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NACVA Accredited Valuation Analyst Exam Questions 111–115 (page: 24)

Updated On: 9-Feb-2026

Impairment is the difference in value between the carrying amount of goodwill and the actual fair value of the goodwill. However, for federal income tax reporting purposes:

  1. The cost of developing, maintenance, or restoring intangibles which are unidentifiable, have indeterminate lives, or are inherent in a continuing enterprise should be expensed as incurred.
  2. Such intangibles assets which are purchased must be carried at cost and amortized over their useful lives and cannot be written down or written off at date of acquisition.
  3. Identifiable intangible assets with an indefinite life should not be amortized
  4. The cost of developing, maintenance, or restoring intangibles which are unidentifiable, have indeterminate lives, or are inherent in a continuing enterprise should be expensed as incurred. By contrast, such intangibles assets which are purchased must be carried at cost and amortized over their useful lives and cannot be written down or written off at date of acquisition.

Answer(s): D



In comparing companies with very different accounting practices, one way for an analyst to adjust for intangible items on the financial statements is to eliminate:

  1. All intangible assets from the balance sheets
  2. All amortization expense from the income statements
  3. Identifying the true economic value
  4. Both A and B

Answer(s): D



Many cost items fall into a “___________ ”, in which the decision to expense or to capitalize the expenditures is subjective. One such decision is the dividing line between maintenance expenditures, which are expenses and capital improvements, which are capitalized.

  1. White area
  2. Gary area
  3. Red area
  4. White and gray area

Answer(s): B



An item that frequently causes controversy in a business valuation is the value of a:

  1. Net operating loss carryforward
  2. Accounting of leases
  3. Installment sales
  4. Contract work

Answer(s): A



Since the use of the extraordinary designation is so restrictive, obviously many items do not meet the strict definition for accounting purposes but nevertheless should be regarded as nonrecurring for analytical purposes. Some examples of such items would be all of the following EXCEPT:

  1. Gains or losses on the sale of assets
  2. Gains or losses on disposition of a segment of the business
  3. Write-offs and other expenses related to an acquisition
  4. Effects of normal price fluctuations

Answer(s): D



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