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New Accounting Pronouncements
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
New Accounting Pronouncements

12. New Accounting Pronouncements

 

On January 1, 2013, we adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2012-02, Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment. This standard provides an option for companies to use a qualitative approach to test indefinite-lived intangibles for impairment if certain conditions are met. If an entity concludes, based on qualitative factors, that it is more likely than not that a reporting unit's fair value is less than its carrying amount, then the entity is required to perform the existing two step quantitative impairment test. If based on this qualitative approach, impairment is not indicated, no further testing is required. An entity may choose to perform the qualitative assessment on none, some or all of its reporting units or an entity may bypass the qualitative assessment for any reporting unit in any period and proceed directly to step one of the two step quantitative impairment test. We perform our annual impairment test at the beginning of the fourth quarter of each year.

 

Effective January 1, 2013, we adopted FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-02, Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This update, which was issued in February 2013, amended disclosure requirements for the presentation of comprehensive income. The amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The standard requires presentation (either in a single note or parenthetically on the face of the financial statements) of the effect of significant amounts reclassified from each component of accumulated other comprehensive income based on its source and the income statement line items affected by the reclassification. If a component is not required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety, a cross reference to the related footnote for additional information will be required. During the quarter ended March 31, 2013 there were no significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income, and accordingly, no additional disclosures were required.

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No 2013-04, Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation Is Fixed at the Reporting Date. This update will require an entity to record an obligation resulting from joint and several liability arrangements at the greater of the amount that the entity has agreed to pay or the amount the entity expects to pay. Additional disclosures about joint and several liability arrangements will also be required. This guidance is effective for the company beginning January 1, 2014, and is to be applied retrospectively for obligations that exist at the date of adoption. The implementation of the amended accounting guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

In March 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No 2013-05, Parents Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or an Investment in a Foreign Entity. This update addresses the accounting for the cumulative translation adjustment when a parent either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity. The amendments are effective prospectively for the company beginning on January 1, 2014. The implementation of the amended accounting guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.