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ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
ORGANIZATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT PRESENTATION  
New accounting pronouncement

 

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting pronouncement related to revenue recognition (ASC Topic 606), which amends the guidance in former ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. The new standard provides a single comprehensive revenue recognition model for all contracts with customers and contains principles to apply to determine the measurement of revenue and timing of when it is recognized. The new standard currently requires a January 1, 2017 effective date for the Company. The Company is evaluating the impact of the new standard on the consolidated financial statements.

 

In August 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting pronouncement to amend ASC Topic 205 with the addition of Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40). The Subtopic requires an entity’s management to assess conditions and events to determine the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern for each annual and interim reporting period for which financial statements are issued or available to be issued. The Subtopic is effective for the annual period ending December 31, 2016 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statement disclosures.

 

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting pronouncement to amend ASC Topic 835 with Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs (Subtopic 835-30). The amendment adds the requirement for an entity to present debt issuance costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset and to report amortization of the debt issuance costs as interest expense. The Subtopic is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016 and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statement disclosures.

 

In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board also issued an accounting pronouncement to amend ASC Topic 350 with the addition of Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement (Subtopic 350-40). The amendment adds guidance on determining whether a cloud computing arrangement contains a software license that should be accounted for as internal-use software. If the cloud computing arrangement does not contain a software license, the agreement should be accounted for as a service contract. The Subtopic is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2016, and is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statement disclosures.

 

Management believes that there is no other new accounting guidance issued but not yet effective that is relevant to the Company’s current financial statements. However, there are new proposals under development by the standard setting bodies which, if and when enacted, may have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements, including the accounting for leases. As previously proposed, the lease accounting standard would require many operating leases to be reflected as liabilities with associated right-of-use assets.