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NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2016-02, Leases. This ASU improves transparency and comparability related to the accounting and reporting of leasing arrangements, including balance sheet recognition for assets and liabilities associated with rights and obligations created by leases with terms greater than twelve months, among other changes. In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-01, Leases: Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition. This ASU clarifies the accounting and reporting of land easements. The effective date of these ASUs is for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted. The Company has evaluated the provisions of the new standards and is in the process of assessing their impact on financial statements and disclosures, information systems and business processes.

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 (ASU 2017-07). This ASU improves the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic postretirement benefit cost. The effective date of this ASU was for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2018. This ASU was applied retrospectively for the presentation of the net periodic postretirement cost components in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and prospectively, after the effective date. The guidance limiting the capitalization of net periodic benefit cost in assets to the service cost component is applied prospectively. The impact of the ASU for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was an increase of $3.0 million and $6.0 million, respectively, in Selling, general and administrative expenses (SG&A) offset by a reduction in Total other expense, net of $3.0 million and $6.0 million, respectively, related to the reclassification of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of unrecognized gains and prior service credits. See Note 8 to the Financial Statements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This ASU allows a reclassification from Accumulated other comprehensive earnings to Retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The effective date of this ASU is for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. The Company has evaluated the provisions of this standard and is in the process of assessing the amount to reclassify from Accumulated other comprehensive losses to Retained earnings and early adoption.