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From: Joscha Bach Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:19 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Cost of moving to Cambridge Dear Jeffrey, we now have an estimate what it will cost to move. We are currently =iming for April 10th (the visa won't be ready before March 31st, =ossibly a little later). To set up a bank account in the US, I will =eed to have the visa approved. If you can indeed help with a check, it =ould make sense to split it in two (one for moving expenses in Germany, =ne for setting up in the US). Lufthansa currently has a flight at 2380 Euro ($3300) for all of us. Getting a bunch of boxes to the US will cost about 4000 Euro ($5500). Moving and storage for the rest of our stuff in Berlin (first year) will =e 6835 Euro ($9475). We need to pay some fees for visa, new insurances etc. which might come =own to about $1500. Initial household items (like beds for the kids, small kitchen =ppliances, a bicycle etc.) for the US will be about $3000. Rent for the first seven weeks will probably be around $7000 (we have =ot found a definite place yet). For the place in June, we will have to provide a security deposit and =xtra month of rent: $4200. Thus, there will be a one-time cost of 13215 Euro ($18240) for stuff in =erlin, and $15700 for stuff in Cambridge (i.e. - $34000). No idea which =axes would come on top of that. That is quite a lot to ask for; please let me know if it is possible to =elp us with such an amount! We will have monthly recurring costs that look like this: Rent: $3200 Phone/Internet: $170 Utilities: $250 Health insurance: $810 Pre-school: $1700 Childcare: $200 Public transportation: $140 Car rentals: $300 Groceries: $1000 Clothing: $300 Travel: $600 Other expenses: $500 = $9170/month, or $110000/year. (For the first year, it's more like =00K, if the first couple of months of rent is covered the setup-cost.) EFTA_R1_01424398 EFTA02394727 On top of that are taxes. I do not know the applicable rate, but I my =est guess is that it would be 30% income, 7.65% social security tax for =oreigners, and a federal tax of 5.3%, i.e. 42.95%. (If the full tax =ate applies to the $110K, the required gross income would come to =193K. OMG. Still "no problem"?) As far as I know, MIT will pay $60K. Mira won't be allowed to work in the US (she only gets an H4 dependent =isa). Without your support, there would never have been any chance for me to =ork in a place like this, even with a regular MIT salary. I am =xtremely grateful for this opportunity. Cheers, Joscha <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>date-last-viewed</key> creal>0.0</real> <key>date-received</key> <real>1395782362</real> <key>flags</key> <integer>8623750149</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>5</integer> <integer>18</integer> </array> <key>original-mailbox</key> <string>imap://[email protected]/%5BGmail%5D/All%20Mail</string> <key>remote-id</key> <string>398759</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01424399 EFTA02394728