Tax Computation. All calculations done pursuant to subsection 5.1, shall be made and determined by the auditing firm which served as the Company’s independent auditors immediately prior to the Change in Control. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Executive’s residence on the Effective Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. The Executive shall notify the Company immediately of the assertion by any taxing authority of any underpayment of tax. The Executive and the Company shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Excise Tax with respect to the Total Payments and in resolving any dispute with any taxing authority regarding any asserted underpayment of Excise Tax.
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Tax Computation. All calculations done pursuant to subsection 5.1, shall be made and determined by the auditing firm which served as the Company’s 's independent auditors immediately prior to the Change in Control. For purposes of determining the amount of the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation in the calendar year in which the Gross-Up Payment is to be made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rate of taxation in the state and locality of the Executive’s 's residence on the Effective Date of Termination, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. The Executive shall notify the Company immediately of the assertion by any taxing authority of any underpayment of tax. The Executive and the Company shall each reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with any administrative or judicial proceedings concerning the existence or amount of liability for Excise Tax with respect to the Total Payments and in resolving any dispute with any taxing authority regarding any asserted underpayment of Excise Tax.
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