Accounting and Reporting Developments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting and Reporting Developments

Accounting and Reporting Developments

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted new guidance on the accounting for credit losses on financial instruments. The new guidance introduces an approach, based on expected losses, to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments. The new approach to estimating credit losses applies to most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, loans, held-to-maturity debt securities, net investments in operating leases and off-balance-sheet credit exposures. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted new guidance, on a prospective basis, which aligns the accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service arrangement (i.e. hosting arrangement) with the guidance on capitalizing costs for internal use software. The guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In December 2019, the FASB issued new guidance to simplify the accounting for income taxes by, among other things, reducing complexity in the interim-period accounting for year-to-date loss limitations and changes in tax laws. The guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2021. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard and does not expect the guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued guidance which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to certain contract modifications and hedging relationships that reference London Inter-bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued. The guidance is effective upon issuance and can be applied through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.