Recent Accounting Developments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Recent Accounting Developments

Recent Accounting Developments

Note 19: Recent Accounting Developments

FASB ASU 2013-04, Liabilities (Topic 405), Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date in Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-04, issued in February 2013 requires the Company to measure and report on obligations resulting from joint and several liability. This includes the amount the Company has agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors, and any additional amount the Company expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The amendments in this update, should be applied retrospectively, and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013, and early adoption is permitted. This standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASU 2013-12, Definition of a Public Business Entity, in Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-12, issued in December 2013 improves the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles by providing a single definition of public business entity for use in future financial accounting and reporting guidance. This update states that an entity that is required by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to file or furnish reports to the SEC is considered a public business entity. There is no actual effective date for the amendments in this update. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASU 2014-01, Investments-Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects in Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-01, issued in January 2014 permits the Company to make an accounting policy election to account for its investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. The amendments in this update are effective prospectively for public business entities for annual periods and interim reporting periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014, and early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

FASB ASU 2014-04, Receivables-Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors (Subtopic 310-40), Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans upon Foreclosure, a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force, in Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-04, issued in January 2014. The amendments in this update provides clarification on when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, including when a creditor should be considered to have received physical possession of the residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan, when to derecognize the loan and recognize the foreclosed property. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for annual periods, and interim reporting periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. An entity can elect to adopt the amendments in this update using either a modified retrospective transition method or a prospective transition method. This standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.