Posted: March 31st, 2016

As the CFO of a company, what indicators would you look at to assess whether your firm s long term assets were impaired?

As the CFO of a company, what indicators would you look at to assess whether your firm s long term assets were impaired? What approaches could be used, either by management or an independent valuation firm, to assess the dollar value of any asset impairment? As a financial analyst, what indicators would you look at to assess whether a firm s long term assets were impaired? What questions would you raise with the firm s CFO about any charges taken for asset impairment?