Note 7 – Income Taxes (not presented in thousands)

The Company is subject to the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification 740-10 (“FASB ASC 740-10”) and has analyzed its various federal and state filing positions. The Company believes that its income tax filing positions and deductions are documented and supported. Additionally, the Company believes that its accruals for tax liabilities are adequate. Therefore, no reserves for uncertain income tax positions have been recorded pursuant to FASB ASC 740-10. The Company’s Federal income tax returns are open for examination by taxing authorities for all tax years after December 31, 2014. The Company has elected to record related interest and penalties, if any, as income tax expense on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

For income tax purposes, the Company has certain TRS entities that have been established and in which certain real estate activities are conducted.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had accrued a deferred income tax liability in the amount of $475,000 and $705,000, respectively. This deferred income tax balance represents the federal and state tax effect of deferring income tax in 2007 on the sale of an asset under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. This transaction was accrued within the TRS entities described above. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized net federal and state tax expense of approximately $227,000 and $157,000, respectively, which are included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act makes broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code that will affect 2017, including but not limited to reducing the U.S. federal corporate rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. In connection with our initial analysis of the impact of the Tax Act, we have recorded a discrete net tax benefit related to one of the Company’s TRS entities reducing the deferred income tax liability by $230,000 in the period ending December 31, 2017. This is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.