New Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

NOTE K - New Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) which simplified how companies test goodwill for impairment.  The ASU permits an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described in the goodwill accounting standard.  The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company adopted this pronouncement in 2012.  In July 2012, the FASB issued an ASU which expanded the scope of this valuation testing methodology to include all indefinite-lived assets and is effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012.  We do not expect this ASU to have a material effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, “Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” to amend Accounting Standards Codification Topic 220, “Comprehensive Income”.  The amendment requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of other comprehensive income by component.  Entities are also required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under US GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period.  For other amounts that are not required under US GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross reference to other disclosures required under US GAAP that provide additional details about those amounts.  ASU 2013-02 is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012.  The Company has applied the requirements of ASU 2013-02 in the first quarter of 2013.