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TENNANT CO New Standards Disclosure

10-KFiled Feb 24, 20261 min read
Newly Adopted Accounting Policies
Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which is intended to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in ASU 2023-09 address investor requests for enhanced income tax information primarily through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The amendments in this ASU are required to be adopted for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. We have adopted the new standard on a prospective basis effective December 31, 2025. While the adoption has no impact on our consolidated financial statements, it has resulted in incremental disclosures within the footnotes of our consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 18, Income Taxes for the inclusion of the new required disclosures.

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.

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