Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Mar. 31, 2015

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3.   Recent Accounting Pronouncements

We have not yet adopted and are currently assessing the potential effect of the following pronouncement on our consolidated financial statements:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASU 2014-09”) which will supersede Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. A core principle of the new guidance is that an entity should measure revenue in connection with its sale of goods and services to a customer based on an amount that depicts the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for each of those goods and services. For a contract that involves more than one performance obligation, the entity must (a) determine or, if necessary, estimate the standalone selling price at inception of the contract for the distinct goods or services underlying each performance obligation and (b) allocate the transaction price to each performance obligation on the basis of the relative standalone selling prices. In addition, under the new guidance, an entity should recognize revenue when (or as) it satisfies each performance obligation under the contract by transferring the promised good or service to the customer. A good or service is deemed transferred when (or as) the customer obtains control of that good or service. The new standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. For public companies, this amendment is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is not permitted for public companies. The Company has not yet selected a transition method nor determined the effect of the new standard on its financial statements.

In addition, we have not yet adopted the following recent accounting pronouncements and we do not believe the adoption of these pronouncements will have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements:

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which will require that capitalized debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability. The Company currently presents capitalized debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization, in other assets in its consolidated balance sheets. For public companies, this amendment is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. This new guidance must be applied on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted under certain circumstances.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in Cloud Computing Arrangement. This pronouncement provides guidance to determine whether a cloud-based computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud-based computing arrangement includes a software license, the customer must account for the software element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. Otherwise, the customer must account for the arrangement as a service contract. For public companies, this amendment is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted.