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New Authoritative Accounting Guidance
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
New Authoritative Accounting Guidance [Abstract]  
New Authoritative Accounting Guidance

NOTE 11:  NEW AUTHORITATIVE ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE



In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases. This ASU requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize expenses in the income statement in a manner similar to current accounting treatment. This ASU changes the guidance on sale-leaseback transactions, initial direct costs and lease execution costs, and, for lessors, modifies the classification criteria and the accounting for sales-type and direct financing leases. The guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2019. Entities are required to use a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements. We are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures. 



In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326):  Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that estimates credit losses on most financial instruments measured at amortized cost, such as loans, receivables, and held-to-maturity securities, using the current expected credit loss (CECL) model. Under this model, entities will estimate credit losses over the financial instrument’s entire contractual term from the date of initial recognition of that instrument. The ASU also requires incremental disclosures on how the entity developed its estimates. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2020. We are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures.



In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230), which is intended to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. The new guidance specifically addresses eight classification issues:  debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs; settlement of zero-coupon bonds; contingent consideration payments made after a business combination; proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance (COLI) policies, including bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) policies; distributions received from equity method investments; beneficial interests in securitization transactions; and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2018. We are evaluating the impact of the ASU on our financial statements and disclosures.



In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other than Inventory. The ASU requires companies to recognize the income tax consequences of an intercompany asset transfer when the transfer occurs. The amendments in this ASU do not change accounting for the pre-tax effects of intra-entity asset transfers under Topic 810, Consolidation, and do not apply to intra-entity inventory transfers. The economic consequences of intra-entity asset sales—other than inventory—will be recognized in the period in which the transaction occurs and no longer deferred. A reporting entity’s effective tax rate likely will be affected due to the immediate recognition of the seller’s taxes and buyer’s deferred taxes, particularly when the transaction has no effect on consolidated pre-tax income. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2018. We are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statement disclosures.



In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805):  Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The main objective of this new standard is to help financial statement preparers evaluate whether a set of transferred assets and activities (either acquired or disposed of) is a business. Accounting for a business combination differs significantly from that of an asset acquisition. Because the definition of a business affects acquisitions, disposals, goodwill, and consolidation, the revised definition of a business is generally expected to reduce the number of transactions that qualify as a business combination. This guidance requires an entity to evaluate if substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets. The set is not a business if this screen is met. If this screen is not met, however, the entity then evaluates whether the set meets the requirement that a business include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that together significantly contribute to the ability to create outputs. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2018, and we are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures. 



In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350):  Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The new guidance will simplify financial reporting because it eliminates the need to determine the fair value of individual assets and liabilities of a reporting unit to measure the goodwill impairment. This ASU simplifies how all entities assess goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Entities will still perform their annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. If the fair value exceeds the carrying amount, no impairment should be recorded. If a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, an entity will record an impairment charged based on that difference. Impairment losses on goodwill cannot be reversed once recognized. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2020, and we are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures.



In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-05, Other Income—Gains and Losses from the Derecognition of Nonfinancial Assets (Subtopic 610-20):  Clarifying the Scope of Asset Derecognition Guidance and Accounting for Partial Sales of Nonfinancial Assets. This ASU primarily defines in-substance nonfinancial assets and provides guidance for partial sales of nonfinancial assets. It also eliminates rules specifically addressing sales of real estate, removes exceptions to the financial asset derecognition model, and clarifies the accounting for contributions of nonfinancial assets to joint ventures. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2019, and we are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures.



In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-08, Receivables—Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20):  Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities, which is intended to enhance the accounting for the amortization of premiums for purchased callable debt securities. This ASU amends the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium by more closely aligning the amortization period of premiums and discounts to expectations incorporated in market pricing on the underlying securities. Previously, the premiums on callable debt securities generally were required to be amortized based on the maturity date. Under this update, the premiums on certain callable debt securities held at a premium are to be amortized based on the earliest call date. This update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected to early adopt this update effective January 1, 2017, which did not have a material impact on our financial statements and disclosures.



In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718):  Scope of Modification Accounting. This ASU provides relief to entities that make non-substantive changes to their share-based payment awards. It provides guidance that will allow companies to make certain changes to awards without applying modification accounting.  Under the new guidance, an entity will not apply modification accounting to a share-based payment award if the award’s fair value, vesting conditions, and classification as an equity or liability instrument are the same immediately before and after the change. This guidance becomes effective for us on January 1, 2018, and we are evaluating the impact of this ASU on our financial statements and disclosures.