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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

3.  RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

 

In March 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-06, “Technical Corrections and Improvements Related to Glossary Terms”.  This ASU provides technical corrections and improvements to Accounting Standards Codification glossary terms.  The adoption of this pronouncement, effective March 14, 2014, did not have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2013-11, “Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists.” Under this guidance, 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.  This update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013.  This standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

 

In February 2013, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 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” (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force). This guidance requires an entity to measure obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this guidance is fixed at the reporting date. This stipulates that (1) it will include the amount the entity agreed to pay for the arrangement between them and the other entities that are also obligated to the liability and (2) any additional amount the entity expects to pay on behalf of the other entities. The objective of this update is to provide guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal periods (and interim reporting periods within those years) beginning after December 15, 2013. This standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.