Common use of Taxes and Surcharges Clause in Contracts

Taxes and Surcharges. Customer agrees to pay any sales, use, property, excise or other taxes, franchise fees, governmental charges (excluding income taxes), contributions to government programs such as the Federal Universal Service Fund, and surcharges that Company is permitted by applicable law to collect from its customers, each as they may change from time to time, including any that become applicable retroactively. These may include but are not limited to surcharges for programming, license, copyright, retransmission of broadcast signals, supplier surcharges, gross receipts taxes on communications, and surcharges to recover Company’s reasonable costs for complying with applicable government regulations.