Backblaze, Inc.BLZE
Backblaze, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Regulatory Developments
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBB Act”) was enacted, introducing amendments to U.S. tax laws with various effective dates from 2025 to 2027. The OBBB Act includes significant provisions, such as the permanent extension of certain expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, international tax framework, and the restoration of favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions including the immediate expensing of the US research and development expenditure. The Company has completed its assessment of the tax law changes enacted under the OBBB Act. Based on this assessment, the OBBB Act did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2025, and the Company does not expect these changes to have a material impact on future periods.
In January 2024, the European Union (“EU”) enacted the EU Data Act, which became effective in September 2025. The legislation establishes statutory rights for EU and European Economic Area (“EEA”) customers, including the ability to terminate contracts with no more than two months’ notice, reimbursement of unused prepaid service, and limitations on early termination penalties, among other changes. These provisions primarily affect the Company’s subscription arrangements with EU and EEA customers by shortening the enforceable contract term and requiring consideration of expanded refund rights. The Company evaluated the implications of the EU Data Act on its customer arrangements, including remaining performance obligations, and determined that it did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the current reporting period. The Company has incorporated the provisions of the EU Data Act into its revenue recognition policies and contract assessments and expects to reflect any impact prospectively as customer arrangements are modified or renewed under the new requirements.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2025-11,“Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements” This standard improves the navigability of the required interim disclosures and clarifies when the guidance is applicable, as well as provides additional guidance on what disclosures should be provided in interim reporting periods. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2028. The Company is evaluating the impact this the new standard may have, but does not expect it to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software.” This standard updates the recognition model for internal-use software by eliminating the project stage framework and requiring capitalization once projects are approved and completion is probable, and also clarifies related disclosure requirements. This ASU is effective for interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets.” This standard allows entities to apply a practical expedient when estimating expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets that arise from transactions accounted for under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The standard is effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, and the standard is to be applied prospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement (Subtopic 220-40) - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures.” The ASU requires disclosure of specified information about certain costs and expenses, including (i) certain amounts already required to be disclosed in the same disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements, (ii) a qualitative description of amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively, and (iii) the total amount of selling expenses and an entity’s definition of such expenses. For public companies, this ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 on either a prospective or retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” requiring enhancements and further transparency to certain income tax disclosures, most notably the tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 for public companies and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 for non-public business entities. In accordance with our EGC status, the Company will implement the standard beginning with its annual reporting period ending December 31, 2026. This amendment should be applied on a prospective basis and retrospective application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 10, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Apr 1, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 31, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 28, 2022 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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