Recently issued accounting standards
In December 2023, the FASB issued new guidance designed to improve income tax disclosure requirements, primarily through increased disaggregation disclosures within the effective tax rate reconciliation as well as enhanced disclosures on income taxes paid. We adopted the new standard for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 using a prospective transition approach. Additional information and disclosures required by the new guidance are provided in Note 16.
In November 2024, the FASB issued new guidance designed to enhance disclosures regarding the nature of expenses included in the income statement. The guidance requires tabular disclosures that disaggregate information about prescribed expense categories within relevant income statement expense captions. The guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and for interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The new standard can be adopted on a prospective basis with an option to be adopted retrospectively and early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating this guidance to determine its impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In September 2025, the FASB issued new guidance designed to clarify and modernize the accounting for costs related to internal-use software. The updated guidance is intended to provide enhanced transparency and consistency in the capitalization and expensing of software development costs, particularly in incremental and iterative development environments. The guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Entities may apply the guidance using a prospective, retrospective or modified transition approach. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating this guidance to determine its impact on our consolidated financial statements.
From time to time, new accounting guidance issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies is adopted as of the specified effective date or, when permitted by the guidance and as determined by us, as of an earlier date. We have assessed recently issued guidance that is not yet effective, except as noted above, and believe the new guidance that we have assessed will not have a material impact on our results of operations, cash flows or financial position.
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.