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Accounting Pronouncements (Details) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
ASU 2016-08 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | ASU 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) - clarifies how an entity should identify the unit of accounting (i.e. the specified good or service) for the principal versus agent evaluation and how it should apply the control principle to certain types of arrangements.
ASU 2016-10 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | ASU 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing - clarifies the guidance surrounding licensing arrangements and the identification of performance obligations.
ASU 2016-12 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | ASU 2016-12, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients - addresses implementation issues raised by stakeholders concerning collectability, noncash consideration, presentation of sales tax, and transition.
ASU 2016-20 [Member] [Domain] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | ASU 2016-20, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Technical Corrections and Improvements - addresses loan guarantee fees, impairment testing of contract costs, provisions for losses on certain contracts, and various disclosures.
ASU 2015-14 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date - delays the effective date of ASU 2014-09 by one year.
ASU 2016-01 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. This ASU modifies how entities measure equity investments and present changes in the fair value of financial liabilities. Upon adoption, investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method generally must be carried at fair value, with changes in fair value recognized in net income. As discussed in Note 12, we have approximately $96 million of unrealized gains on these securities recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2017. To the extent currently unrealized gains or losses on these investments are not realized through sale or other actions prior to the date of adoption, these amounts would be recorded directly to retained earnings upon adoption. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2017.
ASU 2016-02 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016- 02, Leases (Topic 842). The new standard establishes a right-of-use (ROU) model that requires a lessee to record a ROU asset and a lease liability on the balance sheet for all leases with terms longer than 12 months. Leases will be classified as either finance or operating, with classification affecting the pattern of expense recognition in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. In addition, this standard requires a lessor to classify leases as either sales-type, finance or operating. A lease will be treated as a sale if it transfers all of the risks and rewards, as well as control of the underlying asset, to the lessee. If risks and rewards are conveyed without the transfer of control, the lease is treated as financing. If the lessor doesn’t convey risks and rewards or control, the lease is treated as operating. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. A modified retrospective transition approach is required for lessees for capital and operating leases and lessors for sales-type, direct financing, and operating leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements, with certain practical expedients available. While we are still evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of the new standard on our consolidated financial statements, we expect that upon adoption we will recognize ROU assets and lease liabilities and that the amounts could be material. We do not expect the ASU to have a material impact on our cash flows or results of operations.
ASU 2016-13 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 328): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU requires that certain financial assets, including those measured at amortized cost basis, be presented at the net amount expected to be collected, utilizing an impairment model known as the current expected credit loss model. In addition, available-for-sale debt securities will no longer use the concept of "other than temporary" when considering credit losses. Under this ASU, entities must use an allowance approach for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities, and the allowance must be limited to the amount at which a security's fair value is below the amortized cost of the asset. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We do not expect this ASU to have a significant impact on our financial statements or disclosures.
ASU 2016-16 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory. This ASU requires the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset, other than inventory, to be recognized when the transfer occurs. Two common examples of assets included in the scope of this update are intellectual property and property, plant, and equipment. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU.
ASU 2017-01 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This ASU provides a new framework that will assist in the evaluation of whether business combination transactions should be accounted as acquisition of a business or a group of assets, as well as specifying the minimum required inputs and processes necessary to be a business. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU.
ASU 2017-04 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. This ASU eliminates Step 2 of the current goodwill impairment test, which requires a hypothetical purchase price allocation to measure goodwill impairment. A goodwill impairment loss will instead be measured at the amount by which a reporting unit's carrying value exceeds its fair value, not to exceed the recorded amount of goodwill. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted for any impairment test performed on testing dates after January 1, 2017. We do not expect this ASU to have a significant impact on our financial statements or disclosures.
ASU 2017-07 [Member] |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Description | In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-07, Compensation—Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost. This ASU requires an employer to report the service cost component of net periodic pension benefit cost in the same line item or items as other compensation costs arising from services rendered by the pertinent employees during the period, with other cost components presented separately from the service cost component and outside of income from operations. This ASU also allows only the service cost component of net periodic pension benefit cost to be eligible for capitalization when applicable. The provisions of this ASU are effective for years beginning after December 15, 2017. Provisions related to presentation of the service cost components versus other cost components must be applied retrospectively, while provisions related to service cost component eligibility for capitalization must be applied prospectively. We are currently evaluating the impact of this ASU.This ASU impacts only the presentation of net periodic pension cost/benefit and therefore does not have a significant impact on the financial statements.

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