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Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
2.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
In
May
2014,
the FASB issued ASU No.
2014
-
09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606)
as modified by ASU No.
2015
-
14,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606):
Deferral of the Effective Date, ASU
2016
-
08,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606):
Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), ASU No.
2016
-
10,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606):
Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, ASU No.
2016
-
11,
Revenue Recognition (Topic
605)
and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic
815),
ASU No.
2016
-
12,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606):
Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, and ASU
2016
-
20,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606):
Technical Corrections and Improvements. The new revenue recognition standard provides a
five
-step analysis of transactions to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The core principle is that a company should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after
December
15,
2017,
including interim periods within that reporting period. The new standard also permits
two
methods of adoption: retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented (full retrospective method), or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application (the modified retrospective method). The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting
 
In
February
2016,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or FASB) issued ASU No.
2016
-
02,
Leases (Topic
842).
The update requires that most leases, including operating leases, be recorded on the balance sheet as an asset and a liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments. Subsequently, the lease asset will be amortized generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term, and the lease liability will bear interest expense and be reduced for lease payments. The amendments in this update are effective for public companies’ financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after
December
15,
2018,
including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is still in the process of evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting standard on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.
 
In
August
2016,
the FASB issued ASU No.
2016
-
15,
Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The purpose of this standard is to clarify the treatment of several cash flow categories. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after
December
15,
2017,
and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company is currently assessing the impact that adopting this new accounting standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.
 
In
January
2017,
the FASB issued ASU No.
2017
-
04,
Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic
350)
("ASU No.
2017
-
04").
ASU No.
2017
-
04
eliminates step
2
from the annual goodwill impairment test. This update is effective for annual periods beginning after
December
15,
2019,
and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied on a prospective basis. The Company is currently assessing the impact that adopting this new accounting standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures.