Reporting on the statement of changes in financial position : (supersedes paragraph 6 of chapter 10 of Statement on auditing procedure no. 33);

              STATEMENT ON AUDITING PROCEDURE
NOVEMBER 1971
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Reporting on the Statement of Changes in Financial Position
(Supersedes paragraph 6 of Chapter 10 of Statement on Auditing Procedure No. 33)
1. In March 1971 the Accounting Principles Board issued Opinion No. 19, "Reporting Changes in Financial Position," that generally requires profit-oriented business entities to present a statement summarizing periodic changes in financial position (referred to herein as a statement of changes) as a basic financial statement. The purpose of this Statement on Auditing Procedure is to revise the recommended short-form auditor's report in order to foster uniformity of language in giving recognition to the pro-visions of APB Opinion No. 19 in reporting on financial state-ments that purport to present financial position and results of operations.
2. In paragraph 7 of Opinion No. 19, the Accounting Princi-ples Board (a) concluded that . . information concerning the financing and investing activities of a business enterprise and the changes in its financial position for a period is essential for financial statement users. . . ." and (b) declared that "when financial statements purporting to present both financial position (balance sheet) and results of operations (statement of income
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