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Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective
12 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2016
New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective

3. Recent Accounting Standards Not Yet Effective

In May 2014 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an accounting standards update related to the recognition and reporting of revenue that establishes a comprehensive new revenue recognition model designed to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance allows for the use of either the full or modified retrospective transition method. This new standard, as amended, will be effective for us in our first quarter of fiscal 2019, although adoption in our first quarter of fiscal 2018 is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements, as well as which transition method and our planned adoption date.

In February 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update on financial reporting for leasing arrangements, including requiring lessees to recognize an operating lease with a term greater than one year on their balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and corresponding lease liability, measured at the present value of the lease payments. This new standard will be effective for us in our first quarter of fiscal 2020, although early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, lessees must apply a modified retrospective transition approach for leases existing at, or entered into after, the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented in the financial statements. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements, as well as our planned adoption date.

In March 2016, the FASB issued an accounting standards update that impacts several aspects of the accounting for stock-based awards, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification of activity in the statement of cash flows. The standard also provides for the ability to make an entity-wide accounting policy election to either estimate forfeitures, consistent with current GAAP, or to account for forfeitures as they occur. This new standard will be effective for us in our first quarter of fiscal 2018, although early adoption is permitted with a requirement that all amendments be adopted in the same period. We are currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on our consolidated financial statements, our planned adoption date, and the method of adoption for each amendment.