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1 did the paul weiss bill get paid ??? 2. Talk to me before signing anything today important
10m paid today to gratitude america, a 501 c 3, willl make last year complete. 20 million paid today
ftc . 10 million july 15 5 million sept 30. , 5 million jan 1 for all of 16. tax savings paid at 37 percent .
of net. savings. 50 million credit. net. so 150 million free. 600 savings 225 million owed. - 50 credit,
175 owed.
as areflection on your voiced spirited concerns in the what have you done for me lately category ? ))::
in the beginning . there was eileen and tom. ( eve and adam,-- however it appears, she declined to eat
the apple from the knowledge tree)
that was it. ada was at the bank but reviewing docs. carlyn was in the kitchen making mush ( abel and
cain)
books as they were mystersiously called was being kept soley by eileen, with little or no input ,correction
or advice from tom. herarely if ever asked questions. expenses ie airplane was done in house apollo.
(1031 exchange blown etc) at this time
as I recall you got quite annoyed, and agressive and initiated the" talking out of the both sides of your
mouth " tiddy, when i suggested that the level of their competence left much to be desired. ( ralph lerner's
came later ) .response - eileen ran the desk, tom is a partner, ralph wrote the book etc
re tax there was almost no oversight of income, estate, gift ,sales and use, transfer excise etc . IRS
SEC GAMING NYS. real estate, valuations ( many )tax filings- disclosures, etc. re grats trusts defect
trusts, llcs corps , trustees , partnerships. foreign corps. 100 bank accounts. gift taxes, , loans, notes.
payables. expenses. . , insurance.( life , art, split dollar), cashflows, operating biz, , investments,
contingent liabilitiites.( funds , miami ) , commitments dividends, BRH TRA, shareholder agreements,
bank loan agreements. wills, construction, , contracts planning permits etc..employ rules. checking
account reconciliations, crediti cards. jewelry , cost basis ,( art stock etc.) foundations regs , brokerage
accts, old stock certificates. stock options,( environmental solutions still not done !). estate tax
calcualtion firedrill, ( note ,basis etc ) low basis , step ups , however withno accounting system, no
reveiw of boat expenses plane expenses etc. . many outside counsel with litle or no coordination.
Paul Weisss , Mcdermit Will, Macfarlanes. Price Waterhouse , Reich, withers bergman, Empire, , akin
gump, bbd seidman, Wendy , Apollo in house .
lumber, knowledge universe, ennvironmental, solutions 12 mii in stock, . on and on
the priority list that you asked me to prepare for brad and you in dec , unfortunatlleyso far , little change
ie no accounting system that ties, no, brokerage accounts though strongly suggested , jpm db, gs, april
of 2014 . IT antiquated
dagastino hired , no inut from me, julie, temps, paralegals miriam . etc.
still need new accounting system - on line banking . staff hires. ( seprate from samantha two years out of
school ). audit system, . ?? john murphy? joslin? dag? eva? . i strongly suggest workers at the highest
level of competence. two senior accountants. not managers workers who will get into the weeds. partn
expertise, , replace ava, get heather help. a new person legal , new IT,system and person, way way
overdue, new receptionist, bill opener, ability to oeversee
in house, boat plane review household ( 12million ) review, filings- partnerhip accounting,- familitarity
with grats, trusts etc . audit system put in place. that should be the easy part. then strategy to deal with :
As new facts on the ground develop , phaidon debra, children meeetings, ? stock sale sale of art, , apt(
large gain ), 1031 trade in , plane depreciation, boat sale. construction , brad will oversee brokerage and
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