However, it will not involve such assets if such a condition were not satisfied. In valuing the unidentifiable assets, if it is assumed that the difference between the cost of acquisition and the fair value of the net assets acquired is a measure of any goodwill, then the existence of such a difference does not mean that goodwill was acquired. Similarly, the absence of a difference does not mean that no goodwill was acquired. The problems are the recognition in AASB 1013 of the possibility of "bad buys" and the uncertainty about the extent, which plays a part in the goodwill calculations.…
