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 investment, ?? pe. real es, . publishing, grats, tra, brh ( death). foundation , museum, tax proejctions cash flow projections, cooridnation with tax from apollo. etc
Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:23 PM Subject: To: Melanie Spinella PT 1.I believe Ihave heard you , but i wanted to make certain that I have understood
Though after much discussion ,- much! you were adamant that i receive my fee only at the very END of my work, oct 15 _, this was a long discussion but you felt very strongly at the time . you now feel that as it was a very large sum of money . some of my time this year should be spent on your recent concept of "after care". - and that after care should be for free . I have continued to pay others as well.
I have asked and you have previously said you would lay out for me what you thought was encompassed by the concept. that was end of january Training brad?? who was your choice . not mine ,by a long shot. only brought on in january? ? hundreds of hours spent . eileen debrief? 2. boat. plane household
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