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2002 ISDA Master Agreement

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Tax in a Nutshell

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Tax in all its glory

Tax” means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is imposed by any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment under this Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.

Related agreements and comparisons

Click here for the text of Section Tax in the 1992 ISDA
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Resources and Navigation

This provision in the 1992

Resources Wikitext | Nutshell wikitext | 1992 ISDA wikitext | 2002 vs 1992 Showdown | 2006 ISDA Definitions | 2008 ISDA | JC’s ISDA code project
Navigation Preamble | 1(a) (b) (c) | 2(a) (b) (c) (d) | 3(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) | 4(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) | 55(a) Events of Default: 5(a)(i) Failure to Pay or Deliver 5(a)(ii) Breach of Agreement 5(a)(iii) Credit Support Default 5(a)(iv) Misrepresentation 5(a)(v) Default Under Specified Transaction 5(a)(vi) Cross Default 5(a)(vii) Bankruptcy 5(a)(viii) Merger Without Assumption 5(b) Termination Events: 5(b)(i) Illegality 5(b)(ii) Force Majeure Event 5(b)(iii) Tax Event 5(b)(iv) Tax Event Upon Merger 5(b)(v) Credit Event Upon Merger 5(b)(vi) Additional Termination Event (c) (d) (e) | 6(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) | 7 | 8(a) (b) (c) (d) | 9(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) | 10 | 11 | 12(a) (b) | 13(a) (b) (c) (d) | 14 |

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Overview

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Redlines


Discussion

You will find the redlines above most disappointing — or delightful, depending on whether you like order or chaos — as this language has not changed at all since 1987. “{{{{{1}}}|Tax}}” features in the ISDA Master Agreement as follows:

  • Section {{{{{1}}}|4(a)}}: To furnish specified information, including as regards (at {{{{{1}}}|4(a)(iii)}}) any forms required to pay {{{{{1}}}|Tax}} without withholding, leading on to...
  • Section {{{{{1}}}|2(d)}}: All payments are made without withholding or deduction unless required by law, and (where withholding IS required by law and the {{{{{1}}}|Tax}} is an {{{{{1}}}|Indemnifiable Tax}}) a gross-up is required.
  • Section {{{{{1}}}|4(e)}}: Each party pays its own {{{{{1}}}|Stamp Tax}} on execution of the {{{{{1}}}|Agreement}} (and indemnifies the other party if its taxing jurisdiction imposes about a stampable amount on the other party)

Summary

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{{{{{1}}}|Tax}} and {{{{{1}}} |Stamp Tax}} are meant to be mutually exclusive and both refer to duties levied on payments under the swap {{{{{1}}} |Transaction}} itself and not under hedges to it, so be careful when using them (especially in the context of delta-one synthetic equity swaps where the main stamp duty and capital gains issues accrue on Hedge Positions. For those you might want to introduce a conceopt like Local Taxes, or something similar.

Here’s what the ISDA Users’ guide has to say about {{{{{1}}} |Tax}} and {{{{{1}}} |Stamp Tax}}, in a footnote on page 58.

“{{{{{1}}} |Tax}}” is defined in Section {{{{{1}}} |14}} as any tax, charge or other similar listed items, except a stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax (i.e., a “{{{{{1}}} |Stamp Tax}}” as defined in Section {{{{{1}}} |14}} of the 2002 Agreement).

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References