Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In December 2019, the FASB issued 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, to simplify the accounting for income taxes based on changes suggested by stakeholders as part of the FASB’s simplification initiative. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We expect to adopt this guidance on January 1, 2021, and we are currently evaluating the effect that our adoption of this guidance will have on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In April 2019, the FASB issued 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments, which clarifies certain aspects of accounting for credit losses, hedging activities and financial instruments. We will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2020, and do not anticipate that the adoption will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-17, Consolidation (Topic 810): Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities, in response to stakeholder observations that improvements could be made by requiring reporting entities to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportional basis rather than as the equivalent of a direct interest in its entirety as currently required in GAAP. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2020, and do not anticipate that the adoption will have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes, to include the OIS rate based on SOFR as an eligible benchmark interest rate during the early stages of the marketplace transition to facilitate the LIBOR to SOFR transition and provide sufficient lead time for entities to prepare for changes to interest rate risk hedging strategies for both risk management and hedge accounting purposes. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15,...
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 163, “Accounting for Financial Guarantee Insurance Contracts – An interpretation of FASB Statement No. 60”. SFAS 163 requires that an insurance enterprise recognize a claim liability prior to an event of default when there is evidence that credit deterioration has occurred in an insured financial obligation. It also clarifies how Statement 60 applies to financial guarantee insurance contracts, including the recognition and measurement to be used to account for premium revenue and claim liabilities, and requires expanded disclosures about financial guarantee insurance contracts. It is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, except for some disclosures about the insurance enterprise’s risk-management activities. SFAS 163 requires that disclosures about the risk-management activities of the insurance enterprise be effective for the first period beginning after issuance. Except for those disclosures, earlier application is not permitted. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”. SFAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles to be used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. It is effective 60 days following the SEC’s approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”. The adoption of this statement is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements. In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment to FASB Statement No. 133”. SFAS No. 161 is intended to improve financial standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures to enable investors to better understand their effects on an entity's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. Entities are required to provide enhanced disclosures about: (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; ...
Recent Accounting Pronouncements a. In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 153 "Exchange of Non-monetary Assets - An Amendment of APB Opinion No. 29". The guidance in that Opinion, however, included certain exceptions to that principle. SFAS No. 153 amends Opinion No. 29 to eliminate the exception for non-monetary exchanges of similar productive assets and replaces it with a general exception for exchanges of non-monetary assets that do not have commercial substance. A non-monetary exchange has commercial substance if the future cash flows of the entity are expected to change significantly as a result of the exchange. The provisions of SFAS No. 153 are effective for non-monetary asset exchanges occurring in fiscal periods beginning after June 15, 2005. Early application is permitted and companies must apply the standard prospectively. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on the company's results of operations or financial position.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In March 1998, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ("AICPA") issued Statement of Position 98-1, "Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use" ("SOP 98-1"). SOP 98-1 establishes accounting guidance for internal-use software. SOP 98-1 requires the following: - Computer software costs that are incurred in the preliminary project stage (as described in SOP 98-1) should be expensed as incurred. Once the capitalization criteria of SOP 98-1 have been met, external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining internal-use computer software; payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the internal-use computer software project (to the extent of the time spent directly on the project); and interest costs incurred when developing computer software for internal use should be capitalized. Training costs and data conversion costs should generally be expensed as incurred. - Internal costs incurred for upgrades and enhancements should be expensed or capitalized in accordance with SOP 98-1. Internal costs incurred for maintenance should be expensed as incurred. Entities that cannot separate internal costs on a reasonably cost-effective basis between maintenance and relatively minor upgrades and enhancements should expense such costs as incurred. - External costs incurred under agreements related to specified upgrades and enhancements should be expensed or capitalized in accordance with SOP 98-1. However, external costs related to maintenance, unspecified upgrades and enhancements, and costs under agreements that combine the costs of maintenance and unspecified upgrades and enhancements should be recognized in expense over the contract period on a straight-line basis unless another systematic and rational basis is more representative of the services received. - Impairment should be recognized and measured in accordance with the provisions of FASB Statement No. 121, ACCOUNTING FOR THE IMPAIRMENT OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS AND FOR LONG-LIVED ASSETS TO BE DISPOSED OF. - The capitalized costs of computer software developed or obtained for internal use should be amortized on a straight-line basis unless another systematic and rational basis is more representative of the software's use. SOP 98-1 becomes effective for financial statements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1998. Th...
