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CPA staff accountants building a review-ready ASC 805 business combination accounting file from acquisition scope and consideration through fair-value assets and liabilities, deferred taxes, NCI, goodwill, and the acquisition-date opening balance sheet
31 Aug

Business Combination Accounting Training for Staff Accountants: Build ASC 805 Competence From Acquisition Date to Opening Balance Sheet

Accounting Workforce Development / Tax Advisory

By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 31, 2026  |  35-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Business combination accounting training should teach staff to reconstruct the acquired business at the acquisition date—not simply book “purchase price minus net assets = goodwill.” A

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