Texas Pacific Land Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 6 - Income Taxes (Details) - Income Tax Provision Charged to Operations (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Income Tax Provision Charged to Operations [Abstract]
U.S. federal	$ 13,381,265	$ 10,046,442	$ 11,053,133
State and local	327,730	241,402	265,498
	13,708,995	10,287,844	11,318,631
Deferred expense	(784,925)	(612,776)	(1,157,482)
	$ 12,924,070	$ 9,675,068	$ 10,161,149

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to taxable income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.