Recent Accounting Pronoucements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

12.  Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU No. 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. In 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year. In 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Principal versus Agent Considerations, ASU No. 2016-10, Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing, ASU No. 2016-12, Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients and ASU No. 2016-20, Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, all of which further amended ASU No. 2014-09. These new updates are to become effective for the Company on January 1, 2018.  The updates permit the use of either the retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. The Company will adopt the standard on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method and will apply the guidance only to the most current period presented in the consolidated financial statements and only on contracts that are not completed as of the date of initial application. The cumulative effect of initially applying the standard will be recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings within stockholders’ equity. The Company continues to evaluate the effect that ASU No. 2014-09 and its amendments will have on its consolidated financial statements and disclosures in relation to distinguishing performance obligations, client acceptance and cancellation provisions, variable consideration, warranties and post-contract support services among others. Due to the complexity of the new standard and the nature of our contracts, the actual revenue recognition treatment required under the new standard may vary and will be dependent on contract-specific terms. The Company expects to complete its assessment of the impact of adoption during 2017.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, which supersedes ASC Topic 840, Leases, and creates a new topic, ASC Topic 842, Leases. This update requires lessees to recognize a lease liability and a lease asset for all leases, including operating leases, with a term greater than 12 months on its balance sheet. The update also expands the required quantitative and qualitative disclosures surrounding leases. This update is to become effective for the Company on January 1, 2019, with earlier application permitted. This update will be applied using a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. While the Company is currently assessing the impact ASU No. 2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements, the Company expects the primary impact upon adoption will be the recognition, on a discounted basis, of its minimum commitments under noncancellable operating leases on its consolidated balance sheets resulting in the recording of right of use assets and lease obligations. Current minimum commitments under noncancellable operating leases are disclosed in Note 5, Commitments and Contingencies.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This update eliminates the diversity in practice related to the classification of certain cash receipts and payments for debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, the maturing of a zero coupon bond, the settlement of contingent liabilities arising from a business combination, proceeds from insurance settlements, distributions from certain equity method investees and beneficial interests obtained in a financial asset securitization. ASU No. 2016-15 designates the appropriate cash flow classification, including requirements to allocate certain components of these cash receipts and payments among operating, investing and financing activities. This update is to become effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 and requires using a retrospective approach. The Company elected to early adopt this update retrospectively on January 1, 2017 since the Company was already in compliance with the new standard.  The adoption of ASU No. 2016-15 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This update eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test which compares the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. ASU No. 2017-04 does not make any changes to the impairment indicators or aspects of the qualitative assessment. This update is to become effective for the Company on January 1, 2020 and requires using a prospective approach. Early adoption is permitted beginning with interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates on or after January 1, 2017. The Company elected to early adopt this update prospectively on January 1, 2017. The adoption of ASU No. 2017-04 did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.