Liberty Latin America Ltd.LILA
Liberty Latin America Ltd. New Standards Disclosure
Accounting Changes
ASU 2023-09
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (ASU 2023-09), which was issued to enhance transparency of income tax disclosures, primarily by requiring consistent categories and disaggregated information about an entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation and disaggregated jurisdictional information on income taxes paid. The standard also eliminates certain existing requirements related to uncertain tax positions and unrecognized deferred tax liabilities. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 with early adoption permitted. We have implemented the reporting standards set forth in ASU 2023-09 on a prospective basis as of December 31, 2025.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
ASU 2024-03
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-04): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (ASU 2024-03), which requires more detailed disclosure in the notes to the financial statements about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. In each annual and interim reporting period, entities are required to (i) disclose the amounts of (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation and (d) intangible asset amortization included in each expense line item within continuing operations that is presented on the statement of operations, (ii) include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current U.S. GAAP in the same disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements, (iii) disclose a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in each expense line item within continuing operations that are not separately quantified and (iv) disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-01, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-04): Clarifying the Effective Date (ASU 2025-01). ASU 2024-03 is
effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027 with early adoption permitted, as clarified in ASU 2025-01. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2025-05
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 (ASU 2025-05), which introduces a practical expedient for all entities and an accounting policy election for all entities, other than public business entities, that elect the practical expedient to simplify the estimation of expected credit losses for current accounts receivable and current contract assets. Entities electing the practical expedient can assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset. Entities must disclose whether they have elected to use the practical expedient and, if so, whether they have also applied the accounting policy election. ASU 2025-05 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact this standard will have on our consolidated financial statements.
ASU 2025-06
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU No. 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40) (ASU 2025-06), which provides accounting guidance to modernize the accounting for internal-use software costs. The amendments replace the prior stage-based model with a principles-based approach, removing all references to project stages and instead focusing on the two remaining criteria for capitalization, being (i) management has authorized and committed to the funding for the software project and (ii) it is probable a project will be completed and used as intended. Until both of these criteria are met, all software development costs should be expensed as incurred. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. Entities may apply the amendments prospectively, retrospectively, or using a modified retrospective approach. We are currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2025-06 on our 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.