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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 ...

Bank of America's balance sheet contains more goodwill than its closest competitors, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo. You can't sit on it. It doesn't generate loans or deposits. You can't ...

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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 ...

CPAs NEED TO ADVISE COMPANIES ON appropriate disclosure to financial statement users of intangible assets, acquired either separately or as part of a business combination. AUDITORS AND CORPORATE ...

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 ...

Top personnel that make a business unique or different constitute an intangible asset in the common sense of that phrase. In fact, if your business has a founder, designer or other employee who is ...

VIENNA, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Erste Group Bank's writedown on emerging European assets because of the region's looming economic crisis has spotlighted towering goodwill on emerging European banks' ...

Invesco Ltd. IVZ is expected to continue witnessing revenue-growth pressure amid a challenging operating backdrop. Considerably high levels of goodwill and intangible assets on the company's balance ...