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Accounting for goodwill in an age of mergers

โœ Scribed by Brian L. Heckler

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
964 KB
Volume
8
Category
Article
ISSN
1044-8136

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โœฆ Synopsis

This is a period of intense merger activity and renewed interest in accounting for business combinations. Although many companies m a y prefer to use the pooling-of-interest method, few transactions can qualifjr. It's time to take another look at an alternative: recognizing goodwill under the purchase method.

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