NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

15.  NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements:

In December 2019, FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which allows for companies to remove certain exceptions and clarifies certain requirements regarding franchise taxes, goodwill, consolidated tax expenses, and annual effective tax rate calculations.  This standard is effective for our fiscal year 2022. We adopted this standard on November 1, 2021.  This standard did not have a significant effect on our accounting policies or on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In March 2020, FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) - Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting.  This standard provides temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles guidance on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens of the expected market transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates, such as SOFR.  This standard is effective for all entities beginning March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022.  We adopted this standard on November 1, 2021.  This standard did not have a significant effect on our accounting policies or on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

There have been no other significant changes in the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates during the six months ended April 30, 2022.