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Recent Accounting Guidance | 12 Months Ended
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May 31, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract] |
Recent Accounting Guidance | NOTE 2: RECENT ACCOUNTING GUIDANCE New accounting rules and disclosure requirements can significantly impact our reported results and the comparability of our financial statements. We believe the following new accounting guidance is relevant to the readers of our financial statements. Recently Adopted Accounting Standards In 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) and International Accounting Standards Board issued a new accounting standard that supersedes virtually all existing revenue recognition guidance under GAAP. The fundamental principles of the new guidance are that companies should recognize revenue in a manner that reflects the timing of the transfer of services to customers and the amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration that a company expects to receive for the goods and services provided. The new guidance establishes a five-step approach for the recognition of revenue. We adopted this standard as of June 1, 2018 (fiscal 2019) using the modified retrospective method of adoption as permitted by the standard. The new guidance did not have an impact on our revenue recognition policies, practices or systems; therefore, there was no cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of June 1, 2018. In March 2017, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2017-07) that changes how employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement benefit plans present the net periodic benefit cost in the income statement. This new guidance requires entities to report the service cost component in the same line item or items as other compensation costs. The other components of net benefit cost are required to be presented in the income statement separately from the service cost component outside of income from operations. This standard impacts our operating income but has no impact on our net income or earnings per share. We adopted this standard effective June 1, 2018 (fiscal 2019) and applied these changes retrospectively. As such, prior year financial results are recast to conform to these new rules. The following table presents our results under our historical method of accounting and as adjusted to reflect our adoption of ASU 2017-07 (in millions):
|  | May 31, 2018 |  |  | May 31, 2017 |
|  | Reported |  |  | Effect of Adoption of ASU 2017-07 |  |  | As Adjusted |  |  | Reported |  |  | Effect of Adoption of ASU 2017-07 |  |  | As Adjusted |
Revenue |  | $ | 65,450 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 65,450 |  |  | $ | 60,319 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 60,319 |
Operating income |  |  | 4,870 |  |  |  | (598 | ) |  |  | 4,272 |  |  |  | 5,037 |  |  |  | (471 | ) |  |  | 4,566 |
Other income (expense), net |  |  | (517 | ) |  |  | 598 |  |  |  | 81 |  |  |  | (458 | ) |  |  | 471 |  |  |  | 13 |
Net income |  |  | 4,572 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4,572 |  |  |  | 2,997 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,997 |
In August 2018, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2018-14) that modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement benefit plans. The guidance removes disclosures that are no longer considered cost beneficial, clarifies the specific requirements of disclosures and adds disclosure requirements identified as relevant. This new guidance had a minimal impact on our financial reporting. We adopted these new rules in the fourth quarter of 2019 and applied them retrospectively. New Accounting Standards and Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted In 2016, the FASB issued a new lease accounting standard which requires lessees to put most leases on their balance sheets but recognize the expenses in their income statements in a manner similar to current practice. The new standard states that a lessee will recognize a lease liability for the obligation to make lease payments and a right-of-use asset for the right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. Expenses related to leases determined to be operating leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis, while those determined to be financing leases will be recognized following a front-loaded expense profile in which interest and amortization are presented separately in the income statement. The new standard will also require disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements as well as additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. We are adopting the new leasing standard using a modified retrospective transition method as of the beginning of the period of adoption; therefore, we will not adjust the comparative periods presented but will record a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings effective as of June 1, 2019. We will elect the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allows us to carry forward the historical accounting relating to lease identification and classification for existing leases upon adoption and to not separate lease and non-lease components for certain classes of assets. We will make an accounting policy election not to recognize leases with an initial term of 12 months or less on the consolidated balance sheets. Based on our lease portfolio, we anticipate recognizing a lease liability and related right-of-use asset on our balance sheet of approximately $14 billion, with an immaterial impact on our income statement compared to the current lease accounting model. In addition, we expect to de-recognize existing deferred gains on sale leasebacks of aircraft of approximately $56 million as a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings effective as of June 1, 2019. The majority of our existing lease arrangements are classified as operating leases, which will continue to be classified as operating under the new standard. In connection with the adoption of these new rules, we implemented changes to our policies, processes, information systems and internal controls to ensure we meet the standard’s reporting and disclosure requirements. In June 2016, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2016-13) that changes how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that are not measured at fair value through net income. These changes will be effective June 1, 2020 (fiscal 2021). We are assessing the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. In February 2018, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2018-02) that will permit companies to reclassify the income tax effect of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) on items within AOCI to retained earnings. We are adopting this standard as of June 1, 2019 (fiscal 2020) and are electing to reclassify these tax effects, which are immaterial to our financial statements. In August 2018, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU 2018-15) that reduces the complexity for accounting for costs of implementing a cloud computing service arrangement and aligns the accounting for capitalizing implementation costs of hosting arrangements, regardless of whether they convey a license to the hosted software. These changes will be effective June 1, 2020 (fiscal 2021). We are assessing the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

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