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New Accounting Pronouncements (Policies)
9 Months Ended
May 31, 2016
New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date.  The standard provides a single model for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes current revenue recognition guidance.  The ASU requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of goods or services.  The ASU will replace existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP and becomes effective in the first quarter of fiscal year 2019.  Early adoption is permitted only as of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period.  The guidance permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented, or apply the requirements in the year of adoption, through a cumulative adjustment.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  The Company has not yet selected a transition method, nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.



In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Income Taxes: Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.  The standard requires an entity to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent.  In addition, companies will no longer allocate valuation allowances between current and noncurrent because all valuation allowances will also be classified as noncurrent. The effective date of ASU No. 2015-17 will be the first quarter of fiscal 2018 with early adoption permitted.  The guidance allows companies to apply the update either on a retrospective or prospective basis.  The Company does not expect this standard to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.



In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).  The standard replaces the current codification topic 840 with updated guidance on accounting for leases and requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities arising from an operating lease on the balance sheet.  Previous U.S. GAAP did not require lease assets and liabilities to be recognized for most leases.  Furthermore, companies are permitted to make an accounting policy election to not recognize lease assets and liabilities for leases with a term of 12 months or less.  For both finance leases and operating leases, the lease liability should be initially measured at the present value of the lease payments.  The recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee will not significantly change under this new guidance.  The effective date of ASU No. 2016-02 will be the first quarter of fiscal 2020 with early adoption permitted.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that adopting this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.



In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.  The standard provides guidance for employee share-based compensation payments, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and the classification on the statement of cash flows.  The ASU requires all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies to be recognized as income tax expense or benefits in the income statement and to be classified along with other income tax cash flows as an operating activity on the statement of cash flows. The effective date of ASU No. 2016-09 will be the first quarter of fiscal 2018 with early adoption permitted, and the standard will be adopted on a prospective basis.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect that adopting this new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.