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Recent Accounting Standards
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Recent Accounting Standards  
RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

3. RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”)

FASB ASU No. 2014‑04—“Receivables—Troubled Debt Restructuring by Creditors (Subtopic 310‑40): Reclassification of Residential Real Estate Collateralized Consumer Mortgage Loans Upon Foreclosure” clarifies when an in substance foreclosure occurs, that is, when a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. This is the point when the consumer mortgage loan should be derecognized and the real property recognized. ASU 2014-04 was effective for the Company on January 1, 2015 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-09 — “Revenue from Contract with Customers (Topic 606)” supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Codification.  Additionally ASU 2014-09 supersedes some cost guidance included in Revenue Recognition—Construction-Type and Production-Type Contracts (Subtopic 605-35).  In addition, the existing requirements for the recognition of a gain or loss on the transfer of nonfinancial assets that are not in a contract with a customer are amended to be consistent with the guidance on recognition and measurement.  The core principal of ASU 2014-09 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.  On June 9, 2015, FASB deferred the effective date, therefore the adoption of this ASU becomes effective for the Company beginning after January 1, 2018, with retrospective application to each prior reporting period presented, and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-11 — “Transfers and Servicing (Topic 860) – Repurchase-to-Maturity Transactions, Repurchase Financings, and Disclosure” changes the accounting for repurchase-to-maturity transactions to secured borrowing accounting.  It also requires separate accounting for a transfer of a financial asset executed contemporaneously with a repurchase agreement with the same counterparty, which will result in secured borrowing accounting and disclosure for the repurchase agreement.  The adoption of this ASU becomes effective for the Company beginning after January 1, 2016 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-12 — “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period” requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition.  The performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award.  Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the period(s) for which the requisite service has already been rendered.  If the performance target becomes probable of being achieved before the end of the requisite service period, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost should be recognized prospectively over the remaining requisite service period.  The total amount of the compensation cost recognized during and after the requisite service period should reflect the number of awards that are expected to vest and should be adjusted to reflect those awards that ultimately vest.  The requisite service period ends when the employee can cease rendering service and still be eligible to vest in the award if the performance target is achieved.  The adoption of this ASU becomes effective for the Company beginning after January 1, 2016 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2014-14 — “Classification of Certain Government-Guaranteed Mortgage Loans Upon Foreclosure” requires creditors to reclassify mortgage loans as another receivable that is separate from loans and to measure the receivable at the fixed or determinable amount expected to be received under the government guarantee if upon foreclosure the mortgage loans meet certain conditions.  ASU 2014-04 was effective for the Company on January 1, 2015 and did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-01Income Statement - Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20) – Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items.” ASU 2015-01 eliminates from U.S. GAAP the concept of extraordinary items, which, among other things, required an entity to segregate extraordinary items considered to be unusual and infrequent from the results of ordinary operations and show the item separately in the income statement, net of tax, after income from continuing operations. ASU 2015-01 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016, though early adoption is permitted. ASU 2015-01 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-02 — “Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis.” ASU 2015-02 affects reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. All legal entities are subject to reevaluation under the revised consolidation model. Specifically, the amendments: 1) Modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (VIEs) or voting interest entities, 2) Eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, 3) Affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships, 4) Provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2A-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. ASU 2015-02 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016. ASU 2015-02 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-03Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30)Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU 2015-03 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2017. ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-05Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40)Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement.” ASU 2015-05 provides a basis for evaluating whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, then the arrangement should be accounted for as a service contract. ASU 2015-05 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016. ASU 2015-05 is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-14“Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date.” In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, which defers the effective date of the previously issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) until the interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Earlier application is permitted for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 that supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Revenue Recognition (Topic 605), and most industry-specific guidance throughout the Industry Topics of the Codification.  Additionally ASU 2014-09 supersedes some cost guidance included in Revenue Recognition—Construction-Type and Production-Type Contracts (Subtopic 605-35).  In addition, the existing requirements for the recognition of a gain or loss on the transfer of nonfinancial assets that are not in a contract with a customer are amended to be consistent with the guidance on recognition and measurement.  The core principal of ASU 2014-09 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.  The adoption of ASU 2014-09 becomes effective for the Company beginning after January 1, 2018, with retrospective application to each prior reporting period presented, and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-15 – “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements - Amendments to SEC Paragraphs Pursuant to Staff Announcement at June 18, 2015 EITF Meeting.”  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15 that adds SEC paragraphs pursuant to the SEC Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015, Emerging Issues Task Force meeting about the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements. In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires the presentation of debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. ASU 2015-03 does not address presentation or subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements. Given the absence of authoritative guidance within ASU 2015-03 for debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements, the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. ASU 2015-15 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

FASB ASU No. 2015-16 – “Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments.” In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16 that requires the acquirer in a business combination to recognize in the reporting period in which adjustment amounts are determined, any adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. Prior to the issuance of ASU 2015-16, an acquirer was required to restate prior period financial statements as of the acquisition date for adjustments to provisional amounts. The amendments in ASU 2015-16 are to be applied prospectively upon adoption. The adoption of the provisions of ASU 2015-16 upon issuance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.