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Income Taxes | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income Taxes |
17. | Income Taxes
The Company elected to be treated as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1993. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that the Company distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders. It is management’s current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company’s REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on taxable income it distributes to its shareholders. As the Company distributed sufficient taxable income for each of the three years ended December 31, 2014, no U.S. federal income or excise taxes were incurred. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, it will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for the four subsequent taxable years. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain foreign, state and local taxes on its income and property and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income. In addition, the Company has a TRS that is subject to federal, state and local income taxes on any taxable income generated from its operational activity. In order to maintain its REIT status, the Company must meet certain income tests to ensure that its gross income consists of passive income and not income from the active conduct of a trade or business. The Company utilizes its TRS to the extent certain fee and other miscellaneous non-real estate-related income cannot be earned by the REIT. In addition, the Company is subject to income tax on any taxable income generated from its operations in Puerto Rico. At December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the tax cost basis of assets was $10.6 billion, $10.4 billion and $8.7 billion, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded a net payment of $1.6 million, $1.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, related to taxes. These amounts reflect taxes paid to federal and state authorities for franchise and other taxes. The following represents the combined activity of the Company’s TRS and its taxable activity in Puerto Rico (in thousands):
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
TRS |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Book income (loss) before income taxes |  | $ | 12,104 |  |  | $ | 6,705 |  |  | $ | (16,934 | )
Current |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
Puerto Rico |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Book loss before income taxes |  | $ | (11,040 | ) |  | $ | (9,919 | ) |  | $ | (19,738 | )
Current |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | — |
At December 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company had combined net deferred tax assets of $84.5 million and $86.5 million, respectively. The net deferred tax asset at December 31, 2014, included $36.4 million attributed to TRS net operating loss carryforwards that expire in varying amounts between the years 2022 through 2034 and $48.3 million of Puerto Rico special partnership loss carryforwards with no expiration date. The differences between total income tax expense or benefit and the amount computed by applying the statutory income tax rate to income before taxes with respect to its TRS activity and its Puerto Rico activity were as follows (in thousands):
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
TRS |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Statutory rate of 34% applied to pre-tax income (loss) |  | $ | 4,115 |  |  | $ | 2,280 |  |  | $ | (5,757 | )
Effect of state and local income taxes, net of federal tax benefit |  |  | 605 |  |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | (847 | )
Valuation allowance (decrease) increase |  |  | (6,144 | ) |  |  | (1,725 | ) |  |  | 16,808 |
Other |  |  | 1,424 |  |  |  | (890 | ) |  |  | (10,204 | )
Total expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 0.00 | % |  |  | 0.00 | % |  |  | 0.00 | %
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
Puerto Rico |  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Statutory rate of 39%(A) applied to pre-tax loss |  | $ | (4,306 | ) |  | $ | (3,869 | ) |  | $ | (5,921 | )
Valuation allowance increase |  |  | 4,194 |  |  |  | 6,714 |  |  |  | 7,049 |
Statutory rate increase |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,189 | ) |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | 112 |  |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | (1,128 | )
Total expense |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 673 |  |  | $ | — |
Effective tax rate |  |  | 0.00 | % |  |  | (6.79 | )% |  |  | 0.00 | %
(A) | Act No. 40-2013, the “Tax Burden Redistribution and Adjustment Act,” was passed on June 30, 2013, which increased the corporate statutory rate in Puerto Rico from 30% to 39% retroactive to January 1, 2013.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities of the Company’s TRS and Puerto Rico were as follows (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31, |
| 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Deferred tax assets – TRS | $ | 67,085 |  |  | $ | 73,182 |  |  | $ | 75,450 |
Deferred tax assets – Puerto Rico |  | 53,394 |  |  |  | 50,061 |  |  |  | 34,041 |
Deferred tax liabilities – TRS |  | (539 | ) |  |  | (492 | ) |  |  | (1,035 | )
Deferred tax liabilities – Puerto Rico |  | (35,437 | ) |  |  | (36,298 | ) |  |  | (26,992 | )
Valuation allowance – TRS |  | (66,546 | ) |  |  | (72,690 | ) |  |  | (74,415 | )
Valuation allowance – Puerto Rico |  | (17,957 | ) |  |  | (13,763 | ) |  |  | (7,049 | )
Net deferred tax asset(A) | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
(A) | The components of the net deferred tax assets are primarily attributable to net operating losses, Puerto Rico special partnership losses and interest expense, subject to limitations and basis differentials in assets due to purchase price accounting.
