Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”), which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation, as well as information related to income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The Company prospectively adopted ASU 2023-09 for the year ended December 31, 2025. See Note 8.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In April 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share-Based Consideration Payable to a Customer, which clarifies the accounting for share-based consideration payable to a customer, including the interaction between Topic 718 and Topic 606. ASU 2025-04 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those annual periods. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2025-04 on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40) (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires public entities to provide enhanced disclosures about the nature of certain expenses presented in the income statement, including the disaggregation of expenses such as employee compensation, depreciation and amortization, and other significant expense categories, as applicable. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of ASU 2024-03 on its consolidated financial statements.

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2025Feb 11, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 26, 2025
2023Feb 7, 2024
2022Feb 10, 2023
2021Feb 9, 2022
2020Feb 17, 2021
2019Feb 26, 2020
2018Mar 13, 2019
2017Mar 7, 2018
2016Mar 21, 2017
2015Mar 8, 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.