New accounting standards
New standards recently adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which expands income tax disclosure requirements to include additional information related to the rate reconciliation of effective tax rates to statutory rates, as well as additional disaggregation of taxes paid in both U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The amendments in this ASU also remove disclosure requirements related to certain unrecognized tax benefits and deferred taxes. ASU 2023-09 became effective for the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. See Note 11 for further discussion of the Company's income taxes and the additional disclosure required by this ASU.
New standards not yet adopted
In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses, including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The amendments in this ASU may be applied prospectively or retrospectively, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the effect this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.
In September 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use software (Subtopic 350-40), which requires capitalization of software costs when management has authorized and committed to funding a software project and it is probable that the project will be completed and used as intended. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. The amendments in the ASU may be applied prospectively or retrospectively, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the effect this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements.
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.