Note 4 - New Accounting Pronouncements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Text Block]

4.  New Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Credit Loss

In June 2016, the FASB issued authoritative guidance to replace the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For public entities, the guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years, which for the Company was the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Income Taxes

In December 2019, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that simplifies the accounting for income taxes as part of the overall initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. Amendments include removal of certain exceptions to the general principles of Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes. The amendments also include simplification in several other areas, such as recognition of deferred tax assets on step-up in tax basis in goodwill and accounting for franchise tax that is partially based on income. For public entities, the guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years, which for the Company was the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.