Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

INCOME TAXES (Tables)

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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes Tables  
Schedule of components of income tax expense

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

               
    Year Ended December 31,  
    2013   2012  
    (in thousands)  
Current:              
Federal   $ 2,170   $ —  
State and Local     381     —  
Total Current Provision   $ 2,551   $ —  
               
Deferred              
Federal   $ (404 ) $ —  
State and Local     (47 )   —  
Total Deferred Provision   $ (451 ) $ —  
Total Provision for Income Taxes   $ 2,100   $ —  
Schedule of tax treatment of common stock dividend distribution

Common stock distributions relating to 2013, 2012, and 2011 were taxable as follows:
                           
        Ordinary   Long-term        
    Dividends Per Share   Income   Capital Gain   Return of Capital  
2013   $ 7.38 (A) 33.91 %   0.00 %   66.09 %  
2012   $ 0.84   100.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %  
2011   $ 0.40   100.00 %   0.00 %   0.00 %  
     
  (A) Includes the distribution of New Residential (Note 4) common stock valued at $6.89 per share.
Schedule of effective income tax reconciliation

The difference between Newcastle’s reported provision for income taxes and the U.S. federal statutory rate of 35% is as follows:
                     
    December 31,  
    2013   2012   2011  
Provision at the statutory rate     35.00 %   35.00 %   35.00 %
Non-taxable REIT income     (33.88 %)   (35.00 %)   (35.00 %)
State and local taxes     0.21 %   —     —  
Other     0.40 %   —     —  
Total provision     1.73 %   0.00 %   0.00 %
Schedule of deferred tax assets

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2013 are presented below:

         
    December 31, 2013  
Deferred tax assets:        
Allowance for loan losses   $ 2,076  
Depreciation and amortization     94,880  
Leaseholds     6,489  
Accrued expenses     23,816  
Deposits     7,787  
Net operating losses     211,560  
Other     17,036  
Total deferred tax assets     363,644  
Less valuation allowance     (363,192 )
Net deferred tax assets   $ 452  
Schedule of change in valuation allowance

The following table summarizes the change in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance:

         
Valuation allowance at December 31, 2012   $ —  
Increase due to business acquisitions     367,541  
Other decrease     (4,349 )
Valuation allowance at December 31, 2013   $ 363,192