Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d)

RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

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RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS [Abstract]  
RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

NOTE 2 -RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS


 

 

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an update to the fair value measurement guidance to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments in the update change the wording used to describe many of the requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendment is not intended to result in a change in the application of the requirements in the Fair Value Measurements Topic in the ASC. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application is permitted. The Company is expecting to adopt this guidance in the fiscal year 2012. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued new guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income. This guidance eliminates the current option to report Other Comprehensive Income ("OCI") and its components in the statement of changes in equity. Under this guidance, an entity can elect to present items of net income and OCI in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. In addition, the guidance requires entities to show the effects of items reclassified from OCI to net income on the face of the financial statements. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2012 and interim and annual periods thereafter. Early adoption is permitted, but full retrospective application is required. The FASB has issued a proposal that would defer the requirement to separately present within net income reclassification adjustments of items out of accumulated other comprehensive income. The proposed deferral is intended to be temporary until the FASB has time to reconsider these changes. The other provisions of the guidance will become effective as originally planned by the FASB. The Company adopted this guidance in the fiscal year 2012. The adoption of this guidance will not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued amended guidance on goodwill impairment testing. Under the revised guidance, entities testing goodwill for impairment have the option of performing a qualitative assessment before calculating the fair value of the reporting unit. Because the qualitative assessment is optional, entities may bypass it for any reporting unit in any period and begin their impairment analysis with the quantitative calculation in step 1. Entities may resume performing the qualitative assessment in any subsequent period. In the qualitative assessment, entities would determine whether it is more likely than not (i.e., a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount. If entities determine, on the basis of qualitative factors, that the fair value of the reporting unit is more likely than not less than the carrying amount, the two-step impairment test would be required. However, if it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than the carrying amount, further testing of goodwill for impairment would not be performed. The guidance does not change how goodwill is calculated or assigned to reporting units, nor does it revise the requirement to test goodwill annually for impairment. In addition, the guidance does not amend the requirement to test goodwill for impairment between annual tests if events or circumstances warrant, however, it does revise the examples of events and circumstances that an entity should consider. The amended guidance is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance will not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.



In July, 2012, the FASB issued guidance on testing for indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. The new guidance provides an entity to simplify the testing for a drop in value of intangible assets such as trademarks, patents, and distribution rights. The amended standard reduces the cost of accounting for indefinite-lived intangible assets, especially in cases where the likelihood of impairment is low. The changes permit businesses and other organizations to first use subjective criteria to determine if an intangible asset has lost value. The amendments to U.S. GAAP will be effective for fiscal years starting after September 15, 2012. The Company's adoption of this accounting guidance does not have a material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures.