definiens: means all taxes, charges, fees, duties, levies or ot her assessments, including, without limitation, income, gross receipts, net proceeds, ad valorem, turnover, real and personal property ( tangible and intangible ), sales, consumption, use, franchise, excise, value added, license, payroll, unemployment, envir onmental, customs duties, capital stock, disability, stamp, leasing, lease, user, transfer, fuel, excess profits, occupational and interest equalization, windfall profits, severance and employees ’ or third parties income withholding and Social Security taxes, and taxes of any other kind whatsoever imposed by the United States or any foreign country or by any state, region, municipality, subdivision or instrumentality of the United States or of any foreign country or by any other tax authority and such term shall include any interest, penalties, surcharges or additions to tax attributable to such taxes