Changes in Accounting Principles

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Changes in Accounting Principles

Changes in Accounting Principles

Effective December 1, 2015, we early adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-03, “Interest - Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30) - Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” and ASU 2015-15, “Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements.” ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU 2015-15 states that the SEC staff would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing these costs when they relate to a line-of-credit arrangement. Upon adoption, we reclassified $54 million and $49 million as a reduction of debt on our 2015 and 2014 consolidated balance sheets, respectively.