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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]
Accounting Standards Adopted During
201
9
 
Effective
January 1, 2019,
the following new Accounting Standards Update (ASU) was adopted by the Company:
 
ASU
2016
-
02
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
02,
 Leases. This ASU was issued to improve the financial reporting of leasing activities and provide a faithful representation of leasing transactions and improve understanding and comparability of a lessee's financial statements. The amendments in this ASU require lessees to recognize, on the balance sheet, assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases. Accounting by lessors will remain largely unchanged. In
July 2018,
the FASB issued a subsequent update which introduced a new transition method, under this new transition method, an entity initially applies the new leases standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The guidance was effective for the Company on
January 1, 2019,
with early adoption permitted. Management elected the transition practical expedient option. The cumulative-effect adjustment was an increase to the opening balance of accumulated deficit at the time of adoption on
January 1, 2019.
The Company recognized
$3.4
million of right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and
$3.4
million lease liabilities for operating leases on its Consolidated Balance Sheets. The standard did
not
have an impact on its Consolidated Income Statements.
 
Accounting Standards Issued But
Not
Yet Adopted
 
ASU
2016
-
13
 
In
June 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
13,
Financial Instruments-Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.
The ASU changes the methodology for measuring credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost to a current expected loss (“CECL”) model. Under the CECL model, entities will estimate credit losses over the entire contractual term of a financial instrument from the date of initial recognition of the instrument. The ASU also changes the existing impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities. In cases where there is neither the intent nor a more-likely-than-
not
requirement to sell the debt security, an entity will record credit losses as an allowance rather than a direct write-down of the amortized cost basis. Additionally, ASU
2016
-
13
notes that credit losses related to available-for-sale debt securities and purchased credit impaired loans should be recorded through an allowance for credit losses. ASU
2016
-
13
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019,
including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018.
Management is currently evaluating the impact that the standard will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
ASU
2017
-
04
In 
January 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
2017
-
04,
Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic
350
): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment:
The objective of this guidance is to simplify an entity’s required test for impairment of goodwill by eliminating Step
2
from the goodwill impairment test. In Step
2
an entity measured a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. In computing the implied fair value of goodwill, an entity had to determine the fair value at the impairment date of its assets and liabilities, including any unrecognized assets and liabilities, following a procedure that would be required in determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Under this Update, an entity should perform its annual or quarterly goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying amount and record an impairment charge for the excess of the carrying amount over the reporting unit’s fair value. The loss recognized should
not
exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to the reporting unit and the entity must consider the income tax effects from any tax deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable. This guidance is effective for a public business entity that is an SEC filer for its annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019.
The adoption of this standard is
not
expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
ASU
2017
-
08
In
March 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
2017
-
08,
Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities
, which amends the amortization period for certain purchased callable debt securities held at a premium, shortening such period to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after
December 15, 2018.
For all other entities, the ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019,
and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2020.
Earlier application is permitted for all entities, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the ASU in an interim period, any adjustments must be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU
2017
-
08
will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
A
SU
2017
-
12
"Derivatives and Hedging (Topic
815
): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities." ASU
2017
-
12
was issued to ease the burden associated with assessing hedge effectiveness and to promote better financial statement alignment of the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and the hedged item. This guidance requires entities to present the earnings effect of the hedging instrument in the same income statement line item with the earnings effect on the hedged item. In
October 2018,
FASB issued ASU
2018
-
16,
"Derivatives and Hedging (Topic
815
): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financial Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes." ASU
2018
-
16
was issued to expand the list of benchmark interest rates for hedge accounting. The effective date for the amendment is the same as the effective date for ASU
2017
-
12.
For public business entities, ASU
2017
-
12
is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018,
and interim periods within those fiscal years. ASU
2017
-
12
and ASU
2018
-
16
are
not
expected to have any impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
ASU
2018
-
13
In
August 2018,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2018
-
13,
Fair Value Measurement (Topic
820
) - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement
, to modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements. This ASU removes requirements to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level
1
and Level
2
of the fair value hierarchy, the policy for timing of transfers between levels and the valuation processes for Level
3
fair value measurements. ASU
2018
-
13
clarifies that disclosure regarding measurement uncertainty is intended to communicate information about the uncertainty in measurement as of the reporting date. ASU
2018
-
13
adds certain disclosure requirements, including disclosure of changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level
3
fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level
3
fair value measurements. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2019.
The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level
3
fair value measurements and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively, while all other amendments should be applied retrospectively for all periods presented upon their effective date. Management is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the new guidance on the Consolidated Financial Statements, but it is
not
expected to have a material impact.