Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] | 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES CONSOLIDATION The financial statements include the accounts of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and its principal subsidiary Kapalua Land Company, Ltd. and other subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). The Company’s principal operations include the development, sale and leasing of real estate, water and waste transmission services, and the management of a private club membership program at the Kapalua Resort. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Comprehensive income includes all changes in stockholders’ equity, except those resulting from capital stock transactions. Comprehensive income includes adjustments to the Company’s defined benefit pension plan obligations. ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS Receivables are recorded net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The Company estimates future write-offs based on delinquencies, credit ratings, aging trends, and historical experience. The Company believes the allowance for doubtful accounts is adequate to cover anticipated losses; however, significant deterioration in any of the aforementioned factors or in general economic conditions could change these expectations, and accordingly, the Company ’s financial condition and/or its future operating results could be materially impacted. Credit is extended after evaluating creditworthiness and no ASSETS HELD FOR SALE Assets are classified as held for sale when management approves and commits to a plan to sell the property; the property is available for immediate sale in its present condition, subject only to terms that are usual and customary; an active program to locate a buyer and other actions required to complete the plan to sell have been initiated; the sale of the property is probable and is expected to be completed within one DEFERRED DEVELOPMENT COSTS Deferred development costs consist primarily of design, entitlement and permitting fees and real estate development costs related to various planned projects. Deferred development costs are written off if management decides that it is no no 2017 2016. PROPERTY AND DEPRECIATION Property is stated at cost. Major replacements, renewals and betterments are capitalized while maintenance and repairs that do not three 40 years. LONG-LIVED ASSETS Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not ’ net book values exceed their fair value. These asset impairment loss analyses require management to make assumptions and apply considerable judgments regarding, among others, estimates of the timing and amount of future cash flows, expected useful lives of the assets, uncertainty about future events, including changes in economic conditions, changes in operating performance, changes in the use of the assets, and ongoing cost of maintenance and improvements of the assets, and thus, the accounting estimates may no 2017 2016. ACCRUED RETIREMENT BENEFITS The Company ’s policy is to fund retirement benefit costs at a level at least equal to the minimum amount required under federal law, but not The under -funded status of the Company’s defined benefit pension plans is recorded as a liability in its balance sheet and changes in the funded status of the plans are recorded in the year in which the changes occur, through comprehensive income. A pension asset or liability is recognized for the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefit obligation as of year-end. Deferred compensation plans for certain former management employees provide for specified payments after retirement. A liability has been recognized based on the present value of estimated payments to be made. REVENUE RECOGNITION Overview Real estate revenues are recognized in the period in which sufficient cash has been received, collection of the balance is reasonably assured and risks of ownership have passed to the buyer. Sal es of real estate assets that are considered central to the Company’s ongoing major operations are classified as real estate sales revenue, along with any associated cost of sales, in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Sales of real estate assets that are considered peripheral or incidental transactions to the Company’s ongoing major or central operations are reflected as net gains or losses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. If the sale of a real estate asset represents a strategic shift that has, or will have, a major effect on the Company’s operations, such as the discontinuance of a business segment, then the operations of the property, including any interest expense directly attributable to it, are classified as discontinued operations, and amounts for all prior periods presented are reclassified from continuing operations to discontinued operations. The disposal of an individual property generally will not not Lease revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the terms of the leases. Also included in lease income are certain percentage rents determined in accordance with the terms of the leases. Lease income arising from tenant rents that are contingent upon the sales of the tenant exceeding a defined threshold are recognized only after the defined sales thresholds are achieved. Other revenues are recognized when delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the sales price is fixed or determinable, and collectability is reasonably assured. Deferred revenues from annual dues received from the private club membership program at the Kapalua Resort are recognized on a straight-line basis over one Recent a ccounting p ronouncements – Lease Accounting In February 2016, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases for both parties to a lease agreement (i.e., lessees and lessors). The ASU is effective for the Company no January 1, 2019, January 1, 2019. The lease ASU requires the use of the modified retrospective transition method and does not January 1, 2019 January 1, 2017 ( 2019 January 1, 2017, January 1, 2019. The FASB has also issued a proposed amendment to the lease ASU that would provide an entity an optional transition method to initially account for the impact of the adoption of the new lease ASU with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings on January 1, 2019 ( January 1, 2017, January 1, 2019. may • An entity need not • An entity need not • An entity need not These three May 2017 not January 1, 2017 January 1, 2019, s the optional transition method. The FASB noted that the transition provisions generally enable entities to “run off” their existing leases for the remainder of the lease term, which would effectively eliminate the need to calculate a cumulative adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The FASB has also clarified that the lease ASU will require an assessment of whether a land easement meets the definition of a lease under the new lease ASU. An entity with land easements that are not may Lessor accounting The Company recognized revenue from our lease agreements aggregating $5.5 December 31, 2017. Under current accounting standards, the Company recognizes rental revenue from its operating leases on a straight-line basis over the respective lease terms. The Company commences recognition of rental revenue at the date the property is ready for its intended use and the tenant takes possession of or controls the physical use of the property. Under current accounting standards, tenant recoveries related to payments of real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, repairs and maintenance, common area expenses, and other operating expenses are considered lease components. The Company recognize s these tenant recoveries as revenue when services are rendered in an amount