Goodwill in business is an intangible asset that's recorded when one company is purchased by another. It's the portion of the purchase price that's higher than the sum of the net fair value of all of ...

The CFA Institute released the results Tuesday of a global survey of investment professionals on accounting for goodwill, related disclosures, and how those issues are affecting analysis and ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has decided to set aside a long-running project on goodwill accounting that would have required companies to amortize goodwill on a straight-line basis over 10 ...

Goodwill in accounting and investing is a term used to describe intangible assets that don't appear in hard numbers on a balance sheet. These can include a host of things that companies tend to value ...

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Tougher accounting rules may be needed that force companies to write down goodwill faster and stop "overly optimistic" calculations, a global securities watchdog said on ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board scrapped plans to consider new rules on how companies account for and disclose goodwill, a blow to businesses and investors that have sought improvements to ...