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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS  
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

NOTE 6 – RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenues from Contracts with Customers. The new revenue guidance broadly replaces the revenue guidance provided throughout the Codification.  The core principle of the revenue guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  To achieve that core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.  The new revenue guidance also requires the capitalization of certain contract acquisition costs.  Reporting entities must prepare new disclosures providing qualitative and quantitative information on the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.  New disclosures also include qualitative and quantitative information on significant judgments, changes in judgments, and contract acquisition assets. At issuance, ASU 2014-09 was effective starting in 2017 for calendar-year public entities, and interim periods within that year. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the adoption of ASU 2014-09 to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. Earlier application is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period. During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Cooperative completed the initial evaluation of the new standard and the related assessment and review of existing revenue contracts with its customers. The Cooperative determined, on a preliminary basis, that the timing, pattern and amount of revenue recognized during the year should remain substantially the same.  The Cooperative anticipates utilizing the full retrospective transition method. The primary impact of the adoption on the Cooperative’s financial statements will be the additional required disclosures around revenue recognition in the notes to the financial statements.