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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Dec. 27, 2015
Recent Accounting Pronouncements  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

16.           Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard that will supersede existing revenue recognition guidance under current U.S. GAAP.  The new standard is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that requires a company to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer at an amount that reflects the consideration it expects to receive in exchange for those goods and services.  The accounting standard is effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019.  Companies may use either a full retrospective or a modified retrospective approach to adopt this standard, and management is currently evaluating which transition approach to use.  We are currently assessing what impact this new standard may have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance intended to eliminate the diversity in practice regarding share-based payment awards that include terms which provide for a performance target that affects vesting being achieved after the requisite service period.  The new standard requires that a performance target which affects vesting and could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition that affects vesting and should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value.  The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In January 2015, the FASB issued an amendment to the accounting guidance related to the income statement presentation of extraordinary and unusual items.  The amendment eliminates from U.S. GAAP the concept of extraordinary items.  The guidance is effective for us in the first quarter of fiscal 2017.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In February 2015, the FASB issued updated guidance which changes the analysis that a reporting entity must perform to determine whether it should consolidate certain types of legal entities.  The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have an impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2015, the FASB issued updated guidance intended to simplify, and provide consistency to, the presentation of debt issuance costs.  The new standard requires that debt issuance costs be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts.  The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2015, the FASB issued updated guidance relating to the SEC Staff Announcement at the June 18, 2015 Emerging Issues Task Force meeting on the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs associated with line-of-credit arrangements.  The updated guidance allows for the deferral and presentation of debt issuance costs as an asset which may be amortized ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any related outstanding borrowings. The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2015, the FASB issued updated guidance to simplify measurement-period adjustments in business combinations.  The updated guidance eliminated the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively.  Instead, an acquirer will recognize a measurement-period adjustment during the period in which it determines the amount of the adjustment.  The updated guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2015, the FASB issued updated guidance as a part of its ongoing Simplification Initiative, with the objective of reducing complexity in accounting standards.  The updated guidance requires that all deferred tax assets and liabilities, along with any related valuation allowance, be classified as noncurrent on the balance sheet.  This guidance does not change the offsetting requirements for deferred tax liabilities and assets, which results in the presentation of one amount on the balance sheet.  The guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted.  We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.