New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy | In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments Overall (Topic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The objective of this update is to enhance the reporting model for financial instruments to provide users of financial statements with more decision-useful information. The amendments in this update make the following eight improvements to GAAP: 1) Equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method or that result in consolidation of the investee) are to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value included in net income. However, an entity may choose to measure equity investments without readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. 2) A qualitative assessment is required for investments without readily determinable fair values in order to identify impairment. If impairment is identified, the investment is to be measured at fair value. 3) The requirement to disclose the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost is eliminated for non-public business entities. 4) The requirement to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost is eliminated for public business entities. 5) Public entities are required to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes. 6) An entity is required to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. 7) Separate presentation of financial assets and liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset is required on the balance sheet or accompanying notes. 8) An entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entitys other deferred tax assets. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. An entity should apply the amendments by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The amendments related to equity securities without readily determinable fair values should be applied prospectively to equity investments that exist as of the date of adoption. . The Company notes this new guidance will apply to its reporting requirements and will implement the new guidance accordingly and is currently evaluating the impact this new guidance will have on its financials. In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. This update, which is part of the FASBs larger Simplification Initiative project aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of certain areas of the accounting codification, requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position, which eliminates the requirement that an entity separate deferred tax liabilities and assets into current and non-current amounts. This update does not affect the current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount on the balance sheet. This amendment applies to all entities with a classified statement of financial position. For public business entities, this update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Company notes this guidance will apply to its reporting requirements and will implement the new guidance accordingly. In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments. This update, which is part of the FASBs larger Simplification Initiative project aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of certain areas of the accounting codification, requires that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. Furthermore, the acquirer should record in the same periods financial statements, the effect on earnings from any changes in depreciation, amortization, or other items impacting income. These changes resulting from adjustments to provisional amounts should be calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the actual acquisition date. Lastly, the update requires the acquirer to present separately on the face of the income statement or in the footnote disclosures the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the actual acquisition date. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. The amendments in this update should be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date of this update with earlier application permitted. The Company notes that this guidance does apply to its reporting requirements and will implement the new guidance accordingly, if the Company acquires any new businesses. 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. This update was issued to make some fairly minor wording adjustments to ASC 835-30. The new wording, presented as paragraph 835-30-S45-1, recognizes that ASU 2015-13 does not address the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements. ASU 2015-13 requires companies to recognize debt issuance costs as a reduction of the carrying amount of the associated debt liability. ASU 2015-15 states that debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements may be recognized as an asset and amortized over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, even if the line-of-credit does not carry a balance. The Company notes that this guidance does apply to its reporting requirements and will implement the new guidance accordingly. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date. This update was issued in response to feedback from preparers, practitioners, and users of financial statements to see the effective date of the new guidance on revenue recognition delayed in order to allow a smoother transition. This update pushes the effective date for the new guidance back for public entities, certain not-for-profit entities, and certain employee benefit plans to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, along with any interim reporting periods in that same period. All other entities will be required to implement the new guidance to reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company notes that this guidance does apply to its reporting requirements and will implement the new guidance accordingly; however, due to the extensive nature of the new revenue recognition standard, the Company is evaluating the impact this new guidance will have on its financials. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): simplifying the Measurement of Inventory . In June 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-10, Technical Corrections and Improvements. This pronouncement is part of the FASBs perpetual project started in November 2010 to address feedback received from stakeholders regarding the codification standards. Like other such pronouncements issued from time to time, the purpose of this pronouncement is not to issue new guidance, but rather to clarify, correct unintended application of the standards, and make various minor improvements as deemed necessary. The updates made are effective immediately. These changes are not expected to have a significant impact on the financial statements of guidance users. While some of the changes made in this pronouncement impact standards applicable to the Company, no material impact was noted. In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Pushdown Accounting . The Company has reviewed all other recently issued, but not yet adopted, accounting standards in order to determine their effects, if any, on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows. Based on that review, the Company believes that none of these pronouncements will have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements. |