Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2021

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Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

Credit Losses

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued authoritative guidance to replace the incurred loss impairment methodology under current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The guidance requires a forward-looking expected credit loss model for financial assets, including accounts receivable and available for sale debt securities. The Company adopted this authoritative guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and the impact of the adoption was not material to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill

In January 2017, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that simplifies the accounting for goodwill impairment. The authoritative guidance removes Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test, which required a hypothetical purchase price allocation. Goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. All other goodwill impairment guidance remains largely unchanged. Entities will continue to have the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine if a quantitative impairment test is necessary. The Company adopted this authoritative guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and the adoption did not impact the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Cloud Computing Arrangements

In August 2018, the FASB issued new guidance requiring a customer in a cloud computing arrangement (i.e., hosting arrangement) that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets or expense as incurred. Capitalized implementation costs related to a hosting arrangement that is a service contract will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement, beginning when the module or component of the hosting arrangement is ready for its intended use. The Company adopted this authoritative guidance in the first quarter of fiscal 2021 and the impact of the adoption was not material to the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Income Taxes

In December 2019, the FASB issued authoritative guidance that simplifies the accounting for income taxes as part of the overall initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards. Amendments include removal of certain exceptions to the general principles of Accounting Standards Codification 740, Income Taxes. The amendments also include simplification in several other areas, such as recognition of deferred tax assets on step-up in tax basis in goodwill and accounting for franchise tax that is partially based on income. For public entities, the guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years, which for Xilinx would be the first quarter of fiscal 2022. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period, with any adjustments reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company has decided not to early adopt this new authoritative guidance and is currently evaluating the impact of this authoritative guidance on its consolidated financial statements.