Company: PRIF-PJ
Filing Date: 2025-08-28
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001554625-25-000057
Chunk: 21

Company: Priority Income Fund, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-28
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 21
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 gain to common stockholders; therefore, the Company has made no provision for income taxes. The character of income and gains that the Company will distribute is determined in accordance with income tax regulations that may differ from U.S. GAAP. Book and tax basis differences relating to stockholder dividends and distributions and other permanent book and tax differences are reclassified to paid-in capital.

As of June 30, 2025, the cost basis of investments for tax purposes was $741,111,752 resulting in an estimated net unrealized depreciation of $(210,926,040). The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation as of June 30, 2025 were $33,873,456 and $(244,799,496), respectively.

If the Company does not distribute (or is not deemed to have distributed) at least (1) 98% of its calendar year ordinary income; (2) 98.2% of its capital gains for the one-year period ending October 31 in that calendar year; and (3) any ordinary net income and capital gains net income recognized in preceding years, but were not distributed during such years, and on which the Company paid no corporate-level U.S. federal income tax, the Company will generally be required to pay a nondeductible U.S. federal excise tax equal to 4% of such excess amounts. To the extent that the Company determines that its estimated current calendar year taxable income will be in excess of estimated current calendar year dividend distributions from such taxable income, the Company accrues excise taxes, if any, on estimated excess taxable income. As of June 30, 2025, the Company does not expect to have, and has not accrued an excise tax due for the 2025 calendar year.

If the Company fails to satisfy the Annual Distribution Requirement or otherwise fails to qualify as a RIC in any taxable year, the Company would be subject to tax on all of its taxable income at regular corporate rates. The Company would not be able to deduct distributions to common stockholders, nor would the Company be required to make distributions. Distributions would generally be taxable to the Company’s individual and other non-corporate taxable common stockholders as ordinary dividend income eligible for the reduced maximum rate applicable to qualified dividend income to the extent of the Company’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, provided certain holding period and other requirements are met. Subject to certain limitations under the Code, corporate distributions would be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. To qualify again to be taxed as a