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Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements
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Jun. 30, 2016
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2014-09,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers
("ASU 2014-09"), which supersedes existing accounting literature relating to how and when a company recognizes revenue. Under ASU 2014-09, a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date
, which delayed the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year. As a result, for public companies, ASU 2014-09 will be effective for annual reporting periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is to be applied either with a full retrospective or modified retrospective approach, with early application permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption will have on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
 
In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12,
Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period
("ASU 2014-12"), which requires that a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. A reporting entity should apply existing guidance in ASC 718,
Compensation — Stock Compensation
, as it relates to awards with performance conditions that affect vesting to account for such awards. The amendments in ASU 2014-12 were effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015. Our adoption of ASU 2014-12 on January 1, 2016 did not have an effect on our financial statements.
 
In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15,
Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern
("ASU 2014-15"), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity's ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. The amendments in ASU 2014-15 are effective for the annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual and interim periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted. Our adoption of ASU 2014-15 is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements and related disclosures.
 
 
In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02,
Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis
("ASU 2015-02"), which changes the analysis that a reporting entity must perform to determine whether it should consolidate certain types of legal entities. The amendments in ASU 2015-02 were effective for
annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2015. Our adoption of ASU 2015-02 on January 1, 2016 did not have a material effect on our financial statements and related disclosures.
 
In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16,
Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments
("ASU 2015-16"), which eliminates the requirement that an acquirer in a business combination account for measurement-period adjustments retrospectively. Instead, an acquirer will recognize a measurement-period adjustment during the period in which it determines the amount of the adjustment, including the effect on earnings of any amounts it would have recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date. ASU 2015-16 was effective for annual periods
and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2015. Our adoption of ASU 2015-16 on January 1, 2016 did not have a material effect on our financial statements.
 
In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01,
Financial Instruments - Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
("ASU 2016-01"), which modifies how entities measure equity investments and present changes in the fair value of financial liabilities. Under the new guidance, entities will have to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted under the equity method at fair value and recognize any changes in fair value in net income unless the investments qualify for the new practicality exception. A practicality exception will apply to those equity investments that do not have a readily determinable fair value and do not qualify for the practical expedient to estimate fair value under ASC Topic 820,
Fair Value Measurements
, and as such these investments may be measured at cost. ASU 2016-01 is effective for annual periods
and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2017. We are currently evaluating the impact adoption will have on our financial statements.
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, 
Leases
 ("ASU 2016-02"), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to classify leases as either finance or operating leases and to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term greater than 12 months regardless of the lease classification. The lease classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest rate method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Accounting for lessors remains largely unchanged from current GAAP. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual periods
and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2018. We are currently evaluating the impact adoption will have on our financial statements.
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-07, 
Investments- Equity Method and Joint Ventures: Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting
 ("ASU 2016-07"), which eliminates the requirement to apply the equity method of accounting retrospectively when a reporting entity obtains significant influence over a previously held investment. ASU 2016-07 is effective for annual periods
and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2016. Our adoption of ASU 2016-07 is not expected to have a material effect on our financial statements.
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-08,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)
("ASU 2016-08"). ASU 2016-08 does not change the core principle of the guidance stated in ASU 2014-09, instead, the amendments in this ASU are intended to improve the operability and understandability of the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations and whether an entity reports revenue on a gross or net basis. ASU 2016-08 will have the same effective date and transition requirements as the new revenue standard issued in ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this ASU and ASU 2014-09 will have on
our financial statements and related disclosures
.
 
 
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09,
Compensation — Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting
("ASU 2016-09"), which simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-09 is effective for annual periods
and interim periods within those annual periods
beginning after December 15, 2016, and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact adoption will have on our financial statements.