It's not uncommon to find goodwill listed on a corporate balance sheet. Unlike cash or inventory, goodwill isn't easily liquidated and it's not something you can see. Goodwill represents the excess ...

Goodwill and patents are intangibles that may be assigned a value for accounting purposes. Goodwill is used in relation to company acquisitions, to express the difference between the book value of a ...

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One casualty of the economy’s downturn has proven to be the goodwill held on banks’ balance sheets. In the fourth quarter at least 16 publicly traded banking companies took significant impairment ...

NEW FASB STANDARDS prohibit the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for business combinations and require a purchase accounting method that does not allow goodwill amortization. The standards ...

Q: What’s “goodwill” on a balance sheet? A: Goodwill is an intangible asset listed on a company’s balance sheet if it has acquired another company, paying a premium over the intrinsic value. On the ...

In Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, the Financial Accounting Standards Board eliminated Step 2 of ...

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This oft-neglected "asset" is worth a closer look. To say the current financial situation is tough for investors would be an understatement. During times like these, most investors would love nothing ...