(By Rick Fink) The primary difference between tangible and intangible is that tangible is something that a person can see, feel, or touch, whereas intangible is something that a person cannot see, ...

As a business owner, your tangible costs are the obvious ones. Buying a computer, paying an employee and reserving rooms for a training seminar are all tangible costs. Intangible costs such as wasted ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

IP, on the other hand, is a special category of intangible asset. IP is created by human intellectual or inspirational activity, and includes patents, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, trade ...

Intangible assets can be described as those that are not physically present or do not have a physical form. This means they cannot be touched or possessed; however, they still contribute to the ...

Under a Last Will and Testament, a decedent disposes of both their tangible personal property as well as their intangible personal property. Questions might arise in the context of administering an ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. "Tangible personal property" is a tax term that refers to personal property that can be felt ...