Status of Statement No. 38
Accounting for Preacquisition Contingencies of Purchased Enterprises—an amendment of APB Opinion No. 16
Status
Issued: September 1980
- Effective Date:
- For business combinations initiated after December 15, 1980
- Affects:
- Amends APB 16, paragraph 88
- Affected by:
- Paragraph 2 amended by FAS 96, paragraph 205(o), and FAS 109, paragraph 288(q)
- Paragraph 5 amended by FAS 109, paragraph 288(q)
- Footnote 2 amended by FAS 96, paragraph 205(o)
- Footnote 2 replaced by FAS 109, paragraph 288(q)
- Superseded by FAS 141, paragraph E1(d), and FAS 141(R), paragraph E38(d)
- Other Interpretive Pronouncement:
- FTB 81-2 (Superseded by FAS 96 and FAS 109)
- Issues Discussed by FASB Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF)
- Interpreted by:
- Paragraph 4(a) interpreted by EITF Issue No. 95-3
- Paragraph 5 interpreted by EITF Issue No. 93-7
- Related Issues:
- No EITF Issues
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