Basis of Presentation | 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (referred to herein as the “Company” or “we,” “us” and “our”) and our wholly owned subsidiaries. The financial statements presented herein include all material adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the statements of the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows for the period. Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions for the reporting periods covered by the financial statements. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual amounts could differ from these estimates. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted pursuant to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules. A description of our accounting policies and other financial information is included in our audited consolidated financial statements filed with the SEC on Form 10-K for the year ended December 29, 2015. The disclosures included in our accompanying interim financial statements and footnotes should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. Recently Issued Accounting Standards In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40). This update requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the financial statements are issued. Management must disclose any doubts about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and whether its plans alleviate that doubt. We are required to make this evaluation for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2014-15 is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory: Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (Topic 330). This update provides guidance on the subsequent measurement of inventory, which changes the measurement from lower of cost or market to the lower of cost or net realizable value. This update defines net realizable value as the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. ASU 2015-11 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The adoption of this update is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (Topic 740). This update requires deferred tax liabilities and assets to be reflected as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. Other than the revised balance sheet presentation of deferred tax liabilities and assets, we do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Subtopic 825-10). Among other requirements, this guidance requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form within the balance sheet. This presentation provides financial statement users with more decision-useful information about an entity’s involvement in financial instruments. ASU 2016-01 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This guidance requires the recognition of most leases on the balance sheet to give investors, lenders, and other financial statement users a more comprehensive view of a company’s long-term financial obligations as well as the assets it owns versus leases. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Currently, all of our restaurant and our restaurant support center leases are accounted for as operating leases, and therefore are not recorded within our balance sheet. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements as well as the expected adoption method. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-04, Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products (Subtopic 405-20). This guidance defines the liabilities related to the sale of prepaid stored-value products as financial liabilities and requires that breakage for those liabilities be accounted for consistent with the breakage guidance in Topic 606 (Principal versus Agent Considerations). ASU 2016-04 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers Topic 606 (Principal versus Agent Considerations). This update clarifies revenue recognition guidance related to the determination of whether an entity is a principal or an agent in a revenue transaction. The guidance requires an entity to determine whether the nature of its promise is to provide goods or services to its customer (the entity is a principal) or to arrange for goods or services to be provided to the customer by other parties (the entity is an agent). This determination is based upon whether the entity controls the goods or the services before it is transferred to the customer. An entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2016-08 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting (Topic 718). This guidance will change how companies account for certain aspects of share-based payments to employees. Companies will be required to recognize the difference between the estimated and the actual tax impact of awards within the income statement when the awards vest or are settled, and additional paid-in capital (“APIC”) pools will be eliminated. This ASU also impacts the classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and the classification of share-based transactions within the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-10, an amendment to ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU 2014-09 provides a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services and expands related disclosure requirements. ASU 2016-10 clarifies ASU 2014-10 to address the potential for diversity in practice at the adoption. ASU 2016-10 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early application is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements as well as the expected adoption method. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326). This guidance requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses is a valuation account that is deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. An entity must use judgment in determining the relevant information and estimation methods that are appropriate. ASU 2016-13 is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early application is permitted as of annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The adoption of this update is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Recently Adopted Accounting Standards In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (Subtopic 835-30). This update requires debt issuance costs to be presented within the balance sheet as a direct reduction of the associated debt liability. Currently, certain debt issuance costs are recorded as an asset and amortized to interest expense. Under the new standard, debt issuance costs will continue to be amortized over the life of the debt instrument and amortization will continue to be recorded in interest expense. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line of Credit Arrangements - Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting. ASU 2015-15 added to the Codification the SEC staff’s guidance on the presentation of debt issuance costs associated with lines of credit. The SEC staff stated it will not object to an entity presenting the costs of securing line-of-credit arrangements as an asset, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings. We adopted ASU 2015-03 and ASU 2015-15 during the current quarter. The adoption of these standards did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements. |