Other than as described below, no new accounting pronouncement issued or effective during the fiscal year has had or is expected to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, "Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement." The new guidance modifies disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those years. Implementation on a prospective or retrospective basis varies by specific disclosure requirement. Early adoption is permitted. The Company early adopted the provisions of this guidance in 2018 with no material impact on the financial statements.

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income." This guidance gives entities the option to reclassify stranded tax effects caused by the newly-enacted U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years. The Company is finalizing its evaluation of the provisions of this guidance.

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-14, "Compensation - Retirement Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans - General (Topic 715-20): Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans." This guidance adds, removes, and clarifies disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. This guidance should be applied on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. The Company early adopted the provisions of this guidance in 2018 with no material impact on the financial statements.

The Company adopted the provision of ASU 2017-07, "Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost," on January 1, 2018. Under this new guidance, employers present the service costs component of the net periodic benefit cost in the same income statement line items as other employee compensation costs arising from services rendered during the period. In addition, only the service cost component is eligible for capitalization in assets. Employers present the other components separately from the line items that includes the service cost and outside of any subtotal of operating income. In addition, disclosure of the lines used to present the other components of net periodic benefit cost are required if the components are not presented separately in the income statement. The retrospective adoption had no impact on Net earnings (loss).

INTANGIBLES

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract." The guidance aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangement that is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software (and hosting arrangements that include an internal-use software license). The accounting for the service element of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract is not affected by the amendments in this guidance. This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment." This guidance eliminates the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill under Step 2 of today's goodwill impairment test to measure a goodwill impairment charge. Instead, entities will record an impairment charge based on the excess of a reporting unit's carrying amount over its fair value. This guidance should be applied prospectively and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, for any impairment test performed in 2020. Early adoption is permitted for annual and interim goodwill impairment testing dates after January 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of this guidance; however, we do not anticipate adoption having a material impact on the financial statements.

LEASES

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, (Leases Topic 842): "Leases." This ASU will require most leases to be recognized on the balance sheet which will increase reported assets and liabilities. Lessor accounting will remain substantially similar to current U.S. GAAP. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years, and mandates a modified retrospective transition method for all entities. The Company will adopt this guidance using the newly approved transition method. We will recognize a liability and corresponding asset associated with in-scope operating and finance leases and are in the final stages of determining those amounts and the processes required to account for leasing activity on an ongoing basis. On adoption, we expect to recognize additional assets and liabilities of approximately $500 million based on the present value of the remaining minimum rental payments.

REVENUE RECOGNITION

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted the new revenue recognition standard ASC 606, "Revenue from Contracts With Customers," (new revenue standard) and all related amendments, using the modified retrospective method. We recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard as an adjustment to the operating balance of Retained earnings. The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

The Company recorded a net increase to opening Retained earnings of $73 million as of January 1, 2018, due to the cumulative impact of adopting the new revenue standard, with the impact primarily related to our customized products. The impacts of the adoption of the new revenue standard on the Company's consolidated financial statements were as follows:



Consolidated Statement of Operations
	2018
In millions, except per share amounts	Balances As Reported Under ASC 606		Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606		Impact of Adoption Increase/(Decrease)
Net sales	$	23,306	$	23,274	$	32
Cost of products sold	15,555		15,535		20
Distribution expenses	1,567		1,563		4
Income tax provision (benefit), net	445		443		2
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations	1,672		1,666		6
Net earnings (loss)	2,017		2,011		6
Earnings per share attributable to International Paper Company Shareholders
Basic	$	4.91	$	4.90	$	0.01
Diluted	4.85		4.84		0.01



Consolidated Balance Sheet
	2018
In millions, except per share amounts	Balances As Reported Under ASC 606		Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606		Impact of Adoption Increase/(Decrease)
Contract assets	$	395	$	—	$	395
Inventories	2,241		2,511		(270		)
Other current assets	250		278		(28		)
Other accrued liabilities	1,107		1,088		19
Deferred income taxes	2,600		2,601		(1		)
Retained earnings	7,465		7,386		79



Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
	2018
In millions, except per share amounts	Balances As Reported Under ASC 606			Balances Without Adoption of ASC 606			Impact of Adoption Increase/(Decrease)
Net earnings (loss)	$	2,017		$	2,011		$	6
Deferred income tax provision (benefit), net	133			159			(26		)
Contract assets	(32		)	—			(32		)
Inventories	(236		)	(256		)	20
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	151			147			4
Other	28			—			28