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Significant Accounting Policies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Significant Accounting Policies

 

Note 3 — Significant Accounting Policies

 

The accounting policies that we follow are set forth in Note 3 – Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report. Other than the updates noted below, there were no significant updates or revisions to our accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

 

Measurement of Credit Losses

 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The amendments in this update modify the impairment model for financial instruments, including trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities and other instruments.

 

The amendments require entities to consider historical information, current conditions, and supportable forecasts to estimate expected credit losses, which may result in earlier recognition of losses. The amendments were effective for us on January 1, 2020 and were adopted by applying the modified retrospective transition approach. The adoption did not result in a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings on January 1, 2020. As a result of our adoption, see Accounting Policy Updates – Allowance for Doubtful Accounts below.

 

 

 

Accounting Policy Updates

 

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

 

Estimated losses on accounts receivable are provided through an allowance for doubtful accounts. We estimate the allowance for doubtful accounts through various procedures, including extensive review of our trade receivable balances by counterparty, assessing economic events and conditions, our historical experience with counterparties, the counterparty’s financial condition and the amount and age of past due accounts.

 

We continuously evaluate our ability to collect amounts owed to us. Receivables are considered past due if full payment is not received by the contractual due date. These procedures also include performing account reconciliations, dispute resolution and payment confirmation. We may involve our legal counsel to pursue the recovery of defaulted trade receivables.

 

As the financial condition of any counterparty changes, circumstances develop or additional information becomes available, adjustments to our allowance may be required.