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Note 3 - Recently Issued Accounting Standards
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
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NOTE 3 RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

 

(a)

Adoption of New Accounting Standards:

 

Effective January 1, 2024, the Company adopted ASU 2023-02, Investments Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method. These amendments allow reporting entities to elect to account for qualifying tax equity investments using the proportional amortization method, regardless of the program giving rise to the related income tax credits. The adoption of ASU 2023-02 did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

 

In  November 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-07, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”), which improves reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. In addition, the amendments enhance interim disclosure requirements, clarify circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, provide new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment, and contain other disclosure requirements. The purpose of the amendments is to enable investors to better understand an entity’s overall performance and assess potential future cash flows. ASU 2023-07 is effective for public companies with annual periods beginning after  December 15, 2023, and interim periods within annual period beginning after  December 15, 2024.  The Company adopted ASU 2023-07 on a retrospective basis for the year ended December 31, 2024, which resulted in additional disclosures in our segment footnote, primarily related to significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within our reported measure of segment profit or loss. Refer to Note 22, "Segmented Information." for these additional disclosures.

 

(b)

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted:

 

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued ASU No. 2023-09, 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 on income taxes paid. The standard is intended to benefit investors by providing more detailed income tax disclosures that would be useful in making capital allocation decisions. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public companies with annual periods beginning after  December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have 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 ("ASU 2023-06"), which amends the disclosure or presentation requirements related to various subtopics in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. For SEC registrants, the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC’s removal of that related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective, with early adoption prohibited. The Company will monitor the removal of various requirements from the current regulations in order to determine when to adopt the related amendments, but does not anticipate the adoption of the new guidance will have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements

 

In  March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-02, Codification Improvements - Amendments to Remove References to the Concepts Statements ("ASU 2024-02").  ASU 2024-02 amends the Codification to remove references to various concepts statements and impacts a variety of topics in the Codification. The amendments apply to all reporting entities within the scope of the affected accounting guidance, but in most instances the references removed are extraneous and not required to understand or apply the guidance. Generally, the amendments in ASU 2024-02 are not intended to result in significant accounting changes for most entities. ASU 2024-02 is effective January 1, 2025.  The Company does not expect ASU 2024-02 to have a significant impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures ("ASU 2024-03").  ASU 2024-03 requires new financial statement disclosures in tabular format, disaggregating information about prescribed categories underlying any relevant income statement expense caption. Qualitative disclosures about any remaining amounts in relevant expense line items must be provided. Separate disclosures of total selling expenses and an entity’s definition of those expenses are also required. ASU 2024-03 is effective for public companies with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within annual period beginning after  December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted.  The Company expects the adoption of the standard to result in additional disaggregation of expense captions within its footnote disclosures.