New York Corporation adopts a plan of liquidation on March 15 and shortly thereafter sells a parcel of land on which it realizes a $15,000 gain (excluding the effects of a $2,000 sales commission). New York pays its legal counsel $500 to draft the plan of liquidation. All of New York's remaining properties are distributed to its shareholders on September 15. What are the tax consequences to New
York on the land sale?
What will be an ideal response?
New York has a recognized gain of $13,000 ($15,000 - $2,000) and a $500 liquidation expense for legal counsel on its current-year income tax return.
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What will be an ideal response?
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A) a Gantt chart. B) the Central Limit Theorem. C) a process control chart. D) an operating characteristic curve. E) a range chart.