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Recent Relevant Accounting Standards
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Sep. 30, 2017
Recent Relevant Accounting Standards [Abstract]  
Recent Relevant Accounting Standards
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Recent Relevant Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09, which creates Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 606, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" ("ASC Topic 606") and supersedes ASC Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition." The provisions of ASC Topic 606 provide for a single comprehensive principles-based standard for the recognition of revenue across all industries and expanded disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue, as well as certain additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those years. The guidance permits the use of either a full retrospective or modified retrospective transition method. We expect to adopt the standard using the modified retrospective transition method, which would require the cumulative effect of initially applying the standard to be recognized as an adjustment to beginning retained earnings as of January 1, 2018.  We are currently conducting analysis to quantify the adoption impact of the provisions of the new standard and evaluating our current contracts and revenue streams. We do not expect the cumulative adjustment to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  We believe we are following an appropriate timeline to allow for proper recognition, presentation and disclosure upon adoption effective January 1, 2018.
  
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases" ("ASU 2016-02"), which requires that lessees recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms greater than twelve months in the statement of financial position. ASU 2016-02 also requires improved disclosures to help users of financial statements better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim reporting periods within those years. We are currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, "Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting" ("ASU 2016-09"), which we adopted on January 1, 2017.  ASU 2016-09 requires all income tax effects of share-based awards to be recognized in the income statement, which were previously presented as a component of shareholders' equity, on a prospective basis.  In addition, any excess tax benefits that were not previously recognized because the related tax deduction had not reduced current taxes payable are to be recorded on a modified retrospective basis through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption, which resulted in an increase of $6.5 million to our retained earnings as of January 1, 2017.  Regarding the statement of cash flows, the standard requires the presentation of excess tax benefits as an operating activity rather than as a financing activity and that cash paid by the Company when directly withholding shares for tax withholding purposes be classified as a financing activity on a retrospective basis. The standard also allows for an accounting policy election to estimate the number of awards that are expected to vest or to account for forfeitures when they occur. We elected to account for forfeitures as they occur, which did not result in a material cumulative effect adjustment to our retained earnings as of January 1, 2017.  Finally, the standard no longer allows windfall tax benefits to be included in the assumed proceeds when applying the treasury stock method for computing diluted earnings per share ("EPS"), which results in share-based awards having a more dilutive effect on EPS.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows" (Topic 230) ("ASU 2016-15").  ASU 2016-15 addresses how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 is effective in the first quarter of 2018, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied using a retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the potential effects of adopting the provisions of ASU 2016-15.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other" ("ASU 2017-04"), which simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating step two from the goodwill impairment test.  ASU 2017-04 is effective for annual and interim impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 and is required to be applied prospectively. Early adoption is allowed for annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We do not anticipate that adopting this standard will have an impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, "Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting" ("ASU 2017-09"), which provides guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting in ASC Topic 718.  The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. We do not anticipate that adopting this standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.