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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]  
Schedule of property and equipment useful lives
Property and equipment are recorded at cost, and depreciated or amortized on a straight-line basis over the following estimated useful lives:
Computers and purchased software 
One to five years
Office/operational equipment 
Three to five years
Furniture and fixtures 
Five to seven years
Internally developed software for internal-use
Five years (1)
Leasehold improvements Shorter of lease term or useful life
Buildings 
Thirty-nine years
VehiclesFive years
Land Not depreciated
(1) As part of our reassessment of the estimated useful lives of our property and equipment, our estimate of the useful life of internally developed software for internal-use changed from seven years to five years in the fourth quarter of the year ended September 30, 2019. This change in estimate was applied prospectively and it increased amortization expense by $0.1 million for the year ended September 30, 2019 and is expected to increase amortization expense by approximately $0.7 million for the year ended September 30, 2020.
Schedule of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes
The following table shows the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (in thousands):
 Foreign Currency
Translation
Adjustments
Net Change Pension
and Other
Postretirement
Benefit Plans
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Balance at September 30, 2016$(7,345) $(1,226) $(8,571) 
Current-period other comprehensive (loss) income551  1,589  2,140  
Balance at September 30, 2017(6,794) 363  (6,431) 
Current-period other comprehensive (loss) income(791) 773  (18) 
Balance at September 30, 2018(7,585) 1,136  (6,449) 
Current-period other comprehensive (loss) income(984) (540) (1,524) 
Balance at September 30, 2019$(8,569) $596  $(7,973) 
Schedule of new accounting pronouncements
The Company also adopted the following ASUs during the year ended September 30, 2019 that did not have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements or the related footnote disclosures:

Accounting Standards UpdateEffective Date
2017-09Scope of Modification AccountingOctober 1, 2018
2017-01Clarifying the Definition of a BusinessOctober 1, 2018
2016-16Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than InventoryOctober 1, 2018
2016-15Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash PaymentsOctober 1, 2018
2016-01Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Liabilities, as updated by 2018-03October 1, 2018
2017-04Simplifying the Test for Goodwill ImpairmentJuly 1, 2019
2018-14Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit PlansSeptember 30, 2019
2018-13Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value MeasurementsSeptember 30, 2019
The Company has also completed its evaluation of the following ASUs, which are not expected to have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements or the related footnote disclosures:

Accounting Standards UpdateEffective Date
2018-07Improvements to Nonemployee Share-based Payment AccountingOctober 1, 2019
2018-02Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive IncomeOctober 1, 2019
Accounting Standards Update 2014-09  
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items]  
Schedule of new accounting pronouncements
The cumulative effect of the changes made to the consolidated October 1, 2018 balance sheet for the adoption of ASC 606 was as follows (in thousands):

Balance at September 30, 2018Adjustment due to adoption of ASC 606Balance as adjusted at October 1, 2018
Prepaid expenses and other current assets$7,816  $671  $8,487  
Other assets$14,124  $59  $14,183  
Accumulated deficit$(100,045) $730  $(99,315) 

The impact of adopting ASC 606 on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations and the consolidated balance sheet for the year ended September 30, 2019 was as follows (in thousands):

Year ended September 30, 2019
As reportedBalance without adoption of ASC 606
Effect of change
Higher/(lower)
Consolidated statement of operations:
Fee revenue78,636  78,989  (353) 


September 30, 2019
As reportedBalance without adoption of ASC 606
Effect of change Higher/(lower)
Consolidated balance sheet:
Prepaid expenses and other current assets8,350  7,844  506  
Other assets12,136  11,827  309  
Accumulated deficit(118,572) (117,757) (815)