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Accounting Standard Updates ("ASU")
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Accounting Standard Updates ("ASU") [Abstract]  
Accounting Standard Updates ("ASU")

 

Note 2: Accounting Standard Updates (“ASU”)

 

ASU 2011-02:

In April 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2011-02, “Receivables (Topic 310): A Creditor’s Determination of Whether a Restructuring Is a Troubled Debt Restructuring.”  This ASU provides additional guidance for creditors in determining whether a creditor has granted a concession and whether a debtor is experiencing financial difficulties for purposes of determining whether a restructuring constitutes a troubled debt restructuring.  The provisions of this standard were effective for the first interim or annual period beginning on or after June 15, 2011.  The Corporation’s adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-03:

In April 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-03, “Reconsideration of Effective Control for Repurchase Agreements.”  The ASU amends existing guidance to remove from the assessment of effective control, the criterion requiring the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem the financial assets on substantially the agreed terms, even in the event of default by the transferee and, as well, the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion.  ASU No. 2011-03 was effective for the Corporation’s reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The guidance applies prospectively to transactions or modification of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date.  The Corporation’s adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-04:

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurements and Disclosure Requirements in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards.” ASU 2011-04 developed common requirements between GAAP and IFRSs for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements.  The effective date of ASU 2011-04 commenced during interim or annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and this ASU is applied prospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date.  The Corporation’s adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-05:

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Presentation of Comprehensive Income.”  ASU 2011-05 attempts to improve the comparability, consistency, and transparency of financial reporting and to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income.  The effective date of ASU 2011-05 was the first interim or fiscal period beginning after December 15, 2011 and this ASU is applied retrospectively to transactions or modifications of existing transactions that occur on or after the effective date.  The Corporation’s adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-10:

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-10, “Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360) - Derecognition of in Substance Real Estate.”  The amendments in this ASU clarify the scope of current GAAP.  The amendments will resolve the diversity in practice about whether the guidance in Subtopic 360-20 applies to the derecognition of in substance real estate when the parent ceases to have a controlling financial interest (as described in Subtopic 810-10) in a subsidiary that is in substance real estate because of a default by the subsidiary on its nonrecourse debt.  That guidance will improve current GAAP by eliminating the diversity in practice and emphasizing that the accounting for such transactions is based on their substance rather than their form.  The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis to deconsolidation events occurring after the effective date.  Prior periods should not be adjusted even if the reporting entity has continuing involvement with previously derecognized in substance real estate entities.  For public entities, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning on or after June 15, 2012.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Corporation has not determined the impact of this ASU on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-11:

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Balance Sheet (Topic 210) - Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.” The amendments in this ASU will enhance disclosures required by GAAP by requiring improved information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either (1) offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45 or (2) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in accordance with either Section 210-20-45 or Section 815-10-45.  This information will enable users of an entity’s financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on an entity’s financial position, including the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with certain financial instruments and derivative instruments in the scope of this ASU.  An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods.  An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented.  The Corporation has not determined the impact of this ASU on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2011-12:

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) – Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in ASU 2011-05.”  While the FASB is considering the operational concerns about the presentation requirements for reclassification adjustments and the needs of financial statement users for additional information about reclassification adjustments, entities should continue to report reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect before ASU 2011-05. The amendments in this ASU are effective at the same time as the amendments in ASU 2011-05 so that entities will not be required to comply with the presentation requirements in ASU 2011-05 that this ASU is deferring.  For this reason, the transition guidance in paragraph 220-10-65-2 is consistent with that for ASU 2011-05.  The amendments in this ASU were effective for public entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Corporation has not determined the impact of this ASU on the Corporation’s consolidated financial statements.