Taxes Clause Example from Business Contracts

Taxes. Landlord shall pay, as part of Operating Expenses, all taxes, levies, assessments and governmental charges of any kind (collectively referred to as "Taxes") imposed by any federal, state, regional, municipal, local or other governmental authority or agency, including, without limitation, quasi-public agencies (collectively, "Governmental Authority") during the Term, including, without limitation, all Taxes: (i) imposed on or measured by or based, in whole or in part, on rent payable to Landlord ...under this Lease and/or from the rental by Landlord of the Project or any portion thereof, or (ii) based on the square footage, assessed value or other measure or evaluation of any kind of the Premises or the Project, or (iii) assessed or imposed by or on the operation or maintenance of any portion of the Premises or the Project, including parking, or (iv) assessed or imposed by, or at the direction of, or resulting from © All rights reserved – Alexandria Real Estate Equities 2001 CONFIDENTIAL – DO NOT COPY OR DISTRIBUTE 480 Arsenal Street/Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Page 9 statutes or regulations, or interpretations thereof, promulgated by, any Governmental Authority, or (v) imposed as a license or other fee on Landlord's business of leasing space in the Project. Landlord may contest by appropriate legal proceedings the amount, validity, or application of any Taxes or liens securing Taxes. Taxes shall not include any net income taxes imposed on Landlord. If any such Tax is levied or assessed directly against Tenant, then Tenant shall be responsible for and shall pay the same at such times and in such manner as the taxing authority shall require. Tenant shall pay, prior to delinquency, any and all Taxes levied or assessed against any personal property or trade fixtures placed by Tenant in the Premises, whether levied or assessed against Landlord or Tenant. If any Taxes on Tenant's personal property or trade fixtures are levied against Landlord or Landlord's property, or if the assessed valuation of the Project is increased by a value attributable to improvements in or alterations to the Premises, whether owned by Landlord or Tenant and whether or not affixed to the real property so as to become a part thereof, higher than the base valuation on which Landlord from time-to-time allocates Taxes to all tenants in the Project, Landlord shall have the right, but not the obligation, to pay such Taxes. Landlord's determination of any excess assessed valuation shall be binding and conclusive, absent manifest error. The amount of any such payment by Landlord shall constitute Additional Rent due from Tenant to Landlord immediately upon demand. The Landlord's taxes shall mean such amounts as shall be finally determined after deducting abatements, rebates or refunds, if any, less the costs and expenses of obtaining the same. For the purposes of determining payments due from Tenant to Landlord, the Landlord's taxes shall be deemed to be the taxes assessed for each calendar year until such time as an abatement, rebate or refund shall be made for such tax year, and if any such abatement, rebate or refund shall be made for any tax year, an appropriate adjustment or refund shall be made within thirty (30) days of receipt of the same by Landlord in the amount due from or paid by Tenant to Landlord on account of such Taxes dependent upon the amount of such abatement, rebate or refund less the cost and expense of obtaining the same. Landlord's obligations pursuant to this Section 10 to rebate, refund or otherwise adjust any payment by Tenant of Additional Rent shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease. View More