All Goodwill Impairment 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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CohnReznick fined $1.9M for audit failures at Sequential Brands, Longfin
Audit firm CohnReznick agreed to pay $1.9 million as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for improper conduct at two of its clients the SEC previously charged with filing fraudulent financial statements.
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Report: Pandemic fuels goodwill impairment spike in 2020
Goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies more than doubled in 2020, but the total still fell short of the figure observed at the onset of the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest annual report from Kroll.
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Sequential Brands avoids fine in SEC goodwill impairment case
Sequential Brands won’t be fined as part of a settlement with the SEC over charges it violated accounting principles in securities law when it did not acknowledge goodwill impairment that eventually landed on its balance sheet as a $304 million write-down.
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FASB 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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Study: Goodwill impairments drop in 2019; spike projected in 2020
Goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies fell 10 percent from 2018 to 2019, according to Duff & Phelps’ latest study. An early look at 2020 figures suggests a big rise in next year’s results as a result of the pandemic.
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FASB 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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FASB 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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SEC 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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Newell Brands facing SEC subpoena over sales, accounting practices
Newell Brands disclosed in a regulatory filing it is facing a Securities and Exchange Commission subpoena over its sales and accounting practices, particularly related to the impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets.
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Goodwill impairments more than doubled in 2018, says recent study
Goodwill impairment recorded by U.S. public companies is on the rise. According to Duff Phelps’ 2019 U.S. Goodwill Impairment study, it climbed 125 percent in 2018.
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Early adoption options could ease some accounting strife
Despite the enormity of accounting change occurring at public companies, some might spare themselves some grief by adopting certain rules before they are mandatory.
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Migration to simpler goodwill test will be slow, data says
FASB may have given companies a simpler way to determine whether goodwill must be marked down, but not all public companies are rushing to adopt it.
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Goodwill impairment doubled in 2015, new study says
Amid low oil prices and a spike in M&A, goodwill impairment at public companies doubled from in 2015, hitting its highest levels since the financial crisis.
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FASB drops ‘step two’ of goodwill impairment testing
With simplicity wining over precision, FASB has decided it will do away with the onerous second step of the goodwill impairment test. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
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FASB looks to cut out that ‘second step’ of goodwill accounting
A proposed rule might remove the costly, complex, and time-consuming calculations of a company’s fair value that are required when its fair market value drops below its carrying value. In other words, goodwill accounting is about to get a little goodwill of its own. Tammy Whitehouse reports.
