Essays Tagged: "Amortization"

Intangible assets

editors. There are many decisions regarding intangible assets, such as recognition, measurement and amortization. Many of these decisions are subjective and the results may vary from one individual to ... accountants must decide upon the useful life of the asset, its value to the company and the type of amortization to be used. In addition, if it is determined that the useful life is indefinite, then t ...

(12 pages) 391 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB).

easier, the loans and programs the IMF and WB have made lead to a debt crisis. In order to pay the amortization and accumulated interest from the debts to the IMF and WB, the developing countries use ...

(2 pages) 112 1 3.7 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Accounting For Goodwill

Reporting Goodwill on Financial Statements The Current Reporting Style for Goodwill (amortization) The reporting guidelines for goodwill are in APB (Accounting Principles Board) Opinion ... dwill: ¨ Amortize over its useful life not to exceed forty years.¨ Charge the amortization of goodwill to operating expenses.¨ Amortize goodwill using the straight-lin ... odwill using the straight-line method unless there is a more appropriate method.¨ If the amortization is material, a disclosure of the charge is necessary, as well as the method and period ...

(8 pages) 52 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Jefferson's Presidency

Hamilton, The Secretary of Treasury, builded the colonies up economically. Through the assumption (amortization of national debt), the protective tariff, the excise on tax, and the First U.S. Bank. J ...

(1 pages) 5 0 3.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Business Administration

ofits, not including the advantage from past miscellaneous expenses and the implemented part of the amortization of untouchable resources, went down from above 70% of earnings to below 70% of earnings ...

(3 pages) 26 0 5.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Corning Businesses

114.16 %, an average increase of 28.54% per year. However on new assets instead of spacing out the amortization expense each year, Corning estimates what the whole expense will be for the life of the ... f the asset and takes that expense in year of purchase. So since in 2000 when Corning expanded, its amortization expense was extremely high. Even though Corning?s sales went up, their net income went ...

(3 pages) 31 1 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

FIN 324 - Ratio Analysis and Statement of Cash Flows

-Long Term Investments- -Property Plant and Equipment- -Goodwill- -Intangible Assets- -Accumulated Amortization- -Other Assets- -Deferred Long Term Asset Charges- -Total Assets13Southwest Casino Corp ... nts4,298 -Property Plant and Equipment12,108 16,102Goodwill- -Intangible Assets945 1,439Accumulated Amortization- -Other Assets101 100Deferred Long Term Asset Charges573 842Total Assets20,515 20,609(Y ...

(7 pages) 91 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Goodwill Impairment

ting of negative goodwill and the processes that take place to calculate the goodwill.The impact of amortization of goodwill versus its write-off can be shown by comparing them to each other and by sh ... be shown by comparing them to each other and by showing how useful they are to investors. Goodwill amortization smoothes the earnings of the entities whereas write-off lower the income and increase t ...

(6 pages) 60 0 0.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Examining Financial Statements - Landry's Restaurants

ment shows expense categories that include cost of revenue, labor, administration, depreciation and amortization. In this Income Statement, net income is determined by totaling the expenses and subtra ...

(2 pages) 223 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

recognizing differences

ugust 22nd, 2014X/ACC 291Shontell ChrismanWhat are the differences between valuation, depreciation, amortization, and depletion?Valuation, depreciation, amortization and depletion all have differences ... land and property. Valuation is the process of valuing a company's assets for financial reporting. Amortization is another process of allocation cost of a company's assets over its life span, the dif ...

(1 pages) 0 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting