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Note 13 - Recently Issued Accounting Standards
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
13.
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
      
 
In the normal course of business, management evaluates all new accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB to determine the potential impact they
may
have on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Based upon this review, except as noted below, management does
not
expect any of the recently issued accounting pronouncements, which have
not
already been adopted, to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Recently Adopted
 
In
January 2017,
the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”)
2017
-
04,
“Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic
350
):  Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” This guidance simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill and eliminates the
two
-step goodwill impairment test.  Under the new guidance, an annual or interim goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount, and an impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should
not
exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Additionally, an entity should consider income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary.   This update is effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019.
Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after
January 1, 2017.
The Company has early adopted ASU
2017
-
04
and will apply the guidance at its next annual impairment testing date or at an earlier date if a triggering event occurs.
 
 
In
March 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
09,
“Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting,” which amends Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC") Topic
718,
Compensation – Stock Compensation. ASU
2016
-
09
simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The Company has adopted the guidance in this ASU in the
first
quarter of fiscal year
2017
on a prospective basis as permitted by the new standard. There has been
no
impact on the income taxes line item of the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations related to excess tax benefits upon vesting or settlement,
no
impact to its cash flow presentation and
no
impact to the computation of diluted earnings per share. Under the new guidance, the company has elected to account for forfeitures as they occur. Due to the Spin-off and related change to the Company’s equity incentive plans, this election did
not
result in an adjustment to the Company’s stock-based compensation expense. The adoption of ASU
2016
-
09
did
not
have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In
July 2015,
the FASB issued ASU
2015
-
11,
“Inventory (Topic
330
): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory.” This update requires inventory within the scope of the standard to be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is defined as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The amendments in this update do
not
apply to inventory that is measured using last-in,
first
-out or the retail inventory method. The amendments apply to all other inventory, which includes inventory that is measured using FIFO or average cost. The guidance in this ASU became effective for the Company in the
first
quarter of fiscal year
2017.
The adoption of ASU
2015
-
11
did
not
have a material impact on the Company’s
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Not
Yet Adopted
 
In
May 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
2017
-
09,
“Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic
718
): Scope of Modification Accounting.” ASU
2017
-
09
clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. Under ASU
2017
-
09,
an entity will
not
apply modification accounting to a share-based payment award if the award’s fair value, vesting conditions and classification as an equity or liability instrument are the same immediately before and after the change. ASU
2017
-
09
will be applied prospectively to awards modified on or after the adoption date. The guidance is effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after
December 
15,
2017.
Early adoption is permitted. ASU
2017
-
09
is effective for the Company beginning in fiscal
2018.
The Company does
not
expect its pending adoption of ASU
2017
-
09
to have a material impact on its
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In
January 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
2017
-
01,
“Business Combinations (Topic 
805
): Clarifying the Definition of a Business.” ASU
2017
-
01
provides a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities (collectively referred to as a “set”) does
not
constitute a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is
not
a business. This screen reduces the number of transactions that need to be further evaluated. If the screen is
not
met, the amendments in ASU
2017
-
01
(i) require that to be considered a business, a set must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create output and (ii) remove the evaluation of whether a market participant could replace missing elements. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
which will require the Company to adopt these provision in the
first
quarter of fiscal
2018
using a prospective approach. The Company does
not
expect its pending adoption of ASU
2017
-
01
to have a material impact on its
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In
August 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
15,
“Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments.” This update provides clarification regarding how certain cash receipts and cash payment are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU
2016
-
15
addresses
eight
specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. This update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
which will require the Company to adopt these provisions in the
first
quarter of fiscal
2018
using a retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does
not
expect its pending adoption of ASU
2016
-
15
to have a material impact on its
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
02,
“Leases” in order to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP. ASU
2016
-
02
requires that a lessee should recognize a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term on the balance sheet. ASU
2016
-
02
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018 (
including interim periods within those periods), using a modified retrospective approach, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption of the ASU on its
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
 
In
January 2016,
the FASB issued ASU 
2016
-
01,
“Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which updates certain aspects of recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial instruments. The standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
and early adoption is generally
not
permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of adoption of the ASU on its
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
In
May 2014,
the FASB issued ASU
2014
-
09,
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” The core principle behind ASU
2014
-
09
is that an entity should recognize revenue in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for delivering goods and services. This model involves a
five
-step process that includes identifying the contract with the customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and recognizing revenue when the entity satisfies the performance obligations. This ASU allows
two
methods of adoption; a full retrospective approach where historical financial information is presented in accordance with the new standard, and a modified retrospective approach where this ASU is applied to the most current period presented in the financial statements. In
August 2015,
the FASB issued ASU
2015
-
14
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date,” which deferred the effective date of ASU
2014
-
09
to annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
with earlier application permitted as of annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2016.
In
March 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
08,
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net),” which clarified the revenue recognition implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations and is effective during the same period as ASU
2014
-
09.
In
April 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
10,
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing,” which clarified the revenue recognition guidance regarding the identification of performance obligations and the licensing implementation and is effective during the same period as ASU
2014
-
9.
In
May 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
11,
 “Revenue Recognition (Topic
605
) and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic
815
): Rescission of SEC Guidance Because of Accounting Standards Updates
2014
-
09
and
2014
-
16
Pursuant to Staff Announcements at the
March 
3,
2016
EITF Meeting.” The purpose of ASU
2016
-
11
is to rescind from the FASB Accounting Standards Codification certain SEC paragraphs as a result of
two
SEC Staff Announcements at the
March 3, 2016
meeting. For public entities, the amendments in ASU
2016
-
11
related to Topic
605
are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2017
and amendments related to Topic
815
are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2015.
In
May 2016,
the FASB also issued ASU
2016
-
12,
“Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
): Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients,” which narrowly amended the revenue recognition guidance regarding collectability, noncash consideration, presentation of sales tax and transition and is effective during the same period as ASU
2014
-
9.
The Company currently anticipates adoption of the new standard effective
January 1, 2018
and plans to use the modified-retrospective method of adoption. The Company is continuing to assess the potential impact that the new revenue standard will have with respect to the Company’s Algovita and NeuroNexus revenue streams and plans to assess the potential impact that the standard will have on its development and engineering services revenue stream in the
third
quarter of
2017.
 The Company expects to complete its assessment process, including confirmation of the use of the modified-retrospective method, by the end of the
third
quarter of
2017
and expects to finalize its implementation process prior to the adoption of the new revenue standard on
January 1, 2018.