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

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has a project to review accounting for goodwill subsequent to its acquisition — again. The issue is whether to continue goodwill impairment testing as required ...

There is a lot of discussion these days about accounting for goodwill, especially with respect to accounting issues subsequent to its acquisition. This debate is driven by managerial criticisms of ...

Assessing goodwill for impairment became more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic because of significant changes in business operations and overall economic uncertainty. Considering goodwill ...

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 ...

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

Though it sounds bad, "negative goodwill" is actually a good thing for a business owner, because it means your company has bought another business for less than that company's fair market value. In ...

It wasn't supposed to happen, but gains from new accounting rules seem to have helped some companies, at least temporarily, on the stock market. Analysts and others in the industry expected the rules, ...