| Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
Note 19 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The following table provides a brief
description of recently issued accounting standards:
| Title and reference |
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Prescribed Effective Date |
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Commentary |
| ASU No. 2015-11, “Inventory” (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. |
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Fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 and for interim periods therein. |
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In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, “Inventory” (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory (“ASU 2015-11”). ASU 2015-11 simplifies the measurement of inventory by requiring certain inventory to be subsequently measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. The amendments in this guidance are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 and for interim periods therein and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption. |
| ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” |
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Fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and for interim periods therein. |
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In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance that outlines a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most recent current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The core principle of the revenue model is that an entity recognizes 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. The guidance also specifies the accounting for certain incremental costs of obtaining a contract and costs to fulfill a contract with a customer. Entities have the option of applying either a full retrospective approach to all periods presented or a modified approach that reflects differences prior to the date of adoption as an adjustment to equity. In April 2015, FASB deferred the effective date of this guidance until January 1, 2018 and the Company is currently assessing the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. |
| ASU No. 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern” (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainty about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. |
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Fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. |
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In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, “Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern” (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainty about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (“ASU 2014-15”). ASU 2014-15 provides guidance that establishes management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and setting rules for how this information should be disclosed in the financial statements. Adoption of this new standard did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. See Note 1 regarding management’s current disclosures regarding the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. |
| ASU No. 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes” |
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Fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. |
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In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes” (“ASU 2015-17”). Topic 740, Income Taxes, requires an entity to separate deferred income tax liabilities and assets into current and noncurrent amounts in a classified statement of financial position. Deferred tax liabilities and assets are classified as current or noncurrent based on the classification of the related asset or liability for financial reporting. Deferred tax liabilities and assets that are not related to an asset or liability for financial reporting are classified according to the expected reversal date of the temporary difference. To simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes, the amendments in ASU 2015-17 require that deferred income tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Adoption of ASU 2015-17 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. |
| Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” |
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Annual and interim periods within the annual period beginning after December 15, 2018. |
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In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”). The amendments in this update create Topic 842, Leases, and supersede the leases requirements in Topic 840, Leases. Topic 842 specifies the accounting for leases. The objective of Topic 842 is to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. The main difference between Topic 842 and Topic 840 is the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities for those leases classified as operating leases under Topic 840. Topic 842 retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases. The classification criteria for distinguishing between finance leases and operating leases are substantially similar to the classification criteria for distinguishing between capital leases and operating leases in the previous leases guidance. The result of retaining a distinction between finance leases and operating leases is that under the lessee accounting model in Topic 842, the effect of leases in the statement of comprehensive income and the statement of cash flows is largely unchanged from previous GAAP. The amendments in ASU 2016-02 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years for public business entities. Early application of the amendments in ASU 2016-02 is permitted. The Company has not yet determined the impact that adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements. |
| ASU No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows” (Topic 230) |
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Annual and interim periods within the annual period beginning after December 15, 2017. |
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This amendment reduces diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. Current GAAP either is unclear or does not include specific guidance on eight cash flow classification issues addressed in this amendment, including (i) debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs; (ii) proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; (iii) separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle; and (iv) contingent consideration payments made after a business combination. The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. |
| ASU No. 2017-01, “Clarifying the Definition of a Business” (Topic 805) |
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Annual and interim periods within the annual period beginning on January 1, 2017. |
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The amendments in this update clarify the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The definition of a business affects many areas of accounting, including acquisitions, disposals, goodwill and consolidation. The Company does not expect the adoption of this update to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements. |
| ASU No. 2017-11, “Earnings Per Share (Topic 260) Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480) Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)” (“ASU 2017-11”) |
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Fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. |
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The Company adopted this amendment as of its period ended June 30, 2017 (see Note 2) |
| ASU No. 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) (“ASU 2017-12”) |
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For public business entities, the amendments in this ASU 2017-12 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption permitted in any interim period after issuance of this ASU. |
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The amendments in ASU 2017-12 provide recognition and presentation guidance for qualifying hedges. The amendments in this Update more closely align the results of cash flow and fair value hedge accounting with risk management activities through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results in the financial statements. The amendments address specific limitations in current U.S. GAAP by expanding hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and by refining the measurement of hedge results to better reflect an entity’s hedging strategies. Thus, the amendments will enable an entity to report more faithfully the economic results of hedging activities for certain fair value and cash flow hedges and will avoid mismatches in earnings by allowing for greater precision when measuring change in fair value of the hedged item for certain fair value hedges. Additionally, by aligning the timing of recognition of hedge results with the earnings effect of the hedged item for cash flow and net investment hedges, and by including the earnings effect of the hedging instrument in the same income statement line item in which the earnings effect of the hedged item is presented, the results of an entity’s hedging program and the cost of executing that program will be more visible to users of financial statements. Additionally, the amendments in this Update should ease the operational burden of applying hedge accounting by allowing more time to prepare hedge documentation and allowing effectiveness assessments to be performed on a qualitative basis after hedge inception. The Company has not yet determined the impact that adoption of ASU 2017-12 will have on its consolidated financial statements. |
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