NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC New Standards Disclosure
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Securities and Exchange Commission Rules
Updates to Reportable Segment Disclosures
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07 “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.” ASU 2023-07 expands public entities’ segment disclosures by requiring disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss and interim disclosures of a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets. The standard is effective for the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025, and subsequent interim periods. The Company adopted this standard during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 with no material impact to its consolidated financial statements. See Note 3 – Segment Information for disclosures related to ASU 2023-07.
Updates to Income Tax Disclosure
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” ASU 2023-09 enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The standard is effective beginning with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2026, and subsequent interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the guidance on the consolidated financial statements.
Updates to Expense Disclosure
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 requires disaggregated disclosures of relevant income statement expenses to improve financial reporting by enhancing transparency in the notes to the financial statements, specifically regarding expense categories. The standard is effective beginning with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2028, and subsequent interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this standard.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jan 22, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Jan 24, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Jan 25, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Jan 26, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Jan 27, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Jan 22, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Jan 23, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Jan 24, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Jan 25, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Jan 27, 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.