Recent Accounting Standards

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Standards

Recent Accounting Standards

Recently Issued Standards

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU applies only to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference LIBOR or another reference rate that is expected to be discontinued after reference rate reform. This ASU provides optional expedients and exceptions to accounting under GAAP for contract modifications that replace a reference rate affected by reference rate reform. The amendments in this update were effective as of March 12, 2020 and we may elect to apply the amendments to contract modifications or hedging relationships entered into through December 31, 2022. We adopted this ASU as of the effective date and will utilize the optional expedients to the extent they apply to us. Our revolving credit facility under the Fourth Amended Credit Agreement, which was entered into on October 16, 2020 and references LIBOR, contains certain provisions for alternative reference rates in the event LIBOR becomes unavailable. Additionally, we terminated our interest rate swap, which also referenced LIBOR, on September 30, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, we have no existing contracts or agreements that reference LIBOR, for which there is not an established alternative reference rate in anticipation of the phase out of LIBOR. As a result, we are unlikely to need to apply this guidance in the future.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging-Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. Under ASU 2020-06, the embedded conversion features are no longer separated from the host contract for convertible instruments with conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivatives under Topic 815, or that do not result in substantial premiums accounted for as paid-in capital. Consequently, a convertible debt instrument will be accounted for as a single liability measured at its amortized cost, as long as no other features require bifurcation and recognition as derivatives. The new guidance also requires the if-converted method be applied for all convertible instruments. ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. Adoption of the standard requires using either the modified retrospective or the retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Standards Reflected in Our 2020 Financial Statements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU replaces the incurred loss model with a new expected loss impairment model that applies to certain financial assets measured at amortized cost, including trade and other receivables and contract assets. We adopted this update in January 2020 using the modified-retrospective approach, and it did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.