Lifeway Foods, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recent accounting pronouncements
Issued but not yet effective
In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income – Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Topic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The new standard requires additional disclosure of certain amounts included in the expense captions presented on the Statement of Operations as well as disclosures about selling expenses. The new standard is effective on a prospective basis, with the option for retrospective application, for our annual period ending December 31, 2027, and our interim periods during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2028. The new standard does not affect recognition or measurement in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Upon adoption, the impact of ASU 2024-03 will be limited to certain notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09: Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures that requires entities to disclose additional information about federal, state, and foreign income taxes primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. The new standard also eliminates certain existing disclosure requirements related to uncertain tax positions and unrecognized deferred tax liabilities. The new standard is effective for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and our interim periods during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026. The Company adopted the standard retrospectively during the fourth quarter of 2025. The guidance did not affect recognition or measurement in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. See Note 12 – Income Taxes for additional disclosures.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 17, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Jul 21, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 25, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Apr 14, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Apr 15, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 30, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Apr 10, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Mar 16, 2016 | |
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.