It appears the mass scale writedown in goodwill is finished, at least for now, according to a recent KPMG study of more than 1,700 U.S.-based public companies.
The Big 4 firm studied goodwill impairments from 2005 through 2009 and discovered impairments declined significantly in 2009 from 2008, with 20 percent fewer companies writing down goodwill.
