Discover how amortization and impairment affect intangible assets such as patents and goodwill, and understand their impact ...

Intangible assets include operational assets that lack physical substance. For example, goodwill is a fixed asset, as are patents, copyrights, trademarks and franchises. A company's intangible assets ...

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 ...

Discover the impact of intangible vs. tangible costs on business performance. Learn with examples how unseen costs affect ...

The IRS on Wednesday issued final regulations (T.D. 9994) that, in certain cases, terminate the continued application of Sec. 367(d) when intangible property is repatriated to certain U.S. persons ...

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

As nonprofit leaders, changing the calendar year signals one of the most critical periods in our work: annual reporting on impact and new year goal setting. It's a time when we compile the results of ...

A Mexican migrant to the U.S. is five times more productive than one who stays home. Why is that? The answer is not the obvious one: This country has more machinery or tools or natural resources.

There’s no denying the importance of having strong skills in order to get hired for a job. But there are other skills that are just as important as the traditional work-related skills you’ll need. In ...