XML 33 R22.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.3.1.900
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
9 Months Ended
Jan. 23, 2016
Recent Accounting Pronouncements  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

Note 15: Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a new accounting standard that requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The new standard supersedes virtually all existing authoritative accounting guidance on revenue recognition and requires additional disclosures and greater use of estimates and judgments. During July 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date of the revenue recognition guidance by one year, thus making the new accounting standard effective for our fiscal year 2019. We are assessing the potential impact to our consolidated financial statements and financial statement disclosures.

 

In May 2015, the FASB issued a new accounting standard that requires entities to remove investments valued at net asset value per share under the practical expedient from the fair value hierarchy. Disclosure information on those assets will be required to help users understand the nature and risks of those investments. The standard is effective for our fiscal year 2017 and will be applied retrospectively. This standard will have no effect on our consolidated financial statements, but we are currently assessing the impact that this guidance will have on our fair value footnote disclosures.

 

In September 2015, the FASB released a new accounting standard for business combinations that requires the acquirer to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustments are determined. The standard is to be applied prospectively beginning with our fiscal year 2017. We are assessing the impact that this guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2015, the FASB issued a new accounting standard requiring all deferred income taxes to be classified as noncurrent in consolidated balance sheets. We presently classify our deferred income taxes on our consolidated balance sheet between current and noncurrent in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Adoption of this standard will only affect our consolidated balance sheet presentation of deferred income taxes by requiring that we remove the current income tax assets and liabilities presentation and reclassify those balances to noncurrent income tax assets and liabilities. This standard will be effective for our fiscal year 2017 with early adoption permitted.

 

In January 2016, the FASB issued a new accounting standard that requires equity investments to be measured at fair value with the fair value changes to be recognized through net income. This standard does not apply to investments that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting or that result in consolidation of the invested entity. We currently hold equity investments that are measured at fair value at the end of each reporting period and we recognize the fair value changes through other comprehensive income (loss) as unrealized gains (losses). Based on the fair value of our unrealized loss as of January 23, 2016, adoption of this standard would be immaterial to our consolidated financial statements. Adoption of this standard will be required for our fiscal year 2019 financial statements.