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1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements.  Financial instruments and nonfinancial assets and liabilities, whether measured on a recurring or non-recurring basis, are recorded at fair value.  A fair value hierarchy, established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).

 

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables, accrued liabilities, and long-term debt, all of which are considered to be representative of their fair market value, due to the short-term highly liquid nature and/or the floating interest rate structure of these instruments.

Use of Estimates

Use of Estimates.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  These estimates and assumptions concern matters that are inherently uncertain.  Estimates and assumptions are revised periodically and the effects of revisions are reflected in the financial statements in the period it is determined to be necessary.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements.  In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  This ASU requires the Company to disclose both net and gross information about assets and liabilities that have been offset. The disclosures under this new guidance are required to be provided retrospectively for all comparative periods presented.  The Company was required to implement this guidance effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2014.  The adoption of ASU 2011-11 did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued, ASU No. 2013-11, Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (“ASU 2013-11”).  ASU 2013-11 addresses the diversity in practice that exists for the balance sheet presentation of an unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. ASU 2013-11 requires that an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward. ASU No. 2013-11 is effective for the Company’s fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014. ASU 2013-11 impacts balance sheet presentation only. The impact of the new rule is not material.