t) Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Adopted

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (and issued subsequent ASUs on ASC 326), which significantly changes estimates for credit losses related to financial assets measured at amortized cost, including trade receivables and other contracts, such as off-balance sheet credit exposure, specifically, standby letters of credit, financial guarantees, and other similar instruments. The guidance replaced the current incurred loss accounting model with an expected loss model, which is referred to as the current expected credit loss (”CECL”) model. The CECL model requires the measurement of the lifetime expected credit losses on financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable, and supportable forecasts. The Company, as a smaller reporting company as of the relevant measuring period, qualified for an extension of the adoption of ASU 2016-13 (and all subsequent ASUs on Topic 326) to July 1, 2023.

The Company will adopt ASU 2016-13 on July 1, 2023 using the modified retrospective approach. The Company has determined that this new guidance is applicable primarily to its accounts receivable, which are short-term and for which the Company has not historically experienced significant credit losses. Management does not expect that the adoption of this guidance will result in a significant cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, net of income taxes, upon adoption.

In October 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-08, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers, which requires contract assets and contract liabilities, such as deferred revenue, acquired in a business combination to be recognized and measured in accordance with Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), rather than using fair value on the acquisition date. ASU 2021-08 is expected to reduce diversity in practice and increase comparability for both the recognition and measurement of acquired revenue contracts with customers at the date of and after a business combination. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those annual periods, and should be applied prospectively to acquisitions occurring on or after the effective date. Early adoption is permitted. The Company plans to apply the provisions of ASU 2021-08 on a prospective basis to business combinations occurring on or after July 1, 2023.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2023Sep 13, 2023Showing above
2022Feb 27, 2023
2021Sep 20, 2021
2020Sep 28, 2020
2019Sep 12, 2019
2018Sep 13, 2018
2017Sep 12, 2017
2016Sep 13, 2016

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