Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

4. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

As an emerging growth company, we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  The following discussion includes effective dates for both public business entities and emerging growth companies, as well as whether specific guidance may be adopted early.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance that requires lessees to recognize leases, including operating leases, on the lessee’s balance sheet, unless a lease is considered a short-term lease.  This guidance also requires entities to make new judgments to identify leases.  The guidance was effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and permitted early adoption.  The Company’s adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2019 did not have a significant impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

New accounting rules and disclosure requirements can impact the results and the comparability of the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The following recently issued accounting pronouncements are relevant to the Company’s consolidated financial statements:

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.  The amendments in this Update require a new topic to be added (Topic 326) to the Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") and removes the thresholds that entities apply to measure credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost, such as loans, trade receivables, reinsurance recoverables, off-balance-sheet credit exposures, and held-to-maturity securities.  Under current GAAP, entities generally recognize credit losses when it is probable that the loss has been incurred.  The guidance under ASU 2016-13 will remove all current recognition thresholds and will require entities under the new current expected credit loss ("CECL") model to recognize an allowance for credit losses for the difference between the amortized cost basis of a financial instrument and the amount of amortized cost that an entity expects to collect over the instrument's contractual life.   The new CECL model is based upon expected losses rather than incurred losses.  Additionally, the credit loss recognition guidance for available-for-sale securities is amended and will require that credit losses on such debt securities should be recognized as an allowance for credit losses rather than a direct write-down of amortized cost balance.  The ASU was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842), which extended the effective date of adopting ASU 2016-13.  Under ASU 2019-10, ASU 2016-13 will be effective for Public Business Entities that are filers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), excluding smaller reporting companies such as the Company, for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods within those fiscal years.  For all other entities, including smaller reporting companies like the Company, ASU 2016-13 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  For all entities, early adoption will continue to be permitted; that is, early adoption is allowed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years (that is, effective January 1, 2019, for calendar year-end companies).  The Company is currently a smaller reporting company, so the Company’s expected adoption date for ASU 2016-13 is January 1, 2023.  At this time, we are evaluating the potential impact of ASU 2016-13 in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.