Note 4: Impact of Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2019-01 “Leases (Topic 842): Codification Improvements.” These amendments align the guidance for fair value of the underlying asset by lessors that are not manufacturers or dealers in Topic 842 with that of existing guidance. Finally, the ASU exempts both lessees and lessors from having to provide certain interim disclosures in the fiscal year in which a company adopts the new leases standard. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. An entity should apply the amendments as of the date that it first applied Topic 842, using the same transition methodology in accordance with paragraph 842-10-65-1(c). The Company adopted Topic 842 on January 1, 2019 and applied the amendments in ASU 2019-01 as of the same date and it did not have a material impact on its accounting and disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018‑13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. These amendments modify the disclosure requirements in Topic 820 as follows:

Removal of the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; the policy for timing of transfers between levels; and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements.

For investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value, an entity is required to disclose the timing of liquidation of an investee’s assets and the date when restrictions from redemption might lapse only if the investee has communicated the timing to the entity or announced the timing publicly; and the amendments clarify that the measurement uncertainty disclosure is to communicate information about the uncertainty in measurement as of the reporting date.

Additional disclosure of the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period; and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements.

The guidance is effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. An entity is permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of ASU No. 2018‑13 and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. The adoption of ASU 2018‑13 is not anticipated to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018‑07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718) – Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting. This ASU expands the scope of Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation to include share-based payments issued to nonemployees for goods and services. Topic 718 currently only includes share-based payments to employees where the ASU will substantially align the accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees. The ASU supersedes Subtopic 505‑50, Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The guidance is effective for public companies for fiscal year, and interim fiscal periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than a company’s adoption date of Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company has adopted ASU 2018‑07 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s accounting and disclosures.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. The new guidance will make more financial and nonfinancial hedging strategies eligible for hedge accounting. It also amends the presentation and disclosure requirements and changes how companies assess effectiveness. It is intended to more closely align hedge accounting with companies’ risk management strategies, simplify the application of hedge accounting, and increase transparency as to the scope and results of hedging programs. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption, permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2017-12 on January 1, 2019 and it did not have a material impact on the Company’s accounting and disclosures.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016‑13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements. Topic 326 amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis and available for sale debt securities. The ASU is intended to provide financial statement users with useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit.

The ASU requires financial assets measured at amortized cost (primarily loans) be presented at the amount net of a valuation allowance for credit losses, and that the income statement include the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets as well as changes in expected losses on previously recognized financial assets. The provisions of this ASU do not specify the method for measuring expected credit losses, and an entity is allowed to apply methods that reasonably reflect its expectations of the credit loss estimate. The new model will be based on relevant information including past events, historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportive forecasts that affect the collectability of the asset. The provisions of this ASU differ from current U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in that current U.S. GAAP generally delays recognition of the full amount of credit losses until the loss is probable of occurring.

This ASU requires that credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down.

This ASU was originally effective for the Company for interim and annual periods beginning in the first quarter of 2020, but on October 16, 2019, FASB approved a final ASU delaying the effective date for smaller reporting companies, such as the Company. The final ASU expected to be issued by the end of November, delays the effective date of this ASU for the Company until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Earlier adoption is permitted beginning in the first quarter of 2019. The Company is in the process of implementing a third-party software solution to assist in the application of the new standard. The Company continues to evaluate all resources and data (both current and historical) needed. The overall impact of the new standard on the financial condition or results of operations cannot yet be determined.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016‑02, Leases. The objective of the amendment is to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. These changes will increase transparency among companies by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing additional information about lease arrangements. The amendments in this update were effective for annual and interim periods beginning in the first quarter of 2019. The Company has operating leases in place for some locations as well as equipment. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, which provides narrow-scope improvements to the lease standard and ASU 2018-11, which allows entities to choose an additional transition method, under which an entity initially applies the new lease standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. Under this transitional method, the entity shall recognize and measure the leases that exist at the adoption date and the prior comparative periods are not adjusted. The Company adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2019 using the transitional method. The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company has elected the practical expedients that allowed the Company to retain the classifications of existing leases, not re-assess if existing leases have initial direct costs and hindsight when determining the lease term and assessment of impairment. The Company adopted ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019 and recorded a right-of-use asset and lease liability of $3.6 million, based on the present value of the expected remaining lease payments.