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 ...

As part of our ongoing series on tax issues for accounting firm transactions, this article discusses the benefits of utilizing personal goodwill in accounting firm M&A deals when appropriate. Personal ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Goodwill is a kind of intangible asset; it ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to set aside a long-running project on goodwill accounting that would have required companies to amortize goodwill on a straight-line basis over 10 ...

Jeff Bartel, Chairman & Managing Director of Hamptons Group, LLC, an alternative investment & strategic advisory firm headquartered in Miami. To continue ...

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 ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board scrapped plans to consider new rules on how companies account for and disclose goodwill, a blow to businesses and investors that have sought improvements to ...

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 ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board tentatively ruled to remove a project regarding identifiable intangible assets and subsequent accounting for goodwill from its technical agenda.

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 ...