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Recent Accounting Standard Updates

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Recent Accounting Standard Updates
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2013
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16. Recent Accounting Standard Updates

 

We consider the applicability and impact of all ASU’s. ASU’s not listed below were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are expected to have minimal impact on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

 

Impact of Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

 

Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-02, “Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income,” this update requires us to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, we are required to present, either on the face of the consolidated financial statements or in the notes to the consolidated financial statements, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount reclassified is required to be reclassified in its entirety in the same reporting period. For amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, we are required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional details about these amounts. We adopted this update beginning in fiscal 2014. Early adoption was permitted. Besides changes to disclosures, the adoption of this update does not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Balance Sheet Offsetting

 

In January 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-01, “Balance Sheet (Topic 220)-Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities,” which amends previous guidance on the disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities on the balance sheet to clarify that the scope of this guidance applies to derivatives (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements (and reverse repurchase agreements) and securities borrowing (and lending) transactions that are offset or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. We adopted this guidance effective at the beginning of our fiscal 2014. The adoption of this update does not currently have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

 

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02, “Intangibles – Goodwill and Other: Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment,” which amends previous guidance on the annual and interim testing of indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. The guidance became effective at the beginning of our 2014 fiscal year, although early adoption was permitted. The update provides entities with the option of first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more than likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is less than its carrying amount. If it is determined, on the basis of qualitative factors, that the fair value of the indefinite-lived intangible asset is more likely than not less than the carrying amount, a quantitative impairment test would still be required. Currently, the only indefinite-lived intangible assets that we hold are goodwill and trade names. We perform annual impairment tests on these indefinite-lived assets as of August 1st of each fiscal year. The adoption of this update does not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

  

Recent Accounting Guidance Not Yet Effective

 

Release of Cumulative Translation Adjustment into Net Income

 

In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matter (Topic 830) – Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity,” which amends previous guidance related to overall consolidation rules and rules related to the translation of financial statements. ASU 2013-05 requires that the parent release any related cumulative translation adjustment into net income only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided. The new guidance will be effective prospectively for us beginning February 1, 2014. Early adoption is permitted. We do not anticipate material impacts on our financial statements upon adoption.