# ASC 805-30-15: Business Combinations — Goodwill or Gain from Bargain Purchase, Including Consideration Transferred — 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

Source: FASB Accounting Standards Codification, Basic View

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## ASC 805-30-15: 15 Scope and Scope Exceptions

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#### Overall Guidance

##### [805-30-15-1](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-15-1)

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This Subtopic follows the same Scope and Scope Exceptions as outlined in the Overall Subtopic, see Section 805-10-15, with specific exceptions noted below.

#### Entities

##### [805-30-15-2](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/asc/805/30/#805-30-15-2)

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The guidance in this Subtopic does not apply to [not-for-profit entities](https://asc.understandingaccounting.org/glossary/n/#not-for-profit-entity "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.") (NFPs). NFPs apply the guidance in Subtopic 958-805 for measuring goodwill acquired, a contribution received, and consideration transferred.