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Income Taxes
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes Income Taxes
As a REIT, we are generally not subject to U.S. federal income tax to the extent of our distributions to stockholders and as long as certain asset, income, distribution, ownership and administrative tests are met. To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we must annually distribute at least 90% of our REIT-taxable income to our stockholders and meet certain other requirements. We may also be subject to certain state, local and franchise taxes. Under certain circumstances, federal income and excise taxes may be due on our undistributed taxable income. If we were to fail to meet these requirements, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax, which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and amounts available for distributions to our stockholders. We believe that all of the criteria to maintain our REIT qualification have been met for the applicable periods, but there can be no assurance that these criteria will continue to be met in subsequent periods.
The Agency Business is operated through our TRS Consolidated Group and is subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. In general, our TRS entities may hold assets that the REIT cannot hold directly and may engage in real estate or non-real estate-related business.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”) was enacted into law. The legislation includes significant changes to U.S. tax law. Both our REIT and Agency Business are now subject to the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (“Section 162(m)”) which limits the tax deductibility of executive compensation to $1.0 million per year for each named executive officer (“NEO”). We believe that it is more likely than not a significant portion of our NEO compensation will exceed the $1.0 million limitation in current and future years resulting in no tax deductibility for the book expense associated with these compensation agreements, including share-based compensation. In addition, the OBBBA made permanent the deduction generally available to individuals, trusts and estates equal to 20% of ordinary REIT dividends, subject to certain limitations, which had previously been scheduled to expire for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026. The OBBBA also increased the limitation on a REIT’s ownership of taxable REIT subsidiary securities from 20% to 25% of the REIT’s total assets, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.
A summary of our income tax provision is as follows ($ in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30,Six Months Ended June 30,
2026202520262025
Current income tax provision$(5,361)$(5,001)$(10,026)$(8,730)
Deferred income tax benefit2,211 1,603 4,791 1,741 
Total income tax provision$(3,150)$(3,398)$(5,235)$(6,989)