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Recent Accounting Pronouncements | Note 3: Recent Accounting Pronouncements Revenue Recognition In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated the accounting guidance related to revenue re cognition. The updated accounting guidance provides a single, contract-based revenue recognition model to help improve financial reporting by providing clearer guidance on when an entity should recognize revenue, and by reducing the number of standards to which an entity has to refer. In July 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date by one year to December 15, 2017 for annual reporting periods beginning after that date. The updated accounting guidance provides companies with alternative methods of a doption. We are currently in the process of determining the impact that the updated accounting guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements and our method of adoption. Consolidations In February 2015, the FASB updated the accounting guidance related to consolidation under the variable interest entity and voting interest entity models. The updated accounting guidance modifies the consolidation guidance for VIEs, limited partnerships and similar legal entities. The updated guidance is effective for us as of January 1, 2016. The updated accounting guidance provides companies with alternative methods of adoption. We do not expect t he updated accounting guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Debt Issuance Costs In April 2015, the FASB updated the accounting guidance related to the balance sheet presentation of debt issuance costs. The updated accounting guidance requires that debt issuance costs be presented as a direct deduction from the associated debt obligation. We ha ve adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and as a result we have reclassified unamortized debt issuance costs of $153 million as of December 31, 2014 from other noncurrent assets to a reduction of long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheet. A s of December 31, 2015, unamortized debt issuance costs included in long-term debt was $176 million. Deferred Income Taxes In November 2015, the FASB updated the accounting guidance related to the balance sheet presentation of deferred taxes. The upda ted accounting guidance requires that all deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilities and assets of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and p resented as a single amount is not affected by the amendments in this update. We have adopted this guidance prospectively as of December 31, 2015. Therefore, prior periods have not been adjusted to reflect this adoption. If we had retrospectively adopted t his guidance, $195 million of current deferred tax assets would have been reclassified from current assets to long-term liabilities as of December 31, 2014.
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements | Note 3: Recent Accounting Pronouncements Revenue Recognition In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) updated the accounting guidance related to revenue recognition. The updated accounting guidance provides a single, contract-based revenue recognition model to help improve financial reporting by providing clearer guidance on when an entity should recognize revenue, and by reducing the n umber of standards to which an entity has to refer. In July 2015, the FASB voted to defer the effective date by one year to December 15, 2017 for annual reporting periods beginning after that date. The updated accounting guidance provides comp anies with al ternative methods of adoption. We are currently in the process of determining the impact that the updated accounting guidance will have on our consolidated financial statements and our method of adoption. Consolidations In February 2015, the FASB updated t he accounting guidance related to consolidation under the variable interest entity and voting interest entity models. The updated accounting guidance modifies the consolidation guidance for VIEs, limited partnerships and similar legal entities. The updated guidance is effective for us as of January 1, 2016. The updated accounting guidance provides companies with alternative methods of adoption. We do not expect t he updated accounting guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. Debt Is suance Costs In April 2015, the FASB updated the accounting guidance related to the balance sheet presentation of debt issuance costs. The updated accounting guidance requires that debt issuance costs be presented as a direct deduction from the associated debt obligation. We have adopted this guidance as of December 31, 2015 and as a result we have reclassified unamortized debt issuance costs of $12 million as of December 31, 2014 from other noncurrent assets to a reduction of long-term debt on our consolid ated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2015, unamortized debt issuance costs included in long-term debt was $11 million. Deferred Income Taxes In November 2015, the FASB updated the accounting guidance re lated to the balance sheet presentation of deferred taxes. The updated accounting guidance requires that all deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified balance sheet. The current requirement that deferred tax liabilitie s 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. We have adopted this guidance prospectively as of December 31, 2015. Therefore, prior periods have not been adj usted to reflect this adoption. The adoption of the updated accounting guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated balance sheet.

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