Read this article: Accounting for Goodwill Impairment for Credit Unions [White Paper]
This 2017 paper describes how goodwill can arise through a merger transaction, how to amortize or test the goodwill for impairment, FASB’s simplification of the goodwill impairment assessment model, and how goodwill will be treated for risk-based capital purposes beginning in 2019. Please note that FASB continues to review the accounting for goodwill. Please see our blog post from February 2022.