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Financial Reporting & Compliance

SVG is regularly engaged to provide purchase price allocation and goodwill impairment testing services for financial reporting purposes as required by SFAS 141 & 142.

SVG’s analysts have the expertise to assist company management in the identification and valuation of most categories of intangible assets. The identification and recognition of the appropriate intangible assets is an important step in the process. Valuation for financial reporting purposes includes various categories of intangible assets including:


CATEGORY EXAMPLE
Marketing-related intangible assets Trademarks, trade names, service marks, newspaper mastheads, internet domain names, non-competition agreements.
Customer-related intangible assets Customer lists, order or production backlogs, customer contracts and customer relationships including non-contractual relationships.
Artistic-related intangible assets Plays, operas, ballets, books, magazines, newspapers, pictures, photographs.
Contract-based intangible assets Licensing and royalty agreements, advertising, construction, service or supply agreements, lease agreements, franchise agreements, employment contracts.
Technology-based intangible assets Patented technology, computer software, unpatented technology (know-how), databases, trade secrets such as secret formulas, processes, recipes, internet names and websites.