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Note B - New Accounting Standards
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 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. The adoption of ASC
842
resulted in the recording of right-of-use lease assets and lease liabilities of approximately
$63,000.
The Company implemented the appropriate changes to business processes and controls to support recognition and disclosure under the new standard, including the new qualitative and quantitative disclosures. The Company also elected the package of transition practical expedients related to lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs. In addition, the Company made the following accounting policy elections: (
1
) the Company will
not
separate lease and non-lease components by class of underlying asset and (
2
) the Company will apply the short-term lease exemption by class of underlying asset. The adoption of this standard did
not
have an impact on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations or cash flows and did
not
result in a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings. See Note E – Leases for additional information.
 
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. ASU
2016
-
13
called for an effective date for annual periods, including interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after
December 15, 2019.
In
November 2019,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2019
-
10,
Financial Instruments ‒ Credit Losses (Topic
326
), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic
815
), and Leases (Topic
842
): Effective Dates (“ASU
2019
-
10”
). ASU
2019
-
10
defers the effective date of ASU
2016
-
13
for SEC filers that are eligible to be smaller reporting companies, private companies,
not
-for-profit organizations and employee benefit plans to annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2022,
including interim periods within those annual periods. The Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company and does
not
expect to early adopt ASU
2016
-
13.
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements.
 
In
December 2019,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
2019
-
12,
Income Taxes (Topic
740
): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU
2019
-
12”
), which simplifies accounting for income taxes by revising or clarifying existing guidance in ASC
740,
as well as removing certain exceptions within ASC
740.
ASU
2019
-
12
is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2020
and interim periods within those annual periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements.