Tax on Amounts Held in Trust Prior to Distribution. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event of any final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction, which determination is not appealable or with respect to which the time for appeal has expired, or the receipt by the Trustee of a substantially unqualified opinion of tax counsel selected by the Trustee, which determination determines, or which opinion opines, that the Plan Participants or any particular Plan Participant is subject to federal income taxation on amounts held in trust hereunder prior to the distribution to the Plan Participants or Plan Participant of such amounts, the Trustee, on receipt by the Trustee of such opinion or notice of such determination, shall pay to each Plan Participant the portion of the Trust Corpus includable in such Plan Participant’s federal gross income, less applicable taxes. The Trustee shall not be required to obtain such opinion of tax counsel unless the Internal Revenue Service, the Company, or the Recordkeeper suggests to the Trustee that any of the Plan Participants may be subject to income taxation on amounts held in the Trust prior to a distribution hereunder and Trustee has doubts with respect thereto.
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Samples: Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc), Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc), Directors’ Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc)
Tax on Amounts Held in Trust Prior to Distribution. Except as otherwise -------------------------------------------------- provided herein, in the event of any final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction, which determination is not appealable or with respect to which the time for appeal has expired, or the receipt by the Trustee of a substantially unqualified opinion of tax counsel selected by the Trustee, which determination determines, or which opinion opines, that the Plan Participants or any particular Plan Participant is subject to federal income taxation on amounts held in trust hereunder prior to the distribution to the Plan Participants or Plan Participant of such amounts, the Trustee, on receipt by the Trustee of such opinion or notice of such determination, shall pay to each Plan Participant the portion of the Trust Corpus includable in such Plan Participant’s 's federal gross income, less applicable taxes. The Trustee shall not be required to obtain such opinion of tax counsel unless the Internal Revenue Service, the Company, or the Recordkeeper suggests to the Trustee that any of the Plan Participants may be subject to income taxation on amounts held in the Trust prior to a distribution hereunder and Trustee has doubts with respect thereto.
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Samples: Directors' Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc), Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc)
Tax on Amounts Held in Trust Prior to Distribution. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the event of any final determination by the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction, which determination is not appealable or with respect to which the time for appeal has expired, or the receipt by the Trustee of a substantially unqualified opinion of tax counsel selected by the Trustee, which determination determines, or which opinion opines, that the Plan Participants or any particular Plan Participant is subject to federal income taxation on amounts held in trust hereunder prior to the distribution to the Plan Participants or Plan Participant of such amounts, the Trustee, on receipt by the Trustee of such opinion or notice of such determination, shall pay to each Plan Participant the portion of the Trust Corpus includable in such Plan Participant’s 's federal gross income, less applicable taxes. The Trustee shall not be required to obtain such opinion of tax counsel unless the Internal Revenue Service, the Company, or the Recordkeeper suggests to the Trustee that any of the Plan Participants may be subject to income taxation on amounts held in the Trust prior to a distribution hereunder and Trustee has doubts with respect thereto.
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Samples: Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc), Directors' Deferred Compensation and Benefits Trust Agreement (Sunoco Inc)