{"id":418246,"date":"2021-01-20T17:57:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T22:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=418246"},"modified":"2021-01-20T17:57:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T22:57:55","slug":"piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/","title":{"rendered":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>Atlanta, Jan.  20, 2021  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) (\u201cPiedmont\u201d), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today the tax treatment of its 2020 common stock dividends as described below.\u00a0 Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Piedmont dividends.<\/p>\n<p>\n        \n      <\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;border-top: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Record\u00a0 \u00a0Date<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;border-top: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Paid Date<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;border-top: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Dividend per Share<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;border-top: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Ordinary Dividends<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;border-top: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Capital Gains<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;border-top: solid black 1pt;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Unrecaptured Section 1250 <\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;border-top: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Qualified Dividend<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-top: solid black 1pt;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">\n            <strong>Section 199A Dividend Rate<\/strong>\n          <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Nov 29, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Jan 3, 2020<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.21*<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Feb 28, 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Mar 20, 2020<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.21<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.021<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.000015<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.209985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">May 29, 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Jun 19, 2020<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.21<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.200023<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.000015<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.200008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Aug 28, 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Sep 18, 2020<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.21<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.169042<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">&#8211;<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.000015<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.169027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;border-left: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Nov 27, 2020<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:200px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">Jan 4, 2021<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:1px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">$0.21**<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td style=\"width:100px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:10px;border-right: solid black 1pt;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-left: 0;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:20px;vertical-align: middle;text-align: left;padding-left: 10.0px;border-bottom: solid black 1pt;padding-right: 0;border-right: solid black 1pt;text-align: left;vertical-align: middle;vertical-align: bottom\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n        <em>*The $0.21 per share distribution paid on January 3, 2020 was taxable to stockholders in 2019.<\/em><br \/>\n        <br \/>\n        <em>** The $0.21 per share distribution paid on January 4, 2021 will be taxable to stockholders in 2021.<\/em>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong><br \/>\n          <br \/>\n        <\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <strong>About Piedmont Office Realty Trust<\/strong>\n      <\/p>\n<p>Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: PDM) is an owner, manager, developer, redeveloper, and operator of high-quality, Class A office properties located primarily in select sub-markets within seven major Eastern U.S. office markets, with the majority of its revenue being generated from the Sunbelt. Its geographically-diversified, approximately $5 billion portfolio is currently comprised of approximately 17 million square feet. The Company is a fully-integrated, self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT) with local management offices in each of its markets and is investment-grade rated by S&amp;P Global Ratings (BBB) and Moody\u2019s (Baa2). As of December 31, 2020, approximately 64% of the company\u2019s portfolio was ENERGY STAR certified and approximately 43% was LEED certified. For more information, see www.piedmontreit.com.<\/p>\n<p>Shareholder Services\/Transfer Agent Services Contact:<br \/>Computershare, Inc.<br \/>866-354-3485<br \/><a href=\"mailto:investor.services@piedmontreit.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">investor.services@piedmontreit.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/release\/track\/1793e247-45ac-4f1d-98b8-8b3a6a01138d\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) (\u201cPiedmont\u201d), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today the tax treatment of its 2020 common stock dividends as described below.\u00a0 Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Piedmont dividends. Record\u00a0 \u00a0Date Paid Date Dividend per Share Ordinary Dividends Capital Gains Unrecaptured Section 1250 Qualified Dividend Section 199A Dividend Rate Nov 29, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jan 3, 2020 $0.21* N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A Feb 28, 2020 Mar 20, 2020 $0.21 $0.021 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.209985 May 29, 2020 Jun 19, 2020 $0.21 $0.200023 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.200008 Aug 28, 2020 Sep 18, 2020 $0.21 $0.169042 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Atlanta, Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) (\u201cPiedmont\u201d), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today the tax treatment of its 2020 common stock dividends as described below.\u00a0 Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Piedmont dividends. Record\u00a0 \u00a0Date Paid Date Dividend per Share Ordinary Dividends Capital Gains Unrecaptured Section 1250 Qualified Dividend Section 199A Dividend Rate Nov 29, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jan 3, 2020 $0.21* N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A Feb 28, 2020 Mar 20, 2020 $0.21 $0.021 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.209985 May 29, 2020 Jun 19, 2020 $0.21 $0.200023 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.200008 Aug 28, 2020 Sep 18, 2020 $0.21 $0.169042 &hellip; Continue reading &quot;Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.globenewswire.com\\\/newsroom\\\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/\",\"name\":\"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.globenewswire.com\\\/newsroom\\\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.globenewswire.com\\\/newsroom\\\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.globenewswire.com\\\/newsroom\\\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Market Newsdesk\",\"description\":\"Latest Business News in Real Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\",\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newsdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/newsdesk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk","og_description":"Atlanta, Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Piedmont Office Realty Trust (NYSE: PDM) (\u201cPiedmont\u201d), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today the tax treatment of its 2020 common stock dividends as described below.\u00a0 Stockholders are encouraged to consult with their personal tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of Piedmont dividends. Record\u00a0 \u00a0Date Paid Date Dividend per Share Ordinary Dividends Capital Gains Unrecaptured Section 1250 Qualified Dividend Section 199A Dividend Rate Nov 29, 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jan 3, 2020 $0.21* N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A N\/A Feb 28, 2020 Mar 20, 2020 $0.21 $0.021 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.209985 May 29, 2020 Jun 19, 2020 $0.21 $0.200023 &#8211; &#8211; $0.000015 $0.200008 Aug 28, 2020 Sep 18, 2020 $0.21 $0.169042 &hellip; Continue reading \"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends","datePublished":"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/"},"wordCount":276,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/","name":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends - Market Newsdesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=","datePublished":"2021-01-20T22:57:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA=","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=ODEzOTExNiMzOTM4MjI0IzIwMTA1NTA="},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/piedmont-office-realty-trust-announces-tax-treatment-of-2020-dividends\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Tax Treatment of 2020 Dividends"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/","name":"Market Newsdesk","description":"Latest Business News in Real Time","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979","name":"Newsdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newsdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}