NETGEAR, INC. New Standards Disclosure
Recent accounting pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements Recently Adopted
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” which requires the Company to disclose specified additional information in its income tax rate reconciliation and provide additional information for reconciling items that meet a quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 requires the Company to disaggregate its income taxes paid disclosure by federal, state and foreign taxes, with further disaggregation required for significant individual jurisdictions. ASU 2023-09 is effective for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2025 and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted the new standard effective December 31, 2025 on a prospective basis. Refer to Note 8, Income Taxes, for details.
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Effective
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”, which expands the disclosure requirements for specific costs and expenses. ASU 2024-03 is effective for the Company for the year ending December 31, 2027 and early adoption is permitted. Upon adoption, the guidance should be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company does not expect that the guidance will have material impacts on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.
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”, which introduces a practical expedient permitting entities to assume that current economic conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change over the remaining life
of current accounts receivable and contract assets arising from transactions within the scope of ASC 606, including assets acquired in a business combination. ASU2025-05 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2026 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect that the updated standard will have material impacts on its financial position, results of operations or cash flow.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software”, which eliminates project stages and requires capitalizing costs when management has committed to funding the project and it is probable of completion. ASU2025-06 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2028 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial position, results of operations or cash flow.
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-09, "Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Hedge Accounting Improvements", which amends existing hedge accounting guidance to better align financial reporting with the economics of an entity’s risk management activities. ASU2025-09 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2027 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, "Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow Scope Improvement”, which amends interim reporting guidance to improve the consistency and transparency of interim disclosures, including clarifications to required disclosures and a new principle for reporting material events occurring after the most recent annual period. ASU 2025-11 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2028 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-12, “Codification Improvements”, which makes minor corrections, clarifications, and enhancements across the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. ASU2025-12 is effective for the Company for its fiscal year and all interim periods beginning January 1, 2027 on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact that the updated standard will have on its financial statement disclosures.
With the exception of the new standards discussed above, there have been no other new accounting pronouncements that have significance, or potential significance, to the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 13, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 16, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 17, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 16, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 18, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 22, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 16, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 24, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 19, 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.