Significant Accounting Policies

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Jun. 30, 2019

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies

Significant Accounting Policies

As a result of the adoption of Topic 842, the following accounting policy has been updated to reflect the new guidance. For a complete listing of Federated's significant accounting policies, please refer to Federated's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Leases

Prior to the adoption of Topic 842, Federated classified leases as either capital or operating in accordance with the provisions of Topic 840. All leases for the periods presented prior to January 1, 2019 were classified as operating leases. Rent expense under noncancelable operating leases with scheduled rent increases or rent holidays was accounted for on a straight-line basis over the lease term, beginning on the date of initial possession or the effective date of the lease agreement. The amount of the excess of straight-line rent expense over scheduled payments was recorded as a deferred liability. The liability was then reduced when scheduled payments were in excess of the straight-line rent expense. Build-out allowances and other such lease incentives were recorded as deferred credits, and were amortized on a straight-line basis as a reduction of rent expense beginning in the period they were deemed to have been earned, which generally coincided with the effective date of the lease. The current portion of remaining deferred lease costs and unamortized build-out allowances was included in Other Current Liabilities and the long-term portion was included in Other Long-Term Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of and prior to December 31, 2018.

Following the adoption of Topic 842, Federated classifies leases as either operating or financing in accordance with the provisions of Topic 842, and records a ROU asset and a lease liability on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The lease liability is initially measured at the present value of the unpaid lease payments remaining at the lease commencement date. The ROU asset is initially measured as the lease liability, adjusted for lease payments made prior to the lease commencement date and lease incentives received. In accordance with Topic 842 and Property and Equipment impairment guidance, ROU assets are reviewed for impairment when events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In determining the present value of the lease liability, Topic 842 requires a lessee to use the interest rate implicit in the lease or, if that rate is not readily determinable, its incremental borrowing rate (IBR). All leases for the periods presented are classified as operating leases. Management has made the following accounting policy elections: (1) not to separate lease components from non-lease components for all asset classes and (2) to apply the short-term lease exception, which does not require the capitalization of leases with terms of 12 months or less. Rent expense is recorded on a straight-line basis over the lease term, beginning on the earlier of the effective date of the lease or the date Federated obtains control of the asset. The lease term may include options to extend the lease when they are reasonably certain of being exercised.

Management judgments are used when reviewing new and/or materially-modified contracts to determine (1) whether the contract is, or contains, a lease, and (2) the IBR. Management was unable to determine the rates implicit in Federated's leases based on the information available at the commencement date, therefore, management calculated an IBR for each lease. In order to calculate the IBR, management began with readily observable unsecured rates, and adjusted for the following assumptions: (1) collateralization, (2) length remaining in the lease and (3) the type of ROU asset.