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Journal Entries of Goodwill: Type Your Audience Targeting Rule Here
Journal Entries of Goodwill: Type Your Audience Targeting Rule Here
Journal Entries of Goodwill: Type Your Audience Targeting Rule Here
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All type organisations have goodwill asset. It does not show physically but it has the value when we sell
or buy any other business. When we buy another company, we have to pay extra amount of goodwill to
vendor because vendor has done the same business before us and his reputation has some value
because on his company name or his reputation, we can get unsecured loan. So, it is necessary to pass
the journal entries of Goodwill.
Rule Debit : Goodwill will come in business. Everything which comes in business will be debit. Goodwill
is asset. So, increase in asset of our business will be debit. So, Goodwill will also debit.
Rule Credit : Cash will go from our business. It will decrease in the amount of cash. So, cash will be
credit.
For example, ABC has bought XYZ company. ABC has paid $ 5,00,000 for goodwill of XYZ company.
Pass the journal entry.
Now, we will show this goodwill as our intangible asset in our balance sheet.
2. When Company Sells the Goodwill and Get the Amount for Goodwill
It is not sure, you will get same amount of goodwill what is showing in your books or balance sheet
because. Time is changing and if you have sold the goodwill also with your business, you can get
excess or low amount of goodwill difference will be profit or loss on selling of goodwill.
Rule Debit : You have received the cash by selling goodwill. It will increase your cash asset, so it will be
debit. If you get loss, it will be also debit because you loss will decrease your invested capital. Moreover
all losses and expenses will always debit.
Rule Credit : Goodwill account will be credit because it will decrease the asset of goodwill. If company
is gaining profit from sale of goodwill, it will also credit
For example : ABC company sold same XYZ after buying to MNO company at $ 6,00,000 but book
value is same as $ 5,00,000. Pass the journal entry.
Rule Debit : Loss of Goodwill impairment is the decrease in value of goodwill. It will be debit
For example, we and our employees do not talk in sweet voice and properly. It will decrease our
customer. Decrease in the customer will decrease our goodwill. For example, in day, we have just 1
customer but our competitor has 20,000 customers in day. We have started our business before our
competitor. In past our sale was 20,000. Now, due to our bad behaviour, our goodwill value has
decreased in the market. So, show this in balance sheet through journal entry.
Rule Credit : Goodwill account will credit because our asset will decrease due to loss in its value.
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