Income Taxes:

The Company has made Taxable REIT Subsidiary elections for all of its corporate subsidiaries other than its Qualified REIT Subsidiaries. The elections, effective for the year beginning January 1, 2001 and future years, were made pursuant to Section 856(l) of the Code. The Company's Taxable REIT Subsidiaries ("TRSs") are subject to corporate level income taxes which are provided for in the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company's primary TRSs include Macerich Management Company and Macerich Arizona Partners LLC.

The income tax benefit (provision) of the TRSs are as follows:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014		2013
Current	$	—	$	(281	)
Deferred	172		524
Income tax benefit	$	172	$	243

The net operating loss carryforwards are currently scheduled to expire through 2033, beginning in 2021. Net deferred tax assets of $31,528 and $31,356 were included in deferred charges and other assets, net, at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

The tax years 2009 through 2012 remain open to examination by the taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject. The Company does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefit will materially change within the next twelve months.