Accounting Standards (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

New accounting pronouncements

Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract which clarifies the accounting for implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract. The company adopted the new guidance on a prospective basis and the adoption did not have a material impact on its consolidated results of operations and financial position.

Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU No. 2016-13 Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments which introduces a new model for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments based on an estimate of current expected losses. This includes trade and other receivables, contract assets, loans and other financial instruments. The adoption did not have a material impact on the company’s consolidated results of operations and financial position.

Effective January 1, 2020, the company adopted ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes which removed certain exceptions 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. The new standard was applied to the presentation of the company’s U.S. Federal business, which is reflected in discontinued operations.