MBIA INC New Standards Disclosure
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosure (ASU 2023-09)
In December of 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, information on income taxes paid, and contain other disclosure requirements. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. Upon the effective date, the amendments should be applied prospectively with retrospective application permitted. The Company adopted the amendments of ASU 2023-09 for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2025. The Company applied the amendments of ASU 2023-09 retrospectively and restated the applicable income tax disclosures for all prior periods. The adoption of ASU 2023-09 only impacted the income tax disclosures within the Company's consolidated financial statements and did not impact amounts reported on the Company's balance sheet, statement of operations, statement of comprehensive income or statement of cash flows.
The Company has not adopted any other new accounting pronouncements that had a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
Recent Accounting Developments
Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (ASU 2024-03)
In November of 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses" which requires to disclose the amounts of employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization, and certain other costs and expenses included in each relevant expense caption on the consolidated statements of operations and include certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current GAAP in the same disclosure. Additionally, ASU 2024-03 requires the disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively and the disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses. This ASU is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. Upon the effective date, the amendments can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact of adopting ASU 2024-03.
About New Standards Disclosures
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