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Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Text Block]
2.
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 do
not
plan to early adopt the guidance. We expect to adopt the new standard under the modified retrospective approach. Although we are still in the process of evaluating our contracts, we do
not
believe the adoption of ASU
2014
-
09
will have a material impact on the amount or timing of our homebuilding revenues. We are continuing to evaluate the impact the adoption of ASU
2014
-
09
may
have on other aspects of our business and on our condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures.
 
In
January 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
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 for 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 Accounting Standards Codification ("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 condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In
March 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
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. 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 condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In
March 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
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. Our adoption of ASU
2016
-
07
on
January 1, 2017
did
not
have an effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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. In connection with our adoption of ASU
2016
-
09
on
January 1, 2017,
the Company elected to apply the provisions of ASU
2016
-
09
related to the income statement and statement of cash flows impact of income taxes on a prospective basis, and as such, prior periods have
not
been adjusted. The Company made a policy election to continue to estimate forfeitures at the grant date of an award. The remaining updates required in connection with our adoption of ASU
2016
-
09
did
not
have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In
August 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
15,
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments
("ASU
2016
-
15"
), which provides guidance on how certain cash receipts and cash payments are to be presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU
2016
-
15
is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
and early adoption is permitted. We do
not
believe that the adoption of ASU
2016
-
15
will have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In
November 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
18,
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
): Restricted Cash
("ASU
2016
-
18"
), which provides guidance on the classification of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. ASU
2016
-
18
is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
and early adoption is permitted. We determined that upon adoption of this new standard, the Company will
no
longer present the changes within restricted cash in the consolidated statements of cash flows.
 
In
January 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2017
-
01,
Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business
("ASU
2017
-
01"
), which clarifies the definition of a business for determining whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. ASU
2017
-
01
is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2017,
and early adoption is permitted. Once adopted, the Company will be required to analyze any future acquisitions to determine whether the transaction qualifies as a purchase of a business or an asset. Transaction costs associated with asset acquisitions will be capitalized, while transaction costs associated with a business combination will continue to be expensed as incurred. In addition, asset acquisitions will
not
be subject to a measurement period, as are business combinations. The adoption of ASU
2017
-
01
may
have a future impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In
January 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2017
-
04,
Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic
350
): Simplifying the Accounting for Goodwill Impairment
("ASU
2017
-
04"
), which removes the requirement to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment. A goodwill impairment will now be the amount by which a reporting unit’s carrying value exceeds its fair value,
not
to exceed the carrying amount of goodwill. ASU
2017
-
04
is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2019,
and early adoption is permitted. We elected to early adopt ASU
2017
-
04
for the reporting period beginning
January 1, 2017.
Our adoption of ASU
2017
-
04
did
not
have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.