Common use of Return Filing Clause in Contracts

Return Filing. (i) Distributing shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, Consolidated State Returns for which the Consolidated Group is required or permitted to file a Consolidated State Return using, inter alia, information previously provided by Controlled. Controlled shall maintain all necessary information to file a Consolidated State Return and shall provide Distributing with all such necessary information in accordance with past practice and in no event later than 45 days before such return is due. Each member of the Consolidated Group shall execute and file such consents, elections and other documents as may be required or appropriate for the filing of such Consolidated State Returns. (ii) To the extent that Controlled or any member of the Controlled Group is included in any Consolidated State Return for a Taxable period that includes the Distribution Date, Distributing shall include in such Consolidated State Return the results of Controlled or of the member of the Controlled Group on the basis of the Closing of the Books Method. (iii) Subject to the provisions of Sections 4(b), 6 and 7, Distributing shall pay, or cause to be paid, any and all income Taxes due or required to be paid with respect to, or required to be reported on, any such Consolidated State Return filed in accordance with Section 4(a)(i). (iv) In the event a Consolidated State Return is not filed, each relevant member of the Distributing Group and Controlled Group shall be responsible for (A) filing its own Return as a separate entity in respect of state and local income Taxes, or its own Return in respect of state and local income Taxes relating to a group consisting solely of members of the Distributing Group or members of the Controlled Group, as the case may be, on behalf of the separate group, in each case including requests for extension, as if this Agreement were not in effect and (B) making Tax payments (including estimated Tax payments, if necessary). Each such member filing a Return as a separate entity pursuant to this Section 4(a)(iv) shall be entitled to any Tax benefit and shall be liable for any Tax burden resulting from the filing of such separate Return.