King Company is contemplating the purchase of a smaller company, which is a distributor of King's products. The top management of King is convinced that the acquisition will result in significant synergies in its selling and distribution functions. The financial management group (of which you are a part) has been asked to prepare some analysis of the effects of the acquisition on the combined company's financial statements. This is the first acquisition for King, and some of the senior staff insist that based on their recollection of goodwill accounting, any goodwill recorded on the acquisition will result in a drag on future earnings for goodwill amortization. Other younger members of the staff argue that goodwill accounting has changed. Your supervisor asks you to research this issue.

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What is the quantitative impairment test? Are defined taxes considered in the test? Explain. Your answer should come from the Codification with a reference and citation.