Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) ("ASU No. 2014-09"). This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with two transition methods of adoption allowed, a full retrospective or modified retrospective. In May 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net). This update was to further clarify the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations in the previously issued ASU No. 2014-09. In April 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, which clarifies implementation guidance on the identification of performance obligations and the licensing implementation guidance in ASU No. 2014-09. In May 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients, which clarifies the guidance on assessing collectability, presentation of sales taxes, non-cash consideration and completed contracts and contract modifications at transition. In December 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, which clarifies certain narrow aspects of ASU No. 2014-09.

We have begun to evaluate the impacts of this new standard on our financial statements, information technology systems and business processes and controls. We have developed an implementation plan to adopt this new guidance, including determining the method of adoption. As part of this plan, we are currently assessing the potential impacts this standard will have on our financial statements and related disclosures, including the potential impacts to our usage, subscription and set-up and professional services revenue. Further, although we are still evaluating the impact of this standard, based on our initial assessment we expect that there will be an impact relating to how we account for costs to acquire a contract. We expect that applying the new standard will result in the deferral of additional costs, primarily commission expenses to sales representatives, which is expected to be recognized over the estimated customer life. Due to the preliminary nature of our assessments to date, we are currently unable to estimate the impact this standard will have on our financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) ("ASU No. 2016-02"). This topic provides that a lessee should recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases. ASU No. 2016-02 requires an entity to separate the lease components from the nonlease components in a contract. ASU No. 2016-02 is intended to improve financial reporting about lease transactions and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. We are evaluating the impact this update will have on our financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting ("ASU No. 2016-09"), which is intended to improve the accounting for share-based payment transactions as part of the FASB's simplification initiative. ASU No. 2016-09 changed aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions, including: (1) accounting for income taxes; (2) classification of excess tax benefits on the statement of cash flows; (3) forfeitures; (4) minimum statutory tax withholding requirements; and (5) classification of employee taxes paid on the statement of cash flows when an employer withholds shares for tax-withholding purposes. Further, under ASU No. 2016-09 the calculation for diluted shares under the treasury-stock method no longer includes the effect of excess tax deductions, resulting in a higher effect of dilutive shares. We adopted ASU No. 2016-09 in the first quarter of 2017, which did not have a significant impact on our financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (Topic 230) ("ASU No. 2016-15"), which addresses eight specific cash flow matters with the objective of reducing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We are evaluating the impact this update will have on our financial statements.

In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Restricted Cash ("ASU No. 2016-18"), which requires that entities show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. Transfers between cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash should not be presented as cash flow activities on the statement of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. We do not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment ("ASU No. 2017-04"), which removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation. An impairment charge will now equal the amount by which the reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value. ASU No. 2017-04 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. We do not expect the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our financial statements.