Fulgent Genetics, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company evaluates all Accounting Standards Updates, or ASUs, issued by the FASB for consideration of their applicability. ASUs not included in the Company’s disclosures were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements or disclosures.
Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvement to Income Tax Disclosures. This update establishes new income tax disclosure requirements in addition to modifying and eliminating certain existing requirements. Under the new guidance, entities must consistently categorize and provide greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation. They must also further disaggregate income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit stockholders by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions. The guidance applies to all entities subject to income taxes and is effective for annual period beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company has adopted this standard on a basis for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Issued
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. This update requires disclosure in the notes to financial statements of specified information about certain costs and expenses. Amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of this amendment on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosure.
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 update provides all entities with a practical expedient related to the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets that arise from transactions accounted for under ASC 606. Amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on its financial statements and related disclosures.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangible - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software. This update simplifies the capitalization guidance by removing all references to software development project stages, so that the guidance is neutral to different software development methods. Amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of this amendment on its financial statements and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements. This update clarifies the applicability of interim reporting guidance, provides a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures, and establishes a disclosure principle that requires disclosure of material events that occurred after the end of the last annual reporting period. Amendments in this update are effective for interim reporting periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this amendment on its financial statement and related disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-12, Codification Improvements (“ASU 2025-12”). This update makes targeted amendments to various topics within the Accounting Standards Codification intended to clarify, correct errors, or make minor improvements to existing guidance. Amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts of this amendment on its financial statements and related disclosures.
The Company does not expect that any other recently issued accounting guidance will have a significant effect on its consolidated financial statements.Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 27, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 28, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 28, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 8, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 13, 2020 | |
| 2017 | Mar 20, 2018 | |
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