NOTE 16 – ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING CHANGES:

In the normal course of business, management evaluates all new accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any other authoritative accounting body to determine the potential impact they may have on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2019-12, “Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.”  The amended guidance simplifies the accounting for income taxes, eliminating certain exceptions to the general income tax principles, in an effort to reduce the cost and complexity of application.  The amended guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  The guidance requires application on either a prospective, retrospective or modified retrospective basis, contingent on the income tax exception being applied.  The Company adopted the new guidance, on a prospective basis, on April 1, 2021.  The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Management does not expect any other recently issued accounting pronouncements, which have not already been adopted, to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.