Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation:  The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the company and its wholly owned subsidiaries and include all adjustments, which were of a normal recurring nature, necessary to present fairly the financial position of the company as of June 30, 2020 and the results of its operations and changes in its cash flow for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Certain foreign subsidiaries, represented by the European segment, are consolidated using a May 31 quarter end to meet filing deadlines. No material subsequent events have occurred related to the European segment, which would require disclosure or adjustment to the company's financial statements. All significant intercompany transactions are eliminated. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates:  The condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Already Adopted): 

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, "Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements." ASU 2016-13 requires a new credit loss standard for most financial assets and certain other instruments. For example, entities are required to use an "expected loss" model that will generally require earlier recognition of allowances for losses for trade receivables. The standard also requires additional disclosures, including disclosures regarding how an entity tracks credit quality. The company adopted ASU 2016-13, effective on January 1, 2020, which resulted in an increase for credit losses of $243,000 with the offsetting impact recorded to retained earnings.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." The guidance in ASU 2017-04 eliminates the requirement to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure goodwill impairment. Under the amendments in the new ASU, goodwill impairment testing will be performed by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount and recognizing an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value. The company adopted ASU 2017-04 as of January 1,

2020 with no impact to the company's financial statements upon adoption. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, "Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes," which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. ASU 2019-12 removes the following exceptions: 1) exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items (for example, discontinued operations or other comprehensive income), 2) exception to the requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment, 3) exception to the ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign subsidiary becomes a subsidiary and 4) the exception to the general methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. The ASU also simplifies other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The amendments in the ASU will be applied using different approaches depending on what the specific amendments relate to. The company early adopted ASU 2019-12 on a prospective basis as of January 1, 2020 with no impact to the company's financial statements upon adoption.