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Redovisning av goodwill: Beskrivning av goodwill efter bolagsförvärv
University of Skövde, School of Business.
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Accounting for goodwill : Description of goodwill after company acquisitions (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund:I samband med att ett bolag gör ett företagsförvärv kan det även tillkomma goodwill som framförs i redovisningen. Dock är det inte alltid uppenbart vad denna post inkluderar. Goodwill är svårt att definiera utifrån ett generellt perspektiv vilket kan tänkas utgöra flera möjligheter kring hur företagen förklarar goodwill när detta förekommer.Syfte:Syftet med studien är att kartlägga hur de svenska och finska noterade bolag beskriver goodwill i årsredovisningar.Metod:Studien har genomförts med en kvantitativ innehållsanalys. Beskrivningarna som bolagen använt i redovisningsdelen, speciellt i noter, har kategoriserats till fyra möjliga kategorier. Det är de svenska och finska företagen i Nasdaq Nordic listan som inkluderats i arbetet. Utgångspunkten har varit beskrivningar i de bolagen där förvärven skett under år 2018, samt att förvärvet även resulterat i goodwill.Slutsats:I totala resultatet var fördelningen ganska jämn kring vilka kategorier som användes i goodwillbeskrivningar. Utifrån helhetsperspektivet gällande olika segment och sektorer var det vissa mindre men tydliga skillnader som förekom i studien. Mest väsentliga skillnader uppfattades dock enligt resultatet mellan Sverige och Finland, både som totalitet samt inom olika bolagsgrupper. Det kan konstateras att det finns olikheter i beskrivningarna.

Abstract [en]

Background:When a company makes an acquisition, there can also arise goodwill in the acquisition that is presented in company’s accounting. Though, the content of the goodwill is not always that obvious. Goodwill is hard to define from the general perspective, which leads towards a consideration that there are various ways how it might be described by companies when goodwill appears.Purpose:The purpose of this study is to research how the Swedish and Finnish listed companies describes goodwill in annual reports.Method:The study has completed by using a quantitative content analysis. Descriptions that these companies have used in the accounting part, specifically in notes, have also been categorized in four possible categories. The content is based on the Swedish and Finnish companies that are listed in Nasdaq Nordic. This study includes those companies where company acquisitions have been made during the year 2018, and that the acquisition has also been resulting in goodwill.Conclusion:The results in total shows that allocation of different categories that are used in goodwill descriptions is quite even. There were smaller but clear disparities that appeared in this study when considering the described goodwill in different segments and sectors. The most essential variances according to the results was perceived between Sweden and Finland, both as a totality but also in different company categories. However, it can be stated that differences appear in goodwill descriptions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 51
Keywords [en]
Goodwill, Accounting, IFRS 3, Goodwill Descriptions, Company Acquisitions
Keywords [sv]
Goodwill, Redovisning, IFRS 3, Goodwillbeskrivningar, Företagsförvärv
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-18715OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-18715DiVA, id: diva2:1449874
Subject / course
Business Administration
Educational program
Business Administration Accounting and Auditing
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Available from: 2020-06-30 Created: 2020-06-30 Last updated: 2020-06-30Bibliographically approved

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