# ASC 805-30-00: Business Combinations — Goodwill or Gain from Bargain Purchase, Including Consideration Transferred — 00 Status

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<table class="asc-table" frame="all" id="SL6290959-165649"><tbody><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Paragraph</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Action</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Accounting Standards Update</strong></td><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Date</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#acquiree" class="term" title="The business or businesses that the acquirer obtains control of in a business combination. This term also includes a nonprofit activity or business that a not-for-profit acquirer obtains control of in an acquisition by a not-for-profit entity."><span>Acquiree</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/a/#acquirer" class="term" title="The entity that obtains control of the acquiree. However, in a business combination in which a variable interest entity (VIE) is acquired, the primary beneficiary of that entity always is the acquirer. (P) December 16, 2026; (N) December 16, 2026805-10-65-5The entity that obtains control of the acquiree.See paragraphs 805-10-25-4805-10-25-5 for guidance on determining the acquirer."><span>Acquirer</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2025-03/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-03</a></td><td class="entry">05/12/2025</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#business" class="term" title="Paragraphs 805-10-55-3A805-10-55-4805-10-55-5805-10-55-6 and 805-10-55-8805-10-55-9 define what is considered a business."><span>Business</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2017-01/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01</a></td><td class="entry">01/05/2017</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/b/#business-combination" class="term" title="A transaction or other event in which an acquirer obtains control of one or more businesses. Transactions sometimes referred to as true mergers or mergers of equals also are business combinations. See also Acquisition by a Not-for-Profit Entity."><span>Business Combination</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/g/#goodwill" class="term" title="An asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination, acquired in an acquisition by a not-for-profit entity, or recognized by a joint venture upon formation that are not individually identified and separately recognized. For ease of reference, this term also includes the immediate charge recognized by not-for-profit entities in accordance with paragraph 958-805-25-29."><span>Goodwill</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2023-05/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-05</a></td><td class="entry">08/23/2023</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/g/#goodwill" class="term" title="An asset representing the future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination, acquired in an acquisition by a not-for-profit entity, or recognized by a joint venture upon formation that are not individually identified and separately recognized. For ease of reference, this term also includes the immediate charge recognized by not-for-profit entities in accordance with paragraph 958-805-25-29."><span>Goodwill</span></a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity" class="term" title="An entity that possesses the following characteristics, in varying degrees, that distinguish it from a business entity: Contributions of significant amounts of resources from resource providers who do not expect commensurate or proportionate pecuniary return Operating purposes other than to provide goods or services at a profit Absence of ownership interests like those of business entities. Entities that clearly fall outside this definition include the following: All investor-owned entities Entities that provide dividends, lower costs, or other economic benefits directly and proportionately to their owners, members, or participants, such as mutual insurance entities, credit unions, farm and rural electric cooperatives, and employee benefit plans."><span>Not-for-Profit Entity</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/p/#private-company" class="term" title="An entity other than a public business entity, a not-for-profit entity, or an employee benefit plan within the scope of Topics 960 through 965 on plan accounting."><span>Private Company</span></a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2019-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-06</a></td><td class="entry">05/30/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><strong class="ph b">Variable Interest Entity</strong></td><td class="entry">Superseded</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2025-03/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-03</a></td><td class="entry">05/12/2025</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td><td class="entry"></td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-15-1" class="xref">805-30-15-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-15-2" class="xref">805-30-15-2</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-07</a></td><td class="entry">01/28/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-30-7" class="xref">805-30-30-7</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-30-9" class="xref">805-30-30-9</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-30-10" class="xref">805-30-30-10</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2010-08/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-08</a></td><td class="entry">02/02/2010</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-30-11" class="xref">805-30-30-11 through 30-13</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-35-3" class="xref">805-30-35-3</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-50-1" class="xref">805-30-50-1 through 50-4</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2025-11/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-11</a></td><td class="entry">12/08/2025</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-50-1" class="xref">805-30-50-1</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2024-03/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03</a></td><td class="entry">11/04/2024</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-50-4" class="xref">805-30-50-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2021-03/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2021-03</a></td><td class="entry">03/30/2021</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-50-4" class="xref">805-30-50-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2019-06/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2019-06</a></td><td class="entry">05/30/2019</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-50-4" class="xref">805-30-50-4</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2011-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04</a></td><td class="entry">05/12/2011</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-2" class="xref">805-30-55-2</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2011-04/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04</a></td><td class="entry">05/12/2011</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-6" class="xref">805-30-55-6 through 55-13</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-9A" class="xref">805-30-55-9A</a></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-11" class="xref">805-30-55-11</a></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2016-09/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-09</a></td><td class="entry">03/30/2016</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-17" class="xref">805-30-55-17 through 55-24</a></div></td><td class="entry">Amended</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr><tr><td class="entry"><div class="xref-range displayInline"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-55-25" class="xref">805-30-55-25 through 55-35</a></div></td><td class="entry">Added</td><td class="entry"><a href="https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/updates/asu-2018-07/" class="xref">Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-07</a></td><td class="entry">06/20/2018</td></tr></tbody></table>
