Company: RWT-PA
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000930236-25-000007
Chunk: 328

Company: REDWOOD TRUST INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 328
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 ordinary dividend income (Section 199A), 44% qualified dividends, and 50% return of capital. Our 2024 Series A preferred stock dividend distributions are expected to be characterized for federal income tax purposes as 11% ordinary dividend income (Section 199A) and 89% qualified dividends. Under the federal income tax rules applicable to REITs, none of the 2024 dividend distributions, neither common nor Series A preferred, are expected to be characterized as capital gain dividend income. The income or loss generated at our 

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TRS does not directly affect the tax characterization of our 2024 dividends; however, a $45 million dividend paid from our TRS to our REIT in 2024 allowed a portion of our REIT’s dividends to be classified as qualified dividends.

Tax Provision under GAAP

For the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022 we recorded tax provisions of $19 million, $2 million and a tax benefit of $20 million, respectively. Our tax provision is primarily derived from the activities at our TRS as we do not book a material tax provision associated with income generated at our REIT. Our TRS income is generally earned from our mortgage banking activities, MSRs, and other non-REIT eligible security investments. The effective tax rate for GAAP income earned at our TRS in 2024 was approximately 28%.

At December 31, 2024, we reported net deferred tax assets of $27 million. Realization of our deferred tax assets ("DTAs") at December 31, 2024 is dependent on many factors, including generating sufficient taxable income prior to the expiration of NOL carryforwards (where applicable) and generating sufficient capital gains in future periods prior to the expiration of capital loss carryforwards. We determine the extent to which realization of our DTAs is not assured and establish a valuation allowance accordingly. At December 31, 2024, we reported net federal ordinary and capital DTAs with no material valuation allowance recorded against them. We closely analyze the realizability of our net deferred tax assets in whole and in part and evaluate our deferred tax assets each period to determine if a valuation allowance is required based on whether it is "more likely than not" that some portion of the deferred tax assets would not be realized. The ultimate realization of these deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of sufficient taxable income during future periods. We conduct our evaluation by considering, among other things, all available