Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards

(12) Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards

In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842),” as amended, which requires lessees to recognize leases on the balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements. The new standard establishes a right-of-use model that requires a lessee to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement. All of the Company’s leases are operating leases.

The Company adopted the new standard on October 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective method and the transition relief guidance provided by the FASB in ASU 2018-11, “Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements.” As a result, the Company did not update financial information or provide disclosures required under the new standard for dates and periods prior to October 1, 2019. In addition, the Company adopted the FASB’s lessee practical expedient option to combine lease and non-lease components for all asset classes and elected, as an accounting policy, not to recognize right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for leases with terms of 12 months or less. Non-lease components are fixed costs, such as electricity or common area maintenance, that can be included in rent payments but are not a part of the underlying asset being capitalized. There were no such fixed costs associated with our capitalized right-of-use asset, so this election did not impact our financial statements.

As a result of adopting the new standard, the Company recorded operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities of $652,686 and $768,899, respectively, as of October 1, 2019. The operating lease right-of-use assets were net of $116,213 in deferred rent adjustments that the Company previously recorded in deferred rent on the consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2019. Adopting the new standard did not result in any cumulative-effect adjustments to retained earnings or impact the Company’s statements of income for the three and six months ended March 31, 2020, or statements of cash flows for the six months ended March 31, 2020.

See Note 4 for additional disclosure regarding the Company’s leases.