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What does Goodwill Impairment mean?

An accounting charge that companies record when the fair value of goodwill drops below its historical cost.

Goodwill Impairment in a sentence
The company had to record a goodwill impairment charge after the acquired subsidiary underperformed.

Goodwill Impairment in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Goodwill-Wertminderung
also Firmenwertabschreibung

Außerplanmäßige Abschreibung auf den Firmenwert.

French
Dépréciation du goodwill
also Dépréciation de l'écart d'acquisition

Dépréciation de la valeur du goodwill au bilan.

Spanish
Deterioro del fondo de comercio

Reducción del valor contable del fondo de comercio por pérdida de beneficios.

Italian
Svalutazione dell'avviamento

Rettifica di valore dell'avviamento quando il valore recuperabile è inferiore a quello contabile.

Synonyms and opposites for Goodwill Impairment

  • Synonym Goodwill write-down

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