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CLEAN HARBORS INC New Standards Disclosure

10-KFiled Feb 18, 20262 min read
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which enhances income tax disclosures related to the tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The Company adopted ASU No. 2023-09 using the retrospective approach for the year ended December 31, 2025. The only significant impact from the adoption of this standard relates to incremental disclosures now required. See Note 12, “Income Taxes,” for the applicable income tax disclosures required by this guidance.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive
Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses. This guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this new pronouncement on its future consolidated financial statement disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which is intended to modernize the accounting for internal-use software costs. The amendment eliminates the previous accounting model based on software development stages and aligns with current agile implementation principles. Under the new guidance, capitalization begins when management has authorized and committed to funding the project, and it is probable that the software will be completed and used for its intended purpose. The amendments are effective in annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. The amendment may be applied on a prospective, retrospective or modified retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the provisions of the amendments and the impact on its future consolidated financial statements.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 18, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 19, 2025
2023Feb 21, 2024
2022Mar 1, 2023
2021Feb 23, 2022
2020Feb 24, 2021
2019Feb 26, 2020
2018Feb 27, 2019
2017Feb 28, 2018
2016Feb 22, 2017
2015Feb 25, 2016

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.

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