Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Jun. 30, 2017

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

17.Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Boards (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-04, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The new standard simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating the second step of the goodwill impairment test. This ASU will be applied prospectively and is effective for annual or interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This new standard clarifies the definition of a business and provides a screen to determine when an integrated set of assets and activities is not a business. The screen requires that when substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired (or disposed of) is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets, the set is not a business. This new standard will be effective as of January 1, 2018. While early adoption is permitted, the Company expects to adopt ASU No. 2017-01 as of the effective date. The Company is evaluating the provisions of this standard, including which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the adoption of ASU No. 2017-01 will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Intra-Entity Transfer of Assets Other than Inventory.  The new standard requires recognition of current and deferred income taxes resulting from an intra-entity transfer of any asset (excluding inventory) when the transfer occurs. This is a change from existing GAAP which prohibits recognition of current and deferred income taxes until the asset is sold to a third party.  The new standard is effective as of January 1, 2018.  While early adoption is permitted, the Company expects to adopt ASU No. 2016-16 as of the effective date.  The Company is evaluating the provisions of this standard and has not determined what impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-16 will have on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases.  The new standard provides guidance on the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure of leases. The new standard supersedes present U.S. GAAP guidance on leases and requires substantially all leases to be reported on the balance sheet as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, as well as additional disclosures. The new standard is effective as of January 1, 2019. While early adoption is permitted, the Company expects to adopt ASU No. 2016-02 as of the effective date.  The Company is evaluating the provisions of this standard and has not determined what impact the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02 will have on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605. The new guidance was the result of a joint project between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board to clarify the principles for recognizing revenue and to develop common revenue standards for U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The core principle of the new guidance is that revenue should be recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU No. 2014-09 was originally effective prospectively for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those years. In August 2015, the FASB elected to defer the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year to annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early application permitted as of the original effective date. The new guidance may be applied on a retrospective basis for all prior periods presented, or on a modified retrospective basis with the cumulative effect of the new guidance as of the date of initial application. The new guidance will be effective for the Company as of January 1, 2018 and the Company currently expects to use the modified retrospective transition method.

The Company substantially completed the impact assessment phase of its evaluation of ASU No. 2014-09. As a result of its impact assessment, the Company will be implementing additional processes and controls, including additional disclosures, to comply with the new standard. The largest financial impact will be the timing of revenue recognition for certain project-based orders in the BEST Segment for which the Company currently applies the percentage-of-completion or completed contract model. Under the new guidance, there are specific criteria to determine if a performance obligation should be recognized over time or at a point in time. The Company expects that in some cases the revenue recognition timing under the new guidance will change from current practice based on applying the specific criteria under the new guidance. The Company has not yet quantified the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2014-09 will have on the consolidated financial statements.