Common use of General Responsibility for Taxes Clause in Contracts

General Responsibility for Taxes. (a) All federal Income Taxes of the HPT Group shall be borne by, shall be the responsibility of, and shall be paid by the HPT Group, and all federal Income Taxes of the TCA LLC Group shall be borne by, shall be the responsibility of, and shall be paid by the TCA LLC Group. For purposes of federal Income Taxes, items of income, gain, loss, deduction, expenditure, and credit shall be allocated and reported, as between the HPT Group and the TCA LLC Group, in a manner consistent with: (i) applicable Tax laws, including without limitation (A) the federal consolidated Income Tax Return whose common parent has employer identification number 00-0000000 including all the income, expenses and operations of such parent and its subsidiaries through the close of business on the TCA Closing Date in accordance with Sections 1.1502-1(b) and 1.1502-76(b)(1)(ii)(A)(1) of the Treasury Regulations, (B) the federal Income Tax Return Form 1120-REIT of HPT including the gains (if any) that result from the application of Section 311 of the Code to the Distribution, and (C) the federal consolidated Income Tax Return whose common parent has employer identification number 00-0000000 including all the income, expenses and operations of such parent and its subsidiaries from and after the end of the taxable period covered by Section 5.1(a)(i)(A); (ii) the continued qualification of HPT as a real estate investment trust under the Code; and (iii) commercially reasonable prorations of items between lessors and lessees of real estate.