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Purchase accounting: Will an acquisition come back to haunt you?
Author(s) -
Birdzell Luther E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.3970040310
Subject(s) - accounting , position (finance) , business , affect (linguistics) , accounting information system , finance , psychology , communication
Purchase accounting can affect a firm's position—and yours—years after it completes an acquisition. How do you account for information you learn about the acquired company after the acquisition date? The author takes a close look at this and other current sticky issues in purchase accounting.
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