ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADOPTED DURING 2025
Income Tax
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an accounting standard update to address improvements to income tax disclosures. The standard requires disaggregated information about a company’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. AIG adopted the applicable disclosures in Note 21 of its 2025 Annual Report on Form 10K on a prospective basis. The adoption of the standard did not have an impact on AIG’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition.
FUTURE APPLICATION OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
On November 4, 2024, the FASB issued new guidance that is intended to improve disclosures regarding the nature of expenses included in the income statement. The standard will require companies to disaggregate certain expense captions into specified categories in disclosures within notes to the financial statements and provide qualitative descriptions for those that are not separately disclosed. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The requirements can be applied prospectively or retrospectively for prior periods presented when adopted. We are assessing the impact of the standard.
Improvements to Internal-use Software
In September 2025, the FASB issued targeted improvements to modernize the accounting for software development costs. Under the new guidance, qualifying costs will be capitalized when management authorizes a project and it is probable the project will be completed and used to perform the intended function, rather than when a project reaches the application development stage under existing guidance. The effective date for the standard is for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim reporting periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. The amendments can be applied either prospectively, retrospectively or utilizing a modified transition approach. We are assessing the impact of the standard.
About New Standards Disclosures
New accounting standards disclosures describe recently adopted pronouncements and those not yet effective, along with management's assessment of their expected impact. This section provides an early warning system for upcoming changes to how a company reports its financial results, often years before the new rules take effect.
Key signals: when management describes a not-yet-adopted standard's impact as "material" or "still being evaluated," it signals potential significant changes to reported metrics upon adoption. Watch for standards that affect a company's core operations — for example, revenue recognition changes for software companies or lease accounting changes for retailers with large store footprints. The transition method chosen (full retrospective versus modified retrospective) affects comparability with prior periods. Companies that delay adoption to the latest permitted date may be struggling with implementation complexity. Compare the disclosed impact assessments against peers in the same industry to gauge whether management's expectations are reasonable.