$	(1,439	)	$	(568	)	$	(1,109	)

Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) of $0 and $59 are included in other assets (liabilities) on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These net deferred tax assets (liabilities) relate to net operating loss carry forwards.

The income tax provision differs from the amount computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to pre-tax operating income as follows:



	2016			2015			2014
Federal provision at statutory tax rate (34%)	$	(154	)	$	65		$	(43	)
State and local taxes, net of federal benefit	(30		)	12			(9		)
Other	(1,255		)	(645		)	(1,057		)
	$	(1,439	)	$	(568	)	$	(1,109	)

For the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, the “other” amount is comprised primarily of state franchise taxes of $1,252, $679 and $1,183, respectively.

A summary of the average taxable nature of the Company's common dividends for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, is as follows:



	2016			2015			2014
Total dividends per share	$	0.685		$	0.68		$	0.67
Ordinary income	96.73		%	63.07		%	49.44		%
Qualifying dividend	0.22		%	—			0.05		%
Capital gain	—			—			—
Return of capital	3.05		%	36.93		%	50.51		%
	100.00		%	100.00		%	100.00		%

A summary of the average taxable nature of the Company's dividend on shares of its Series C Preferred for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, is as follows:



	2016			2015			2014
Total dividends per share	$	3.25		$	3.25		$	3.25
Ordinary income	99.78		%	100.00		%	99.90		%
Qualifying dividend	0.22		%	—			0.10		%
Capital gain	—			—			—
Return of capital	—			—			—
	100.00		%	100.00		%	100.00		%