Neither goodwill nor other types of intangible assets possess physical substance. Yet, they are quantifiable, and of great importance to any business.

or example, say the value of the projected business cash flow is $800,000 , and your business's tangible assets are worth $550,000 . In this case, the goodwill is worth $250,000 . If you are ...

Reviewed by Charlene Rhinehart Goodwill is considered a capital asset. Although it may be an internally developed asset, goodwill is most commonly derived from the acquisition of one company by ...

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 ...

Goodwill is an intangible asset that without proper recognition, can add risky value to any potential investment. Statistics for 30 randomly chosen companies in the Russell 3000 are provided, with ...

There is no asset on a company’s balance sheet that wreaks more havoc on valuation and good sense than goodwill. The first problem with goodwill is that it sounds good, and when something sounds good, ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has a project to review accounting for goodwill subsequent to its acquisition — again. The issue is whether to continue goodwill impairment testing as required ...

One of Bank of America 's (BAC 0.23%) competitive dis advantages is the amount of goodwill the $2.15 trillion bank holds on its balance sheet. Classified as an asset, goodwill is little more than ...

On the other hand, as of Dec. 31, 2014, Facebook, Inc. had total assets of $40.184 billion, total liabilities of $4.088 billion, intangible assets of $3.929 billion, and goodwill of $17.981 billion.