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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Jan. 30, 2016
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS [Abstract]  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
NOTE 2.  RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

We continuously monitor and review all current accounting pronouncements and standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and other authoritative sources of U.S. GAAP for applicability to our operations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.  This ASU is a comprehensive new revenue recognition model that expands disclosure requirements and 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 or services.  This ASU is effective for annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted.  Accordingly, we will adopt this ASU in the first quarter of Fiscal 2019.  We are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this pronouncement on our results of operations and cash flows.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-05, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software – Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which provides guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license.  If an arrangement includes a software license, the customer should account for the fees related to the software license element in a manner consistent with licenses of other intangible assets.  If the arrangement does not include a license, the arrangement will be accounted for as a service contract.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015.  The adoption of ASU 2015-05 will not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory – Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which requires all inventory, other than inventory measured at last-in, first out (LIFO) or the retail inventory method, to be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value.  This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016.  The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period.  The adoption of ASU 2015-11 will not have any impact on our consolidated financial statements.
 

In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes – Balance Sheet Reclassification of Deferred Taxes, which requires that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position.  The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by the amendments in this update.  The amendments in this update are effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted and the amendments may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented.  We early adopted this ASU in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2016 on a prospective basis and included all deferred income taxes as non-current in our Fiscal 2016 consolidated balance sheets.  We did not adjust our Fiscal 2015 consolidated balance sheet as a result of the adoption of this ASU.  See Note 9, "Income Taxes".

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02 – Leases, which requires lessees to recognize on the balance sheet assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months.  Consistent with current accounting practice, the recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease; however under ASU 2016-02, both types of leases will be recognized on the balance sheet.  The ASU will take effect for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018.  This ASU shall be applied at the beginning of the earliest period presented using the modified retrospective approach, which includes expedients that an entity may elect to apply.  We are currently evaluating the impact this change in accounting will have on our consolidated financial statements, but we expect that it will be material because we are party to a significant number of lease contracts.