George/Mike-

Hunter and I talked briefly this morning and feel good with where we are on the taxes and the narrative regarding that.  We will work with our CPA and with Dennis, the RSB CPA, to make sure that Hunter extension filing on Monday reflects income from Burisma and Rosemont Realty in 2015.  In addition, we will begin the process of amending the 2014 returns to reflect the Burisma payments from 2014.  

Given that I will be out of the country starting Monday we wanted to make sure any time we spend between now and the 20th focused mostly on the main issues that the SEC and DOJ are concerned with - the emails, proof of payments out of RSB and talking points for your proffer - and not let ourselves get overly bogged down in the minutiae of tax issues that might not even come up in the immediate.  We feel like we have a good story to tell there and have a good handle on that now.

Hunter is tied up in some meetings this morning but if you want to discuss further or think prioritizing this way doesn’t make sense we are both around this afternoon to talk.  

Thanks for all your help on all of this.

Best,

Eric

Eric D. Schwerin

Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC

1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW

Suite 705

Washington, DC 20007

(202) 333-1880

eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com

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