Recent Accounting Developments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Recent Accounting Developments [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Developments

NOTE 12  RECENT ACCOUNTING DEVELOPMENTS:

The following is a summary of recent authoritative announcements:

The Comprehensive Income topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) was amended in June 2011.  The amendment eliminated the option to present other comprehensive income as a part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity and required consecutive presentation of the statement of net income and other comprehensive income.  The amendments were applicable to the Company January 1, 2012 and have been applied retrospectively. 

In December 2011, the topic was further amended to defer the effective date of presenting reclassification adjustments from other comprehensive income to net income on the face of the financial statements while the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) redeliberated the presentation requirements for the reclassification adjustments.  In February 2013, the FASB further amended the Comprehensive Income topic clarifying the conclusions from such redeliberations.  Specifically, the amendments do not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements.  However, the amendments do require an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component.  In addition, in certain circumstances an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income.  The amendments were effective for the Company on a prospective basis for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2013.  These amendments did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements.

In December 2013, the FASB amended the Master Glossary of the FASB Codification to define “Public Business Entity” to minimize the inconsistency and complexity of having multiple definitions of, or a diversity in practice as to what constitutes, a nonpublic entity and public entity within U.S. GAAP.  The amendment does not affect existing requirements, however will be used by the FASB, the Private Company Council (“PCC”), and the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) in specifying the scope of future financial accounting and reporting guidance.  The Company does not expect this amendment to have any effect on its financial statements.

In January 2014, the FASB amended the Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors subtopic of the Codification to address the reclassification of consumer mortgage loans collateralized by residential real estate upon foreclosure.  The amendments clarify the criteria for concluding that an in substance repossession or foreclosure has occurred, and a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan.  The amendments also outline interim and annual disclosure requirements.  The amendments will be effective for the Company for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014.  Companies are allowed to use either a modified retrospective transition method or a prospective transition method when adopting this update.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Company does not expect these amendments to have a material effect on its financial statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the FASB or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.