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The Dynamics of Goodwill in Acquisitions
So goodwill has been really interesting one over the last few years because it also changed several times. We had one regime from 2002 to 2014 and we've had three changes since then. The position at the moment, this is for post-2019 acquisitions, is that if you get relief for the amortization of goodwill, actually you have to actually buy a business and also some other qualifying intellectual property assets. So it's very very specific now when you can... Okay. All right. I was thinking perhaps you could write of big chunks of that, you know, pre-tax and really help in that regard and the company's tax year on year, but that's not the case for a