ventas , inc .notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) we have a combined nol carryforward of $ 66.5 million at december 31 , 2007 related to the trs entities and an nol carryforward reported by the reit of $ 88.6 million .these amounts can be used to offset future taxable income ( and/or taxable income for prior years if audits of any prior year 2019s return determine that amounts are owed ) , if any .the reit will be entitled to utilize nols and tax credit carryforwards only to the extent that reit taxable income exceeds our deduction for dividends paid .the nol carryforwards begin to expire in 2024 with respect to the trs entities and in 2018 for the reit .as a result of the uncertainties relating to the ultimate utilization of existing reit nols , no net deferred tax benefit has been ascribed to reit nol carryforwards as of december 31 , 2007 and 2006 .the irs may challenge our entitlement to these tax attributes during its review of the tax returns for the previous tax years .we believe we are entitled to these tax attributes , but we cannot assure you as to the outcome of these matters .on january 1 , 2007 , we adopted fin 48 .as a result of applying the provisions of fin 48 , we recognized no change in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits , and no adjustment in accumulated earnings as of january 1 , 2007 .our policy is to recognize interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense .the following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits ( in thousands ) : .
[['balance as of january 1 2007', '$ 2014'], ['additions to tax positions related to the current year', '9384'], ['balance as of december 31 2007', '$ 9384']]
included in the unrecognized tax benefits of $ 9.4 million at december 31 , 2007 was $ 9.4 million of tax benefits that , if recognized , would reduce our annual effective tax rate .we accrued no potential penalties and interest related to the unrecognized tax benefits during 2007 , and in total , as of december 31 , 2007 , we have recorded no liability for potential penalties and interest .we expect our unrecognized tax benefits to increase by $ 2.7 million during 2008 .note 13 2014commitments and contingencies assumption of certain operating liabilities and litigation as a result of the structure of the sunrise reit acquisition , we may be subject to various liabilities of sunrise reit arising out of the ownership or operation of the sunrise reit properties prior to the acquisition .if the liabilities we have assumed are greater than expected , or if there are obligations relating to the sunrise reit properties of which we were not aware at the time of completion of the sunrise reit acquisition , such liabilities and/or obligations could have a material adverse effect on us .in connection with our spin off of kindred in 1998 , kindred agreed , among other things , to assume all liabilities and to indemnify , defend and hold us harmless from and against certain losses , claims and litigation arising out of the ownership or operation of the healthcare operations or any of the assets transferred to kindred in the spin off , including without limitation all claims arising out of the third-party leases and third-party guarantees assigned to and assumed by kindred at the time of the spin off .under kindred 2019s plan of reorganization , kindred assumed and agreed to fulfill these obligations .the total aggregate remaining minimum rental payments under the third-party leases was approximately $ 16.0 million as of december 31 , 2007 , and we believe that we had no material exposure under the third-party guarantees .similarly , in connection with provident 2019s acquisition of certain brookdale-related and alterra-related entities in 2005 and our subsequent acquisition of provident , brookdale and alterra agreed , among other things .

Question: what is the anticipated growth rate of the unrecognized tax benefits in 2008
Answer: 28.7%
Explanation: the growth rate is the change divided by the original amount