Tax gross-up Clause Samples
A tax gross-up clause requires one party to increase a payment so that the recipient receives the full amount due after accounting for any taxes that may be withheld or deducted. In practice, if a payment is subject to withholding tax, the payer must pay an additional amount to ensure the recipient is not financially disadvantaged by the tax deduction. This clause is commonly used in cross-border transactions to ensure that tax obligations do not reduce the agreed-upon payment, thereby allocating the risk of tax deductions to the payer and ensuring the recipient receives the intended net amount.
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Tax gross-up. (a) Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(b) The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the COFACE Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the COFACE Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the COFACE Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrower and that Obligor.
(c) If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(d) A payment shall not be increased under paragraph (c) above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of (i) any Excluded Tax, or (ii) any Tax imposed by the U.S., if on the date on which the payment falls due, the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority.
(e) If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
(f) Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the COFACE Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Tax gross-up. (i) Each UK Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it under any Loan Document without any Tax Deduction unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(ii) A UK Borrower shall, promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall promptly notify Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the UK Borrowers.
(iii) Subject to Section 16.5(b)(iv), if a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by a UK Borrower, the amount of the payment due from that UK Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(iv) A payment shall not be increased under Section 16.5(b)(iii) above by reason of a Tax Deduction on account of Taxes imposed by the United Kingdom if, on the date on which the payment falls due:
(A) the payment could have been made to the relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if the Lender had been a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or Treaty or any published practice or published concession of any relevant taxing authority; or
(B) the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of clause (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender, and: an officer of H.M. Revenue & Customs has given (and not revoked) a direction (a “Direction”) under section 931 of the UK ITA which relates to the payment and that Lender has received from the UK Borrowers making the payment a certified copy of that Direction; the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if that Direction had not been made; or
(C) the relevant Lender is a Qualifying Lender solely by virtue of clause (b) of the definition of Qualifying Lender and: the relevant Lender has not given a Tax Confirmation to the UK Borrowers; and the payment could have been made to the Lender without any Tax Deduction if the Lender had given a Tax Confirmation to the UK Borrowers, on the basis that the Tax Confirmation would have enabled the UK Borrowers to have formed a reasonable belief that the payment ...
Tax gross-up. (a) Each Obligor must make all payments to be made by it under the Finance Documents without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(b) If:
(i) a Lender is not, or ceases to be, a Qualifying Lender; or
(ii) an Obligor or a Lender is aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is a change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction), it must promptly notify the Facility Agent. The Facility Agent must then promptly notify the affected Parties.
(c) Except as provided below, if a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor or the Facility Agent, the amount of the payment due from the Obligor will be increased to an amount which (after making the Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(d) Except as provided below, an Obligor (other than the Company in respect of payments to the UK Lenders) is not required to make a payment under paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of the tax imposed by the jurisdiction of incorporation of an Obligor (other than the Company in respect of payments to the UK Lenders) to a Lender that is not, or has ceased to be, a Qualifying Lender in excess of the amount that the Obligor (other than the Company in respect of payments to the UK Lenders) would have had to pay had the Lender been, or not ceased to be, a Qualifying Lender.
(e) Paragraph (d) above will not apply if the Lender has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender by reason of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration or application of) any law or double taxation agreement or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority.
(f) An Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of the tax imposed by the jurisdiction of incorporation of an Obligor if that Lender is a Qualifying Lender and the Obligor making the payment is able to demonstrate that the Tax Deduction would not have been required if the Lender had complied with its obligations under paragraph (i) below.
(g) If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor must make the minimum Tax Deduction allowed by law and must make any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed by law.
(h) Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or a payment required in connection with a...
Tax gross-up. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if it shall be determined that any payments, benefits and distributions due under this Agreement and those which are otherwise payable or distributable to or for the benefit of the Employee relating to the termination of the Employee’s employment in connection with a change of control of the Company, including a Change of Control (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, including without limitation (i) payments, benefits and distributions pursuant to Section 3 of this Agreement, and (ii) deemed amounts under the Code, resulting from the acceleration of the vesting of any stock options or other equity-based incentive award) (all such payments, benefits and distributions being referred to herein as “Gross Payments”), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by the Employee with respect to the excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Company shall pay to the Employee an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that after the payment by the Employee of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payment, the Employee retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed on the Gross Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 10(a), if it shall be determined that the Employee is entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, but that the Gross Payments would not be subject to the Excise Tax if the Gross Payments were reduced by an amount that is equal to or less than 10% of the portion of the Gross Payments that would be treated as “parachute payments” under Section 280G of the Code, then the amounts payable to the Employee under this Agreement shall be reduced (but not below zero) to the maximum amount that could be paid to the Employee without giving rise to the Excise Tax (the “Safe Harbor Cap”), and no Gross-Up Payment shall be made to the Employee. The reduction of the amounts payable hereunder, if applicable, shall be made by reducing first the payments under Sections 3(a)(i) and (ii), unless an alternative method o...
