
6.			RECENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Rocky Brands, Inc. is currently evaluating the impact of certain ASUs on its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) or Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited):


Standard	Description	Anticipated Adoption Period	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters

ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments (a consensus of the Emerging Issues Task Force).	The pronouncement provides specific guidance on eight cash flow classification issues to reduce the diversity in practice.	Q1 2018	The Company does not anticipate the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.
ASU 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments	The pronouncement seeks to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date by replacing the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.	Q1 2020	The Company is evaluating the impacts of the new standard on its existing financial instruments, including trade receivables.
ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842).	The pronouncement introduces a lessee model that brings most leases on the balance sheet. The standard requires that lessees recognize the following for all leases (with the exception of short-term leases, as that term is defined in the standard) at the lease commencement date: (1) a lease liability, which is a lessee’s obligation to make lease payments arising from a lease, measured on a discounted basis; and (2) a right-of-use asset, which is an asset that represents the lessee’s right to use, or control the use of, a specified asset for the lease term.	Q1 2019	The Company has formed an internal project team to begin gathering data relating to leasing activity at the Company. This includes compiling a list of all contracts that could meet the definition of a lease under the new standard and evaluating the accounting for these contracts under the new standard to determine the ultimate impact the new standard will have on the Company's financial statements.
ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).	The pronouncement outlines a single, comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance. The core principle of the new standard is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.	Q1 2018	The Company has formed an internal project team and has begun analyzing the various revenue streams at the Company and is determining the impact of the new standard on these revenue streams. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has not concluded on a method of adoption.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

Standard	Description	Effect on the financial statements or other significant matters

ASU 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718) Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting.	Among other provisions, the standard requires that all income tax effects of awards are recognized in the income statement when the awards vest or are settled and also allows an employer to make a policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur.	The Company adopted this ASU in the first quarter of 2017, which did not have a material effect on the condensed consolidated financial statements. Upon adoption, The Company has elected to continue incorporating an estimate for forfeitures for share-based compensation with a service condition.
ASU 2015-17, Income Taxes - Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes (Topic 740).	The amendments in this update simplify the presentation of deferred income taxes, the amendments in this update require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The amendments in this update apply to all entities that present a classified statement of financial position. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by the amendments in this update.	The Company adopted this ASU effective January 2017 and applied the amendments retrospectively to maintain comparability of its condensed consolidated balance sheets. The change in accounting standard has been applied retrospectively by adjusting the condensed consolidated balance sheets for the prior periods presented.
ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330).	The amendments in this Update require an entity to measure inventory within the scope of this update at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method.	The Company has adopted this ASU in the first quarter of 2017, which did not have an effect on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40).	Prior to this ASU, there was no guidance in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) about management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern or to provide related footnote disclosures. The amendments in this update provide that guidance. In doing so, the amendments should reduce diversity in the timing and content of footnote disclosures. The amendments require management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern by incorporating and expanding upon certain principles that are currently in U.S. auditing standards. Specifically, the amendments (1) provide a definition of the term substantial doubt, (2) require an evaluation every reporting period including interim periods, (3) provide principles for considering the mitigating effect of management’s plans, (4) require certain disclosures when substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of consideration of management’s plans, (5) require an express statement and other disclosures when substantial doubt is not alleviated, and (6) require an assessment for a period of one year after the date that the financial statements are issued (or available to be issued).	The Company has adopted this ASU in the first quarter of 2017, which did not have an effect on the condensed consolidated financial statements.