Nearly four years after dropping a years–long project that would have changed goodwill accounting, the FASB is wrestling with ...

Goodwill impairment charges demonstrate mistakes made in the past by management teams, but they don't hurt current-year cash ...

Goodwill in business is an intangible asset that's recorded when one company is purchased by another. It's the portion of the purchase price that's higher than the sum of the net fair value of all of ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. In this appendix we will clarify the difference and relationship between economic goodwill and accounting ...

While all buyers look for a degree of figurative goodwill from advisory practice sellers, some financial advisors could reap tax savings by offering up that literal type of asset in the deal. Sales of ...

This feature was prepared by the AICPA Center for Plain English Accounting. New private company financial reporting alternatives have given financial statement preparers many issues to consider. Over ...