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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements



2. Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements



Adopted Accounting Standards 



In February 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” as subsequently amended by ASU 2018-01, ASU 2018-10, ASU 2018-11 and ASU 2018-20. This standard requires assets and liabilities to be recognized on the balance sheet of a lessee for the rights and obligations created by leases of assets. For income statement purposes, the standard retains a dual model which requires leases to be classified as either operating or finance based on criteria that are largely similar to those previously required by lease accounting standards, Topic 840, but without explicit bright lines. This standard also requires extensive quantitative and qualitative disclosures, including significant judgments made by management in applying the standard, intended to provide greater insight into the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.



We adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 and applied the transition guidance as of the date of adoption under the current period adjustment method.  As a result, we recognized right-of-use assets and lease liabilities associated with our leases on January 1, 2019, with no cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated earnings, while the comparable prior periods in our financial statements will continue to be reported in accordance with Topic 840, including the disclosures required by Topic 840. 



The new standard includes a number of optional practical expedients under the transition guidance. We elected the package of practical expedients which allowed us to not reassess prior conclusions about lease identification, lease classification, and initial direct costs. We also made accounting policy elections by class of underlying asset to not apply the recognition requirements of the standard to leases with terms of 12 months or less and to not separate non-lease components from lease components. Consequently, each separate lease component and the associated non-lease components are accounted for as a single lease component for lease classification, recognition, and measurement purposes. 



Upon adoption of the standard, we recognized an operating lease liability of $26.5 million and an operating lease asset of $25.6 million. The difference between the operating lease liability and operating lease asset primarily reflects the reclassification of accrued and prepaid straight-line rent from accrued liabilities and prepaid expenses to the operating lease assets in our consolidated balance sheet. The implementation of the standard did not have a material impact on our consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income or cash flows. See Note 7: Leases for additional information regarding the accounting for lease contracts.



Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted



In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326)” (“ASU 2016-13”), which introduces an approach of estimating credit losses on certain types of financial instruments based on expected losses. ASU 2016-13 also expands the disclosure requirements regarding an entity’s assumptions, models, and methods for estimating the allowance for loan losses. Further, public entities will be required to disclose the amortized cost balance for each class of financial asset by credit quality indicator, disaggregated by the year of origination (i.e., by vintage year). This standard will be effective for us on January 1, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2016-13 may have on our consolidated financial statements.