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As businesses shift toward knowledge-based industries and digital innovation, intangible assets are becoming increasingly important in financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, and overall ...

Unlike physical assets such as machinery or real estate, intangible assets lack a physical presence. They include things like brand recognition, customer loyalty, patents, copyrights and business ...

Intangible assets, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks and goodwill, don't have physical substance but still contribute value to a company. Accountants record intangible assets according to their ...

Intangible assets, unlike physical ones, may evolve to a point where the business objective no longer has the capacity to utilize them effectively. This evolution triggers the need for transformation, ...

Under a Last Will and Testament, a decedent disposes of both their tangible personal property as well as their intangible personal property. Questions might arise in the context of administering an ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. These days, intangible assets—like brand reputation, organizational culture, intellectual ...

EVEN WITH THE GUIDANCE IN FASB STATEMENT NO. 142, th e useful life of certain intangible assets is difficult to judge, particularly assets that involve contracted or other legally set terms. Companies ...

The digitization of our world means that many people do not just rely on technology—they may actually own it. The increasing prevalence of intangible assets cannot be ignored. But when was the last ...

ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bakkt Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BKKT) (the “Company” or “Bakkt”) announced that it completed its annual impairment testing of goodwill and other intangible assets as ...

How valuable are a company’s IT systems, employee skills, culture? For many, they are worth far more than the physical and financial assets that can be tallied on a balance sheet. Measuring the value ...

Top personnel that make a business unique or different constitute an intangible asset in the common sense of that phrase. In fact, if your business has a founder, designer or other employee who is ...