Reconciliation of GAAP net income (loss) attributable to DDR to taxable income is as follows (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31, |
| 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
GAAP net income (loss) attributable to DDR | $ | 117,282 |  |  | $ | (10,175 | ) |  | $ | (25,822 | )
Plus: Book depreciation and amortization(A) |  | 341,391 |  |  |  | 296,008 |  |  |  | 247,084 |
Less: Tax depreciation and amortization(A) |  | (210,850 | ) |  |  | (194,889 | ) |  |  | (185,230 | )
Book/tax differences on losses from capital transactions |  | (313,855 | ) |  |  | (148,066 | ) |  |  | (122,101 | )
Joint venture equity in earnings (loss), net(A) |  | 96,860 |  |  |  | 15,156 |  |  |  | (23,885 | )
Dividends from subsidiary REIT investments |  | 463 |  |  |  | 503 |  |  |  | 480 |
Deferred income |  | (12,545 | ) |  |  | 4,910 |  |  |  | 8,471 |
Compensation expense |  | (6,103 | ) |  |  | (5,626 | ) |  |  | (11,325 | )
Impairment charges |  | 68,703 |  |  |  | 73,577 |  |  |  | 153,142 |
Senior convertible notes - accretion adjustment |  | 11,377 |  |  |  | 10,789 |  |  |  | 10,884 |
Miscellaneous book/tax differences, net |  | (14,745 | ) |  |  | (9,268 | ) |  |  | (2,755 | )
Taxable income before adjustments |  | 77,978 |  |  |  | 32,919 |  |  |  | 48,943 |
Less: Capital gains |  | (48,015 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (48,943 | )
Taxable income subject to the 90% dividend requirement | $ | 29,963 |  |  | $ | 32,919 |  |  | $ | — |
(A) | Depreciation expense from majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates, which is consolidated for financial reporting purposes but not for tax reporting purposes, is included in the reconciliation item “Joint venture equity in earnings (loss), net.”
Reconciliation between cash dividends paid and the dividends paid deduction is as follows (in thousands):
| For the Year Ended December 31, |
| 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Dividends paid | $ | 239,294 |  |  | $ | 193,101 |  |  | $ | 153,617 |
Plus: Deemed dividends on convertible debt |  | 12,026 |  |  |  | 9,987 |  |  |  | 7,875 |
Less: Dividends designated to prior year |  | (6,608 | ) |  |  | (7,030 | ) |  |  | (6,967 | )
Plus: Dividends designated from the following year |  | 5,594 |  |  |  | 6,608 |  |  |  | 7,030 |
Less: Return of capital |  | (172,328 | ) |  |  | (169,747 | ) |  |  | (112,612 | )
Dividends paid deduction | $ | 77,978 |  |  | $ | 32,919 |  |  | $ | 48,943 |
The dividends declared in the fourth quarter with respect to the Company’s common shares for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, have been allocated and reported to shareholders in the subsequent year. The tax characterization of common share dividends per share as reported to shareholders for the three years ended December 31, 2014, is summarized as follows:
2014 Dividends |  | Date Paid |  | Gross Ordinary Income |  |  | Capital Gain Distributions |  |  | Return of Capital |  |  | Total Dividends |
4th quarter 2013 |  | 1/7/2014 |  | $ | 0.012391 |  |  | $ | 0.019856 |  |  | $ | 0.102753 |  |  | $ | 0.135000 |
1st quarter |  | 4/8/2014 |  |  | 0.014227 |  |  |  | 0.022798 |  |  |  | 0.117975 |  |  |  | 0.155000 |
2nd quarter |  | 7/8/2014 |  |  | 0.014227 |  |  |  | 0.022798 |  |  |  | 0.117975 |  |  |  | 0.155000 |
3rd quarter |  | 10/10/2014 |  |  | 0.014227 |  |  |  | 0.022798 |  |  |  | 0.117975 |  |  |  | 0.155000 |
4th quarter |  | 1/6/2015 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  |  |  | $ | 0.055072 |  |  | $ | 0.088250 |  |  | $ | 0.456678 |  |  | $ | 0.600000 |
2013 Dividends |  | Date Paid |  | Gross Ordinary Income |  |  | Capital Gain Distributions |  |  | Return of Capital |  |  | Total Dividends |
4th quarter 2012 |  | 1/4/2013 |  | $ | 0.003589 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.116411 |  |  | $ | 0.120000 |
1st quarter |  | 4/2/2013 |  |  | 0.004038 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.130962 |  |  |  | 0.135000 |
2nd quarter |  | 7/2/2013 |  |  | 0.004038 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.130962 |  |  |  | 0.135000 |
3rd quarter |  | 10/8/2013 |  |  | 0.004038 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.130962 |  |  |  | 0.135000 |
4th quarter |  | 1/7/2014 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  |  |  | $ | 0.015703 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.509297 |  |  | $ | 0.525000 |
2012 Dividends |  | Date Paid |  | Gross Ordinary Income |  |  | Capital Gain Distributions |  |  | Return of Capital |  |  | Total Dividends |
4th quarter 2011 |  | 1/6/2012 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.012200 |  |  | $ | 0.067800 |  |  | $ | 0.080000 |
1st quarter |  | 4/3/2012 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.018300 |  |  |  | 0.101700 |  |  |  | 0.120000 |
2nd quarter |  | 7/6/2012 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.018300 |  |  |  | 0.101700 |  |  |  | 0.120000 |
3rd quarter |  | 10/2/2012 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.018300 |  |  |  | 0.101700 |  |  |  | 0.120000 |
4th quarter |  | 1/4/2013 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.067100 |  |  | $ | 0.372900 |  |  | $ | 0.440000 |

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