intangible assets

FASB to Take Up Digital Currencies Question
Growth Companies

FASB to Take Up Digital Currencies Question

Current GAAP accounting prohibits a business from showing the true value of its crypto assets, say critics.
By Vincent Ryan | October 21, 2020
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Sizing Up Uber’s Fate in Transfer Pricing Audits
Transfer Pricing

Sizing Up Uber’s Fate in Transfer Pricing Audits

Tax authorities in the United States and several other countries are investigating Uber, even though it's a loss company and therefore owes no income taxes.
By David McCann | June 14, 2019
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Poor Nonfinancial Reporting Tests Investors’ Trust
Financial Reporting

Poor Nonfinancial Reporting Tests Investors’ Trust

Many senior finance executives admit that the public has a low level of trust in large companies, often because of nontransparent reporting.
By David McCann | November 16, 2018
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How Important Are Intangible Asset Impairments?
Mergers & Acquisitions

How Important Are Intangible Asset Impairments?

Where there are impairments for intangible assets such as goodwill, other liabilities may be lingering on the balance sheet as well.
By Olga Usvyatsky | July 19, 2018
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The End of Accounting?
Revenue Recognition

The End of Accounting?

If Baruch Lev is right, the old models don’t work anymore.
By David Katz | October 20, 2016
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Intellectual Capital: The Hidden Talent Metric
Talent Management

Intellectual Capital: The Hidden Talent Metric

Talent is what drives intellectual capital — the key element of most companies' value — but neither are well-reflected in corporate books.
By David McCann | September 1, 2016
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Intangible Assets: They’re Not What You Think They Are
People

Intangible Assets: They’re Not What You Think They Are

Most intangible assets are not things like trademarks and patents, but rather "tasks" — and CFOs must learn to manage them.
By William Heitman | July 19, 2016
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IRS Seeks Facebook Records in Tax Probe
Tax

IRS Seeks Facebook Records in Tax Probe

The agency is investigating whether Facebook understated its tax liability by valuing intellectual property it sold to an Irish subsidiary too cheaply.
By Matthew Heller | July 11, 2016
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How to Root Out Knowledge Workers’ Waste
Strategy

How to Root Out Knowledge Workers’ Waste

While waste on the manufacturing floor is routinely identified and excised, the same can't be said about white-collar waste in creating intangible assets.
By William Heitman | May 20, 2015
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The Case of the Vanishing Assets
Risk & Compliance

The Case of the Vanishing Assets

A pair of out-of-synch accounting standards related to intangible assets unfairly penalizes balance sheets.
By Roger Sinclair and Kevin Keller | September 11, 2014
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