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A company has 200M in Goodwill and 50M in finite-lived intangibles with a 12.5M DTL.

If the Goodwill is impaired by 50M, what is the impact on the DTL?

  1. The DTL is always written off fully as a matter of pure accounting conservatism here.
  2. The DTL increases because the impairment widens the mismatch between book basis and tax basis.
  3. The DTL is reduced by exactly 25% of the $50M impairment amount, or $12.5M, using the 25% tax rate.
  4. There is no impact on the DTL because Goodwill is not associated with the DTL calculation.

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