VALUATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS IN THE CONTEXT OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues of intangible assets valuation caused by globalization processes, deep digital transformation of economic relations, and, as a result, implementation of the results of innovation and intellectual activity in all spheres of economic activity. Ukraine's current realities include the development and use of innovative software in military operations (artificial intelligence, autonomous systems (unmanned aerial vehicles), software (automated battle management systems, situational awareness systems, digital maps, etc.), in the field of security and defence, ecology, healthcare and rehabilitation of the military and civilians, restoration of energy and transport infrastructure, etc. All of these processes are associated with the generation of intellectual products and intellectual property rights, which are intangible assets by their economic nature and cannot be commercialized without their valuation.The purpose of the article is to analyze the international experience and national practice of valuation of intangible assets and intellectual property rights in the process of their commercialization, as well as in the accounting and reporting system in the context of economic instability. The author highlights the problems of valuation and disclosure of intangible assets in financial statements, in particular, the need to test them for changes in potential usefulness, given the effects of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the russian military invasion of Ukraine, which have led to impairment of assets, increased risks and their impact on accounting estimates and disclosures.The main results of this research are the improvement of methodological approaches to the valuation and testing for changes in the potential usefulness of intangible assets, taking into account the risks associated with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, russia's military aggression against Ukraine, and global economic uncertainty.