Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note 2.        Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2016, the Financial Account Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows” (“ASU 2016-15). This new guidance will make eight targeted changes to how cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019). ASU 2016-15 will require adoption on a retrospective basis unless it is impracticable to apply, in which case we would be required to apply the amendments prospectively as of the earliest date practicable. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-15 on our financial position and result of operations.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, “Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting” (“ASU 2016-09”), which simplifies the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and statutory tax withholding requirements. The new guidance also requires that all tax-related cash flows resulting from share-based payments to be reported as operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. We early adopted ASU 2016-09 on August 1, 2016 on a prospective basis. As a result, we no longer record excess tax benefits as an increase to additional paid-in capital, but effective August 1, 2016, we record such excess tax benefits as a reduction of income tax expense, which amounted to $2,241,000 for the three months ended October 31, 2016, as further described in Notes 4 and 12 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, we elected to record excess tax benefits as an operating cash flow prospectively and not adjust the prior year period. As such, the current period excess tax benefits were reflected as an operating cash flow rather than a financing cash flow on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended October 31, 2016. Furthermore, we have elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, rather than estimate expected forfeitures over the course of a vesting period since forfeitures have been insignificant historically.

In February 2016, FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”).  The new guidance requires the recording of assets and liabilities arising from leases on the balance sheet accompanied by enhanced qualitative and quantitative disclosures in the notes to the financial statements.  The new guidance is expected to provide transparency of information and comparability among organizations. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2018 (our fiscal year 2020), including interim periods within that reporting period.  Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-02 on our financial position and results of operations.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, “Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments (Topic 805)” (“ASU 2015-16”). The new guidance requires an acquirer in a business combination to recognize a measurement-period adjustment during the period in which it determines the amount, and eliminates the requirement for an acquirer to account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. The acquirer must also disclose the amounts and reasons for adjustments to the provisional amounts. ASU 2015-16 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (our fiscal year 2018), including interim periods within that reporting period.  Accordingly, we will adopt ASU 2015-06 in our first quarter of fiscal 2018. The adoption of ASU 2015-06 is not expected to have a significant impact upon on our financial position and results of operations.

In July 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2015-11, “Inventory (Topic 330) Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory,” (“ASU 2015-11”).  The new guidance more closely aligns the measurement of inventory in U.S. GAAP with the measurement of inventory in International Financial Reporting Standards by requiring companies using the first-in, first-out and average costs methods to measure inventory using the lower of cost and net realizable value, where net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal and transportation. ASU 2015-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016 (our fiscal year 2018), including interim periods within that reporting period. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2015-11 on our financial position and results of operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” (“ASU 2014-09”), which will supersede the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification 605, “Revenue Recognition.” ASU 2014-09 is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of 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. It also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” which defers the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 (our fiscal year 2019), including interim periods within that reporting period. In May 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-12, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” (ASU 2016-12), which provided narrow scope improvements and practical expedients relating to ASU 2014-09. We are currently in the process of evaluating the impact of ASU 2014-09 and ASU 2016-12 on our financial position and results of operations.