Recent Accounting Standards

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCMENTS

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, "Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity," which changes the requirements for reporting discontinued operations. A discontinued operation may include a component of an entity or group of components of an entity, or a business or nonprofit activity. Under the ASU, only those disposals of components of an entity that represent a strategic shift that has (or will have) a major effect on an entity's operations and financial results will be reported as discontinued operations in the financial statements. This standard will become effective for disposals or activities classified as held for sale that occur within annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. The implementation of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In January 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-05, "Service Concession Arrangements," which specifies that an operating entity should not account for a service concession arrangement that falls within the scope of this update as a lease in accordance with Topic 840. An operating entity should refer to other Topics as applicable to account for various aspects of a service concession arrangement. The amendments also specify that the infrastructure used in a service concession arrangement should not be recognized as property, plant and equipment of the operating entity. A service concession arrangement is defined as an arrangement between a public-sector entity and an operating entity for which the terms provide that the operating entity will operate the public-sector entity's infrastructure (for example, airports, roads, bridges, tunnels, prisons and hospitals) for a specified period of time. This standard will become effective for annual periods, and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 31, 2014. The Company is in the process of evaluating whether this standard would have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.