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Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 1 to the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.
In January 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2014-01, Accounting for Investments in Qualified Affordable Housing Projects. ASU 2014-01 permits an entity to make an accounting policy election to account for their investments in qualified affordable housing projects using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. Under the proportional amortization method, an entity amortizes the initial cost of the investment in proportion to the tax credits and other tax benefits received and recognizes the net investment performance in the income statement as a component of income tax expense (benefit). The amendments are effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014 and should be applied prospectively. The Company adopted ASU 2014-01 in its consolidated financial statements as of January 1, 2015. As a result, amortization expense related to the Company's investments in low income housing tax credit partnerships has been included in the line item entitled "Provision for income taxes" in the Consolidated Statements of Income for all periods presented.
In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-02, Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis (“ASU 2015-02”). The amendments to the Codification in ASU 2015-02 affect reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. The amendments in this update affect the following areas: 1) the effect of related parties on the primary beneficiary determination, 2) evaluating fees paid to a decision maker or a service provider as a variable interest, 3) the effect of fee arrangements on the primary beneficiary determination, and 4) certain investment funds. This ASU is effective for the Company’s financial statements for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2015, and must be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (“ASU 2015-03”). The amendments to the Codification in ASU 2015-03 identify, evaluate, and improve areas of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for which cost and complexity can be reduced while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. To simplify presentation of debt issuance costs, the amendments in this Update require that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments in this Update. This ASU is effective for the Company’s financial statements for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2015, and must be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In August 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2015-14”). The amendments to the Codification in ASU 2015-14 defer the effective date of Update 2014-09 for all entities by one year. This ASU is effective for the Company’s financial statements for annual and interim periods beginning on or after December 15, 2017, and must be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (“ASU 2015-16”). The amendments to the Codification in ASU 2015-16 require that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The amendments in this update require that the acquirer record, in the same period's financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, as a result of the change to the provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. The amendments in this update require an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2015, and must be applied prospectively. The Company does not believe that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.