Knife River Corp New Standards Disclosure
| Standard | Description | Standard Effective Date | Impact on financial statements/disclosures | ||||||||
Recently issued ASU’s not yet adopted | |||||||||||
ASU 2024-03 - Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses | In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance on modifying the disclosure requirements to improve the disclosures for a public entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The guidance is to be applied either on a prospective basis to the financial statements issued for reporting periods after the effective date or on a retrospective basis to the financial statements to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. Early adoption is permitted. | Annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. | We are currently evaluating the impact the guidance will have on our disclosures for the year ended December 31, 2027 and interim periods for fiscal year 2028. | ||||||||
| ASU 2025-05 - Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets | In July 2025, the FASB issued guidance to provide a practical expedient for all entities 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, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. | Annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted and should be applied on a prospective basis. | We are currently evaluating the impact the guidance will have on our financial statements and related disclosures. | ||||||||
| Standard | Description | Standard Effective Date | Impact on financial statements/disclosures | ||||||||
| ASU 2025-06 - Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software | In September 2025, the FASB issued guidance to provide targeted improvements to the accounting for internal-use software which is intended to modernize the recognition and capitalization framework to reflect current software development practices. Under this guidance, eligible software development costs will begin capitalization when management has authorized and committed to funding the software project, and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. | Annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. | We are currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on our financial statements and disclosures. | ||||||||
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 20, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 27, 2024 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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