Compliance with REMIC Provisions If a REMIC election has been made with respect to the arrangement under which any Mortgage Loans and REO Property are held, the Servicer shall not take any action, cause the REMIC to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) endanger the status of the REMIC as a REMIC, or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon the REMIC (including but not limited to the tax on "prohibited transactions" as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on "contributions" to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code) unless the Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action) to the effect that the contemplated action will not endanger such REMIC status or result in the imposition of any such tax.
Miscellaneous REMIC Provisions (a) The Class A, Class B and Class VRR Certificates and the Uncertificated VRR Interest are hereby designated as the “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class UT-R Interest is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.
REMIC Provisions Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at sections 860A through 860G of Subchapter M of Chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.
Federal Information Returns and Reports to Certificateholders; REMIC Administration (a) For federal income tax purposes, the taxable year of each REMIC shall be a calendar year and the Securities Administrator shall maintain or cause the maintenance of the books of each such REMIC on the accrual method of accounting.
IRS Compliance a. Monitor the Trust’s status as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), including without limitation, review of the following:
COMPLIANCE WITH TAX LAW SECTION 5-a The following provisions apply to Contractors that have entered into agreements in an amount exceeding $100,000 for the purchase of goods and services:
Litigation; Labor Matters; Compliance with Laws (i) There is no suit, action or proceeding or investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any basis for any such suit, action, proceeding or investigation that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect with respect to the Company or prevent, hinder or materially delay the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company having, or which, insofar as reasonably could be foreseen by the Company, in the future could have, any such effect.
Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria (a) On or before March 1 of each year commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each of the preceding parties, as applicable, (i) with respect to any Servicing Function Participant of such party that is a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish, and (ii) with respect to any other Servicing Function Participant of such party (other than any party to this Agreement), shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) (each Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, any Servicing Function Participant and, if it has made (or is required to make) an Advance during the applicable calendar year, the Trustee, as the case may be, a “Reporting Servicer”) to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Serviced Companion Loan Holders (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan that is part of an Other Securitization Trust, the applicable Other Depositor and Other Exchange Act Reporting Party), the Operating Advisor (only in the case of a report furnished by the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, a report on an assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria (together with a copy thereof in XXXXX-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the applicable Other Depositor, the applicable Other Exchange Act Reporting Party and the applicable Certifying Servicer) that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB and contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of the end of and for the preceding calendar year, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Copies of all compliance reports delivered pursuant to this Section 10.09 shall be provided to any Certificateholder, upon the written request thereof, by the Certificate Administrator. Each such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and each Other Depositor (if addressed) and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address each of the Relevant Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit O to this Agreement delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor and each Other Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments, taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit O to this Agreement and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to determine whether any such report (other than any such report furnished by the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant of the Trustee) is in form and substance in compliance with the requirements of Regulation AB.
Compliance with Record Keeping Requirements Participating Dealer agrees to comply with the record keeping requirements of the Exchange Act, including but not limited to, Rules 17a-3 and 17a-4 promulgated under the Exchange Act. Participating Dealer further agrees to keep such records with respect to each customer who purchases Primary Shares, his suitability and the amount of Primary Shares sold, and to retain such records for such period of time as may be required by the Commission, any state securities commission, FINRA or the Company.
Compliance with Tax Laws The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Debt Securities, whether acting as Trustee, Registrar, paying agent or otherwise with respect to the Debt Securities.