Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Accounting Pronouncements

NOTE 2.   ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Effective April 1, 2011, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Update 2009-13, "Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements" ("ASU 2009-13").  ASU 2009-13 establishes a selling price hierarchy for determining the selling price of a deliverable in a multiple-deliverable arrangement.  It also requires additional disclosures about methods and assumptions used to evaluate multiple-deliverable arrangements and to identify the significant deliverables within those arrangements.  The adoption of ASU 2009-13 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-04, "Fair Value Measurement" ("ASU 2011-04").  The primary focus of ASU 2011-04 is the convergence of accounting requirements for fair value measurements and related financial statement disclosures under U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").  While ASU 2011-04 does not significantly change existing guidance for measuring fair value, it does require additional disclosures about fair value measurements and changes the wording of certain requirements in the guidance to achieve consistency with IFRS.  ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, and is required to be applied prospectively.  The Company is currently evaluating the revised guidance to determine the effect it will have on its financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-05, "Presentation of Comprehensive Income" ("ASU 2011-05").  This guidance requires companies to present the components of comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. Under either method, amounts reclassified from OCI to net income for each reporting period must be displayed as components of both net income and OCI on the face of the financial statements.  The guidance does not change the items that are reported in OCI.  ASU 2011-05 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, although the FASB plans to consider deferring certain parts of the new guidance. Universal plans to adopt any provisions that are not deferred in the quarter ending June 30, 2012, which is the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.  The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the effect it will have on its financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2011-08, "Testing for Goodwill Impairment" ("ASU 2011-08"). The objective of ASU 2011-08 is to simplify the process of testing for goodwill impairment by permitting companies to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. Companies will only be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit if the qualitative evaluation indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value is less than the carrying amount. ASU 2011-08 is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, with earlier adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance but does not expect it to have a significant effect on its financial statements.