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15:58 Aug 28, 2006 |
English language (monolingual) [PRO] Bus/Financial - Management / merger | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Dave Calderhead Netherlands Local time: 21:36 | ||||||
Grading comment
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED | ||||
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5 +4 | accounting for a loss by writing goodwill off the accounts |
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5 | profit cancellation or loss realisation |
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Discussion entries: 1 | |
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accounting for a loss by writing goodwill off the accounts Explanation: goodwill being an amount exceeding the net asset value of an acquired company -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2006-08-28 16:05:35 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- in this case many acquisitions |
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