Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements - Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The amendments require management to assess an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern by incorporating and expanding upon certain principles that are currently in U.S. auditing standards. Specifically, the amendments (1) provide a definition of the term substantial doubt, (2) require an evaluation every reporting period including interim periods, (3) provide principles for considering the mitigating effect of management’s plans, (4) require certain disclosures when substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of consideration of management’s plans, (5) require an express statement and other disclosures when substantial doubt is not alleviated, and (6) require an assessment for a period of one year after the date that the financial statements are issued (or available to be issued). The amendments in this Update are effective for the annual period ending after December 15, 2016, and for annual periods and interim periods thereafter.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued ASU 2014-10, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation, which eliminates the financial reporting distinction of being a development stage entity within U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, the ASU eliminates the incremental requirements for development stage entities to (a) present inception-to-date information in the statements of income, cash flows and shareholder’s equity, (b) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (c) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged and (d) disclose in the first year in which the development stage entity that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The amendments related to the elimination of inception-to-date information should be applied retrospectively. For public business entities, those amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein. Early application of each of these amendments is permitted for any annual reporting period or interim period for which the entity’s financials statements has not yet been issued.  The Company has elected early application of these amendments beginning with the quarterly report filed for September 30, 2014.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), was issued in three parts: (a) "Summary and Amendments That Create Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and Other Assets and Deferred Costs - Contracts with Customers (Subtopic 340-40)," (b) "Conforming Amendments to Other Topics and Subtopics in the Codification and Status Tables," and (c) "Background Information and Basis for Conclusions."  The new presentation guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company is considering the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.