Note 3 - New Accounting Standards

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

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(3) NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).” The new guidance provides new criteria for recognizing revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which the Partnership expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance requires expanded disclosures to provide greater insight into both revenue that has been recognized and revenue that is expected to be recognized in the future from existing contracts. Quantitative and qualitative information will be provided about the significant judgments and changes in those judgments that management made to determine the revenue which is recorded. The standard will be effective prospectively for the first interim period within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is not permitted. The Partnership is currently assessing the provisions of the guidance and the impact of the adoption on its consolidated financial statements.