Recently Issued Accounting Standards

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-15, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. ASU 2018-15 aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. ASU 2018-15 is effective for us on May 1, 2020, but we elected to early adopt on May 1, 2019, as permitted, on a prospective basis. During the six months ended October 31, 2019, we capitalized implementation costs related to third-party cloud computing services of $2.4, which is reflected in other noncurrent assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

In August 2018, the FASB also issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20) Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans, which modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement benefit plans. The guidance removes disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial and adds new, as well as clarifies certain other, disclosure requirements. ASU 2018-14 will be effective for us on May 1, 2020, with the option to early adopt at any time prior to the effective date, and it will require adoption on a retrospective basis. We do not anticipate that the adoption of this ASU will have a material impact on our disclosures.

In August 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted the final rule under SEC Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification, to eliminate or modify certain disclosure rules that are redundant, outdated, or duplicative of U.S. GAAP or other regulatory requirements. This rule was effective on November 5, 2018, and as a result, we adopted a portion of the amendments during 2019. This rule also amended the disclosure requirements related to the analysis of shareholders’ equity, which was expanded to the interim financial statements and was effective for us on May 1, 2019. While the new shareholders’ equity disclosure requirements impacted our interim financial statements beginning May 1, 2019, the amendments in this rule did not have a material impact on our other financial statements and disclosures.

In February 2016, in an effort to increase transparency and comparability among organizations, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability for all leases with a term of more than 12 months. We adopted the requirements of ASU 2016-02 and all related amendments on May 1, 2019, utilizing an optional transition method that allows for a cumulative-effect adjustment in the period of adoption with no restatement of prior periods. This transition method also does not require new lease disclosures for periods prior to the effective date. We elected certain practical expedients available under the guidance, including a package of practical expedients which allowed us to not reassess prior conclusions related to existing contracts containing leases, lease classification, and initial direct costs.

Adoption of ASU 2016-02 on May 1, 2019, resulted in the recognition of operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of $159.2 and $166.6, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. The difference between the additional lease assets and lease liabilities was primarily due to an existing deferred rent balance that was reclassified to the operating lease liability. The new standard did not materially impact our Condensed Statement of Consolidated Income or Condensed Statement of Consolidated Cash Flows. The additional disclosures required are presented within Note 12: Leases.