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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
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):

    

2020

    

2019

    

2018

Estimate

Actual

Actual

Dividends declared

$

36,564

$

35,663

$

34,652

Dividend reinvestment plan (a)

 

47

 

247

 

313

 

36,611

 

35,910

 

34,965

Less: Spillover dividends designated to previous year

 

 

 

(10,263)

Less: Spillover dividends designated to following year (b)

(9,261)

(8,976)

(549)

Less: Return of capital

(3,273)

(9,842)

Plus: Dividends designated from prior year

8,976

549

Plus: Dividends designated from following year

 

 

 

Dividends paid deduction

$

33,053

$

17,641

$

24,153

(a)Reflects the up to 5% discount on common stock purchased through the dividend reinvestment plan.
(b)The entire dividend paid in January 2021 and 2020 and a portion of the dividend paid in January 2019 are considered 2021, 2020 and 2019 dividends, respectively, as such dividends were in excess of the Company’s earnings and profits during 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.