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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Common Stock Distribution | Following is the characterization of our annual common stock distributions per share:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Ordinary dividends | $ | 1.4800 |  |  | $ | 1.5561 |  |  | $ | 2.1184 |
Capital gain dividends | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.0316 |
Nondividend distributions | — |  |  | 6.7089 |  |  | 0.1100 |
| $ | 1.4800 |  |  | $ | 8.2650 |  | (1) | $ | 2.2600 |
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(1) | Consists of $2.095 per common share of quarterly cash dividends and $6.17 per common share of stock dividends related to the Spin-Off (see Note 5).
Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) from continuing operations | The total income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations consists of the following components (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Current |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 949 |  |  | $ | 8,525 |  |  | $ | 4,948 |
State | 1,504 |  |  | 8,307 |  |  | 1,988 |
Foreign | 1,737 |  |  | 1,332 |  |  | 828 |
Total current | $ | 4,190 |  |  | $ | 18,164 |  |  | $ | 7,764 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 2,730 |  |  | $ | (10,241 | ) |  | $ | (11,317 | )
State | (5,889 | ) |  | (1,401 | ) |  | (1,382 | )
Foreign | (2,364 | ) |  | (2,049 | ) |  | (4,872 | )
Total deferred | $ | (5,523 | ) |  | $ | (13,691 | ) |  | $ | (17,571 | )
Total income tax expense (benefit) | $ | (1,333 | ) |  | $ | 4,473 |  |  | $ | (9,807 | )
Reconciliation of income tax expense at statutory rates to the actual income tax expense recorded | The following table reconciles the income tax expense (benefit) from continuing operations at statutory rates to the actual income tax expense recorded (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Tax benefit at U.S. federal statutory income tax rate on income or loss subject to tax | $ | (21,085 | ) |  | $ | (4,581 | ) |  | $ | (12,630 | )
State income tax expense, net of federal tax | (1,222 | ) |  | 6,081 |  |  | (606 | )
Gross receipts and margin taxes | 1,716 |  |  | 1,847 |  |  | 1,383 |
Foreign rate differential | 632 |  |  | 647 |  |  | 2,269 |
Effect of permanent differences | 6 |  |  | (280 | ) |  | (298 | )
Return to provision adjustments | 1,597 |  |  | 287 |  |  | (368 | )
Re-measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities | 17,080 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance | (57 | ) |  | 472 |  |  | 443 |
Total income tax expense (benefit) | $ | (1,333 | ) |  | $ | 4,473 |  |  | $ | (9,807 | )
Schedule of significant components of the company's deferred tax asset and liabilities | The following table summarizes the significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Property, primarily differences in depreciation and amortization, the basis of land, and the treatment of interest and certain costs | $ | 31,691 |  |  | $ | 28,940 |  |  | $ | 19,862 |
Net operating loss carryforward | 10,720 |  |  | 8,784 |  |  | 3,703 |
Expense accruals and other | 229 |  |  | (847 | ) |  | (753 | )
Valuation allowance | (548 | ) |  | (606 | ) |  | (531 | )
Net deferred tax assets | $ | 42,092 |  |  | $ | 36,271 |  |  | $ | 22,281 |

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