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Accounting Policies and New Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Apr. 03, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Accounting Policies and New Accounting Pronouncements

Critical Accounting Policies

In the ordinary course of business, the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of results of operations and financial position in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates under different assumptions and conditions.  The Company included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2016 under the caption “Discussion of Critical Accounting Policies, Estimates and New Accounting Pronouncements” in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” set forth in Part II, Item 7, a discussion of the Company’s most critical accounting policies, which are those most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and require management’s most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.  

The Company did not make changes in any critical accounting policies during Q1 2016.  Any changes in critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed with the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company during the quarter in which a change is made.

 

Recently Adopted Pronouncements

 

In February 2015, the FASB issued new guidance which changes the analysis that a reporting entity must perform to determine whether it should consolidate certain types of legal entities. The new guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued new guidance on accounting for debt issuance costs. The new guidance requires that all cost incurred to issue debt be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying value of the debt.  In August 2015, the FASB issued additional guidance which clarified that an entity can present debt issuance costs of a line-of-credit arrangement as an asset regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The standard was retrospectively adopted by the Company on January 4, 2016. As a result, $3.1 million and $1.1 million of debt issuance costs at January 3, 2016 were reclassified to long-term debt from other assets and prepaid expenses and other current assets, respectively.  $0.7 million and $1.4 million of debt issuance costs at March 29, 2015 were reclassified to long-term debt from other assets and prepaid expenses and other current assets, respectively.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued new guidance on whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, the arrangement should be accounted for consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses, otherwise, the arrangement should be accounted for consistent with other service contracts. The new guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In May 2015, the FASB issued new guidance which removes the requirement to categorize investments for which fair value is measured using fair value per share in the fair value hierarchy and limits certain required disclosures to those for which fair value is being measured using the net asset value per share practical expedient.  The new guidance was effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2015, the FASB issued new guidance that requires an acquirer in a business combination recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  The Company elected to early-adopt this new accounting guidance in the third quarter of 2015.  The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In November 2015, the FASB issued new guidance on the balance sheet classification of deferred taxes.  The new guidance requires an entity to present deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.  The Company elected to early-adopt this new accounting guidance prospectively beginning with the Consolidated Balance Sheet at January 3, 2016.  Prior periods were not retrospectively adjusted. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Recently Issued Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued new guidance on accounting for revenue from contracts with customers.  The new guidance was to be effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  In July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date to annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.  In March 2016 and April 2016, the FASB issued new guidance that amends certain aspects of the May 2014 new guidance. The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued new guidance that specifies the responsibility that an entity’s management has to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company does not expect the new guidance to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued new guidance on accounting for inventory.  The new guidance requires entities to measure most inventory “at lower of cost and net realizable value” thereby simplifying the current guidance under which an entity must measure inventory at the lower of cost or market.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2016, the FASB issued new guidance which amends the guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments.  The new guidance revises the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities and the presentation of certain fair value changes in financial liabilities measured at fair value.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2017.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance on accounting for leases.  The new guidance requires lessees to recognize a right-to-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all leases (other than leases that meet the definition of a short-term lease).  The new guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and interim periods beginning the following year.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued new guidance which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee-share based transactions including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and statutory tax withholding requirements, as well as classification in the statement of cash flows.  The new guidance is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.