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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS  
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

NOTE 3 DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

Current and noncurrent liabilities consist of municipal and income taxes payable and social obligations due within the country of Venezuela.  Expenses incurred for in-country obligations are reported as discontinued operations.  The activity for the three months ended December 31, 2018 was primarily due to the remeasurement of uncertain tax liabilities as a result of the devaluation of the Venezuela bolivar.  Early in 2018, the Venezuelan government announced that it changed the existing dual-rate foreign currency exchange system by eliminating its heavily subsidized foreign exchange rate, which was 10 Bolivars per United States dollar, and relaunched an exchange system known as DICOM.  The Venezuela government also established a new currency called the “Sovereign Bolivar,” which was determined by the elimination of five zeros from the old currency. The DICOM floating rate was approximately 638 Bolivars per United States dollar at December 31, 2018.  The DICOM floating rate might not reflect the barter market exchange rates.