Sam Edwards / Getty Images One of the concepts that can give non-accounting (and even some accounting) business folk a fit is a distinction between goodwill and other intangible assets in a ...

Types of Assets Assets are reported on a company's balance sheet and can be broadly categorized into current or short-term assets, fixed assets, financial assets, or intangible assets. Current ...

The CFA Institute released a paper Wednesday urging the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the International Accounting Standards Board to require more detailed disclosures of intangible assets ...

Some types of intellectual property are considered capital assets and may be recorded on a company's balance sheet as intangible assets. Intellectual property is a fairly broad term and can take ...