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New Accounting Standards
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
New Accounting Standards

2. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” and all related amendments.  The Company adopted the standard using the full retrospective method, which did not require a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings. As a result of this adoption, there was no material impact on revenue recognition practices, income from continuing operations after taxes, net income or earnings per share.  See Note 3 “Revenue” for further discussion, including additional required qualitative and quantitative disclosures of revenue recognition policies. 

On October 1, 2018, the Company adopted ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.” ASU 2017-04 eliminates the two-step process that required identification of potential impairment and a separate measure of the actual impairment. The annual assessment of goodwill impairment will now consist of a comparison of the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. Any impairment will now be determined by using the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the reporting unit, not to exceed the total goodwill allocated to that unit.

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842),” which requires lessees to recognize leases on-balance sheet and disclose key information about leasing arrangements.  The new standard establishes a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to recognize a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with a term longer than 12 months.  Leases will be classified as finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern and classification of expense recognition in the income statement.  The Company adopted the standard on its effective date using the modified retrospective approach and a package of practical expedients.

On January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2018-07, “Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.”  ASU 2018-07 more closely aligns the accounting for employee and nonemployee share-based payments.  As a result of this adoption, there was no material impact to stock compensation, income from continuing operations after taxes, net income or earnings per share.

The Company adopted the amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Release No. 33-10532, “Disclosure Update and Simplification” on November 5, 2018, the effective date of the release. Among the amendments is a requirement to present the changes in shareholders’ equity in the interim financial statements (either in a separate statement or footnote) in quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. See the Consolidated Statement of Shareholders’ Equity.