Accounting & the 3 Statements
In purchase accounting, why does writing up a target's assets create a deferred tax LIABILITY in a stock deal, and how do you size it?
Model answer
In a stock deal the tax basis carries over (no step-up), but for books you mark assets and newly identified intangibles UP to fair value. That makes book basis > tax basis on those assets, a taxable…
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