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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Intangibles - Goodwill and Other
     
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which requires an entity to perform a one-step quantitative impairment test, whereby a goodwill impairment loss will be measured as the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value (not to exceed the total goodwill allocated to that reporting unit). It eliminates Step 2 of the current two-step goodwill impairment test, under which a goodwill impairment loss is measured by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. The standard is effective January 1, 2020, with early adoption as of January 1, 2017 permitted. We do not expect this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Statement of Cash Flows

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows, which clarifies how companies present and classify certain cash receipts and cash payments in the statement of cash flows. In November 2016, the FASB issued additional guidance related to the statement of cash flows, which requires companies to explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. The standard is effective January 1, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The standard will be adopted on a retrospective basis. We do not expect this standard to have a material impact on the presentation of our consolidated cash flows.

Financial Instruments

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, which requires the measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost. The standard applies to financial instruments including, but not limited to, trade and other receivables, held-to-maturity debt securities, loans and net investments in leases. The standard requires estimating expected credit losses over the remaining life of an instrument or a portfolio of instruments with similar risk characteristics based on relevant information about past events, current conditions and reasonable forecasts. The initial estimate of and the subsequent changes in expected credit losses will be recognized as credit loss expense through current earnings and will be reflected as an allowance for credit losses offsetting the carrying value of the financial instrument(s) on the balance sheet. The standard is effective January 1, 2020, with early adoption as of January 1, 2019 permitted. The standard is to be applied using a modified retrospective transition method. We do not expect this standard to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Share-Based Payments

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Stock Compensation, which is intended to simplify several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions. The guidance changed several aspects of the accounting for share-based awards, including accounting for income taxes, forfeitures, and the minimum statutory tax withholding requirements for share-based awards. The standard eliminates the requirement to record the tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in excess of share-based compensation expense (windfall tax benefits) as well as tax shortfalls to additional paid in capital in the balance sheet. The standard also requires all tax effects related to share-based payments at settlement (or expiration) be recorded to income tax expense and changes the cash flow presentation of excess tax benefits or shortfalls from share-based awards from financing activities to operating activities. The standard is effective January 1, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We adopted the standard during 2016, and recorded a $16 million cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2016, related to historical excess tax benefits. The impact of the standard was not material to our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases. The standard requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases. This classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases. The new standard requires lessors to account for leases using an approach that is substantially equivalent to existing guidance for sales-type leases, direct financing leases and operating leases. We will adopt the standard effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective transition method. We do not anticipate a material impact upon adoption of the standard on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which together with related, subsequently issued guidance, requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The adoption of ASU 2014-09 will primarily impact our full service lease product line, which includes a vehicle lease as well as maintenance and other services related to the vehicle. We will generally continue to recognize revenue for the vehicle lease portion of the product line on a straight-line basis. Revenue from the non-lease portion of the product line, primarily maintenance services, will be recognized at the time the maintenance services are performed, which will generally require the deferral of some portion of the customer's lease payments when received, as maintenance services are not performed evenly over the life of a full service lease contract. Under current GAAP, substantially all revenues from our full service lease arrangements are recognized on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. We will adopt the standard on January 1, 2018, using the full retrospective transition method, which will result in a cumulative-effect adjustment for deferred revenue to the opening balance sheet for 2016 and the restatement of the financial statements for all prior periods presented (2016 and 2017). We continue to evaluate the impact of adoption of this standard on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs
     
In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which requires an entity to present debt issuance costs as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability on the balance sheet. We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2016 and reclassified $15 million from other assets to long-term debt in our December 31, 2015 balance sheet. Other than the change in presentation within the Consolidated Balance Sheets, this accounting guidance did not impact our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.