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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
INCOME TAXES  
Schedule of reconciliation of cash dividends paid with the dividends paid deduction

The following table reconciles dividends declared with the dividends paid deduction for the years indicated (amounts in thousands):

    

2019

    

2018

    

2017

Estimate

Actual

Actual

Dividends declared

$

35,663

$

34,652

$

32,393

Dividend reinvestment plan (a)

 

247

 

313

 

252

 

35,910

 

34,965

 

32,645

Less: Spillover dividends designated to previous year

 

 

(10,263)

 

(11,916)

Less: Spillover dividends designated to following year (b)

(8,976)

(549)

Less: Return of capital

(9,828)

Plus: Dividends designated from prior year

549

Plus: Dividends designated from following year

 

 

 

10,263

Dividends paid deduction

$

17,655

$

24,153

$

30,992

(a)Reflects the up to 5% discount on common stock purchased through the dividend reinvestment plan.
(b)The entire dividend paid in January 2020 and a portion of the dividend paid in January 2019 will be considered 2020 and 2019 dividends, respectively, as it was in excess of the Company’s earnings and profits through 2019 and 2018, respectively.