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Note 1: Significant Accounting Policies: Cemetery Land and Improvements (Policies)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Policies  
Cemetery Land and Improvements

 

Cemetery Land and Improvements

 

The development of a cemetery involves not only the initial acquisition of raw land but the installation of roads, water lines, landscaping and other costs to establish a marketable cemetery lot. The costs of developing the cemetery are shown as an asset on the balance sheet. The amount on the balance sheet is reduced by the total cost assigned to the development of a particular lot when the criterion for recognizing a sale of that lot is met.