intangible assets, SFAS No. 141 and IFRS No. 3. The second phase of
business combinations included a set of accounting principles to improve
financial reporting performance by adding reliability, relevance, and
accuracy into the financial statements (Schroeder et al., 2014).
In 2007, the FASB determined that business combinations should be
reported at a fair value. The FASB’s fair value definition was
promulgated under ASC820 as Schroeder et al., (2014) “the amount for
which an asset could be exchanged, or a liability could be settled, in an
arm’s-length process-should, be used to measure the assets in a business
combination” (p. 557). This definition primarily focuses on setting the
price of assets and liabilities in the settlement of a business combination.
Presently, the definition has been revised and evaluated with new
guidelines and can be found within FASB ASC805 (Schroeder et al.,