RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

2.RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition of revenue from contracts with customers. Revenue recognition will depict the transfer of promised 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. The guidance also requires disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. The guidance permits two methods of adoption: retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application. The guidance is effective January 1, 2018 and early adoption is permitted only as of January 1, 2017. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance and the method of adoption in the consolidated financial results.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“ASU 2016-01”).  ASU 2016-01 amends current guidance by requiring companies to recognize changes in fair value for equity investments that have a readily determinable fair value through net income rather than through other comprehensive income.  Under ASU 2016-01, equity investments that do not have a readily determinable fair value will either be accounted for the same as equity investments that have a readily determinable fair value, with changes in fair value recognized through net income or carried at cost, adjusted for changes in observable prices based on orderly transactions for identical or similar investments issued by the same issuer and further adjusted for impairment, if applicable.  ASU 2016-01 also requires a qualitative assessment of impairment indicators each reporting period.  If this assessment indicates that impairment exists, companies must adjust the investment to fair value and recognize an impairment loss in net income, even if the impairment is determined to be temporary.  ASU 2016-01 is effective for public companies for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017.   The Corporation’s adoption of ASU 2016-01 is not expected to have a material impact on the Corporation’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases, which will supersede the current lease requirements in ASC 840.  The ASU requires lessees to recognize an asset with the right of use and related lease liability for all leases, with a limited exception for short-term leases.  Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with the classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the statement of operations.  Currently, leases are classified as either capital or operating, with only capital leases recognized on the balance sheet.  The reporting of lease related expenses in the statements of operations and cash flows will be generally consistent with the current guidance.  The new lease guidance will be effective for the Corporation’s year ending December 31, 2019 and will be applied using modified retrospective transition method to the beginning of the earliest period presented.  The effect of applying the new lease guidance on the financial statements has not yet been determined.