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MARA Holdings, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company continually assesses any new accounting pronouncements to determine their applicability. When it is determined that a new accounting pronouncement may affect the Company’s financial reporting, the Company undertakes an analysis to determine any required changes to its Consolidated Financial Statements and assures that there are proper controls in place to ascertain that the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements properly reflect the change.
In September 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”). ASU 2025-06 eliminates accounting consideration of software project development stages and clarifies the threshold applied to begin capitalizing costs. The new standard is effective for
the Company for its annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2028, and permits prospective, modified prospective, retrospective or early adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (“ASU 2025-05”). ASU 2025-05 provides an optional practical expedient when applying the guidance related to the estimate of expected credit losses for current accounts receivables and current contract assets resulting from transactions arising from contracts with customers. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning January 1, 2026, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-03, Business Combinations (Topic 805) and Consolidation (Topic 810): Determining the Accounting Acquirer in the Acquisition of a Variable Interest Entity (“ASU 2025-03”), which amends the guidance for identifying the accounting acquirer in transactions involving the acquisition of a variable interest entity that meets the definition of a business. The guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice and improve consistency in the application of acquisition accounting. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning January 1, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In March 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-02, Liabilities (405): Amendments to SEC Paragraph Pursuant to SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122 (“ASU 2025-02”). ASU 2025-02 amends the Accounting Standard Codification to remove the text of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) 121, as rescinded by SAB 122. The new standard became effective immediately and did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
In December 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments (“2024-04”). ASU 2024-04 clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion to improve relevance and consistency. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning January 1, 2026 and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosures of certain expenses in the notes of the financial statements, to provide enhanced transparency into the expense captions presented on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40), to clarify the effective date of ASU 2024-03. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning January 1, 2027 and for interim periods beginning January 1, 2028, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting the standard.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires entities to disclose specific rate reconciliations, amount of income taxes separated by federal and individual jurisdiction, and the amount of income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit) disaggregated between federal, state, and foreign. The new standard is effective for the Company for its annual periods beginning January 1, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 effective as of January 1, 2025 on a prospective basis, and has included the new tax disclosure requirements within our Form 10-K. Refer to Note 11 – Income Taxes, for further information.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 2, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 16, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 10, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 24, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Apr 16, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Apr 5, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Mar 30, 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.