Common use of Right to Contest Taxes Clause in Contracts

Right to Contest Taxes. Tenant 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 the 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 Landlord, at no cost or expense to Landlord other than any de minimis cost or expense and throughout all administrative and judicial proceedings (trial court and all appeals) until there is a final, nonappealable determination. Tenant may discontinue a Tax Challenge at any time. If Tenant files or prosecutes a Tax Challenge, Landlord and its Affiliates shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed for the Tax Challenge, at no cost or expense to Landlord other than any de minimis cost or expense. Tenant shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the award for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with a Tax Challenge. Landlord 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 Landlord and Tenant requests Landlord to do so. Landlord shall immediately provide Tenant with a copy of any notices or demands from any Governmental Authority or other Persons which concerns Taxes. Upon the request of Landlord at any time or from time-to-time, Tenant shall provide a written report to Landlord regarding the status of any such Tax Challenge.

Right to Contest Taxes. Tenant 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 the Leased Property, or seeking an abatement of any Taxes (any such application, a ““ Tax ChallengeChallenge ”) either in its own name or in the name of Landlord, at no cost or expense to Landlord other than any de minimis cost or expense and throughout all administrative and judicial proceedings (trial court and all appeals) until there is a final, nonappealable determination. Tenant may discontinue a Tax Challenge at any time. If Tenant files or prosecutes a Tax Challenge, Landlord and its Affiliates shall cooperate and furnish any pertinent information needed for the Tax Challenge, at no cost or expense to Landlord other than any de minimis cost or expense. Tenant shall be entitled to be reimbursed out of the award for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with a Tax Challenge. Landlord 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 Landlord and Tenant requests Landlord to do so. Landlord shall immediately provide Tenant with a copy of any notices or demands from any Governmental Authority or other Persons which concerns Taxes. Upon the request of Landlord at any time or from time-to-time, Tenant shall provide a written report to Landlord regarding the status of any such Tax Challenge.