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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

15.  RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No.2013-02, “Other Comprehensive Income” (“ASU 2013-02”). The amendments in this Update supersede and replace the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income in ASUs 2011-05 (issued in June 2011) and 2011-12 (issued in December 2011) for all public and private organizations. The amendments require an entity to provide additional information about reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. Adoption of ASU 2013-02 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and the relevant disclosures were included in this document.

 

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No.2013-10, “Derivatives and Hedging” (Topic 815). The amendments in this Update permit the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (OIS) to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815, in addition to UST and LIBOR. The amendments also remove the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. The amendments are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. Adoption of ASU 2013-10 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No.2013-11, “Income Taxes” (Topic 740). An unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, should be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward, except as follows. To the extent a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction does not require the entity to use, and the entity does not intend to use, the deferred tax asset for such purpose, the unrecognized tax benefit should be presented in the financial statements as a liability and should not be combined with deferred tax assets. The assessment of whether a deferred tax asset is available is based on the unrecognized tax benefit and deferred tax asset that exist at the reporting date and should be made presuming disallowance of the tax position at the reporting date. For example, an entity should not evaluate whether the deferred tax asset expires before the statute of limitations on the tax position or whether the deferred tax asset may be used prior to the unrecognized tax benefit being settled.  The amendments in this Update do not require new recurring disclosures. The amendments are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. Management does not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2013-11 to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.