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NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
3. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance on the accounting for leases, which supersedes previous lease guidance.  Under this guidance, for all leases with terms in excess of one year, including operating leases, the Company will be required to recognize on its balance sheet a lease liability and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.  The new guidance retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases and the classification criteria is substantially similar to previous guidance.  Additionally, the recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee have not significantly changed.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated balance sheets.  This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted.

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition of revenue which provides a single, comprehensive revenue recognition model for all contracts with customers and supersedes most existing revenue recognition guidance.  The main principle under this guidance is that an entity should recognize revenue at the amount it expects to be entitled to in exchange for the transfer of goods or services to customers.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated balance sheets and statement of operations.  This guidance is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018.   See Note 1 for details of the implementation.