Common use of Right to Contest Taxes Clause in Contracts

Right to Contest Taxes. Lessee shall have the right to file and prosecute to completion an application contesting the amount, validity, or application of any Taxes, contesting the assessed value of all or any portion of any Leased Property, or seeking an abatement of any Taxes (any such application, a “Tax Challenge”) either in its own name or in the name of Lessor, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense and throughout all administrative and judicial proceedings (trial court and all appeals) until there is a final, nonappealable determination. Lessee may discontinue a Tax Challenge at any time. If Lessee files or prosecutes a Tax Challenge, Lessor and its Affiliates shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed for the Tax Challenge, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense. Lessee shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the award for the reasonable costs and expenses occurred in connection with a Tax Challenge. Lessor shall not have the right to file a Tax Challenge with respect to any Taxes accruing during the Term unless the taxing authority requires the Tax Challenge to be filed by Lessor and Lessee requests Lessor to do so. Lessor shall immediately provide Lessee with a copy of any notices or demands from any Governmental Authority or other Persons which concerns Taxes. Upon request of Lessor at any time or from time-to-time, Lessee shall provide a written report to Lessor regarding the status of any such Tax Challenge. In no event shall the manner in which Lessee pursues any Tax Challenge exacerbate in any respect the risk to Lessor of civil or criminal liability, penalty or sanction, in addition to such risks as may exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge, and except for liabilities, penalties or sanctions for which Lessee may, and in fact does, post a bond. Further, the manner in which Lessee pursues a Tax Challenge shall not exacerbate in any respect the risk to Lessor of defeasance of its interest in the Leased Property in addition to the risk of such defeasance as may exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge and except for such risk which Lessee may, and in fact does, bond around. Lessee agrees that Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute any such Tax Challenge to a final conclusion, except that Lessee shall have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest through negotiations and to discontinue any such Tax Challenge at any time. Lessee shall promptly after the final determination of such Tax Challenge, fully pay and discharge the amounts which shall be levied, assessed, charged or imposed or be determined to be payable therein or in connection therewith, together with all penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses thereof or in connection therewith, and perform all acts the performance of which shall be ordered or decreed as a result thereof.

Right to Contest Taxes. Lessee shall have the right to file and prosecute to completion an application contesting the amount, validity, or application of any Taxes, contesting the assessed value of all or any portion of any Leased Property, or seeking an abatement of any Taxes (any such application, a “Tax Challenge”) either in its own name or in the name of Lessor, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense and throughout all administrative and judicial proceedings (trial court and all appeals) until there is a final, nonappealable determination. Lessee may discontinue a Tax Challenge at any time. If Lessee files or prosecutes a Tax Challenge, Lessor and its Affiliates shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed for the Tax Challenge, at no cost or expense to Lessor other than any de minimus cost or expense. Lessee shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the award for the reasonable costs and expenses occurred in connection with a Tax Challenge. Lessor shall not have the right to file a Tax Challenge with respect to any Taxes accruing during the Term unless the taxing authority requires the Tax Challenge to be filed by Lessor and Lessee requests Lessor to do so. Lessor shall immediately provide Lessee with a copy of any notices or demands from any Governmental Authority or other Persons which concerns Taxes. Upon request of Lessor at any time or from time-to-time, Lessee shall provide a written report to Lessor regarding the status of any such Tax Challenge. In no event shall the manner in which Lessee pursues any Tax Challenge exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of civil or criminal liability, penalty or sanction, in addition to such risks as may exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge, and except for liabilities, penalties or sanctions for which Lessee may, and in fact does, post a bond. Further, the manner in which Lessee pursues a Tax Challenge shall not exacerbate in any material respect the risk to Lessor of defeasance of its interest in the Leased Property in addition to the risk of such defeasance as may exist for the matters that are the subject of the Tax Challenge prior to such Tax Challenge and except for such risk which Lessee may, and in fact does, bond around. Lessee agrees that Lessee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to diligently prosecute any such Tax Challenge to a final conclusion, except that Lessee shall have the right to attempt to settle or compromise such contest through negotiations and to discontinue any such Tax Challenge at any time. Lessee shall promptly after the final determination of such Tax Challenge, fully pay and discharge the amounts which shall be levied, assessed, charged or imposed or be determined to be payable therein or in connection therewith, together with all penalties, fines, interest, costs and expenses thereof or in connection therewith, and perform all acts the performance of which shall be ordered or decreed as a result thereof.