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Statement No. 56
Designation of AICPA Guide and Statement of Position (SOP) 81-1 on Contractor Accounting and SOP 81-2 concerning Hospital-Related Organizations as Preferable for Purposes of Applying APB Opinion 20-an amendment of FASB Statement No. 32



STATUS

Issue Date: February 1982

Effective Date: For fiscal years beginning after December 31, 1981

Affects: Amends FAS 32, Appendixes A and B

Affected by: Superseded by FAS 111

Abbreviations for Accounting Pronouncements
FAS - FASB Statements
FIN - FASB Interpretations
FTB - FASB Technical Bulletins
APB - APB Opinions
AIN - AICPA Interpretations
ARB - Accounting Research Bulletins
CON - FASB Concepts
EITF - EITF Issues
Q&A - FASB Implementation Guides



SUMMARY

This Statement specifies that the specialized accounting and reporting principles and practices contained in the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide for Construction Contractors and in AICPA Statements of Position 81-1, Accounting for Performance of Construction-Type and Certain Production-Type Contracts, and 81-2, Reporting Practices Concerning Hospital-Related Organizations, are preferable accounting principles for purposes of justifying a change in accounting principles under APB Opinion No. 20, Accounting Changes.


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