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  2. Goodwill (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    In order to acquire company B, company A paid $20. Hence, goodwill would be $11 ($20 − $9). The journal entry in the books of company A to record the acquisition of company B would be: [2] DR Goodwill $11 DR Accounts Receivable $10 DR Inventory $5 CR Accounts Payable $6 CR Cash $20

  3. Purchase price allocation - Wikipedia

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    Purchase price allocation (PPA) is an application of goodwill accounting whereby one company (the acquirer), when purchasing a second company (the target), allocates the purchase price into various assets and liabilities acquired from the transaction.

  4. Book value - Wikipedia

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    An asset's initial book value is its actual cash value or its acquisition cost. Cash assets are recorded or "booked" at actual cash value. Assets such as buildings, land and equipment are valued based on their acquisition cost, which includes the actual cash cost of the asset plus certain costs tied to the purchase of the asset, such as broker fees.

  5. Consolidation (business) - Wikipedia

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    In business, consolidation or amalgamation is the merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into a few much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group company as consolidated financial statements.

  6. Revaluation of fixed assets - Wikipedia

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    When an asset is sold that has previously been revalued, the revaluation within the carrying value is debited to the Revaluation Reserve. When assets are revalued, every balance sheet shall show for a specified period of years, the amount of increase or decrease made in respect of each class of assets. Similarly, the increased/decreased value ...

  7. How Companies Fake It (With Cash Flow) - AOL

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    Capital expenditures, asset purchases, acquisitions. Financing. Bank borrowings, stock issuance. ... Through the magic of acquisition accounting. When one company acquires another, it uses cash ...

  8. Deferred acquisition costs - Wikipedia

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    Over time the acquisition costs are recognized as an expense that reduces the DAC asset. The process of recognizing the costs in the income statement is known as amortization and refers to the DAC asset being amortized, or reduced over a number of years.

  9. Available for sale - Wikipedia

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    Available for sale (AFS) is an accounting term used to classify financial assets. AFS is one of the three general classifications, along with held for trading and held to maturity, under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP), specifically FAS 115. The IFRS also includes a fourth classification: loans and receivables.

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