Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted accounting pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606).”  Also referred to as ASC 606, this update replaces existing revenue recognition guidance with a single comprehensive revenue model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers.  ASC 606 includes a five-step process by which entities recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in amounts that reflect the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  This standard also requires enhanced disclosures to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.   



The Company adopted ASC 606 effective at the beginning of fiscal 2018 and applied the modified retrospective approach.  Accordingly, the Company recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying ASC 606 as an adjustment to the fiscal 2018 opening balance of retained earnings.  The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be presented according to accounting standards in effect for those periods.  The adoption of ASC 606 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  As a result of the adoption of ASC 606, the Company updated its accounting policies related to revenue recognition.  See Note B – Revenue Recognition for additional information regarding the Company’s revenue recognition policies under the new standard.

NOTE A – ORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - CONTINUED



Under ASC 606, the Company made a change in the timing for recognizing revenue on orders that have shipped but have not been delivered at period end.  Under the new standard, revenue is recognized when the customer obtains control of the goods and considering the indicators used to determine when control has passed to the customer, the Company has concluded that control transfers upon shipment.  Therefore, revenue and related expense items including cost of goods sold and Associate incentives on orders that have shipped but have not been delivered at period end are no longer deferred.  Other than the amounts recorded for this change upon adoption of ASC 606 in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, there were no other changes since the adoption that would be materially different from previous accounting standards that would affect the Company’s consolidated financial statements.



The following table summarizes the cumulative effect of the changes to our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet opening balances as of the beginning of fiscal 2018:





 In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash.”  The ASU requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents, and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. Therefore, amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents should be included with cash and cash equivalents when reconciling the beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted ASU 2016-18 using a retrospective transition method during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and the adoption of the standard did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE A – ORGANIZATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION - CONTINUED



In May 2017 the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, “Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting.”  ASU 2017-09 provides clarification on when modification accounting should be used for changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award.  ASU 2017-09 does not change the accounting for modifications but clarifies that modification accounting guidance should only be applied if there is a change to the value, vesting conditions, or award classification and would not be required if the changes are considered non-substantive.  The ASU is effective for all annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted ASU 2017-09 during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 and the adoption of the standard did not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements.



Issued accounting pronouncements



In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842).”  ASU 2016-02 is intended to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements.  Additionally, the ASU will require disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users better understand the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases, including qualitative and quantitative requirements.  The update requires lessees to apply a modified retrospective approach for recognition and disclosure, beginning with the earliest period presented.  The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted.  The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the ASU on the Company’s outstanding leases and expects that adoption will have an impact on the consolidated balance sheets related to recording right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities.