Sarah and Wei have an opportunity to buy a large parcel of land on the Willamette River, just two miles south of Salem. They want to build an amusement park on the land. Sarah approaches you and says, "Hey, I know you took that BA 333 class, so maybe you can help me figure out what to do. Wei and I need a lot of money to start up our amusement park and buy the land we want, and we're a little nervous about getting sued if someone gets thrown out of our roller coaster. What kind of business do you think we should we set up? We were thinking maybe we could just be partners. We'd prefer not to have anything formal written down--we think that might be bad for our friendship. What's your advice?" Draft an answer to Sarah and Wei and include it in your document. Your answer should include: 1) your recommendation for the best entity choice; 2) a complete explanation of why this is the best option; 3) a secondary recommendation, in case Sarah and Wei don't like your first option; 4) an explanation as to why this is your second choice (i. e., compare to your first choice and explain why this is not as good, but still an acceptable option).

Selected information about income statement accounts for the reed company is presented below (the company's fiscal year ends on december 31): 2018 2017sales $ 4,400,000 $ 3,500,000cost of goods sold 2,860,000 2,000,000administrative expenses 800,000 675,000selling expenses 360,000 312,000interest revenue 150,000 140,000interest expense 200,000 200,000loss on sale of assets of discontinued component 50,000 —on july 1, 2018, the company adopted a plan to discontinue a division that qualifies as a component of an entity as defined by gaap. the assets of the component were sold on september 30, 2018, for $50,000 less than their book value. results of operations for the component (included in the above account balances) were as follows: 1/1/18-9/30/18 2017 sales $ 400,000 $ 500,000 cost of goods sold (290,000 ) (320,000 )administrative expenses (50,000 ) (40,000 )selling expenses (20,000 ) (30,000 )operating income before taxes $ 40,000 $ 110,000 in addition to the account balances above, several events occurred during 2018 that have not yet been reflected in the above accounts: a fire caused $50,000 in uninsured damages to the main office building. the fire was considered to be an infrequent but not unusual event.inventory that had cost $40,000 had become obsolete because a competitor introduced a better product. the inventory was sold as scrap for $5,000.income taxes have not yet been recorded.required: prepare a multiple-step income statement for the reed company for 2018, showing 2017 information in comparative format, including income taxes computed at 40% and eps disclosures assuming 300,000 shares of common stock. (amounts to be deducted should be indicated with a minus sign. round eps answers to 2 decimal places.)