Testing Intangible Assets with Indefinite Useful Lives for Impairment

question 63

Multiple Choice

Testing intangible assets with indefinite useful lives for impairment:

• A) occurs every year.
• B) occurs when only there has been an indication of an impairment in the value of the asset such as a reduction in cash flow generation, idle assets, etc.
• C) never occurs because the asset has an indefinite useful life.
• D) occurs whenever required by the company's auditors.

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