NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2015

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

(3) New accounting standards to be adopted are as follows:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 605, Revenue Recognition.  This ASU 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.  The ASU also requires additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract.  In April 2015, the FASB issued a proposed ASU to defer the effective date by one year.  If the proposed ASU is finalized, the effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2019 with early adoption permitted in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018.  The adoption will use one of two retrospective application methods.  The Company has not determined the potential effects on the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period, which amends ASC 718, Compensation - Stock Compensation.  This ASU requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition.  Therefore, the performance target should not be reflected in estimating the grant-date fair value of the award.  Compensation cost should be recognized in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance target will be achieved and should represent the compensation cost attributable to the periods for which the requisite service has already been rendered.  The total compensation cost recognized during and after the requisite service period should reflect the number of awards that are expected to vest and should be adjusted to reflect those awards that ultimately vest.  The effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.  The adoption will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs, which amends ASC 835-30, Interest - Imputation of Interest.  This ASU requires that debt issuance costs related to borrowings be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the borrowing.  This treatment is consistent with debt discounts.  The ASU does not affect the amount or timing of expenses for debt issuance costs.  The effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 and will be applied retrospectively.  The adoption will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which amends ASC 350-40, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software.  This ASU provides guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license.  If an arrangement includes a software license, the accounting for the license will be consistent with licenses of other intangible assets.  If the arrangement does not include a license, the arrangement will be accounted for as a service contract.  The effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 and can be adopted prospectively or retrospectively.  The Company has not determined the potential effects on the consolidated financial statements.

In May 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-07, Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent), which amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement.  This ASU removes the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy investments without readily determinable fair values in entities that elect to measure fair value using net asset value per share or its equivalent.  The ASU requires that these investments continue to be shown in the investment disclosure amount to allow the disclosure to reconcile to the investment amount presented in the balance sheet.  The effective date will be the first quarter of fiscal year 2017 and will be applied retrospectively with early adoption permitted.  The Company is evaluating early adoption.  The adoption will not have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.