DigitalBridge Group, Inc.DBRG
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Accounting Standards Adopted in 2025
Income Tax Disclosures
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which enhances existing annual income tax disclosures, primarily requiring disaggregation of: (i) effective tax rate reconciliation using both percentages and amounts into specific categories, with further disaggregation by nature and/or jurisdiction of certain categories that meet the threshold of 5% of expected tax; and (ii) income taxes paid (net of refunds received) between federal, state/local and foreign, with further disaggregation by jurisdiction if any amount represents 5% or more of total income taxes paid (net of refunds received). The ASU also eliminates existing disclosures related to: (a) reasonably possible significant changes in the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits within 12 months of reporting date; and (b) cumulative amount of each type of temporary difference for which deferred tax liability has not been recognized (due to the exception to recognizing deferred taxes related to subsidiaries and corporate joint ventures).
The Company adopted this ASU on a prospective basis for the 2025 fiscal year. The resulting expanded income tax disclosures are reflected in Note 13, in particular the further disaggregation of effective tax rate reconciliation and net income tax payments for 2025.
Future Accounting Standards
Accounting for Internal-Use Software
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, with limited amendments to better align internal-use software accounting (Topic 350-50) with current software development practices. The ASU changes the cost capitalization threshold by eliminating consideration of discrete project stages that assume a sequential and linear approach to software development. This model is replaced with a principles-based framework that focuses on the remaining two existing criteria to begin capitalizing software development cost, that is, (i) authorization and commitment to funding the software project and (ii) probability of completion and software is used for its intended function. Additional guidance is provided to clarify that the probable-to-complete recognition threshold is not met if there is significant uncertainty surrounding the software development, and until such time, all associated costs are expensed as incurred. The ASU also specifies that capitalized cost is subject to disclosure requirements of Topic 360-10, Property, Plant and Equipment, irrespective of whether the internal-use software is internally developed or third party licensed, or whether it is classified as tangible or intangible asset. The ASU, however, does not change the type of internal-use software costs that can be capitalized (for example, data conversion/migration and software maintenance costs continue to be expensed as incurred), or when capitalization ceases.
The ASU is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2028 and can be applied either prospectively, retrospectively or using a modified prospective transition approach. Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period, effective as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of this new guidance.
Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets
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, which simplifies the estimation of expected credit losses applied to revenue transactions from contracts with customers (pursuant to Topic 606). The ASU provides for election of a practical expedient to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the current accounts receivable and current contract assets. This would forego the existing requirement to develop forecasts of future economic conditions in estimating expected credit losses.
The ASU applies prospectively to interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2026, with early adoption permitted. The Company intends to elect the practical expedient, which is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity, which modifies the Business Combination (Topic 805) framework for identifying the accounting acquirer in certain business combinations where the legal acquiree is a VIE. This changes existing guidance by replacing the previous requirement that in a business combination in which a VIE is acquired, the primary beneficiary of the VIE is always the accounting acquirer, even if the business combination would otherwise have been a reverse acquisition had the legal acquiree been a voting interest entity. The new standard requires that in a business combination effected primarily through exchange of equity interests, the general factors in Topic 805 are assessed to determine which entity is the accounting acquirer regardless of whether the legal acquiree is a VIE or voting interest entity. The guidance in Topic 805 considers various factors in determining the accounting acquirer, including but not limited to, relative voting rights of the combined entity, composition of the governing body and senior management of the combined entity, and relative sizes of the combining entities prior to the transaction. The new ASU therefore improves comparability in the accounting for business combinations that involve VIEs and voting interest entities. The determination of which entity is the accounting acquirer affects the application of acquisition accounting in which the acquiree's assets and liabilities are remeasured at fair value on acquisition date, and also affects the form and content of current and prior period financial statements included in SEC filings.
The ASU applies prospectively to interim and annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2027, with early adoption permitted.
Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, in response to longstanding investor requests for disaggregated information about expenses by nature to supplement income statement expenses presented by function (for example, cost of sales and administrative expenses). The new standard requires tabular disclosure in a footnote, disaggregating each income statement line item that contains any of the following natural
expenses: (a) purchases of inventory; (b) employee compensation; (c) depreciation; (d) intangible asset amortization; and (e) depletion. If an expense caption that is presented as a natural expense on the income statement includes more than one of the required expense categories, further disaggregation is required. For example, an expense caption consisting of depreciation and intangible asset amortization would need to be disaggregated to separately disclose each category in the footnotes. An expense caption that consists entirely of one of the required natural expense categories is not required to be disaggregated. Further, certain expenses, gains or losses that are required to be disclosed under US GAAP, if they are recorded within the expense line items that contain any of the prescribed expense categories, are to be separately quantified within the same tabular disclosure. Any remaining amounts in expense line items that contain any of the prescribed expense categories that have not been separately quantified are to be included in the tabular disclosure to reconcile to the corresponding amount on the income statement and to be qualitatively described.
The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning January 1, 2027 and interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2028. Early adoption is permitted. Transition is prospective with the option to apply retrospective application. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of this new guidance.Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 26, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 27, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 1, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 1, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 1, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 28, 2017 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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