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Guardant Health, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASU No. 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires an enhanced disclosure of significant segment expenses on an annual and interim basis. This guidance became effective for the annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2024, and for interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2025, and should be applied retrospectively. The Company adopted this pronouncement retrospectively in the fiscal year of 2024 and provided required disclosures in Note 15, Segment and Geographic Information to the consolidated financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which amended existing income tax disclosure guidance, primarily requiring more detailed disclosures on the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This guidance became effective for the annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company adopted this pronouncement prospectively in the fiscal year of 2025 and provided required disclosures in Note 13, Income Taxes to the consolidated financial statements.
New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Expense Disaggregation Disclosures, which requires additional disclosures of specified information about certain costs and expenses in the notes to financial statements. This guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2027, and for interim reporting periods beginning January 1, 2028, with early adoption permitted and can be applied on either a prospective or retroactive basis. The Company expects to provide required disclosures upon the effective date.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-05, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets, which provides a practical expedient that in developing reasonable and supportable forecasts as part of estimating expected credit losses, all entities may assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. This guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2026, and for interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted and should be applied prospectively. The Company does not expect the adoption of this accounting pronouncement to have a material impact on its financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which provides updates on the criteria for capitalizing internal-use software costs and related disclosure requirements. This guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2028, and for interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted and can be applied using either a prospective transition approach, a modified transition approach or a retrospective transition approach. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this accounting pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements, which clarifies interim disclosure requirements and the applicability of Topic 270. This guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning the year ended December 31, 2028, and for interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted and can be applied prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adopting this accounting pronouncement on its consolidated financial statements.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 19, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 20, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 22, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 23, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 24, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 25, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 2, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 19, 2019 | |
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.