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New Pronouncements
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]  
New Pronouncements
New Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”
The amendments in ASU 2014-09 will supersede and replace all currently existing U.S. GAAP, including industry-specific revenue recognition guidance, with a single, principle-based revenue recognition framework. The concept guiding this new model is that revenue recognition will depict transfer of control to the customer in an amount that reflects consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled. The core principles supporting this framework include (1) identifying the contract with a customer, (2) identifying separate performance obligations within the contract, (3) determining the transaction price, (4) allocating the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (5) recognizing revenue. This new framework will require entities to apply significantly more judgment. This increase in management judgment will require expanded disclosure on estimation methods, inputs, and assumptions for revenue recognition. The Transition Resource Group (TRG) is evaluating the impact of this ASU and will release implementation guidance in future periods. ASU 2015-14, "Deferral of the effective date" amended the effective date of ASU 2014-09 for public companies to annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Early adoption is permitted, but only beginning after December 15, 2016. Management will continue to evaluate the impact of this standard as it evolves.
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-05, "Customer's Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement"
ASU 2015-05 provides guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, then the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. For public companies, the guidance in ASU 2015-05 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect ASU 2015-05 to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-11, "Inventory - Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory"
ASU 2015-11 requires companies to measure most inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value, thereby simplifying the current guidance under which a company must measure inventory at the lower of cost or market. This ASU eliminates the need to determine replacement cost and evaluate whether said cost is within a quantitative range. This ASU also further aligns U.S. GAAP and international accounting standards. For public companies, the guidance in ASU 2015-11 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not expect ASU 2015-11 to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-16, "Business Combinations - Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments"
ASU 2015-16 simplifies the requirements to retrospectively account for adjustments made to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination. This ASU applies to all entities that have reported provisional amounts for items in a business combination for which the accounting is incomplete by the end of the reporting period in which the combination occurs and that have recognized an adjustment to provisional amounts during the measurement period. For public companies, the guidance in ASU 2015-16 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those annual periods. This ASU should be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date. Management does not expect ASU 2015-16 to have a material impact on the Company's financial statements and disclosures.
Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2015-17, "Income Taxes - Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes”
ASU 2015-17 simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes to require that deferred tax assets and liabilities be classified as non-current in a classified balance sheet. Current U.S. GAAP requires an entity to separate deferred income tax assets and liabilities into current and non-current amounts in a classified balance sheet. The current requirement that deferred tax assets and liabilities of a tax-paying component of an entity be offset and presented as a single amount is not affected by the amendments of this Update. For public companies, the guidance in ASC 2015-17 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. Earlier adoption is permitted. Management will comply with the presentation and disclosure requirements of ASU-2017 for the year ended December 31, 2016.