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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In February 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) No. 2018-02, Reporting Comprehensive Income - Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The amendments in this update allow a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Consequently, the amendments eliminate the stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and will improve the usefulness of information reported to financial statement users. However, because the amendments only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the underlying guidance that requires that the effect of a change in tax laws or rates be included in income from continuing operations is not affected. The amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted this amendment for its postretirement plans with respect to the disproportionate effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to clear the effect as of January 1, 2018 that otherwise would not be cleared under current guidance until the postretirement plans have terminated. The Company had an associated $286,000 decrease to retained earnings for the adoption of this amendment.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Stock Compensation - Scope of Modification Accounting. The amendments in this update provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. The amendment is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual years. The adoption of this amendment did not impact the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. The amendments in this update require that the service cost component of net periodic postretirement benefit expense be presented in the same statement of operations line item as other employee compensation costs, while the remaining components of net periodic postretirement benefit expense are to be presented outside operating income. The amendment is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those annual years. The adoption of this amendment did not have a material impact to the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. This update apples to all entities that are required to present a statement of cash flows. This update provides guidance on eight specific cash flow issues: debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, distributions received from equity method investees, beneficial interests in securitization transactions and separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. This update was effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years with early adoption permitted. This update was applied using the retrospective transition method. The adoption of this standard did not impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting, which makes a number of changes meant to simplify and improve accounting for share-based payments. The amendment was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. The adoption of this ASU effective January 1, 2017 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Upon adoption of this new guidance, all excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies are recognized as income tax expense or benefit in our consolidated statements of operations as a discrete item in the reporting period in which they occur. The presentation requirements for cash flows related to employee taxes paid for withheld shares were adjusted retrospectively. These cash outflows, which were historically presented as an operating activity, were classified as a financing activity under taxes paid for shares withheld on the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company also had an approximate $170,000 decrease to retained earnings associated with our election to recognize forfeitures as they occur.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, ASC 606, which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605, Revenue Recognition. This update is based on the principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of 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. It also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts. The Company adopted this standard as of January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective approach, which only applies to contracts that were not complete as of the date of initial application. Adoption of this standard did not require an adjustment to beginning retained earnings. See Note 11, Revenue Recognition, for further discussion of the ASC 606 adoption impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the Company’s revenue recognition policies.

Recently Issued But Not Yet Adopted Accounting Standards
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases. This update increases transparency and comparability by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The primary effect of adopting the new standard will be to record assets and obligations on the balance sheet for contracts currently recognized as operating leases. We have identified certain applicable leases under the standard and are currently developing an inventory of all applicable leases, however, this standard is not applicable to oil and natural gas leases. The Company is still evaluating the impact of this standard on our consolidated financial statements.