New Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

(10) New Accounting Pronouncements

On May 28, 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” This ASU is the result of a convergence project between the FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board. The core principle behind ASU 2014-09 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for delivering those goods and services. This model involves a five-step process that includes identifying the contract with the customer, identifying the performance obligations in the contract, determining the transaction price, allocating the transaction prices to the performance obligations in the contract and recognizing revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies the performance obligations. The guidance in the ASU supersedes existing revenue recognition guidance and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 with early application not permitted. The ASU allows two methods of adoption; a full retrospective approach where three years of financial information are presented in accordance with the new standard, and a modified retrospective approach where the ASU is applied to the most current period presented in the financial statements.

On April 1, 2015, the FASB voted for a one-year deferral of the effective date of the new standard and will issue an exposure draft proposing the deferral, with a 30-day comment period.  The proposal would now require application of the new standard no later than annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim reporting periods therein; however, under the proposal, public entities would be permitted to elect to early adopt the new standard as of the original effective date.  We currently expect to adopt the new standard in fiscal year 2018 in accordance with the revised effective date.

We are currently assessing the financial impact of adopting the new standard and the methods of adoption; however, given the scope of the new standard, we are currently unable to provide a reasonable estimate regarding the financial impact or which method of adoption of the new standard we will elect.