Use the Effect of Goodwill Amortization on the Usefulness of EPS to Evaluate the Relationship between SFAS No. 142 and FASB Conceptual Framework
Date Submitted: 11/06/2004 17:20:54
Category: / Business & Economy / Accounting
Length: 7 pages (2032 words)
Category: / Business & Economy / Accounting
Length: 7 pages (2032 words)
Use the Effect of Goodwill Amortization on the Usefulness of EPS to Evaluate the Relationship between SFAS No. 142 and FASB Conceptual Framework
Abstract
In 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB approved significant changes in the way income is determined for combined business entities. In an effort to make Goodwill and other intangible assets accounting more transparent, SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, requires firms to stop Goodwill amortization. Obviously, SFAS No. 142 supersedes APB (Accounting …
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