Subject: Re: Tax Analysis - Attorney Communication
From: "Levinson, Kenneth S." <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Mesires, George R." <[email-masked]>, "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "MacPhail, Michael R." <[email-masked]>, "Klinefeldt, Nicholas A." <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 03:16:53 +0000

Eric, All

From my perspective, the 10 and 11:30 EDT time slots work for me tomorrow (Wednesday).  I'm good with either of those, so when a critical mass is reached, please let us know and we'll have the call with whomever is available.

Thanks, and best regards.

Ken

On Apr 12, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Eric Schwerin <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Not sure of Hunter's availability tomorrow for this call but other than a call at 10, 11:30 and 2:30 EDT tomorrow I am free.  Each of those calls should take no more than 30 minutes.

Are there any times in there that work for everyone else?

I can answer pretty much all of the questions in the email.

Eric D. Schwerin
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Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 12, 2016, at 7:09 PM, Mesires, George R. <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>> wrote:

Eric and Hunter:

Please see Ken’s comments/questions attached. Please let us know when you are available for a call tomorrow to discuss this.

Thanks,

George

From: Eric Schwerin [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 3:50 PM
To: Hunter Biden
Cc: Mesires, George R.
Subject: Tax Analysis - Attorney Communication

Hunter-

See below for analysis of Burisma payments through RSB for 2015.

For the first 10 months of 2015, total pre-tax Burisma payments through RSB = $606,666

RSB Agreed to Hold Back $245,498 of the above amount to cover taxes (approx. 38%) which left you with $361,168 in “post-tax” dollars to draw down.

For the first 10 months of 2015, you drew down approximately $413,000 from RSB.  Therefore you drew down $51,835 more than you should have.

If RSB counts the first 10 months of Burisma payments as income to you, they should send you the $245,498 - $51,835 or $193,663 which could be put towards your tax liabilities for 2015.

So, on $606,666 in income you’ll have $193,663 to go towards taxes.

Note that for November and December of 2015, the full $83,333 for each month was sent to Owasco, PC via RSB and you withheld the appropriate taxes yourself.  It is only the first 10 months of 2015 that need to be taken care of.

The only other point to keep in mind is that while Burisma paid you $83,333 a month for the first 10 months of 2015, for the first 8 months, a portion of that ($27,778 a month) went to Alex as his Board Finders Fee.  RSB has taken that amount as an expense and we need to figure out a way to capture that expense so that you are only paying taxes on $55,555 a month in income through the end of August 2015 instead of the full $83,333.  I am going to assume the accountants can take care of that.

Let me know if you have questions.

Best,

Eric

Eric D. Schwerin
Rosemont Seneca Advisors, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
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