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Note 3 - New Accounting Standards
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
NOTE
3
– NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
 
Adoption of New Accounting Standards
 
On
January 1, 2018,
the Company adopted the new revenue recognition standard which requires entities to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The Company is still in its startup phase and is
not
generating revenues at this time; therefore, this standard has
no
impact on its consolidated financial statements until revenues are generated. When revenues are generated, the Company will follow the provisions of the new standard.
 
In
January 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
01,
Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, to mainly change the accounting for investments in equity securities and financial liabilities carried at fair value as well as to modify the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
with early adoption permitted. Adoption of the ASU is retrospective with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings or accumulated deficit as of the adoption date. The adoption of this pronouncement did
not
have an impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
In
June 2018,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2018
-
07,
Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting, to expand the scope of Topic
718
to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services for nonemployees. The ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2018,
with early adoption permitted. As a result of the early adoption of this pronouncement, the Company measures these nonemployee awards at fair value on the grant date. The adoption of this pronouncement did
not
have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.
 
Accounting Standards Issued but
Not
Yet Adopted
 
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued an ASU which requires lessees to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities arising from operating leases on the balance sheet. This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2018
using a modified retrospective approach, with early adoption permitted. The Company has evaluated the standard to determine the impact of its adoption, using the modified retrospective approach, effective
January 1, 2019
on its consolidated financial statements and expects that its operating leases will be recognized as operating lease liabilities and right-of-use assets of approximately
$256,000
.
The cumulative adjustment to retained earnings is
not
expected to be significant.