Recently Issued Accounting Standards

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Sep. 30, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments and subsequently issued additional guidance that modified ASU 2016-13. The standard requires an entity to change its accounting approach for measuring and recognizing credit losses on certain financial assets measured at amortized cost, including trade receivables, certain non-trade receivables, contract assets, held-to-maturity securities, customer advances and certain off-balance sheet credit exposures, by replacing the existing “incurred loss” framework with an expected credit loss recognition model.  The new standard results in earlier recognition of credit losses based on past events, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts.  The standard is effective for entities with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within such fiscal years. We adopted the requirements of this standard effective January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective approach and recorded a cumulative effect adjustment of $3.0 million to January 1, 2020 retained earnings (accumulated deficit). Results for reporting periods beginning January 1, 2020 reflect the adoption of ASU 2016-13, while prior period amounts were not adjusted and continue to be reported in accordance with our historical accounting practices. In our previous accounting policy for trade receivables and non-trade receivables, we maintained an allowance for doubtful accounts based solely on specific identification. Under the new accounting standard, we maintain our specific identification process but utilize several factors to develop historical losses reserves, including aging schedules, customer creditworthiness and historical payment experience, which are then adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts in measurement of the allowance.  In addition, for customer advances and certain off-balance sheet credit exposures, we evaluate the allowance through a discounted cash flow approach.  For held-to-maturity investment securities, we evaluate (i) historical information adjusted for current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts and (ii) qualitative factors to determine whether the zero-loss expectation exception applies. Refer to Note 7 for additional disclosures related to current expected credit losses.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The amendments in the ASU remove certain exceptions to the intraperiod tax allocation of losses and gains from different financial statement components and to the method of recognizing income taxes on interim period losses and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. In addition, the new guidance simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. The Company adopted this standard starting in the first quarter of 2021, which did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.