PPL CorpPPL

PPL Corp New Standards Disclosure

10-KFiled Feb 20, 20262 min read
20. New Accounting Guidance Pending Adoption

(All Registrants)

Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses

In November 2024, the FASB issued guidance which requires public business entities to provide in the notes to financial statements specified information about certain costs and expenses. This includes the disclosure of amounts of (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation, (d) intangible asset amortization, and (e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil and gas-producing activities included in each relevant income statement expense caption. A relevant expense caption is an expense caption included on the face of the income statement within continuing operations that contains any of the specified expense categories (a)-(e). A qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated must also be disclosed. Additionally, public business entities must disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, the entity's definition of selling expenses.

For public business entities, this guidance will be applied on a prospective basis. Retrospective application is permitted. This guidance will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted.

Adoption of this guidance will result in additional disclosures. The Registrants plan to adopt the standard retrospectively effective for the year ending December 31, 2027.

Accounting for Internal-Use Software

In September 2025, the FASB issued guidance to clarify and modernize the accounting for costs related to internal-use software. This includes 1) eliminating the traditional stage-based model and requiring entities to start capitalizing software costs when (a) management has authorized/committed to funding the software project and (b) it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended ("probable-to-complete recognition threshold"), 2) requiring entities to consider whether there is significant uncertainty associated with the development activities of the software when evaluating the probable-to-complete recognition threshold, and 3) clarifying disclosure requirements.

This guidance can be applied on either a prospective, modified, or retrospective basis and will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted.

The Registrants are currently assessing the impact of adopting this guidance.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 20, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 13, 2025
2023Feb 16, 2024
2021Feb 18, 2022
2020Feb 18, 2021
2019Feb 14, 2020
2018Feb 14, 2019
2017Feb 22, 2018
2016Feb 17, 2017
2015Feb 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.

Other Available Disclosures

Income TaxesRevenueEarnings Per ShareFair ValueGoodwill & IntangiblesLeasesSegmentsDebtCommitmentsStock CompensationPay vs Performance