Intangible Asset Valuation (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 3 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $35

Course Description
You may need to value intangible assets as part of a business combination, or to assess an asset sale or licensing deal. If so, the Intangible Asset Valuation course will help you select the best valuation method, collect the necessary data, and ensure that the calculated asset valuation is a reasonable one. This course covers the main approaches to asset valuation, as well as valuation issues for specific types of assets. It is an essential guide for assigning defensible values to intangible assets.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course Number: FN1032

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Overview of Intangible Assets
Chapter 2. Fair Value Analysis
Chapter 3. Valuation Data Gathering
Chapter 4. Cost Approach Valuation
Chapter 5. Market Approach Valuation
Chapter 6. Income Approach Valuation
Chapter 7. Internally-Generated Intangible Assets
Chapter 8. Valuation Issues for Specific Asset Types

Learning Objectives

  • Specify the characteristics of an intangible asset.

  • Describe the nature of an orderly transaction.

  • Identify the characteristics of a principal market.

  • Specify how fair value is determined.

  • Identify the types of questions to ask when collecting data for an intangible asset valuation.

  • Recall when the cost approach is the best way to value an intangible asset.

  • Specify the different types of obsolescence that can apply to an intangible asset.

  • Specify when the market approach to valuing an intangible asset should be used.

  • Specify when the income approach to valuing an intangible asset should be used.

  • Recall how to estimate the income associated with an intangible asset.

  • Recall which stage of internal-use software development can be capitalized.

  • Specify which website development costs must be charged to expense.

  • Identify the different types of customer asset.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Finance

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: November 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.