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 ...

Determining a reasonable goodwill figure for a company’s balance sheet is no easy task. There is no universal rule on how to figure out goodwill, which adds value to the company. Goodwill is ...

Although not excessive, Goodwill is 22% of GE's assets on the 2017 Balance Sheet. At $84 Billion Goodwill is the single largest asset entry. Goodwill exceeds Property, Plant & Equipment by 56%. The ...

Create this important document to show investors the true net worth of your business, and to keep track of your financial trajectory. If the income sheet shows what you’re earning, the balance sheet ...

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 ...

Jabil Circuit Inc. said it has recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of nearly $700 million for its fiscal second quarter in response to a drop off in demand for contract manufacturing ...

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A brewing battle over how to treat more than $5.5 trillion in assets on company books is pitting investors against businesses, investment advisers against academics and even banks against their own ...

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' ...

On this mailbag episode of Industry Focus, our podcast hosts answer a question about FactSet Research Systems (NYSE: FDS), which carries a disproportionately large goodwill account on its balance ...