Accounting and Reports to Certificateholders, the IRS and Others. The Owner Trustee shall, upon receipt of and based on information provided by the Seller or the Servicer, (i) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Issuer on the basis of a fiscal year ending December 31 and, based on the accrual method of accounting, (ii) deliver to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required (including Schedule K-1) to enable such Certificateholder to prepare its United States federal and State income tax returns, (iii) file such tax returns relating to the Issuer (including a partnership information return, IRS Form 1065, if required) and make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Issuer’s characterization as a partnership, if so characterized, for United States federal income tax purposes, (iv) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by Applicable Law and (v) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax as described in and in accordance with Section 5.01(d) with respect to income or distributions to Certificateholders. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, shall elect under Section 1278 of the Code to include in income currently any market discount that accrues with respect to the Receivables. The Owner Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer, shall not make the election provided under Section 754 of the Code. The Owner Trustee may satisfy its obligations with respect to this Section and Section 5.01(d) by retaining, at the expense of the Seller, Accountants selected by the Seller. The Owner Trustee may require the Accountants to provide to the Owner Trustee, on or before December 31, 2023, a letter in form and substance satisfactory to the Owner Trustee as to whether any United States federal tax withholding on the Certificates is then required and, if required, the procedures to be followed with respect thereto to comply with the requirements of the Code. The Accountants shall be required to update such letter in each instance that any additional tax withholding is subsequently required or any previously required tax withholding shall no longer be required. The Owner Trustee shall be deemed to have discharged its obligations pursuant to this Section and Section 5.01(d) upon its retention of the Accountants, and the Owner Trustee shall not have any liability with respect to the defau...
Accounting and Reports to Certificateholders, the IRS and Others. The Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer, shall (i) maintain (or cause to be maintained) the books of the Issuer on a calendar year basis on the cash method of accounting, (ii) deliver to each Certificateholder, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations, such information as may be required to enable such Certificateholder to prepare its federal and State income tax returns, (iii) file such tax returns relating to the Issuer and make such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable State or federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to maintain the Issuer’s characterization as a partnership, if so characterized, for federal income tax purposes, (iv) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner required by Applicable Law and (v) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax described in and in accordance with Section 5.02(d) with respect to income or distributions to the Certificateholders.
