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New Accounting Standards
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
New Accounting Standards

2. New Accounting Standards

Accounting Standards Adopted in Fiscal 2021

ASU 2020-01 - In January 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2020-01, “Investments - Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) - Clarifying the Interactions between Topic 321, Topic 323, and Topic 815.” The ASU is based on a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force and is expected to increase comparability in accounting for these transactions. ASU 2016-01 made targeted improvements to accounting for financial instruments, including providing an entity the ability to measure certain equity securities without a readily determinable fair value at cost, less any impairment, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. Among other topics, the amendments clarify that an entity should consider observable transactions that require it to either apply or discontinue the equity method of accounting. For public business entities, the amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2020-01 on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

ASU 2019-12 - In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”, as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in the accounting standards. The ASU eliminates certain exceptions from ASC 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. ASU 2019-12 also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of the accounting for income taxes. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted ASU 2019-12 on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

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Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

ASU 2016-13 - In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial- Instruments”. The ASU changes the impairment model and requires financial assets measured at amortized cost basis, including finance receivables (loans), HTM debt securities, trade receivables, and off-balance sheet credit exposures not accounted for as insurance to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. Under this model, entities will be required to estimate the lifetime expected credit loss on such instruments and record an allowance to offset the amortized cost basis of the financial asset, resulting in a net presentation of the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. Subsequent ASUs, including 2018-19, 2019-04, 2019-05, 2019-10, 2019-11, and 2020-02 were issued to clarify certain aspects of ASU 2016-13 and to provide transition reliefs. Adoption requires modified retrospective transition through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the entity applies the new guidance. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2016-13 and all subsequent ASU guidance as of January 1, 2023 and is in the process of assessing its impact on the Company’s financial statements.

Management has evaluated other recently issued accounting standards and does not believe that any of these standards will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements and related disclosures as of March 31, 2021.