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Note B - New Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
NOTE B — NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
 
In
February 
2016,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update
No.
2016
-
02,
Leases (“ASU
2016
-
02”
). ASU
2016
-
02
establishes a new lease accounting standard that requires lessees to recognize a right of use asset and related lease liability for most leases having lease terms of more than
12
months.  Leases with a term of
12
months or less will be accounted for similar to prior guidance for operating leases. In
July 2018,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
No.
2018
-
10,
Codification Improvements to Topic
842,
Leases, to clarify how to apply certain aspects of the new standard. In
July 2018,
the FASB also issued Accounting Standards Update
No.
2018
-
11,
Leases (Topic
842
): Targeted Improvements, to give entities another option for transition and to provide practical expedients to reduce the cost and complexity of implementing the new standard. ASU
2016
-
02
and all subsequently issued amendments, collectively "ASC
842,"
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018,
including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASC
842
on
April 1, 2019
using the optional transition method under which the new standard is applied only to the most current period presented and the cumulative effect of applying the new standard to existing lease agreements is recognized at the date of initial application. See Note E – Leases for additional information and disclosures related to ASC
842.
 
In
June 2016,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2016
-
13,
Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (ASC
326
): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU
2016
-
13”
). ASU
2016
-
13
requires, among other things, the use of a new current expected credit loss ("CECL") model in order to determine the allowance for doubtful accounts with respect to accounts receivable. The CECL model requires estimation of lifetime expected credit loss with respect to receivables and recognition of allowances that, when deducted from the balance of the receivables, represent the net amounts expected to be collected. Subsequently, in
November 2018,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2018
-
19,
Codification Improvements to Topic
326,
Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (ASC
326
), which clarifies that impairment of receivables arising from operating leases should be accounted for in accordance with ASC
842,
Leases. The new guidance is effective for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after
December 15, 2019.
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements.