Global Self Storage, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. The amended guidance focuses on providing more transparency about income tax information through improvements to income tax disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. Pursuant to this ASU, the footnotes to the Company's consolidated financial statements may include incremental disclosures related to income taxes. This standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, therefore, compliance with this ASU will be required beginning with the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2025, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt this ASU for its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2025, and is continuing to research the impact of this amended guidance, however, does not expect this standard to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40). The guidance requires the disclosure of additional
information related to certain costs and expenses, including amounts of inventory purchases, employee compensation, and depreciation and amortization included in each income statement line item. For any remaining items within each relevant expense caption, entities must provide a qualitative description of the nature of those expenses. The guidance also requires disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses and the entity's definition of selling expenses. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, therefore, compliance with this ASU will be required beginning with the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2027. The guidance may be applied prospectively or retrospectively, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on its consolidated financial statements.
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.