All goodwill accounting articles
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ArticleFASB removes goodwill accounting project from agenda
The Financial Accounting Standards Board tentatively ruled to remove a project regarding identifiable intangible assets and subsequent accounting for goodwill from its technical agenda.
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ArticleDeloitte to pay $1.8M for goodwill testing failures in Mitie Group audit
The U.K. Financial Reporting Council announced a reduced penalty of 1.45 million pounds (U.S. $1.8 million) against Deloitte regarding goodwill testing failures during its audit of facility management company Mitie Group for fiscal year 2016.
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ArticleFive insights gleaned from PCAOB audit committee chair report
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board published its annual report highlighting feedback received from its discussions with audit committee chairs at U.S. public companies during the previous year.
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ArticleOne-on-one with Richard Jones: What lies ahead at FASB
A year into the job, FASB Chair Richard Jones catches up with Compliance Week regarding recent improvements to major accounting standards, ongoing projects, future topics of interest, and more.
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ArticleFASB finalizes goodwill triggering event standard update
The Financial Accounting Standards Board announced the adoption of an accounting standards update that provides an alternative for goodwill triggering event evaluation.
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ArticleFASB advances goodwill triggering event standard update
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ruled tentatively to move forward with and expand the scope of its proposed standard update regarding goodwill triggering events under Topic 350. The standard is expected to be finalized in March.
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ArticleFASB proposes goodwill alternative for certain private companies, nonprofits
The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed a standard update to provide an accounting alternative to the goodwill triggering event assessment for certain private companies and nonprofit organizations.
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ArticleSEC charges Sequential Brands for goodwill impairment failures
The SEC has filed a civil complaint against brand-management company Sequential Brands Group for ignoring “clear, objective evidence of likely goodwill impairment.”
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ArticleLiabilities and equity, LIBOR among priorities for FASB’s Golden
In a speech Tuesday, FASB Chairman Russell Golden laid out the accounting areas he hopes to finalize changes to before his term ends June 30, 2020.