COSTS AND STAMP DUTY 16.1 Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and all documents incidental or relating to Completion.
Stamp Duty 34. The State shall exempt the following instruments from any stamp duty which, but for the operation of this clause, would or might be assessed as chargeable on them:
STAMP DUTIES As at the date of this Agreement, no stamp or registration duty or similar Tax or charge is payable in its jurisdiction of incorporation in respect of any Finance Document.
Taxes and Tax Returns (a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has duly and timely filed all Tax Returns required to have been filed by it on or prior to the date hereof (all such Tax Returns being accurate and complete in all material respects) and has duly paid or made provisions for the payment of all Taxes which have been incurred or are due or claimed to be due from it by any taxing authority on or prior to the date of this Agreement other than (i) Taxes which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith and have not been finally determined and are listed in Section 4.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, or (ii) Tax Returns or Taxes as to which the failure to file, pay or make provision for will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries. There is no outstanding audit examination, deficiency assessment, Tax investigation or refund litigation with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no claim has been made by any authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject to taxation in such jurisdiction. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has executed an extension or waiver of any statute of limitations on the assessment or collection of any Tax that is currently in effect. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has withheld and timely paid all Taxes required to have been withheld in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely complied with all applicable information reporting requirements under Part III, Subchapter A of Chapter 61 of the Code, and similar applicable state and local information reporting requirements, except to the extent that a failure to so comply will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries.