Accounting Standards
In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06, “Deferral of the Sunset Date of Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)”. This ASU extends the sunset date of ASC Topic 848 (Reference Rate Reform) to December 31, 2024, in response to the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) extension of the intended cessation date of LIBOR in the United States. The standard became effective for the Corporation upon issuance and its adoption did not have a material impact on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 280)”. The amendments in this ASU are expected to improve financial reporting by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis for all public entities to enable investors to develop more decision-useful financial analyses. The amendments of ASU 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and for interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The amendments in ASU 2023-07 should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented on the financial statements. The Corporation adopted the amendments of ASU 2023-07 related to annual disclosure requirements effective January 1, 2024. Adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
Accounting Standards Pending Adoption
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740)”. This ASU is intended to improve the disclosures for income taxes to address requests from investors, lenders, creditors and other allocators of capital that use the financial statements to make capital allocation decisions. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 will require consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation disclosure as well as disclosure of income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. The amendments of ASU 2023-09 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and early adoption is permitted for annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Corporation intends to adopt the amendments of ASU 2023-09 effective January 1, 2025, and will include the required disclosures in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2025. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, and believes that its adoption will not have a material impact on the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (Subtopic 220-40)”. This ASU is intended to improve the decision usefulness of expense information on public business entities’ income statements through the disaggregation of relevant expense captions in the notes to the financial statements. The amendments of ASU 2024-03 are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and early adoption is permitted. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact of this standard, and believes that its adoption will not have a material impact on the Corporation’s Consolidated Financial Statements.