New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting

2. New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting

        In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. The standard requires companies to present items of net income, items of other comprehensive income and total comprehensive income in one continuous statement or two separate consecutive statements. This guidance was effective for the Company in its fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012 and it did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition or results of operations.

        In September 2011, the FASB issued guidance intended to simplify goodwill impairment testing. Entities are allowed to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test. This guidance was effective for goodwill impairment tests performed in interim and annual periods for the Company in its fiscal year beginning October 1, 2012. This guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In February 2013, the FASB issued new accounting guidance to update the presentation of reclassifications from comprehensive income to net income in consolidated financial statements. Under this new guidance, an entity is required to present information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income either by the respective line items of net income or by cross-reference to other required disclosures. The new guidance does not change the requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. This guidance is effective for the Company's fiscal year beginning October 1, 2013 and it is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In February 2013, the FASB issued new accounting guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation (within the scope of this guidance) is fixed at the reporting date. Examples of obligations within the scope of this guidance include debt arrangements, other contractual obligations, and settled litigation and judicial rulings. This new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013 and subsequent interim periods. This guidance is effective for the Company's fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014 and it is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

        In July 2013, the FASB issued new accounting guidance that requires the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits as a reduction of the deferred tax assets, when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists at the reporting date. This new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and subsequent interim periods. This guidance is effective for the Company's fiscal year beginning October 1, 2014 and it is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.