Tim, a real estate investor, Ken, a dealer in securities, and Hardware, Incorporated, a retail lumber store, form a partnership called HKT, LP. HKT is in the home-building business. Tim recently purchased his interest in HKT, while the other partners purchased their interests several years ago. During X3, HKT reports a $12,000 gain from the sale of a stock in a wholesale lumber company it purchased in X1 for investment purposes. Which of the following statements best represents how their portion of the gain should be reported to the partner? a. Tim- Short-term Capital Gain
b. Ken-Ordinary Income
c. Hardware Inc.-Long-term Capital Gain
d. All of the above are correct
e. None of the above is correct

You are working on a bid to build two city parks a year for the next three years. this project requires the purchase of $249,000 of equipment that will be depreciated using straight-line depreciation to a zero book value over the three-year project life. ignore bonus depreciation. the equipment can be sold at the end of the project for $115,000. you will also need $18.000 in net working capital for the duration of the project. the fixed costs will be $37000 a year and the variable costs will be $148,000 per park. your required rate of return is 14 percent and your tax rate is 21 percent. what is the minimal amount you should bid per park? (round your answer to the nearest $100) (a) $214,300 (b) $214,100 (c) $212,500 (d) $208,200 (e) $208,400