KUSTOM ENTERTAINMENT, INC. New Standards Disclosure

New Accounting Standards

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standard Updates.

 

ASU 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires companies to disclose significant segment expenses provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and a description of other segment items. Additionally, all existing annual disclosures must be provided on an interim basis. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. This ASU is required to be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 in 2024 and applied the amendment retrospectively to all periods presented in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. See Note 22, Operating Segments, for more information.

 

ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, requires improved disclosures related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. This ASU requires companies to reconcile the income tax expense attributable to continuing operations to the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate applied to pre-tax income from continuing operations. Additionally, this ASU requires companies to disclose the total amount of income taxes paid during the period. This ASU became effective for the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025. The guidance is required to be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The Company applied this guidance on a prospective basis only with no significant impact to the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025.

 

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements.

 

ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, requires disaggregated disclosures in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of certain categories of expenses that are included in expense line items on the Consolidated Statement of Income. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The guidance is required to be applied on a prospective basis with the option to apply retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the consolidated financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

ASU 2024-04, Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments, clarifies the requirement for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as induced conversions or extinguishments. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. Early adoption is permitted and can be applied either on a prospective basis or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, however the Company does not anticipate this guidance having a material impact to the consolidated financial statements.

 

In March 2024, the SEC adopted rules to develop standardized climate-related disclosures by publicly traded companies including the emission of greenhouse gases. The rules are currently effective for the Company in the fiscal year beginning in 2027. However, as a result of pending legal challenges, the actual timing of effectiveness of the rules and applicable phase-in periods, as well as whether portions of the rules remain in effect after the legal challenges, are uncertain. The Company is currently evaluating the guidance and its impact on the financial statements.

 

The other recent accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.