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Recently Issued Accounting Standards
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Recently Issued Accounting Standards [Abstract]  
Recently Issued Accounting Standards

(2)  Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

Accounting Standards Adopted

 

In July 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting standard update (“ASU”) No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740)”, which requires entities to present in the financial statements an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward except to the extent such items are not available or not intended to be used at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position. In such instances, the unrecognized tax benefit is required to be presented in the financial statements as a liability and not be combined with deferred tax assets. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2013. This ASU was adopted on January 1, 2014 which did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2014, FASB issued ASU No. 2014-08, “Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360)”, which amends the definition of a discontinued operation in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 205-20 and requires entities to provide additional disclosures about discontinued operations as well as disposal transactions that do not meet the discontinued-operations criteria. The new standard changes the definition of a discontinued operation and requires discontinued operations treatment for disposals of a component or group of components that represents a strategic shift that has or will have a major impact on an entity’s operations or financial results. This ASU is effective prospectively for all disposals (except disposals classified as held for sale before the adoption date) or components initially classified as held for sale in periods beginning on or after December 15, 2014. Early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the standard in May 2014 and has applied it prospectively to new disposals and new classifications of disposal groups as held for sale including the Wiring business.

 

 

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”, which clarifies existing accounting literature relating to how and when a company recognizes revenue. Under ASU 2014-09, a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services.  This standard is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2016. As such, the Company will adopt this standard in the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.  Early adoption is prohibited.  The Company is in the process of determining the impact, if any, the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.