U.S. patent box… The United States has a rich history of encouraging and safeguarding research and development (R&D) activities. In 1981, for example, we became the first nation to realize the importance of spurring R&D through the implementation of a tax credit applied toward such activity.
As a result, the country experienced an R&D “stimulus,” leading to robust innovation and growth in sectors across the economy such as computing, healthcare, and agriculture. Read article.
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Goodwill valuation costs… To cut the cost of calculating goodwill impairment after a merger, the Financial Accounting Standards Board is proposing to remove a key step in how public companies gauge the fair value of an acquired unit.
Under a proposed accounting standard update issued last week, FASB would eliminate the second of two steps companies must now take to figure out if the fair value of an acquisition has been impaired — and if so, by how much. Read article.
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