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New Accounting Pronouncements
12 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2015
New Accounting Pronouncements [Abstract]  
New Accounting Pronouncements

B. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.  The standard provides a single model for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes current revenue recognition guidance.  The ASU requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of goods or services.  The ASU will replace existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective.  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Deferral of the Effective Date.  This update deferred the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 to the first quarter of fiscal year 2019.  Early adoption is not permitted.  The guidance permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented, or apply the requirements in the year of adoption, through a cumulative adjustment.  The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.  The Company has not yet selected a transition method, nor has it determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.

 

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business Combinations.  The standard requires an entity to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts resulting from business combinations to be recognized in the period in which they are determined.  The standard requires the acquirer to record, in the same period’s financial statements, the effect on earnings of changes in depreciation, amortization, or other income effects, if any, result from the change to provisional amounts, calculated as if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date.  The effective date of ASU No. 2015-16 will be the first quarter of fiscal 2017 with early adoption permitted for financial statements that have not been issued.  The guidance requires companies to apply the update prospectively for amounts that occur after the effective date.  The Company is currently evaluating the effect this update will have on the consolidated financial statements.