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In the United States, the process of conducting a PPA is typically conducted in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007) “Business Combinations” (“SFAS 141r”) [1] and SFAS 142 “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” (“SFAS 142”). [2]
Goodwill is no longer amortized under U.S. GAAP (FAS 142). [8] FAS 142 was issued in June 2001. Companies objected to the removal of the option to use pooling-of-interests, so amortization was removed by Financial Accounting Standards Board as a concession. As of 2005-01-01, it is also forbidden under International Financial Reporting Standards.
142: Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets: June 2001: 143: Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations: June 2001: 144: Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets: August 2001: 145: Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections: April 2002: 146
In accounting, an impaired asset is an asset which has a market value less than the value listed on its owner's balance sheet. According to U.S. accounting rules (known as US GAAP ), the value of an asset is impaired when the sum of estimated future cash flows from that asset is less than its book value .
The IASB and FASB made joint efforts to devise a common impairment model, but the FASB eventually decided to propose an alternative scheme in January 2011. [5] The IASB issued a new exposure draft in January 2013, [5] which later led to the adoption of IFRS 9 in July 2014, [6] effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. [7]
Superseded by FAS 141 1971 April; 1973 March: Intangible assets: Unofficial Accounting Interpretations of APB Opinion No. 17, Interpretations 1-2: AIN-APB17: Superseded by FAS 142 1968: Accounting for the cost of pension plans: Unofficial Accounting Interpretations of APB Opinion No. 8, Interpretations 1-28: AIN-APB8: Superseded by FAS 111 1969 ...
An impairment loss is determined by subtracting the asset's fair value from the asset's book/carrying value. Trademarks and goodwill are examples of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. Goodwill has to be tested for impairment rather than amortized. If impaired, goodwill is reduced and loss is recognized in the Income statement.
Some of the general challenges that financial institutions face with regards to the ALLL estimation include the manual, time-intensive nature of the reserve estimation process each month or quarter; producing adequate documentation and disclosures; incorporating new accounting standards and regulations released by FASB and federal regulatory bodies, and increased scrutiny on the assumptions ...