Where is a change in goodwill reflected on the statement of cash flows? CFO? CFI? thanks!
Hmm… are you recording an initial goodwill entry from an acquisition?
If its the indirect method (working backwards from NI) it falls under CFO. Direct method it shouldn’t show up.
naturallight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where is a change in goodwill reflected on the > statement of cash flows? > > CFO? CFI? > > thanks! Firstly, any movement is non-cash, therefore, you will only see it on the cash flow statement if your cash flow statement starts with net income Secondly are you talking about a true-up of goodwill resulting from purchase accounting? It wouldn’t hit you cash flow statement because it wouldn’t hit your p&l are you talking about impairment. should be added back I would think in the operations section
Yeah, I presume it’s an impairment since it’s going down. CFO it is! thanks!
Wait, if you are talking a write down here that would a non-cash transaction and would impact the income statement but not your cash flow statement.
When looking at data from an vendor it will be forced into CFO as they have nowhere else to report which will distort the CFO. Typically when a company has a large write off of goodwill it is reported in none of the primary sections but as an adjustment typically labelled something like Other Cash Flows.
naturallight Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where is a change in goodwill reflected on the > statement of cash flows? > > CFO? CFI? > > thanks! its a non cash loss, its not on the cf only on bs and is
it impacts cfo - think about what you’re saying - if it affects net income, then you have to add it back in CFO to come to your true cash position.
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It falls undero Cash from operations, is the short answer
If the change is due to new goodwill arising on acquisition than that would form part of investing activities where you disclose the amount invested in a new subsidiary / business. If the change is due to impairment of goodwill than it’s a non cash item and should not form part of cash flow. You will add back any impairment charge under the adjustments you make in cash flow from operations section.
The above assumes you are preparing cash flow using indirect method.
Goodwill is genreally a revaluation item…It has no influence on cash many times. Goodwill can only appear in cashflow when it is purchased during the year. Purchase of Goodwill only happens in time of acquisitions or valuation or revaluation. Sometimes revaluation is internal assesment and no cash is spent on that…So such type of goodwill will have nil impact.
Goodwill already appearing in balance sheet will be w/off in PnL that goodwill should not reduce your cash …Just like treatment of depreciation or Patent w/off…
why did you find it necessary to bump a 7-year old thread on goodwill recognition?