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Brett Donner, Nick Ioriatti, Mike Nowaczyk, Mike OHara, and James Peters
Impairment of Goodwill
Exercise 12-15
prepare the journal to record impairment December 31, 2012 Loss on Impairment.................. 25,000,000 Goodwill............................................ 25,000,000 The fair value of the reporting unit ($335 million) is below its carrying value ($360 million). Therefore, an impairment has occurred.
Start-Up Costs
-Start-up costs capitalized if included in property, plant, and equipment cost or if in acquisition includes goodwill as a part
Failure to gather sufficient evidence for the valuation of the intangibles Failure to obtain evidence to support key assumptions Failure to obtain evidence related to the evaluation of managements estimates
Our Opinion
Adopting IFRS will save money in long run Flexibility on portrayal of financial performance
Finite vs. indefinite life span of assets
IFRS allows ease for international investments Makes use of revaluation of intangibles
Sources
Deloitte, (April, 2, 2008). IFRS In Your Pocket 2008. Retrieved October 28, 2012, from Deloitte's IAS Plus Site Web site: http://www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/jmcathey/6260/ifrs/Deloitte_IFRSpocke t2008.pdf Grant Thornton, (June, 30, 2008). Comparison Between U.S GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards , from Grant Thorntons Web sitehttp://www.belkcollege.uncc.edu/jmcathey/6260/ifrs Grant_Thornton_GAAP_v_IFRS_Comparison.pdf IASC Foundation, (3/26/2008). Technical Summary - IAS 38 Intangible Assets. Retrieved October 28, 2012, from IFRS and IAS Summaries Web site: http://www.iasb.org/NR/rdonlyres/E52C2F1A-DA51-4CFC-A3639E84920D6EED/0/IAS38.pdf Iwata, Edward. "U.S. Considers Costly Switch to International Accounting Rules - USATODAY.com." USA Today, 6 Jan. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/companies/regulation/2009-0105-international-accounting-rule-switch_N.htm>.
Sources Continued
Johnson, Sarah. "Guessing the Costs of IFRS Conversion - CFO.com." CFO.com. N.p., 30 Mar. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/13399306/c_13396520?origin=ar chive>. Keiso, Weygandt, Warfield, Chapter 12: Impairment of Intangible Assets, Intermediate Accounting Student Companion Website, 2007, slide 29 KPMG. "IFRS Compared to U.S. G.A.A.P: An Overview." KPMG. N.p., 1 Aug. 2009. Web. 28 Oct. 2012. <http://www.kpmg.com/CN/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublicati ons/Documents/IFRS-compared-US-GAAP-0908.pdf>. "Major Differences Between US Gaap And IFRS." Major Differences Between US Gaap And IFRS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. <http://www.slideshare.net/guestf0e05d/major-differencesbetween-us-gaap-and-ifrs>.