Note 2 - Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]	(2) Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements The following accounting pronouncements became effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2017: Simplification of Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016 - 09 which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and classification in the statement of cash flows. This standard became effective for the Company on January 1, 2017. The new standard requires recognition of excess tax benefits that had not previously been recognized. The Company had no remaining unrecognized excess tax benefits as of December 31, 2016. All excess tax benefits and deficiencies in future periods will be recorded as part of the current period tax provision within the Income Statement. This will result in increased volatility in the Company’s effective tax rate. During the first quarter of 2017, the Company recognized a tax benefit of $2,654 which lowered the effective tax rate by 9.8%. No other provisions in this new standard had a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements including the Company’s accounting policy election to account for forfeitures when they occur. To conform to the current year presentation, the Company reclassified $404 of excess tax benefits under financing activities to operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2016 on the consolidated statement of cash flows. Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015 - 11 which requires that inventory be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value, which eliminates the other two options that currently exist for market, replacement cost and net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. This update became effective on January 1, 2017 and did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The following recently issued accounting pronouncements will become effective for the Company in the future: Business Combinations – Clarifying the Definition of a Business In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017 - 01 which clarifies the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The standard introduces a screen for determining when assets acquired are not a business and clarifies that a business must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that contribute to an output to be considered a business. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. Statement of Cash Flows – Restricted Cash In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016 - 18 which clarifies the presentation requirements of restricted cash within the statement of cash flows. The changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period should be included in the beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents balance reconciliation on the statement of cash flows. When cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than one line item within the statement of financial position, an entity shall calculate a total cash amount in a narrative or tabular format that agrees to the amount shown on the statement of cash flows. Details on the nature and amounts of restricted cash should also be disclosed. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. Statement of Cash Flows - Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016 - 15 which provides guidance on the presentation and classification in the statement of cash flows for specific cash receipt and payment transactions, including debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims and corporate-owned life insurance policies, and distributions received from equity method investees. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. Leases In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016 - 02 which requires lessees to recognize right of use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases except short-term leases. On the income statement, leases will be classified as operating or finance leases. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within that reporting period. At this time, the Company has no financing leases and only a limited number of operating leases. The result of adoption will be an increase to assets and liabilities by the same amount for the identified operating leases. This adjustment will not be material to the Company, assuming there is not an increase in lease activity. Revenue from Contracts with Customers In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014 - 09 that introduces a new five -step revenue recognition model in which an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires disclosures sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. Numerous updates were issued in 2016 that provide clarification on a number of specific issues as well as requiring additional disclosures. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. While the Company has not yet completed its final review of the impact of the new standard, the Company does not currently anticipate a material impact on its revenue recognition practices. The Company is still evaluating disclosure requirements under the new standard. We will continue to evaluate the standard as well as additional changes, modifications or interpretations which may impact our current conclusions. The Company expects to adopt the new standard using the modified retrospective method. Presentation of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Related to Defined Benefit Plans In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017 - 07 which amends the requirements in ASC 715 related to the income statement presentation of the components of net periodic benefit cost for an entity’s sponsored defined pension and other postretirement plans. The ASU requires entities to (1) disaggregate the current-service-cost component from the other components of net benefit cost and present it with other current compensation costs for related employees in the income statement and (2) present the other components elsewhere in the income statement and outside of income from operations if such subtotal is presented. The ASU also requires entities to disclose the income statement lines that contain the other components if they are not presented separately. The ASU’s amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have an impact on its consolidated financial statements. Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017 - 04 which simplifies the goodwill impairment test by eliminating Step 2 in the determination on whether goodwill should be considered impaired. Instead, an impairment charge should equal the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance and does not expect it to have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.

(2)

Impact of Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

The following accounting pronouncements became effective for the Company in the

first

quarter of

2017:

Simplification of Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting

March

2016,

the FASB issued ASU

2016

which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including the accounting for income taxes, forfeitures and classification in the statement of cash flows. This standard became effective for the Company on

January

2017.

The new standard requires recognition of excess tax benefits that had not previously been recognized. The Company had

remaining unrecognized excess tax benefits as of

December

31,

2016.

