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ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

2)       ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

Accounting Changes

 

In January 2010, the FASB issued new guidance for improving disclosures about fair value measurements.  This guidance requires a reporting entity to disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers. In addition, for Level 3 fair value measurements, a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements.  This guidance was effective for interim and annual reporting periods ending on or after December 15, 2009 except for disclosures for Level 3 fair value measurements which was effective for the first quarter of 2011.  These new disclosures have been included in the Notes to MLOA's financial statements, as appropriate.

 

New Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued new guidance to amend the existing alternatives for presenting other comprehensive income and its components in financial statements. The amendments eliminate the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. An entity can elect to present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive statements. This guidance will not change the items that constitute net income and other comprehensive income, when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management does not expect that implementation of this guidance will have a material impact on MLOA's financial statements.

 

In May 2011, the FASB amended its guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure requirements to enhance comparability between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). The changes to the existing guidance include how and when the valuation premise of highest and best use applies, the application of premiums and discounts, as well as new required disclosures. This guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. Management does not expect that implementation of this guidance will have a material impact on MLOA's financial statements.

 

In April 2011, the FASB issued new guidance for a creditor's determination of whether a restructuring is a troubled debt restructuring (“TDR”). The new guidance provides additional guidance to creditors for evaluating whether a modification or restructuring of a receivable is a TDR. The new guidance will require creditors to evaluate modifications and restructurings of receivables using a more principles-based approach, which may result in more modifications and restructurings being considered TDR. The financial reporting implications of being classified as a TDR are that the creditor is required to:

 

  • Consider the receivable impaired when calculating the allowance for credit losses; and

     

  • Provide additional disclosures about its troubled debt restructuring activities in accordance with the requirements of recently issued guidance on disclosures about the credit quality of financing receivables and the allowance for credit losses.

 

The new guidance is effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011. Management does not expect that implementation of this guidance will have a material impact on MLOA's financial statements.