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From: Noam Chomsky Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 2:57 PM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Fwd: 2016 NOAM AND VALERIA CHOMSKY BUSINESS EXPENSES Could you let us know whether this makes any sense?=C2. Especially about no withdrawals until '23. Impossible to l=ve under that condition. Noam <=div> Forwarded message -br>From: Nick Nichols >=br>Date: Sat, Oct 14, 2017 at 2:28 PM Subject: RE: 2016 NOAM AND VALERI= CHOMSKY BUSINESS EXPENSES To: Valeria Chomsk Mazotas Valeria, <maiitc = "Noam Chomsk Matthew Thank you; yes this is very helpful.4>=A0 But it is not as advantageous as I had hoped to find. See my summary schedule below. It would be very difficult to assert that you =eft MA permanently in January with this fact pattern.=/p> If Arizona remains your permanent residence in=2018, at best we can do a part year MA residency until 10/22, and then AZ =or the remainder of the year. If AZ is not going to =e permanent, we will likely leave you as a full year MA resident for 2017.=u> Therefore it would still be more advantageous =ot to take any more IRA withdrawals until after 10/23! And it still remains that the best solution to covering your 2017 ta= obligations on the withdrawals you've already made is to make an =dditional distribution that is completely applied as Federal and MA tax wi=hholdings. And then all future distributions should have an appropriate amount =f tax withholding. EFTA_R1_01387774 EFTA02377341 Matt will be updating your 2016 tax return for=the additional information that you provided last night, and we will get b=ck to you on Monday with an update and a plan for getting your returns filed =n the nick of time! Let me know if you have any questions.<=> Nick Chomsky 2017 Residency Days MA AZ Other 1/1/17 - 1/24 24 1/25-3/18 53 3/19-10/22 161 70 365 123 Subject: 2016 NOAM AND VALERIA CHOMSKY BUSINESS EXPENSES</=> Please find attached the following files:<=u> 2 EFTA_R1_01387775 EFTA02377342 2016 AVRAM NOAM CHOMSKY BUSINESS EXPENSES (WITHOUT H=ME OFFICE EXPENSES) 2O16 CULTURAL VENTURES, LLC BUSINESS EXPENSES (Valer=a Chomsky) Thanks. Valeria Chomsky Forwarded =essa e From: Matthew Mazotas Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 3:20 PM Subject: RE: 2016 TAX RETURN- DUE DATE 10/16/17 To: Noam Chomsky Valeria Chomsky > Cc: Nick Nichols Hi Noam and Valeria, Have you been able to work on the business expenses?=Please send them to me when the list is ready. Thanks, Matt Mazotas =u> Abrams Little-Gill Loberfeld PC Tel: From: Noam Chomsky 3 EFTA_R1_01387776 EFTA02377343 Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 10:20 AM To: Matthew Mazotas Cc: Valeria Chomsky Subject: Re: 2016 TAX RETURN- DUE DATE 10/16/17 ; Nick Nichols I'm not sure what is counted as business expense=. I know that in earlier years the accountant used to take part of t=e expenses of my house as business expenses, because I work at home most of the week, and also a large part of a summer cottage where = worked almost the entire time. We no longer have the summer cottage= but I do continue to work mostly at home. I don't know what oth=r categories of business expense there might be. What about trips abroad for conferences for which I paid almost =11 of the travel and living expenses? On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 7:36 AM, Matthew Mazotas wrote: Hi Valeria and Noam, The deadline is in a couple of days (the 16th4=up>) and we need time to process your return. Please send the expenses for=Noam's business ASAP. Regards, Matt Mazotas =u> Abrams Little-Gill Loberfeld PC Tel: From: Valeria Chomsky Sent: Saturday, Se itember 30, 2017 11:51 PM To: Nick Nichols Cc: Matthew Mazotas Subject: Fwd: FW: State of Residency Could you tell us please the exact date when it has =o be filed? 4 Noam Chomsky EFTA_R1_01387777 EFTA02377344 About the residency, in 2016 we were out of the Stat= of Massachusetts for 69 days (in national and international travels).Q=A0 =u> In 2017, for 108 day= (in national and international travels). Valeria Forwarded messa e From: Nick Nichols Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2 at : Subject: FW: State of Residency To: "Valeria Chomskv "Noam Chomsky Cc: Matthew Mazotas Dear Noam & Valeria, Time is running out for the tax filing deadline for =our 2016 income tax returns. We haven't received any respons= to our requests for information for 2016, or the emails below concerning 2017 tax planning. I will separately forward you th= list of questions for 2016. Please let us know when you will be able to