GRANDFATHERED INVESTMENTS Definition

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GRANDFATHERED INVESTMENTS are Municipal bonds and equities acquired on or before August 7,1986, the effec­tive date of changes in tax rates caused by the Tax Reform Act of 1986. These investments are not subject to the 5.1 % property-casualty insurance company proration tax.

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NEGATIVE ASSURANCE, in accounting, is a statement of what the CPA does not know as opposed to what the CPA believes (positive assurance). A statement that the CPA was "not aware of material modifications that should be made to financial statements for them to conform with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles" is negative assurance used in review reports.

BOUGHT LEDGER see LEDGER.

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