<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Noam Chomsky</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Monday, April 16, 2018 11:19 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Nick Nichols</td></tr><tr><td>Cc:</td><td>Valeria Chomsky</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Fwd: taxes</td></tr></table>

I am glad we agree that no information about our fina=ces should be provided to Max Kohlenberg, or anyone else. Do you now=have all the information you need for filing the extension? If not, =hat should we send?

We have been advised that sin=e our previous arrangements are still valid, we need not sign the engageme=t letter at this time in order to have the extension filed.

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Noam

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*   **From:** Nick Nichols
*   **Date:** Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 2:44 PM
*   **Subject:** RE: taxes
*   **To:** Noam Chomsky
*   **Cc:** Valeria Chomsky

Dear Noam, and Valeria,</=>

We did not disclose any financial or tax infor=ation to Max Kohlenberg in his telephone call to Matt Mazotas earlier this=morning. Max stated that he had received a call from Mr. Kahn inquiring about=Max's ability to make funds available for tax payments.4,=A0 Max therefore called Matt to see if we had any information about the=amounts of tax payments that were due. Matt informed Max that he did not have any information about tax pay=ents, and that we did not have enough information that would be necessary =o calculate the tax payments that would be due on 4/17. In short, we did not provide any financial =r tax information to Max Kohlenberg.

Please note that it is a routine procedure for=various members of the advisory team be able to communicate with each othe= to collaborate for the best interests of each client. Toward that objective, you signed our standard authorization form al=owing us to communicate directly with your other advisers that is valid un=il April, 15, 2019. This would include advisors like Bainco, RIW, Max and more recently =ou authorized us to talk with Mr. Kahn.

Before we continue with any further work for y=ur 2017 tax returns, would you please sign and return our engagement lette= that was included in the package that was sent to you in January.

Best regards,

Nick

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*   **From:** Noam Chomsky
*   **Sent:** Monday, April 16, 2018, 4:44 PM
*   **To:** Nick Nichols

I understand from Richard Kahn that you informed Max=Kohlenberg about the financial information that we provided to you yesterd=y. Plainly, this is quite improper. Kohlenberg has no right to=know anything that I do not personally provide him with. This is a serious breach of confidentiality. Could y=u please inform me -- and me alone! -- of the amount of taxes that are due=

Noam

=AO