SurgePays, Inc. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Standards
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
FASB ASU 2023-07 – Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, which enhances reportable segment disclosure requirements by requiring disclosure of significant segment expenses regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), the title and position of the CODM, and extending certain annual disclosures to interim periods. It also clarifies that single-reportable-segment entities must apply ASC 280 in its entirety.
This ASU was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with retrospective application required. The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 effective January 1, 2025. The adoption resulted in enhanced segment disclosures but did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
SURGEPAYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024 |
FASB ASU 2023-09 – Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, which enhances income tax disclosure requirements by standardizing and disaggregating rate reconciliation categories and requiring disclosure of income taxes paid by jurisdiction.
This ASU was effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, and may be applied on a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 effective January 1, 2025. The adoption resulted in enhanced income tax disclosures but did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
FASB ASU 2025-05 – Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses for Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets
In July 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-05, which provides a practical expedient that permits entities to assume that current economic conditions as of the balance sheet date will remain unchanged over the remaining life of current (short-term) accounts receivable and current contract assets arising from transactions accounted for under ASC 606.
The Company early adopted ASU 2025-05 effective January 1, 2025, and elected the practical expedient. The amendments were applied prospectively. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
FASB ASU 2024-03 / ASU 2025-01 – Income Statement (Topic 220): Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, which requires public business entities to disclose, in both annual and interim reporting periods, disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items in a tabular format, along with a qualitative reconciliation to the captions on the face of the financial statements. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01 to clarify the effective date for non-calendar year-end entities.
The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted and may be applied on either a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of ASU 2024-03/2025-01 on its consolidated financial statement disclosures.
SURGEPAYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2025 AND 2024 |
FASB ASU 2024-04 – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, which clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion.
ASU 2024-04 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025, and interim reporting periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted for all entities that have adopted the amendments in ASU 2020-06. Adoption may be applied on a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2024-04 may have on its consolidated financial statement presentation and disclosures.
Other Accounting Standards Updates
The Company has evaluated all other recently issued accounting standards not yet effective and has determined that the adoption of such standards is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements or disclosures.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Apr 15, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Mar 30, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Mar 24, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Apr 2, 2021 | |
| 2019 | May 12, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Apr 10, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Dec 11, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Apr 14, 2016 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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