Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Care Trusts Corpus

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Cemetery Perpetual Care Trust Investments

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Deferred Preneed Cemetery Receipts Held In Trust

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Deferred Preneed Cemetery Revenue

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Deferred Preneed Funeral Revenue

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation,Preneed Cemetery Trust Investments

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation,Receivables From Preneed Trusts

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Preneed Receivables

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Current assets (normally turning over within one year or one business cycle if longer) that are held for sale apart from normal operations and anticipated to be sold within one year.

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The aggregate value (measured at the lower of net carrying value or fair value less cost of disposal) for current assets (assets with expected useful life shorter than one year or one operating cycle, whichever is longer) of a disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation), to be sold or that has subsequently been disposed of through sale, as of the financial statement date.

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For the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation), carrying amount of goodwill (adjusted for any amortization recognized prior to adoption of FAS 142 and impairment charges).

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For the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation), carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of assets not otherwise specified, and which are expected to be realized or consumed after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle, if longer. For an unclassified balance sheet, represents both current and noncurrent other assets.

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For the disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation), carrying value (net of accumulated depreciation and any write-downs) of tangible assets that are held by an entity for use in the production or supply of goods and services, for rental to others, or for administrative purposes and that are expected to provide economic benefit for more than one year. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software.

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Liability (such as a mortgage) related to a disposal group that is held for sale and anticipated to be sold in less than one year. The liability is expected to be discharged as part of the plan of sale for the asset.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of current obligations (due less than one year or one operating cycle, if longer) arising from the sale, disposal or planned sale in the near future (generally within one year) of a disposal group, including a component of the entity (discontinued operation).

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