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New Accounting Standards
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]  
New Accounting Standards

3. New Accounting Standards

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2019-12 “Income Taxes (Topic 740).” Topic 740 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2020. This update simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions such as the exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments, the exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary and the exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period. We are currently in the process of assessing the impact of this guidance on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In November 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2019-10 “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326).” Topic 326 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019. This update also amends the mandatory effective date for the elimination of Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test (Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-.04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. These amendments align the mandatory effective dates for goodwill with those for Credit Losses. The adoption of ASU 2019-10 did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-04 “Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326).” The new standard clarifies certain aspects of accounting for credit losses, hedging activities and financial instruments (addressed by ASUs 2016-13, 2017-12, and 2016-01, respectively). The standard is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. We early adopted as of October 1, 2019, and the result of adoption did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 “Leases (Topic 842).” The new standard requires lessees to recognize lease assets (right of use) and lease obligations (lease liability) for leases previously classified as operating leases under generally accepted accounting principles on the balance sheet for leases with terms in excess of 12 months. The standard is effective for fiscal periods beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Please see Note 10, “Leases and Lease Commitments,” for a discussion of the impact related to the adoption of this standard

Adoption of ASC Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” On January 1, 2018, we adopted the new accounting standard ASC 606 and all the related amendments (the "new revenue standard”) for contracts that are not completed at the date of initial application using the modified retrospective method.

We recognized the cumulative effect of the initial application of the new revenue standard as an increase to the opening balance of retained earnings at January 1, 2018 for $1.7 million . Therefore, the comparative information for prior periods has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

A majority of the Company's revenues are not subject to the new revenue standard. The adoption of ASC 606 resulted in a decrease of approximately $1.6 million in our results from operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 and did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, equity or cash flows. A majority of our product revenues continues to be recognized when products are shipped from our facilities.