Template:Nutshell 2002 ISDA 2(d)

2(d) Deduction or Withholding for Tax

2(d)(i) Gross-Up. The parties must pay without withholding unless required by law. Where a payer has to withhold, it must:—

(1) promptly tell the recipient;

(2) promptly pay the withheld amount to the relevant authorities (including the withholding on any required gross-up);

(3) give the recipient a receipt for the tax payment; and

(4) gross up any Indemnifiable Tax, so that the recipient receives the amount it would otherwise have received (free of Indemnifiable Taxes). However, the payer need not gross up any withholding that arose only because:—

(A) the recipient did not provide Section 4(a) tax information, or breached its Payee Tax Representations; or

(B) the recipient's Payee Tax Representations were not true (other than because of regulatory action taken after execution of the Transaction or a Change in Tax Law.

2(d)(ii) Liability. If the payer :—

(1) is required by law to withhold a non-Indemnifiable Tax;

(2) nonetheless does not do so; and

(3) suffers by direct assessment a liability for that Tax,

then, unless the recipient has satisfied the Tax liability directly, it must reimburse the payer for that liability (plus interest, but not penalties unless it failed to provide tax information required under Section 4(a), or breached any Payee Tax Representations.