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Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments

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Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]
2.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Developments
 
In
January 2017,
the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)
No.
2017
-
04,
“Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic
350
): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment”, which changes the subsequent measurement of goodwill impairment by eliminating Step
2
from the impairment test. Under the new guidance, an entity will measure impairment using the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the reporting unit. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019 (
i.e. a
January 1, 2020
effective date), with early adoption permitted for goodwill impairment tests with measurement dates after
January 1, 2017.
The Company believes the adoption will
not
have a material impact on its consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of cash flows and related disclosures.
 
In
June 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
No.
2016
-
13,
“Financial Instruments (Topic
326
) Credit Losses”. Topic
326
changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments. Under the new standard, entities holding financial assets and net investment in leases that are
not
accounted for at fair value through net income are to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. An allowance for credit losses will be a valuation account that will be deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. Topic
326
is effective as of
January 1, 2020.
Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of Topic
326
on its consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, statements of cash flows and related disclosures.