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'''Available for sale''' (AFS) is an [[accounting]] [[Technical terminology|term]] used to classify [[financial assets]]. AFS is one of the three general classifications, along with '''held for trading''' and '''held to maturity''', under [[US GAAP|U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles]] (US GAAP), specifically [[List_of_FASB_pronouncements|FAS 115]]. The [[International Financial Reporting Standards|IFRS]] also includes a fourth classification: [[loans]] and [[receivablesNotes receivable|receivable]]s.
 
==US GAAP Treatment==