RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (Policies)

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Jul. 31, 2022

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Updates Adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”, as part of its overall simplification initiative to reduce costs and complexity of applying accounting standards while maintaining or improving the usefulness of the information provided to users of financial statements. The FASB’s amendments primarily impact ASC 740, Income Taxes, and may impact both interim and annual reporting periods. We adopted ASU 2019-12 on November 1, 2021; the effect of the adoption was immaterial.

Accounting Standards Updates to be Adopted

In April 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures”, which requires: 1) an entity to measure and record the lifetime expected credit losses of an asset that is within the scope of the Update upon origination or acquisition; as a result, credit losses from loans modified as troubled debt restructurings are to be incorporated into the allowance for credit losses and, 2) public business entities to disclose current-period gross writeoffs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investments in leases within the scope of Subtopic 326-20, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses—Measured at Amortized Cost”. The guidance in this Update will be effective for Photronics in its first quarter of fiscal 2024. The amendments are to be applied prospectively, with the exception of the transition method related to the recognition and measurement of troubled debt restructurings for which an entity has the option to apply a modified retrospective transition method. We are currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this ASU may have on our disclosures.

In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, “Government Assistance (Topic 832): Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance”, to increase the transparency of government assistance including the disclosure of the types of assistance an entity receives, an entity’s method of accounting for government assistance, and the effect of the assistance on an entity’s financial statements. The guidance in this Update will be effective for Photronics in its fiscal year 2023 Form 10-K, with early application of the amendments allowed. The amendments are to be applied prospectively to all transactions within the scope of the amendments that are reflected in financial statements at the date of initial application and new transactions that are entered into after the date of initial application or, retrospectively to those transactions. We are currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this ASU may have on our disclosures.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”, which provides optional expedients and exceptions to applying the guidance on contract modifications, hedge accounting, and other transactions, to simplify the accounting for transitioning from LIBOR, and other interbank offered rates expected to be discontinued, to alternative reference rates. The guidance in this Update was effective upon its issuance; if elected, it is to be applied prospectively from December 31, 2022. We do not expect the impact of this ASU to be material to our consolidated financial statements.