FreightCar America, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which addresses investor requests for more transparency around income tax information. ASU 2023-09 requires additional information within the disclosures related to income tax rate reconciliations and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company has adopted ASU 2023-09 retrospectively for the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025. Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. The adoption had no material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows. Refer to Note 16 - Income Taxes for additional details.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (DISE), which requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses included in the income statement in response to longstanding requests from investors for more information about an entity’s expenses. ASU 2024-03 requires disclosure in the footnotes the following information at each interim and reporting period: tabular disclosure of amounts of specified natural expenses included in each relevant expense caption including, but not limited to, purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, intangible asset amortization; certain expense, gain, or loss amounts that are already required to be disclosed under US GAAP; qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively; and total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. A relevant expense caption is an expense caption presented on the face of the income statement within continuing operations that contains any of these expense categories. ASU 2024-03 applies to all public business entities and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. ASU 2024-03 requirements will be applied prospectively with the option of retrospective application. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that adoption of the new standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.
All recent accounting pronouncements issued by the FASB, its Emerging Issues Task Force, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the SEC did not or are not believed by management to have a material impact on the Company’s present or future financial statements.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mar 9, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 12, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 18, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 22, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Mar 24, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Mar 4, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Mar 9, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Mar 3, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Mar 4, 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.