...Zachary King; Daniel P. Lynch; Bridget Stomberg; Steven Utke ABSTRACT We examine if financial reporting for income tax expense affects the timeliness of goodwill impairments. Goodwill impairments are material, but their timing is subject to managers’ discretion. U.S. GAAP requires firms to test...

... analyst forecast as suspect adjustments. Suspect adjustments exhibit little association with earnings management incentives and no association with future goodwill impairment. Overall, the results suggest that acquirers use the measurement period when there are concerns about the quality or availability...