Recent Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Oct. 03, 2015

Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note E – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2015, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that modifies reporting of extraordinary items in the income statement.  The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015.  The adoption of the new guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

In February 2015, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which amends certain requirements for determining whether a variable interest entity must be consolidated.  The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015.  The adoption of the new guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

In April 2015, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which simplifies the presentation of debt issuance costs. The amendments in this accounting standard update require debt issuance costs to be presented on the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the carrying amount of the related debt liability.  The amendments in this accounting standard update are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015.  The adoption of the new guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

In July 2015, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which requires a company to change its valuation method of inventory from the lower of cost or market (market being replacement cost, net realizable value or net realizable value less an approximate profit margin) to the lower of cost or net realizable value.  The amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The amendment should be applied prospectively with earlier application permitted as of the beginning of an interim or annual reporting period.  The adoption of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

In September 2015, the FASB issued authoritative guidance which will simplify the accounting for adjustments made to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination.   U.S. GAPP currently requires that during the measurement period, the acquirer retrospectively adjust the provisional amounts recognized at the acquisition date with a corresponding adjustment to goodwill.  The amendments require that the acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined.  The amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The amendments should be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date with earlier application permitted for financial statements that have not yet been issued.  The adoption of this amendment is not expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.

The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect and that could impact its consolidated financial statements and does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued, but are not yet effective, that might have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements of the Company.