Tax gross-up. If notwithstanding the manner in which Tax indemnity payments and Tax Benefit payments were reported, there is an adjustment to the Tax liability of a Company as a result of its receipt of a payment pursuant to this Agreement, such payment shall be appropriately adjusted so that the amount of such payment, reduced by the amount of all Income Taxes payable with respect to the receipt thereof (but taking into account all correlative Tax Benefits resulting from the payment of such Income Taxes), shall equal the amount of the payment which the Company receiving such payment would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement.
Tax gross-up. (a) Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(b) The Borrowers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Facility Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Facility Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Facility Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall notify the Borrowers and that Obligor.
(c) If a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(d) If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
(e) Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Facility Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Tax gross-up. (a) The Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
(b) The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification from a Lender, it shall notify the Borrower.
(c) Subject to paragraph (d) below, if a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by the Borrower, the amount of the payment due from the Borrower shall be increased to an amount which (after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been required.
(d) The Borrower is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under paragraph (c) above if, on the date on which the payment falls due, the Borrower could have made such a payment to that Lender without a Tax Deduction if that Lender was a Qualifying Lender, but on that date that Lender is not, or has ceased to be, a Qualifying Lender (other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or application of) any law or treaty, or any published practice or concession of any relevant taxing authority).
(e) If the Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
(f) Within 30 days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment an original receipt (or certified copy thereof) demonstrating that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Tax gross-up. (a) All payments to be made by an Obligor to any Owners under the Transaction Documents shall be made free and clear of and without any Tax Deduction unless such Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, in which case the sum payable by such Obligor (in respect of which such Tax Deduction is required to be made) shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that the Owners receives a sum net of any deduction or withholding equal to the sum which it would have received had no such Tax Deduction been made or required to be made.
(b) The Charterers shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction) notify the Owners accordingly.
(c) If an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
(d) Within thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax Deduction shall deliver to the Owners evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Owners that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Tax gross-up. Each Obligor shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
Tax gross-up. If any Severance Benefit or other benefit paid or provided under Section 4, or the acceleration of stock option vesting, or the payment or distribution of any Employee Benefits or similar benefits are subject to excise tax pursuant to Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (or any similar federal or state excise tax), the Corporation shall pay to the Executive such additional compensation as is necessary (after taking into account all federal, state, and local income taxes payable by the Executive as a result of the receipt of such additional compensation) to place the Executive in the same after-tax position the Executive would have been in had no such excise tax (or any interest or penalties thereon) been paid or incurred with respect to any of such amounts (the "Tax Gross-Up"). The Corporation shall pay such additional compensation at the time when the Corporation withholds such excise tax from any payments to the Executive. The calculation of the Tax Gross-Up shall be approved by the Corporation's independent certified public accounting firm engaged by the Corporation immediately prior to the Change in Control and the calculation shall be provided to the Executive in writing. The Executive shall then be given fifteen (15) days, or such longer period as the Executive reasonably requests, to accept or reject the calculation of the Tax Gross-Up. If the Executive rejects the Tax Gross-Up calculation and the parties are thereafter unable to agree within an additional forty-five (45) days, the arbitration provisions of Section 10 shall control. The Corporation shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable legal and accounting fees incurred with respect to the calculation of the Tax Gross-Up and any disputes related thereto. For purposes of determining the amount of the Tax Gross-Up, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Tax Gross-Up is to be made and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rates of taxation in the state and locality of the Executive's residence on the date of termination. If the excise tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken into account hereunder at the time of termination of employment, the Executive shall repay to the Corporation at the time the reduction in excise tax is finally determined, the portion of the Tax Gross-Up attributable to such reduction. Notwithstandin...
