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Note 1 - Financial Statement Presentation
9 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
1.
Financial Statement Presentation
(As Restated)
 
The condensed consolidated financial statements of Air T, Inc. (the “Company”) have been prepared, without an audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the following disclosures are adequate to make the information presented
not
misleading. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the periods presented have been made.
 
It is suggested that these condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's
Amendment
No.1
on Form
10
-K/A to its Annual Report on Form
10
-K for the year ended
March 31, 2016.
The results of operations for the periods ended
December 31
are
not
necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.
 
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior period amounts to conform to the current presentation.
 
New Accounting Pronouncements
 
In
May 2014,
a comprehensive new revenue recognition standard was issued that will supersede nearly all existing revenue recognition guidance. The new guidance introduces a
five
-step model under which an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised 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. This guidance also requires disclosures sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing,
 and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
including interim periods within that reporting period. Management is currently evaluating the new guidance, including possible transition alternatives, to determine the impact it will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
In
July 2015,
a standard was issued that amends existing guidance to simplify the measurement of inventory by requiring certain inventory to be measured at the lower of cost or net realizable value. It is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2016
and for interim periods therein. The Company is evaluating the impact of adoption of this standard on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In
January 2016,
the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) published Accounting Standards Update (ASU)
2016
-
01
Financial Instruments Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities that amends the guidance on the classification and measurement of financial instruments. ASU
2016
-
01
becomes effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2017,
including interim periods therein. ASU
2016
-
01
removes equity securities from the scope of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic
320
and creates ASC Topic
321,
Investments
– Equity Securities. Under the new guidance, all equity securities with readily determinable fair values are measured at fair value on the statement of financial position, with changes in fair value recorded through earnings. The update eliminates the option to record changes in the fair value of equity securities through other comprehensive income. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of the standard on its consolidated financial statements. The Company currently has investments in available of sale securities and the fair value changes of such securities are, other than in the case of possible other-than-temporary impairments, currently reflected in other comprehensive income. Provided that the Company continues to hold available for sale securities after adoption of the amended guidance, earnings are likely to become more volatile.
 
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
02,
Leases. The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than
12
months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition. Similarly, lessors will be required to classify leases as either sales-type, finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition. Classification for both lessees and lessors will be based on an assessment of whether risks and rewards as well as substantive control have been transferred through a lease contract. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018,
including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. The Company is evaluating the impact of the adoption of the standard on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In
March 2016,
the FASB issued new accounting guidance for simplifying the treatment of employee share-based payments. The primary objective is to improve areas of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for which cost and complexity can be reduced while maintaining or improving the usefulness of information provided to users of financial statements. This accounting guidance will be effective for the Company beginning with its
2018
fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new guidance.
 
In
June 2016,
a standard was issued that significantly changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are
not
measured at fair value through net income, including trade receivables. The standard requires an entity to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” for such assets at inception, and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset, presents the net amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2019,
and interim periods therein. Early adoption is permitted for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2018,
and interim periods therein. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance to determine the impact it will have on its consolidated financial statements.