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities to better align an entity’s risk management activities and financial reporting for hedging relationships through changes to both the designation and measurement guidance for qualifying hedging relationships and the presentation of hedge results. Under the new guidance, (i) more financial and nonfinancial hedging strategies will be eligible for hedge accounting, (ii) presentation and disclosure requirements are amended and (iii) companies will change the way they assess effectiveness. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. We expect to adopt this ASU on January 1, 2019 and are currently evaluating the impact of the adoption on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope of Modification Accounting to provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity to apply modification accounting. Under the new guidance, modification accounting is required only if the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if such alternative method is used), the vesting conditions, or the classification of the award (equity or liability) changes as a result of the change in terms or conditions. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted, and prospective application required. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018. Our adoption did not have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In February 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 155, "ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN HYBRID FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, AN AMENDMENT OF FASB STATEMENTS NO. 133 AND 140." Statement No. 155, among other things, amends Statement No. 133, and permits fair value remeasurement of hybrid financial instruments that contain an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation. Statement No. 155 is effective after the beginning of an entity's first fiscal year that begins after September 15, 2006. Under Statement No. 155, we may elect to account for our senior exchangeable debentures at fair value rather than bifurcating such debentures into a debt instrument and a derivative instrument as required by Statement No. 133. We are evaluating the impact of Statement No. 155 on our financial statements and have not yet made a determination as to what election we will make with respect to the accounting for our senior exchangeable derivatives. In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, "ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES, AN INTERPRETATION OF FASB STATEMENT NO. 109." FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company's financial statements, and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. While we have not completed our evaluation of the impact of FIN 48 on our financial statements, we believe that the application of FIN 48 will result in the derecognition of certain tax liabilities currently reflected in our consolidated balance sheet with a corresponding decrease to our accumulated deficit. We are unable to quantify the amount of these adjustments at this time.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combination” (SFAS No. 141(R)), which replaces FASB Statement No. 141. FAS No. 141(R) establishes principles and requirements for how an acquirer recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree and the goodwill acquired. The statement also establishes disclosure requirements which will enable users to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective as of the beginning of an entity’s fiscal year that begins after December 15, 2008. An entity is precluded from implementing Statement 141R early. The Group will adopt this statement in fiscal year 2009 and its effects on future periods will depend on the nature and significance of business combinations subject to this statement. In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51” (SFAS No. 160). SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards for noncontrolling interests in subsidiaries. This statement requires the reporting of all noncontrolling interests as a separate component of stockholders’ equity, the reporting of consolidated net income (loss) as the amount attributable to both the parent and the noncontrolling interests and the separate disclosure of net income (loss) attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interests. In addition, this statement provides accounting and reporting guidance related to changes in noncontrolling ownership interests. Other than the reporting requirements described above which require retrospective application, the provisions of SFAS No. 160 are to be applied prospectively in the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. SFAS No. 160 has no impact on the Group’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows. In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position (FSP) SFAS No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157” (FSP SFAS 157-2). FSP SFAS 157-2 delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS No. 157) from 2008 to 2009 for all non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The adoption of the provisions of SFAS No. 157 related to non-...
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations, and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. SFAS No. 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 as well as all purchase method business combinations completed after June 30, 2001. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives no longer be amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of. The adoption of SFAS No. 141 as of July 1, 2001 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. [NOTE: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES REFLECTS EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES AS OF JUNE 17, 2002. THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT ANY EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO THAT TIME AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY BE OUTDATED AND MAY NOT REFLECT CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY AND ITS OPERATIONS. THE COMPANY WILL NOT UPDATE THESE DISCLOSURE SCHEDULES FOR ANY REASON. PLEASE REFER TO THE COMPANY’S FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”) FOR MORE CURRENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE COMPANY. IN ADDITION, SOME OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THESE SCHEDULES CONTAINS FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. PLEASE REFER TO THE COMPANY’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC FOR THE LIMITATIONS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.] The Company is required to adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 142 effective January 1, 2002. As of December 31, 2001, the Company had unamortized goodwill of approximately $3,203,000 which will be subject to the transition provisions of SFAS No. 142. In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets (SFAS No. 144). SFAS No. 144 addresses financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. This Statement requires that long-lived assets be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparis...
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. The Company has implemented all new accounting pronouncements that are in effect. These pronouncements did not have any material impact on the financial statements unless otherwise disclosed, and the Company does not believe that there are any other new accounting pronouncements that have been issued that might have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In December 1999, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 101 ("SAB 101"), "Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements." SAB 101 summarizes certain of the staff's views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements. On June 26, 2000, the SEC deferred the effective date of SAB 101 to require adoption of SAB 101 by the fourth quarter of the first fiscal year beginning after December 15, 1999. On October 12, 2000, the SEC released its Frequently Asked Questions and Answers ("Q&A") document to serve as additional guidance for revenue recognition in financial statements. Digex is currently analyzing the Q&A document and determining the impact of SAB 101 on its various revenue recognition policies, including those pertaining to non-refundable installation fees which Digex currently recognizes as revenue upon completion of service. Based upon the expected implementation of SAB 101, Digex does not anticipate a material effect on its consolidated financial statements. Digex has preliminarily determined that it will record a decrease of approximately $6.0 to $8.0 million in revenue and an increase in deferred revenue during the fourth quarter as a result of the implementation. Digex also expects a decrease in costs of approximately $6.0 to $8.0 million during the fourth quarter and an increase in deferred costs as a result of the implementation. Digex will recognize the deferred revenue and deferred costs over the remaining term of the applicable agreements in 2001 and 2002. With the adoption of SAB 101, Digex does not expect there to be any economic impact to its business operations or cash flows. In June 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued SFAS No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities," an amendment of SFAS No. 133, which is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2000. Digex anticipates that the adoption of SFAS No. 133, as amended, will not have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements.
