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Note 13 - New Accounting Pronouncements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
13
.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
In
May 2014,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2014
-
09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic
606
)
. This ASU requires that an entity use the defined
five
step process to recognize revenue. The ASU also requires additional disclosures and is effective for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2016,
including interim periods within that reporting period. While the Company continues to assess its contracts with customers, it does
not
currently expect a material impact on results of operations, cash flows or financial position. The Company expects the consolidated financial statement disclosures over revenue recognition will expand in order to comply with the ASU.
 
In
March 2017,
FASB issued ASU
No.
2017
-
07,
Compensation-Retirement Benefits. This ASU aims to improve the presentation of the net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost by requiring the reporting of the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by employees during the period. The other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component and outside a subtotal of income from operations This ASU will be effective for public business entities for annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017.
The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of ASU
No,
2017
-
07
on its financial statements.
 
In
May 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2017
-
09,
Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic
718
) Scope of Modification Accounting. This ASU clarifies which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in Topic
718.
The standard is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of assessing the impact of ASU
No,
2017
-
09
on its financial statements.