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Significant Accounting Policies Update
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies Update
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES UPDATE
Our significant accounting policies are detailed in Note 1 “Organization and Significant Accounting Policies” of the 2018 Annual Report. Significant changes to our accounting policies as a result of adopting ASC 842 are discussed below:
Leases - ASC 842 “Leases”
Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. We have made an accounting policy election not to apply the recognition requirements of ASC 842 to short-term leases. Those leases which have a term of less than 12 months will have lease payments recognized, in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations, on a straight-line basis over the lease term. An optional renewal or termination is not recognized as part of the lease term unless we determine that it is reasonably certain that we will exercise that option. The term reasonably certain is a high threshold for which pervasive evidence generally does not exist, and therefore, optional renewal periods are generally excluded from our ROU assets and lease liabilities until they have been exercised. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
As most of our leases do not provide an implicit rate, we use an estimated incremental borrowing rate in determining the present value of lease payments. The Company uses a portfolio approach when determining the discount rate to be applied to its leases. Significant judgment is necessary when determining a discount rate because we must estimate the discount rate based on a number of factors and observable inputs including current market conditions, market yields, government bonds or currency LIBOR rates, credit risk, and other factors as necessary. The Company must also exercise significant judgment when determining whether an option to renew or terminate a lease should be included in the lease term. This judgment includes an assessment of all relevant economic factors such as costs relating to the termination or extension of a lease, importance of the underlying asset to the Company’s operations, and the terms and conditions of the optional periods in relation to current market rates.
Where we have lease agreements which contain lease and non-lease components, we have elected to make use of the practical expedient to account for each separate lease component and associated non-lease component as a single lease component.