FASB Muses on Goodwill Impairments

Goodwill—should it be amortized or not?  That is one of the questions the FASB has wrestled with over the last few years.  Lucas Parris, senior member of Mercer Capital’s Financial Reporting Valuation Group, takes us through the changes to this system that are in the works, as the FASB Board made a few tentative decisions regarding the accounting for goodwill impairment for public and private entities.

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