# ASC 720-974-05: Other Expenses — Real Estate—Real Estate Investment Trusts — 05 Overview and Background

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## ASC 720-974-05: 05 Overview and Background

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This Subtopic addresses recognition, disclosure, and other presentation matters for [real estate investment trusts](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/r/#real-estate-investment-trust "Real estate investment trusts generally are formed as trusts, associations, or corporations. They employ equity capital, coupled with substantial amounts of debt financing, in making real estate loans and investments. Real estate investment trusts must distribute substantially all of their taxable income to their shareholders annually in order to retain their favorable tax status (that is, dividends paid are treated as deductions in arriving at taxable income).").