You might not have heard about it, but most companies write down the value on acquisitions to some degree. IANAL, but legally you can be forced to realize tome

You might not have heard about it, but most companies write down the value on acquisitions to some degree. IANAL, but legally you can be forced to realize tome deprecation on goodwill payments... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_%28accounting%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_%28accounting%29