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Intangible asset

An intangible asset is an asset that lacks physical substance. Examples are patents, copyright, franchises, goodwill, trademarks, and trade names, reputation, R&D, know-how, organizational capital as well as any form of digital asset such as software and data. This is in contrast to physical assets (machinery, buildings, etc.) and financial assets…

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Definition in accounting

Financial accounting

Value of intangible assets

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Intangible asset

Top relations

related to Definition in accounting · 16
Intangible asset → Accounting Concepts, ASC, Board, Board Accounting Standard Codification, Considering, IAS, IASB, Intangible, SAC, Statement, The, The Australian Accounting Standards, The Financial Accounting Standards, The International Accounting Standards, This, Thus
related to Research and development · 14
Intangible asset → Also, Development, GDP, IAS, In-Process Research, IPR, Most, National Income, NIPA, Product Accounts, Research, The, US, US GAAP
related to Taxation · 8
Intangible asset → Certain, For, Given, Intangibles, Some, The, Treasury, USA
related to Value of intangible assets · 8
Intangible asset → According, Among, Intangible, Investing, IP, The, These, WIPO's World IP Report
related to Expense allocation · 7
Intangible asset → An, Examples, Goodwill, If, Income, Intangible, Trademarks
related to General standards · 7
Intangible asset → IAS, In, Limited-life, Purchased, The IASB, Under US GAAP, Wordings
related to External links · 4
Intangible asset → Intangible, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
see also · 2
Intangible asset → Cognitive, Organizational CapitalReal
is a · 1
Intangible asset → asset that lacks physical substance

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Important terminology

intangible assets asset value intangibles capital accounting physical market also growth organizational definition financial ip finance goodwill patents ias examples

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Intangible assetis aasset that lacks physical substance0.90text
softwareinstance oforganizational capital as well as any form of digital asset0.80text
datainstance oforganizational capital as well as any form of digital asset0.80text
accounts receivableinstance ofThis is necessary in order to avoid the classification of items0.80text
derivativesinstance ofThis is necessary in order to avoid the classification of items0.80text
cash in the bank as an intangible assetinstance ofThis is necessary in order to avoid the classification of items0.80text
income-shifting or transfer pricinginstance ofand because their non-physical nature makes it easier for taxpayers to engage in tax strategies0.80text
tax authoritiesinstance ofand because their non-physical nature makes it easier for taxpayers to engage in tax strategies0.80text
international organizations have been designing ways to link intangible assets to the place where they were createdinstance ofand because their non-physical nature makes it easier for taxpayers to engage in tax strategies0.80text
hence defining nexusinstance ofand because their non-physical nature makes it easier for taxpayers to engage in tax strategies0.80text
IPinstance ofis the branch of finance that uses intangible assets0.80text
Intangible assetrelated to Definition in accountingIntangible0.60section

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    Intangible asset

    Nodes55
    Edges54
    Triples77
    Avg. degree1.96
    Density0.036364
    Components1
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