equal to the related operating expenses incurred that are recoverable under the terms of the applicable lease. Under the lease ASU, each lease agreement will be evaluated to identify the lease components and nonlease components at lease inception. The total consideration in the lease agreement will be allocated to the lease and nonlease components based on their relative standalone selling prices. Lessors will continue to recognize the lease revenue component using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for operating leases (straight-line basis). The Company ha s not Tenant recoveries that are categorized as lease components will generally be variable consideration with revenue recognized as the recoverable services are provided. Tenant recoveries that are categorized as nonlease components will be recognized at a point in time or over time based on the pattern of transfer of the underlying goods or services to the tenants. Costs to execute leases The new lease ASU will require that lessors and lessees capitalize, as initial direct costs, only those costs that are incurred due to the execution of a lease (e.g. commissions paid to leasing brokers). Under the new lease ASU, allocated payroll costs and other costs such as legal costs incurred as part of the leasing process prior to the execution of a lease will no December 31, 2017, not Lessee accounting Under the new lease ASU, lessees are required to apply a dual approach by classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether the lease is effectively a financed purchase of the leased asset by the lessee. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease, which corresponds to a similar evaluation performed by the lessor. In addition to this classification, a lessee is also required to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 not 12 The ASU requires the recognition of a right-of-use asset and a related liability to account for the Company’s future obligations under the office and equipment lease arrangements for which the Company is the lessee. For the year ended December 31, 2017, $50,000 December 31, 2017, $34,000. Recent a ccounting p ronouncements – Revenue Recognition In May 2014, d with leases (described above). The Company’s revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017, Real estate Sales $ 13,681 Commissions 894 Utilities 3,153 Resort amenities and other 1,122 Total $ 18,850 The core principle underlying the revenue recognition ASU is that an entity will recognize revenue to represent the transfer of goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in such exchange. This will require entities to identify contractual performance obligations and determine whether revenue should be recognized at a point in time or over time, based on when control of goods and services transfers to a customer. A customer is distinguished from a noncustomer by the nature of the goods or services that are transferred. Customers are provided with goods or services that are generated by a company ’s ordinary output activities, whereas noncustomers are provided with nonfinancial assets that are outside of a company’s ordinary output activities. This distinction may not The ASU will require the use of a new five five not satisfies the performance obligation. An entity will also be required to determine if it controls the goods or services prior to the transfer to the customer in order to determine if it should account for the arrangement as a principal or agent. Principal arrangements, where the entity controls the goods or services provided, will result in the recognition of the gross amount of consideration expected in the exchange. Agent arrangements, where the entity simply arranges but does not Upon adoption of the new lease ASU in 2019, may January 2018. may The revenue r ecognition ASU is effective on January 1, 2018. 2016 January 1, 2016. not 2018 January 1, 2018. 2018 may January 1, 2018, not January 1, 2018. The Company further elected to apply this new ASU only to contracts not January 1, 2018. revenues totaling $18.9 December 31, 2017. no not January 1, 2018. OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES Real estate, leasing, utilities, resort amenities, and general and administrative costs and expenses are reflected exclusive of depreciation and pension and other post-retirement expenses. INCOME TAXES The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with the provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 740. 8 The Company ’s provision for income taxes is calculated using the liability method. Deferred income taxes are provided for all temporary differences between the financial statement and income tax bases of assets and liabilities using tax rates enacted by law or regulation. A valuation allowance is established for deferred income tax assets if management believes that it is more likely than not not The Company recognizes accrued interest related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest expense and penalties in general and administrative expenses in its consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income and such amounts are included in income taxes payable on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 December 22, 2017. 35% 21%, 118 , Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 740, 118 2017 118 8. SHARE -BASED COMPENSATION PLANS The Company accounts for share-based compensation, including grants of shares of common stock, as compensation expense over the service period (generally the vesting period) in the financial statements based on their fair values. The impact of forfeitures that may USE OF ESTIMATES The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Future actual amounts could differ from these estimates. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES Factors that could adversely impact the Company ’s future operations or financial results include, but are not second NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In March 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016 09, 2017 not In June 2016, No. 2016 13, December 15, 2019 No. 2016 13 In August 2016, No. 2016 15, December 15, 2017. No. 2016 15 In October 2016, No. 2016 16, December 15, 2017 No. 2016 16 In November 2016, No. 2016 18, December 15, 2017 No. 2016 18 In December 2016, No. 2016 20, 606, December 15, 2017 . The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of ASU No. 2016 19 In March 2017, No. 2017 07, to improve the presentation of the net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost by requiring the reporting of the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by employees during the period. The other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations. This ASU will be effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017. No, 2017 07 In May 2017, No. 2017 09, opic 718 718. December 15, 2017, No, 2017 09 NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per common share is computed similar to basic net income per common share except that the denominator is increased to include the number of additional common shares that would have been outstanding if the dilutive potential common shares from share-based compensation arrangements had been issued. Potentially dilutive shares arise from non-qualified stock options to purchase common stock and non-vested restricted stock. The treasury stock method is applied to determine the number of potentially dilutive shares for non-vested restricted stock and stock options assuming that the shares of non-vested restricted stock are issued for an amount based on the grant date market price of the shares and that the outstanding stock options are exercised. Year Ended December 31, 2017 2016 Basic and diluted 18,995,274 18,923,622 Potentially dilutive 27,500 26,822 |