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10. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Abstract]  
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

(10) RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

 

In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") No. 2014-08, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360). This update provides guidance on recognizing and disclosing discontinued operations. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2014, which for the Company is January 1, 2015. The Company does not anticipate that adopting this update will have a material impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, Income Taxes (Topic 740). This update improves the reporting for unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. The update is expected to reduce diversity in practice by providing guidance on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits and will better reflect the manner in which an entity would settle at the reporting date any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. The update is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013, which for the Company is January 1, 2014. Adopting this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-07, Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) - Liquidation Basis of Accounting. This update addresses the requirements and methods of applying the liquidation basis of accounting and the disclosure requirements within ASC Topic 205 for the purpose of providing consistency among liquidating entities reporting under GAAP. Generally, this update provides guidance for the preparation of financial statements and disclosures when liquidation is imminent. This update is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2013, which for the Company is January 1, 2014. Adopting this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2013, FASB issued ASU No. 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters. The amendments in this update resolve the diversity in practice about whether current literature applies to the release of the cumulative translation adjustment into net income when a parent either sells a part or all of its investment in a foreign entity or no longer holds a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a nonprofit activity or a business within a foreign entity. In addition, the amendments in this update resolve the diversity in practice for the treatment of business combinations achieved in stages (sometimes also referred to as step acquisitions) involving a foreign entity. This update is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and interim reporting periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013, which for the Company is January 1, 2014. Adopting this update did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.