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Income Taxes | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes | 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 provision of the TRSs are as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended June 30, |  | For the Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Current | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred | (437 | ) |  | (514 | ) |  | 3,047 |  |  | (1,831 | )
Income tax (expense) benefit | $ | (437 | ) |  | $ | (514 | ) |  | $ | 3,047 |  |  | $ | (1,831 | )
The net operating loss carryforwards are currently scheduled to expire through 2035, beginning in 2024. Net deferred tax assets of $47,833 and $38,301 were included in deferred charges and other assets, net at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. The tax years 2012 through 2016 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.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for income taxes. Disclosures may include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2144680 + Details
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