GOODWILL

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

GOODWILL

3. GOODWILL

ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test of Goodwill Impairment", establishes accounting and reporting requirements for goodwill and other intangible assets.  Goodwill was $48.2 million as of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018.  Of this amount, goodwill was $7.9 million as of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 for the Company's CoreCivic Safety segment, and was $40.3 million as of both March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 for its CoreCivic Community segment.  This goodwill was established in connection with multiple business combination transactions.  

Under the provisions of ASU 2017-04, CoreCivic performs a qualitative assessment to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to a determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount.  If, after assessing the totality of events or circumstances, the Company determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing a quantitative impairment test is not necessary.  If a quantitative test is required, CoreCivic performs an assessment to identify the existence of impairment and to measure the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value by using a combination of various common valuation techniques, including market multiples and discounted cash flows.  These impairment tests are required to be performed at least annually.  CoreCivic performs its impairment tests during the fourth quarter, in connection with its annual budgeting process and whenever circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable.