Purchase Accounting Made Simple eBook

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Closing the deal is the easy part. Turning it into a compliant, fully-supported opening balance sheet is where most teams get stuck.

Purchase Accounting Made Simple – User Guide & Implementation Manual walks you through the entire purchase accounting process in plain English, from the day theal opening balance sheet. It works as a standaloneShort description:

Plain-English implementation guide for purchase aclow, document checklist, working capital true-ups,journal entries, opening balance sheet & Form 8594 — the Workbook.

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Closing the deal is the easy part. Turning it intod opening balance sheet is where most teams getstuck.

Purchase Accounting Made Simple – User Guial walks you through the entire purchaseaccounting process in plain English, from the day the deal closes through the final opening balance sheet. It works as a standalone reference, or alongside the Purchase Accounting Made Simple Workbook for a complete, hands-on implementation experience.

Instead of guessing which schedule to build first or how a working capital true-up actually flows into your journal entries, you follow a proven, sequential process. Six parts take yagreement all the way to a fully supported openingbalance sheet.

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🔷 WHAT’S INCLUDED

Everything is laid out in the order the deal actuanow what comes next.

✔ Part 1 – Introduction: getting started, purchase accounting fundamentals, required documents, overall workflow, workbook navigation, best practices, and common mistakes
✔ Part 2 – Purchase Price & Purchase Accounting: consideration transferred, purchase accounting details, working capital, cut-off analysis, and journal entry preparat
✔ Part 2(a) – Transition Services Agreement (TSA): post-closing transition services, common TSA activities, accounting considerations, and completion steps
✔ Part 3 – Assets, Liabilities & Equity Considerations: acquired assets, assumed liabilities, equity considerations, supporting documentation, and accountbr />
✔ Part 4 – Net Working Capital Adjustment: closing NWC calculation, comparison to the purchase agreement target, account-level adjustments, and the final true-up
✔ Part 5 – Journal Entries, Opening Balance Sheet & Final Review: purchase accounting journal entries, goodwill calculation, opening balance sheet, Form 8594, and au
✔ Part 6 – FAQs, Checklists & Reference Guide: frequently asked questions, final acquisition and auditor checklists, common purchase accounting mistakes, glossary, and implementation timeline

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🔷 WHY THIS GUIDE EXISTS

Most purchase accounting errors don’t come from a lack of technical knowledge. Instead, they come from missing a step, using an outdated trial balance, or skipping cut-off testing.<

This guide was built from real, hands-on acquisition experience to document purchase accounting under ASC 805 as a structured process — not a pile of disconnected spreadsheets. It tells you exactly which documents to gather, walks through the eight-step overalworkflow, and flags the common mistakes before you mances, missed purchase agreement exclusions, sellerdebt paid off at closing, undocumented fair value methodology, and forgotten working capital or earnout adjustments.

So instead of reverse-engineering the process on your first deal, you follow a path that’s already been tested on real transactions.

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🔷 WHO THIS IS FOR

Controllers
CFOs
Accounting managers
Public accountants
Private equity portfolio finance teams
Acquisition integration teams
Consultants
Business owners completing purchase accounting

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Delivered as a PDF, personalized with your name an Use it on its own, or pair it with the PurchaseAccounting Made Simple Workbook for the complete the guide explains the process, the workbook does the math.