Qualified Service Contracts - Rev. Proc. 97-13. A Service Contract is considered to contain termination penalties if the termination limits the Recipient’s right to compete with the Service Provider, requires the Recipient to purchase equipment, goods or services from the Service Provider, or requires the Recipient to pay liquidated damages for cancellation of the Service Contract. Another contract between the Service Provider and the Recipient (for example, a loan or guarantee by the Service Provider) is considered to create a contract termination penalty if that contract contains terms that are not customary or arm’s length that could operate to prevent the Recipient from terminating the Service Contract. A requirement that the Recipient reimburses the Service Provider for ordinary and necessary expenses, or restrictions on the hiring by the Recipient of key personnel of the Service Provider are not treated as contract termination penalties. If the Recipient chooses to apply the following safe harbors, a Service Contract is a Qualified Service Contract if entered into before (and not materially modified after) August 18, 2017 and all of the following conditions are satisfied:
Appears in 152 contracts
Samples: Project Loan Agreement, Project Grant Agreement, Project Loan Agreement