All excess tax benefits and deficiencies in future periods will be recorded as part of the current period tax provision within the Income Statement. This will result in increased volatility in the Company’s effective tax rate. During the

first

quarter of

2017,

the Company recognized a tax benefit of

$2,654

which lowered the effective tax rate by

9.8%.

No other provisions in this new standard had a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements including the Company’s accounting policy election to account for forfeitures when they occur.

To conform to the current year presentation, the Company reclassified

$404

of excess tax benefits under financing activities to operating activities for the

three

months ended

March

31,

2016

on the consolidated statement of cash flows.

Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory

July

2015,

the FASB issued ASU

2015

which requires that inventory be measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value, which eliminates the other

two

options that currently exist for market,

replacement cost and net realizable value less an approximately normal profit margin. This update became effective on

January

2017

and did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The following recently issued accounting pronouncements will become effective for the Company in the future:

Business Combinations – Clarifying the Definition of a Business

January

2017,

the FASB issued ASU

2017

which clarifies the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions or disposals of assets or businesses. The standard introduces a screen for determining when assets acquired are not a business and clarifies that a business must include, at a minimum, an input and a substantive process that contribute to an output to be considered a business. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2017,

including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows – Restricted Cash

November

2016,

the FASB issued ASU

2016

which clarifies the presentation requirements of restricted cash within the statement of cash flows. The changes in restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents during the period should be included in the beginning and ending cash and cash equivalents balance reconciliation on the statement of cash flows. When cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents are presented in more than

one

line item within the statement of financial position, an entity shall calculate a total cash amount in a narrative or tabular format that agrees to the amount shown on the statement of cash flows. Details on the nature and amounts of restricted cash should also be disclosed. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2017,

including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows

- Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments

August

2016,

the FASB issued ASU

2016

which provides guidance on the presentation and classification in the statement of cash flows for specific cash receipt and payment transactions, including debt prepayment or extinguishment costs, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims and corporate-owned life insurance policies, and distributions received from equity method investees. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2017,

including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Leases

February

2016,

the FASB issued ASU

2016

which requires lessees to recognize right of use assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases except short-term leases. On the income statement, leases will be classified as operating or finance leases. This standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2018,

including interim periods within that reporting period. At this time, the Company has no

financing leases and only a limited number of operating leases. The result of adoption will be an increase to assets and liabilities by the same amount for the identified operating leases. This adjustment will not be material to the Company, assuming there is not an increase in lease activity.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

May

2014,

the FASB issued ASU

2014

that introduces a new

five

-step revenue recognition model in which an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This ASU also requires disclosures sufficient to enable users to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers, including qualitative and quantitative disclosures about contracts with customers, significant judgments and changes in judgments, and assets recognized from the costs to obtain or fulfill a contract. Numerous updates were issued in

2016

that provide clarification on a number of specific issues as well as requiring additional disclosures. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2017,

including interim periods within that reporting period. While the Company has not yet completed its final review of the impact of the new standard, the Company does not currently anticipate a material impact on its revenue recognition practices. The Company is still evaluating disclosure requirements under the new standard. We will continue to evaluate the standard as well as additional changes, modifications or interpretations which

may

impact our current conclusions. The Company expects to adopt the new standard using the modified retrospective method.

Presentation of Net Periodic Benefit Cost Related to Defined Benefit Plans

March

2017,

the FASB issued ASU

2017

which amends the requirements in ASC

715

related to the income statement presentation of the components of net periodic benefit cost for an entity’s sponsored defined pension and other postretirement plans. The ASU requires entities to

(1)

disaggregate the current-service-cost component from the other components of net benefit cost and present it with other current compensation costs for related employees in the income statement and

(2)

present the other components elsewhere in the income statement and outside of income from operations if such subtotal is presented. The ASU also requires entities to disclose the income statement lines that contain the other components if they are not presented separately. The ASU’s amendment is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2017,

including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment

January

2017,

the FASB issued ASU

2017

which simplifies the goodwill impairment test by eliminating Step

in the determination on whether goodwill should be considered impaired. Instead, an impairment charge should equal the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December

15,

2019,

including interim periods within that reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the new guidance and does not expect it to have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.