Recently Issued Accounting Standards

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Dec. 31, 2021

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Adopted and Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Adopted

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (ASU 2019-12), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles of Topic 740, Income Taxes, and also improves consistency of application by clarifying and amending existing guidance. ASU 2019-12 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2021, with no material impact on our financial statements.

In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-01, Investments-Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments–Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815)–Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815 (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force) (ASU 2020-01), which addresses the accounting for the transition into and out of the equity method and measuring certain purchased options and forward contracts to acquire investments. ASU 2020-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. We adopted the new standard on January 1, 2021, with no material impact on our financial statements.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (ASU 2020-04), which provides optional expedients and exceptions to lessen the burden of accounting for contract modifications and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or other reference rates that could be discontinued due to reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 became effective immediately and may be applied through December 31, 2022. This guidance is applicable to our credit agreement, which references LIBOR. Refer to Note 7—Debt for more information on our credit agreement. The adoption of, and future elections under, this guidance are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements as the guidance will ease, if warranted, the requirements for accounting for the future effects of the rate reform.