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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies.

The Company’s accounting policies are set forth in “Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Company’s Notes to Consolidated and Combined Financial Statements included in the 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Included herein are certain updates to those policies.

Leases—Effective January 1, 2019, arrangements containing leases are evaluated as an operating or finance lease at lease inception. For operating leases, the Company recognizes an operating right-of-use asset and operating lease liability at lease commencement based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term.

Since an implicit rate of return is not readily determinable for the Company's leases, an incremental borrowing rate is used in determining the present value of lease payments, and is calculated based on information available at the lease commencement date. Most leases include renewal options, however, generally it is not reasonably certain that these options will be exercised at lease commencement. Lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recognized on the Company’s balance sheet. The Company does not separate lease and non-lease components for its real estate and automobile leases.

ReclassificationFor the three months ended March 31, 2018 we reclassified $1 million of interest from Interest and other charges, net to Other (income) expense, net in the unaudited Combined Interim Statement of Operations to conform with the current period presentation. This reclassification had no impact on Income before taxes and Net income, the unaudited Consolidated and Combined Balance Sheet or unaudited Combined Interim Statement of Cash Flows during the respective periods.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—The Company considers the applicability and impact of all recent accounting standards updates (“ASUs”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). ASUs not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have an immaterial impact on the consolidated and combined financial position or results of operations.

The Company adopted ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), effective January 1, 2019, and applied the changes prospectively, recognizing a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings as of the adoption date. As permitted by the new guidance, the Company elected the package of practical expedients, which among other things, allowed historical lease classification to be carried forward.

Upon adoption of the ASU No. 2016-02 the Company recognized an aggregate lease liability of $115 million, calculated based on the present value of the remaining minimum lease payments for qualifying leases as of January 1, 2019, with a corresponding right-of-use asset of $112 million. The cumulative-effect adjustment recognized to opening retained earnings was not material. The adoption of the new guidance did not impact the Company’s unaudited consolidated interim statements of operations or cash flows.

In February 2018, the FASB issued guidance that allows for an entity to elect to reclassify the income tax effects on items within accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“U.S. Tax Reform”) to retained earnings. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted, including interim periods within those years. The Company adopted the standard on January 1, 2019 and has not reclassified the income tax effects of U.S. Tax Reform from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. The Company has adopted the aggregate portfolio accounting policy for recognizing the disproportionate income tax effects in accumulated other comprehensive income.

In August 2018, the FASB issued guidance which amends the current disclosure requirements regarding defined benefit pensions and other post retirement plans and allows for the removal of certain disclosures, while adding certain new disclosure requirements. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020 and allows for early adoption. The Company does not expect this new standard to have a significant impact to its disclosures.