Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
New Accounting Standards and Accounting Changes
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), to enhance the transparency and decision-usefulness of income tax disclosures, particularly in the rate reconciliation table and disclosures about income taxes paid. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 for the year ended December 31, 2025, and applied the new disclosure requirements prospectively. Prior period disclosures have not been adjusted to reflect the new disclosure requirements. The adoption of ASU 2023-09 did not have a material impact to the Company’s financial statements, however ASU 2023-09’s additional disclosure requirements are included in Note 10.
In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2024-03, “Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses” (“ASU 2024-03”), to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses (including purchases of inventory, employee compensation, depreciation, and amortization) in each income statement line item that contains those expenses. All entities are required to apply the guidance prospectively and may apply it retrospectively. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2024-03’s additional disclosure requirements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2025-11, “Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements” (“ASU 2025-11”), which clarifies the scope and requirements for interim financial statement disclosures under U.S. GAAP. The guidance creates a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures and incorporates a disclosure principle that requires disclosures at interim periods when an event or change that has a material effect on the entity has occurred since the previous year-end. ASU 2025-11 may be applied prospectively or retrospectively and is effective for interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2025-11 on its consolidated financial statements.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 27, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 23, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 23, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 23, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 12, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Feb 19, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 14, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 23, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Feb 23, 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.