provide =s the answers, and also confirm your new address in Arizona. We have=also tried to call you, but consistently get messages that your voice mailbox has not been set up. Thanks, Nick From: Nick Nichols Sent: Thursday, September 21 2017 1:30 PM To: Valeria Chomsky >; N=am Chomsky Cc: Matthew Mazotas 5 EFTA_R1_01387778 EFTA02377345 Subject: State of Residency Dear Noam and Valeria, Following up on Matt's email for 2016, we al=o need to address my earlier questions about your state of residency for 2=17 so that we can do better tax planning and make estimated tax payments to the right state. Without knowing the facts and circumstances, there a=e at least 3 possibilities, i.e., Arizona resident for the full year; MA resident for the full year; or, Part-year resident in each state. Ideally, from the perspective of minimizing taxes, t=e full year of residency in AZ is best. See my earlier email b=low for more details. Hopefully we can hear from you soon.</=> Thanks, Nick From: Nick Nichols Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 3:54 PM To: 'Kathleen O'Malley' Matthew Mazot=s Noam Chomskv Valeria Chomsky 6 EFTA_R1_01387779 EFTA02377346 Subject: RE: Quarterly Estimates Dear Noam and Valeria, Congratulations on your move to Arizona and your new=position at the University of Arizona! We need to be concerned about tax payments for 2017,=as well as getting answers to our previous questions to be able to finaliz= your 2016 tax returns. For now, focusing on 2017, Kate has confirmed that y=u have received $580,000 in IRA distributions without any tax withholdings= The penalty for not making timely estimated payments could be significant (in the 4 digit range). In the past we have bee= like the proverbial dog chasing its tail to catch up with tax payments an= attempting to eliminate those penalties. The best recommendation that we can do right now to =void that is to make an additional IRA distribution and have it 100% appli=d to income tax withholding. Of course that's also an additional taxable distribution, but it's essentially no differ=nt that make distributions and then making estimated tax payments. T=e beauty of doing withholding is that the IRS will count it as being appli=d equally throughout the year, even by doing it now. I also want to raise the question about your state o= residency. Arizona personal income tax rates are about 0.6% less th=n the Massachusetts rate. I was initially thinking that we could do two state returns, part-year residents of MA, and part-year re=idents of AZ. However, I also recall that in 2016 you had spen= a significant amount your Winter in AZ. So, were you also in AZ fro= January of 2017 to mid-April when you returned to Boston? And when did you leave MA to return to AZ? If you s=end enough time in AZ in 2017, we could consider making you a full-time re=ident of AZ. Given what we know about 2017 at the moment, that could=save about $6,000 in state income taxes. Please provide the dates you were in MA, AZ, and any other states or countries.=C2* It doesn't matter if those dates were for work or pleasure; =t's all about physical presence. Will you be receiving a W-2 from the University for =our teaching; or, are they paying you as an independent contractor? =lease confirm what you expect for gross salary and any related tax withholdings. 7 EFTA_R1_01387780 EFTA02377347 Please let us know, and then we can work on refining=the calculation of the 2017 tax payments that we recommend, and we can coo=dinate with Bainco about the IRA tax distribution. Thanks, Nick & Matt From: Kathleen O'Malley Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 2:28 PM To: Matthew Mazotas Cc: Nick Nichols ject. uartery stimates Hi Matt, VTD withdrawals (total): Noam Chomsky IRA =C240 $513,000.00=/p> Noam Chomsky Inherited IRA $67,000.00au> >. Isabel Scharmer There was a $150.00 deposit into Noam's IRA for=a litigation check, and there have been no withholdings for any of the IRA distributions. Thank you, Kate From: Matthew Mazotas Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 12:45 PM To: Kathleen O'Malle <KOMalle @bainco.com <mailto:KOMalle @bainco.=om» Cc: Nick Nichols ; Isabel Scharmer Kober= Katz - 8 EFTA_R1_01387781 EFTA02377348 Subject: RE: Quarterly Estimates Hi Kate,=u> Thank you, I hope you =id as well. Can you please provide=me with the YID total of the distributions taken from Noam's IRAs =nd any tax withholding on those distributions? The two trusts do not =eed any Q3 or Q4 estimates as they have overpayments that have been applie= to 2017. 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