Accounting treatment for goodwill among Bursa Malaysia main board companies: The case of MAS 6

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar, Ahmad, Junaidah Hanim, Ishak, Rokiah
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Accountancy Research and Education Foundation 2004
• Subjects: HF5601 Accounting
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/1607/; http://ari.uitm.edu.my/mar.html

This paper investigates the method of accounting for goodwill among Malaysian listed companies. The issue of accounting for goodwill is important because accounting bodies in Malaysia has attempted to address the issue by issuing two exposure drafts on goodwill but none had become operative. Using d...