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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of certain obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date. On adoption, an entity would recognize and disclose in the financial statements its obligation from a joint and several liability arrangement as the sum of the amount the entity agreed with its co-obligors that it will pay, and any additional amount the entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. This guidance will be effective in the first quarter of 2014. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
The FASB issued guidance which permits an entity to designate the Federal Funds Rate (the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances to each other overnight) as a benchmark interest rate for fair value and cash flow hedges. Prior to this guidance, only interest rates on direct treasury obligations of the U.S. Government and the LIBOR were considered benchmark interest rates in the U.S. This guidance is effective immediately, and can be applied prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. We have not entered into any new cash flow or fair value hedges since the effective date of this guidance. We do not expect this guidance to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
The FASB issued new guidance on the financial statement presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. We will be required to comply with the guidance on a prospective basis beginning in the first quarter of 2014. Although adoption of this new guidance may impact how such items are classified on our balance sheets, we do not expect such change to be material. In addition, we do not expect any material changes in the presentations of our other financial statements.