VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.VIAV
VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC. New Standards Disclosure
Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted
In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (Topic 280), to improve reportable segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The amendments in this update require public entities to disclose significant segment expenses included within segment profit and loss that are regularly provided to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer as the Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM). This guidance is effective for fiscal 2025 for the Company. The Company adopted this guidance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025. See “Note 19. Operating Segments and Geographic Information” for the segment disclosure applying the guidance of ASU 2023-07, including retrospective application to all periods presented.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-04, Debt-Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20): Induced Conversions of Convertible Debt Instruments, which clarifies the requirements for determining whether certain settlements of convertible debt instruments should be accounted for as an induced conversion or extinguishment of convertible debt. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2025 (fiscal 2027 for the Company), and interim periods within those annual reporting periods, with early and retrospective adoption permitted. The Company adopted this guidance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 on a prospective basis, which did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. We will assess future impact, if any, in subsequent periods.
Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires disaggregated disclosure of income statement expenses for public business entities. The objective of this guidance is 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, amortization and depletion) in commonly presented expense captions such as Cost of revenues, R&D and SG&A. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 (fiscal 2028 for the Company), and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early and retrospective adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (Topic 740), to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 (fiscal 2026 for the Company), with early and retrospective adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of adopting this new accounting guidance on its Consolidated Financial Statements.
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements-Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The amendments clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements on various disclosure areas, including the statement of cash flows, earnings per share, debt, equity and derivatives. The amendments will align the requirements in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) with the SEC’s regulations. The amendments in this ASU will be effective on the date the related disclosures are removed from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K by the SEC, and will not be effective if the SEC has not removed the applicable disclosure requirement by June 30, 2027. This ASU is not expected to have a material impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements or related disclosures.
We reviewed all other accounting pronouncements issued during fiscal 2025 and concluded that they were not applicable to the Company.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Aug 11, 2025 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 2023 | Aug 17, 2023 | |
| 2022 | Aug 19, 2022 | |
| 2021 | Aug 23, 2021 | |
| 2020 | Aug 24, 2020 | |
| 2019 | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| 2018 | Aug 28, 2018 | |
| 2017 | Aug 29, 2017 | |
| 2016 | Aug 30, 2016 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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