While all buyers look for a degree of figurative goodwill from advisory practice sellers, some financial advisors could reap tax savings by offering up that literal type of asset in the deal. Sales of ...

Divorce is a complex process and for dental practice owners, it can become even more challenging when it comes to the division of assets, particularly the valuation of the practice. One of the key ...

Accountants have been wringing their hands for decades over how to treat a business’s goodwill—the value of customer loyalty, human capital, and synergies—when a company changes hands. Should it be ...

The total value of goodwill impairments recorded by U.S. public companies more than doubled in 2020 during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study, and the same may happen ...

Goodwill in business is an intangible asset that's recorded when one company is purchased by another. It's the portion of the purchase price that's higher than the sum of the net fair value of all of ...

Goodwill is an accounting term for the premium paid over fair market value in a business acquisition. Goodwill is an intangible asset that represents the value of things like brand reputation and ...

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 value ...