Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Financial Accounting I
Intangible Assets
Chapter Outline
Intangible Assets
Valuation of Intangibles
Costs of Intangibles
Examples
1. Issuance of stock to acquire intangibles.
2. Lump-sum purchase of intangibles.
Intangible Assets
Amortization of Intangibles
Journal Entry:
Amortization Expense
xxx
Intangible Asset
xxx
Intangible Assets
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Intangible Assets
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1. Patents
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Patents (contd.)
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Patents (contd.)
Intangible Assets
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Patents (contd.)
Journal Entry
Amortization Expense
Patents
(or Accu. Patent Amortization)
xxx
xxx
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Patents (contd.)
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2. Copyrights
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Copyrights (contd.)
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Intangible Assets
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R&D: An Example
Cash expenditures related to the R&D are as
follows:
R&D salaries and wages
$100,000
R&D material &supplies used
50,000
R&D equip. purchased*
120,000
Payments to others for service
performed related to R&D
30,000
Patent filing and legal fees
for completed project
25,000
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R & D Contracts
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Purchased R&D
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8. Goodwill
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Effective advertising.
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Goodwill1 = Purchase price of a business market value of net assets of the business.
Market value of net assets
= M.V. of assets - M.V. of liabilities.
1. Goodwill is measured as the excess of cost over
the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired.
Intangible Assets
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Example
Excess earning = $10,000
Discount Rate = 10%
Estimated life = 10 years
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Goodwill (contd.)
Recording of Acquisition:
Assets (at market value)
xxx
Goodwill
xxx
Liability (at market value)
xxx
Cash
xxx
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Goodwill (contd.)
Intangible Assets
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Negative Goodwill
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Example:
Carrying amount of a copyright
Fair value
Loss on Impairment
$1,200,000
500,000
$700,000
700,000
700,000
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Legal Life
Amortization
Patent
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Copyrights
Life of creator + 70
years
Franchises or
Licenses
Contractual
agreements
The shorter of
contractual Life or
useful life
Unlimited (renewed
every 10 years)
In-Process R&D
Unlimited
Goodwill
Unlimited
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