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Basis Of Presentation And New Accounting Pronouncements | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2011
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] |
1. | BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
Basis of Presentation The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of Rayonier Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Rayonier" or "the Company") have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Accordingly, certain information in the financial statements of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K has been condensed. In the opinion of management, these financial statements and notes reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented. These statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and supplementary data included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the SEC. Subsequent Events The Company evaluated events and transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date but before financial statements were issued, and two subsequent events warranted disclosure. See Note 2 - Earnings Per Common Share and Note 3 - Income Taxes for additional information. New or Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income. This standard eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. An entity can elect to present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement - referred to as the statement of comprehensive income - or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. Each component of net income and each component of other comprehensive income, together with totals for comprehensive income and its two parts - net income and other comprehensive income, would need to be displayed under either alternative. The statements would need to be presented with equal prominence as the other primary financial statements. The standard is effective for Rayonier's first quarter 2012 filing. Since Rayonier reports a condensed consolidated statement of income and comprehensive income as its first financial statement each quarter, this new guidance will have no effect.

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