An asset is anything, tangible or intangible, that has economic value to its owner or could have economic value in the future.

Fixed assets, also known as property, plant and equipment, are usually expensive items that last long term, such as real estate, heavy equipment and furniture. Accountants in charge of this area of a ...

Business advisers can help guide clients through the tax and accounting considerations of a corporate sale or purchase.

An asset is counted as retired when it is permanently removed from service. Asset retirement can occur in processes such as a sale to another party or disposal due to obsolescence. Since long-term ...

Learn the principles of financial accounting, its importance, and how it functions to provide a clear picture of a company's financial health and compliance.

Mergers and acquisitions are an important way that growing companies get bigger, and structuring a deal in the best interests of both the acquirer and the target is critical to getting a transaction ...

To provide guidance for the accounting treatment of purchased and internally-generated intangible assets in compliance with gasb.No51 and University of Texas (UT ...

Companies don’t need to be haunted by ghost assets. And yes, ghost assets are very real and can have a scary impact on the bottom line. What is a ghost asset, you ask? Well, it’s a fixed asset in a ...

The question of how to account for digital assets has emerged as a challenging one for accountants as use of these assets becomes increasingly common. Although accounting for exchange-traded digital ...

The Capital Assets department is responsible for overseeing the accounting of the University’s capital assets for all areas of Case Western Reserve University for both internal and external reporting ...

Specifically, digital assets: Are indefinite-lived as they have no prescribed life. This means companies initially record digital assets at their acquisition cost and, thus, subject them to annual and ...