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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Note 11. Income Taxes
We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the IRC, and, as such, are generally not subject to federal and most state income taxation on our operating income provided we distribute our taxable income to our shareholders and meet certain organization and operating requirements. We are subject to income tax in Canada, Puerto Rico and certain states despite our qualification for taxation as a REIT. Further, we lease our managed hotels to our wholly owned TRSs that, unlike most of our subsidiaries, file a separate consolidated tax return and are subject to federal, state and foreign income taxes. Our consolidated income tax provision includes the income tax provision related to the operations of our TRSs and certain state and foreign income taxes incurred by us despite our qualification for taxation as a REIT.
During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized income tax benefit of $296, which includes $123 of foreign tax benefit and $173 of state tax benefit. We recorded a $15,650 deferred tax liability as a result of the book value to tax basis difference related to the accounting of an insurance settlement in the three months ended June 30, 2020. See Note 5 for further information regarding this insurance settlement. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized income tax expense of $16,706 which includes $379 of foreign taxes, $677 of state taxes and the $15,650 of deferred tax liability. During the three months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized income tax expense of $467 which includes $229 of foreign tax and $238 of state tax benefits. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we recognized income tax expense of $1,266 which includes $447 of foreign taxes and $819 of state taxes.