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NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
    
In January 2017 the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2017-01 Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This guidance revises the definition of a business and may affect acquisitions, disposals, goodwill impairment and consolidation. The new guidance specifies that when substantially all of the fair value of gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single asset (or a group of similar assets), the assets acquired would not represent a business. The changes to the definition of a business in this guidance will likely result in more acquisitions being accounted for as asset acquisitions and would also affect the accounting for disposal transactions. The new guidance is effective in 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In January 2017 the FASB issued ASU No: 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other: Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment. This guidance simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment by eliminating the need to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure the goodwill impairment. The revised guidance is effective for calendar year end 2020. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16, Accounting for Income Taxes: Intra-Entity Asset Transfers of Assets Other than Inventory, which removes the prohibition against the immediate recognition of the current and deferred income tax effects of intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. The new guidance is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those years. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows - a Consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force, which provides guidance intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows: Restricted Cash, which specifies that amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning of period and end of period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. These standards are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation. The guidance simplifies several areas of accounting for share based compensation arrangements, including income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. This guidance is expected to impact net income, EPS, and the statement of cash flows. In particular, the tax effects of all stock compensation awards will be included in income. The guidance is effective for public companies in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those years. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In March 2016 the FASB ASU No. 2016-05, Effect of Derivative Contract Novations on Existing Hedge Accounting Relationships. The new guidance clarifies that a change in counterparty to a derivative contract (i.e. a novation), in and of itself, does not require the dedesignation of a hedging relationship provided that all other hedging criteria continue to be met. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on the financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which establishes a comprehensive new lease accounting model. ASU 2016-02 clarifies the definition of a lease, requires a dual approach to lease classification similar to current lease classifications, and requires lessees to recognize leases on the balance sheet as a lease liability with a corresponding right-of-use asset for leases with a lease-term of more than twelve months. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within the fiscal year, and requires modified retrospective application. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that this guidance will have on the financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which amends the guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments under the fair value option, as well as the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. Among other things, the new guidance requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. In addition, the guidance requires public companies to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes, to separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset, and to eliminate the requirement to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost. The guidance is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the method to adopt this guidance and its impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.     

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes. The guidance requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. For public business entities, the guidance is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier application is permitted. The guidance may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented. We adopted this guidance in December 2016, electing to apply it retrospectively to all periods presented. As a result, the Company reclassified $2.1 million and $2.2 million from current deferred tax assets and liabilities, respectively, reducing Other current assets and Deferred tax liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015. Non-current deferred tax assets and liabilities increased by $1.9 million and $2.0 million, respectively, resulting in an increase to Other non-current assets and Deferred income taxes on the Consolidate Balance Sheets, as of December 31, 2015.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. authoritative guidance on the valuation of inventory. This guidance directs an entity to measure inventory at lower of cost or net realizable value, versus lower of cost or market. This guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and all annual and interim periods thereafter. The Company uses estimated net realizable value as an approximation of fair value and therefore does not anticipate any changes to our financial statements as a result of this guidance.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. This guidance requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. In January 2016, the Company adopted the guidance. As a result, the Company reclassified $0.07 million and $0.09 million of debt issuance cost as of December 31, 2015 into Current portion of long-term debt and Long-term debt respectively to reduce the carrying amount of debt liability, from Other current assets and Other non-current assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Unamortized debt issuance costs of $0.07 million and $0.02 million were recorded as Current portion of long-term debt and Long-term debt respectively to reduce the carrying amount of debt liability, on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2016. The Company's debt issuance cost amortization was not affected by the adoption of the new guidance.

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, which requires management to assess a company’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances. Under the new standard, disclosures are required when conditions give rise to substantial doubt about a company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the financial statement issuance date. The new standard is effective for annual periods ending after December 15, 2016, and all annual and interim periods thereafter. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.
    
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. establishing a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. This update provides a five-step analysis in determining when and how revenue is recognized. The new model will require revenue recognition to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration a company expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services and will supersede most of the existing revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. We have the option of using either a full retrospective or modified approach to adopt this guidance. Between August 2015 and May 2016, the FASB issued four additional updates to 1) ASU No. 2015-14, Deferral of the Effective Date, 2) ASU No. 2016-08, Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net), 3) ASU No. 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, and 4) ASU No. 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients to provide further guidance and clarification in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and all annual and interim periods thereafter. The Company has not determined the impact this standard may have on the financial statements, nor decided upon the method of adoption. The Company expects to complete a diagnostic assessment and begin developing solutions in the first half of 2017. In the second half of 2017, the Company expects to implement and test any changes in policy, processes, systems and internal controls and compute required transition adjustments and disclosures.