Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which enhances prior reportable segment disclosure requirements in part by requiring entities to disclose significant expenses related to their reportable segments. The amendments in this ASU were effective on a retrospective basis for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. The Company adopted the annual disclosure requirements of this ASU in the fourth quarter of 2024 and the interim disclosure requirements in the first quarter of 2025. The adoption of this ASU resulted in additional required disclosures, including the disclosure of certain expenses at the reportable segment level, described further in Note 16, “Business Segments”.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis; however, retrospective application is permitted. The Company adopted this ASU on a prospective basis in the fourth quarter of 2025. The adoption of this ASU resulted in additional disclosure about the Company's effective tax rate reconciliation as well as income taxes paid.
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 is intended to enhance expense disclosures, primarily by requiring disclosure of disaggregated information about certain income statement expense line items on an annual and interim basis. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively; however, retrospective application is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact that this accounting standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software, which is intended to modernize and simplify the guidance for capitalizing costs related to internal-use software by removing the stage-based approach and aligning the disclosure requirements with those for other long-lived assets. The amendments in this ASU are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027 and may be applied prospectively, retrospectively, or using a modified prospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. Management is currently evaluating the impact that this accounting standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
Other pronouncements issued by the FASB or other authoritative accounting standards groups with future effective dates are either not applicable or are not expected to be significant to Wesco’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.