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NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Use of estimates The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods, with related disclosures of these amounts in the notes to the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Significant Accounting Policies
Adoption of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 326, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses”
The Company adopted ASC Topic 326,“Financial Instruments - Credit Losses” (“Topic 326”) with a date of initial application of January 1, 2020. As a result of this adoption, the Company has changed its accounting policy for estimating allowance for credit losses on its accounts receivable, as detailed below.
The Company applied Topic 326 prospectively by recording a cumulative effect adjustment in retained earnings beginning January 1, 2020, which allows for the application of the standard solely to the transition period in 2020 but does not require application to prior fiscal comparative periods presented. Therefore, the prior period comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under the previous incurred credit loss allowance methodology.
The adoption of Topic 326 resulted in a decrease of $359 in retained earnings as a cumulative effect of adoption. The new standard did not have a material impact in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets or condensed consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the adoption of Topic 326 had no impact to cash provided by or used in operating, financing, or investing on the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Allowance for credit losses accounting policy
Allowance for credit losses accounting policy
The Company estimates the allowance for credit losses in relation to accounts receivable based on relevant qualitative and quantitative information about historical events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported accounts receivable. Topic 326 permits different methods to calculate the estimate for the allowance for credit losses. The Company started with its historical loss experience as suggested by Topic 326 and evaluated its previous method of estimating the allowance for credit losses. The Company determined that its previous method of using an aging schedule to develop historical credit loss percentages, which is allowed under Topic 326, is appropriate. The historical credit loss percentages are developed for each aging category based on eight quarters of credit loss history and the Company determined that its customers in each of these aging categories share similar risk characteristics.
Additionally, as required by Topic 326, the Company adjusts the historical credit loss percentage by current and forecasted economic conditions. Due to the short-term nature of its accounts receivable and that it carries credit insurance on a significant portion of the accounts receivable balance, the Company believes changes to economic conditions may not have significant effect on the estimate of the allowance for credit losses for accounts receivable; thus, the Company determined to include a baseline credit loss percentage into the historical credit loss percentage for each aging category to reflect the potential impact of the current and future economic conditions. Such baseline credit loss is adjusted when changes in the economic environment change the Company's expectation for future credit losses.
As of September 30, 2020, the Company determined the baseline of credit loss percentage should be increased in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and estimated the allowance for credit losses to be $1,088.