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Note 18 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 31, 2017
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18. | Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014 - 09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” (Topic 606 ), (“ASU 2014 - 09” ). ASU 2014 - 09 requires entities to recognize revenue that represents the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount equivalent to the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. The following steps should be applied to determine this amount: ( 1 ) identify the contract(s) with a customer; ( 2 ) identify the performance obligations in the contract; ( 3 ) determine the transaction price; ( 4 ) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and ( 5 ) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU 2014 - 09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASU 605, “Revenue Recognition,” and most industry-specific guidance in the Accounting Standards Codification. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015 - 14 on this same topic, which defers for one year the effective date of ASU 2014 - 09, therefore making the guidance effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2018. Additionally, the FASB also decided to permit entities to early adopt the standard, which allows for either full retrospective or modified retrospective methods of adoption, for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, and have been involved in industry-specific discussions with the FASB on the treatment of certain items. However, due to the nature of our operations, we expect to identify similar performance obligations under ASU 2014 - 09 compared with the deliverables and separate units of account we have identified under existing accounting standards. As a result, we expect the timing of our recognition of revenues to remain generally the same. Nonetheless, we are still evaluating the impact of specific parts of this ASU, and expect our revenue-related disclosures to change upon its adoption. In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014 - 15, “Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity ’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern” (“ASU 2014 - 15” ), which requires management to perform interim and annual assessments on whether there are conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year of the date the financial statements are issued and to provide related disclosures, if required. ASU 2014 - 15 is effective for the Company as of our fiscal year ending October 31, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate the adoption of ASU 2014 - 15 to have a material impact on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016 - 02, “Leases (Topic 842 )” (“ASU 2016 - 02” ), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. ASU 2016 - 02 requires lessees to classify leases as either finance or operating leases and to record a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for all leases with a term greater than 12 months regardless of the lease classification. The lease classification will determine whether the lease expense is recognized based on an effective interest rate method or on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Accounting for lessors remains largely unchanged from current GAAP. ASU 2016 - 02 is effective for the Company beginning November 1, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230 ): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments” (“ASU 2016 - 15” ). ASU 2016 - 15 provides guidance on how certain cash receipts and cash payments are to be presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016 - 15 is effective for the Company ’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 16, “Income Taxes (Topic 740 ): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory” (“ASU 2016 - 16” ). ASU 2016 - 16 provides improvement for the accounting of income taxes related to intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. ASU 2016 - 16 is effective for the Company ’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 17, “Consolidation (Topic 810 ): Interests Held through Related Parties That Are under Common Control” (“ASU 2016 - 17” ). ASU 2016 - 17 amends the consolidation guidance on how a reporting entity that is the single decision maker of a variable interest entity (VIE) should treat indirect interests in the entity held through related parties that are under common control with the reporting entity when determining whether it is a primary beneficiary of that VIE. ASU 2016 - 17 is effective for the Company ’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2017. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230 ): Restricted Cash” (“ASU 2016 - 18” ). ASU 2016 - 18 amends the classification and presentation of changes in restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016 - 18 is effective for the Company ’s fiscal year beginning November 1, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting this guidance on our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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