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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 3: - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The significant accounting policies applied in the audited annual consolidated financial statements of the Company, as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on March 29, 2016 pursuant to the Exchange Act, are applied consistently in these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

 

a.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)”, which creates a new Topic, Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606. The standard is principle-based and provides a five-step model to determine when and how revenue is recognized. The core principle 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. In July 2015, the FASB approved the deferral of the effective date by one year. The accounting standard is now effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, which for the Company is January 1, 2018, the first day of its 2018 fiscal year. In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, “Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing” which addresses certain implementation issues that have surfaced since the issuance of ASU No. 2014-09 and provides guidance in identifying performance obligations and determining the appropriate accounting for licensing arrangements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements. The final ASU permits organizations to adopt the new revenue standard early, but not before annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on its consolidated financial statements.

 

b.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02-Leases (ASC 842), which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract (i.e. lessees and lessors). The new standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on the principle of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease, respectively. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases today. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. ASC 842 supersedes the previous leases standard, ASC 840 Leases. The standard is effective on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.

 

c.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09 “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting”. This ASU affects entities that issue share-based payment awards to their employees. The ASU is designed to simplify several aspects of accounting for share-based payment award transactions which include the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, classification on the statement of cash flows and forfeiture rate calculations. ASU 2016-09 will become effective for the Company in the annual period ending August 31, 2018. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.