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 ...

It's possible to set a dollar value on your business's reputation. Goodwill is the value of customers choosing you because of your reputation or your brand name. When you buy a company, you assign a ...

Intangible assets are non-physical assets on a company's balance sheet. These could include patents, intellectual property, trademarks, and goodwill. Intangible assets could even be as simple as a ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to convert GAAP data to economic earnings. Reported earnings don’t tell the whole story of a company’s profits. They are based on ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to convert GAAP data to economic earnings. Reported earnings don’t tell the whole story of a company’s profits. They are based on ...

Intangible assets are resources owned by a company that have value but no physical form. Common intangible assets within a company include patents, trademarks, goodwill and franchise licenses.

The heads of two major accounting standard-setters said they hope to streamline rules on goodwill accounting, despite their boards largely disagreeing on the key issue of whether companies should be ...

If goodwill is personal to a shareholder of a C corporation (or an S corporation with built-in gain), in the context of a sale of the corporation’s assets to a buyer, the shareholder may be able to ...

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 ...

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Committee has sent a letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board questioning the costs and benefits of FASB’s current goodwill impairment ...

Amortization is an accounting technique used to distribute asset value or loan principal over time. There are different techniques for calculating amortization and depreciation and there is guidance ...

This report is one of a series on the adjustments we make to convert GAAP data to economic earnings. Reported earnings don’t tell the whole story of a company’s profits. They are based on ...