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Frederick Tims, a Single Individual, Sold the Following Investment Assets

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Frederick Tims, a single individual, sold the following investment assets this year.  Asset  Date purchased  Date sold  Tax basis  Sales price 100 shares Gamma 01/04/0805/07/20$5,000$15,000 Inc. 30 shares Land 12/31/9010/01/20$75,000$100,000 Inc. 50 shares Down 05/10/1211/01/20$12,000$8,000 Corp. 10 shares Extel 03/25/0702/19/20$17,000$5,000 Inc.\begin{array}{lc}\text { Asset }&\text { Date purchased }&\text { Date sold }&\text { Tax basis }&\text { Sales price }\\\\100 \text { shares Gamma } & 01 / 04 / 08&05 / 07 / 20 & \$ 5,000 & \$ 15,000 \\\text { Inc. } \\30 \text { shares Land } & 12 / 31 / 90 &10 / 01 / 20 & \$ 75,000 & \$ 100,000 \\\text { Inc. } \\50 \text { shares Down } & 05 / 10 / 12&11 / 01 / 20 & \$ 12,000 & \$ 8,000 \\\text { Corp. } \\10 \text { shares Extel } & 03 / 25 / 07&02 / 19 / 20 & \$17,000 & \$ 5,000\\\text { Inc.}\end{array}
If Frederick's preferential tax rate on adjusted capital gain is 15%, compute his tax attributable to the above sales.


A) $5,250
B) $3,450
C) $2,850
D) $0

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