RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Not Yet Adopted

In July 2012, the FASB issued the Accounting Standards Update 2012-02, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment (ASU 2012-02). This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The update permits qualitative analysis of impairment of indefinite-lived intangible assets to determine if quantitative assessment of the value of such assets is necessary. It applies to intangible assets with an indefinite life other than goodwill. The update provides a series of events and circumstances that could impact significant inputs used to determine fair value of indefinite-lived assets. It also provides guidance as to frequency such qualitative and/or quantitative analysis must be performed. Finally, once an asset is determined to have a finite life, impairment assessment must be performed in accordance with paragraphs 350-30-35-18 through 35-19.

The intent of the update is to assess whether or not, on a more likely than not basis, using qualitative analysis as described in the update, an indefinite-lived asset is impaired. If it is determined to be impaired, a valuation on a quantitative basis must be performed. Similarly, if the indefinite-lived asset is determined to have a finite life it must be evaluated for amortization and/or impairment analysis. The Company has not yet adopted this update and is evaluating the impact of this update on its financial statements and whether or not any of its assets would fall into this category. It believes the impact on our financial statements will not be material.

In December 2011, the FASB issued the Accounting Standards Update 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities (ASU 2011-11). The update requires disclosure on both a gross and net basis of offsetting assets and liabilities in connection financial assets and liabilities. It is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim reporting periods within those annual periods. The Company does not have any offsetting financial assets and liabilities at the present time. If, in the future, after the effective date, the Company acquires such assets and liabilities it will comply with the disclosure requirements of the update.

Adopted

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment (ASU 2011-08). ASU 2011-08 allows entities to use a qualitative approach to test goodwill for impairment. ASU 2011-08 permits an entity to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. If it is concluded that this is the case, it is necessary to perform the currently prescribed two-step goodwill impairment test. Otherwise, the two-step goodwill impairment test is not required. The Company has adopted the provisions of ASU 2011-08. The effects of adoption were not material.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (ASU 2011-04). ASU 2011-04 provides that the highest-and-best use and valuation-premise concepts included in ASC 820 are only relevant when measuring the fair value of non-financial assets, thereby prohibiting the grouping of financial instruments for purposes of determining their fair values when the unit of account is specified in other guidance. However, under ASU 2011-04 an exception is permitted which allows an entity to measure the fair value of financial instruments that are managed on the basis of the entity's net exposure to a particular market risk, or to the credit risk of a particular counter-party, on a net basis when certain criteria are met. Such criteria include that there is evidence that the entity manages its financial instruments in that way, the entity applies such accounting policy election consistently from period to period, and the entity is required or has elected to measure those financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value in the statement of financial position at the end of each reporting period. Additionally, to qualify for the exception to the valuation premise, the market risks that are being offset must be substantially the same. ASU 2011-04 also extends ASC 820's prohibition on the use of blockage factors in fair value measurements to all three levels of the fair value hierarchy except for fair value measurements of Level 2 and 3 measurements when market participants would incorporate the premium or discount into the measurement at the level of the unit of account specified in other guidance. ASU 2011-04 also provides that an entity should measure the fair value of its own equity instruments from the perspective of a market participant that holds the instruments as assets. Under ASC 820, as amended, expanded disclosures are required including disclosure of quantitative information about significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements, a description of the valuation processes used by the entity, and a qualitative discussion about the sensitivity of the measurements. Additional disclosures required under ASU 2011-04 include disclosure of fair value by level for each class of assets and liabilities not recorded at fair value but for which fair value is disclosed, and disclosure of any transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and the reasons for those transfers. The provisions of ASU 2011-04 are effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with disclosure of the change, if any, in valuation technique and related inputs resulting from application of the amendments to ASC 820 required upon adoption, along with quantification of the total effect of the change, if practicable. The Company's adoption of ASU 2011-04 had no material effects on its financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in the 2011 financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the classifications used to prepare the 2012 financial statements.  These reclassifications had no material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flow as previously reported.