Unlike physical assets such as machinery or real estate, intangible assets lack a physical presence. They include things like brand recognition, customer loyalty, patents, copyrights and business ...

As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

A manufacturer’s intangible assets are vastly more valuable than its tangible assets; therefore, these invisible assets can be successfully leveraged for growth, while minimizing risk. At the upcoming ...

To provide guidance for the accounting treatment of purchased and internally-generated intangible assets in compliance with gasb.No51 and University of Texas (UT ...

Quick definition: these are assets that a company owns that are not physical and can sometimes be unquantifiable. Short-term assets owned by a company are cash, receivables and inventory. Long-term ...

When taking an asset-based approach to valuing a company, most financial professionals would agree that determining the market value for a company's tangible assets is pretty easy. Cash is cash.

Over the years, many companies have transitioned from asset-heavy to asset-light business models, where intangible assets drive most of their growth. Tangible assets are assets that appear on a ...

The following column is written by Andrew D. Galbraith, CFA, MBA, director with HealthCare Appraisers. Accounting Standard Codification 350 – Intangibles, Goodwill and Other Indefinite Lived Assets ...

One of Bank of America's competitive disadvantages is the amount of goodwill the $2.15 trillion bank holds on its balance sheet. Classified as an asset, goodwill is little more than an accounting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I teach growth leaders how to grow revenues, profits and firm value. It is inherently difficult to predict and forecast future ...

The issue was whether depreciation can be claimed on BOT road projects. ITAT upheld depreciation, rejecting mere amortisation under the CBDT ...