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Future accounting matters
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Sep. 30, 2013
Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]  
Future accounting matters

Note 11 – Future accounting matters

Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-04 — Liabilities (Topic 405) On February 28, 2013, FASB issued ASU 2013-04. The amendments in this Update provide guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this Update is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in U.S. GAAP. The guidance requires an entity to measure those obligations as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors.

The guidance in this Update also requires an entity to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information about those obligations. This Accounting Standards Update is the final version of Proposed Accounting Standards Update EITF12D — Liabilities (Topic 405) which has been deleted.

The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies prescribed by this ASU by the date required, and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-07 — Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) — On April 22, 2013, FASB issued ASU 2013-07. The objective of this Update is to clarify when an entity should apply the liquidation basis of accounting and to provide principles for the measurement of assets and liabilities under the liquidation basis of accounting, as well as any required disclosures. This Accounting Standards Update is the final version of Proposed Accounting Standards Update 2012-210 — Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205), which has been deleted.

The amendments are effective for entities that determine liquidation is imminent during annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, and interim reporting periods therein. Entities should apply the requirements prospectively from the day that liquidation becomes imminent. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies prescribed by this ASU by the date required, and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

 

Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-10 — Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) — In July 2013, FASB issued ASU 2013-10. The objective of this Update is to provide for the inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate — Overnight Index Swap Rate (OIS) as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes, in addition to U.S. Treasury (UST) or London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) indices. The Update also removes a restriction stating that entities must use the same rates for similar hedges, offering greater flexibility in hedge accounting.

The amendments in this Update are effective prospectively for qualifying new or re-designated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The Company has adopted the applicable methodologies prescribed by this ASU and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.

Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11 — Income Taxes (Topic 740) — In July 2013, FASB issued ASU 2013-11. This update pertains to the unrecognized tax benefit when a net operating loss carry forward, a similar tax loss or a tax credit carry forward exists. The ASU is intended to end the varying ways that entities present these situations since GAAP is non-specific and leads to diversity in practice. The new standard deems that any unrecognized tax benefit or portion of an unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carry forward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carry forward except for certain defined situations.

The amendments in this Update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt the methodologies prescribed by this ASU by the date required, and does not anticipate that the ASU will have a material effect on its financial position or results of operations.