FIRST INDUSTRIAL LP

9. Income Taxes

Our Consolidated Financial Statements include the operations of our TRSs, which are not entitled to the dividends paid deduction and are subject to federal, state and local income taxes on its taxable income. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company qualified as a REIT and incurred no federal income tax expense; accordingly, the only federal income taxes included in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements relate to activities of our TRSs. The components of the income tax provision for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 is comprised of the following:

Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of the temporary differences between the book and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities include the following as of December 31, 2025 and 2024:

We evaluate tax positions taken in the financial statements on a quarterly basis under the interpretation for accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. As a result of this evaluation, we may recognize a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is "more-likely-than-not" that the tax position will be sustained on examination by taxing authorities. As of December 31, 2025, we do not have any unrecognized tax benefits.

We file income tax returns in the U.S. and various states. The statute of limitations for income tax returns is generally three years. As such, our tax returns that are subject to examination would be primarily from 2022 and thereafter. There were no material interest or penalties recorded for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023.

The amount of income taxes we paid during the year ended December 31, 2025 was as follows:

The amount of income taxes we paid during the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $5,299 and $27,754, respectively.

Federal Income Tax Treatment of Common Dividends

For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the dividends paid to the Company's common shareholders per common share for income tax purposes were characterized as follows:

(A)For the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Code Section 199A dividend is equal to the total ordinary income dividend.

(B) For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, Section 1061 of the Code related to Capital Gains for the One Year Amounts was 0% and 0%, respectively, and for the Three Year Amounts was 0% and 0%, respectively.