Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

We adopted the following Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) during 2024, none of which had a material impact to our consolidated financial statements or financial statement disclosures:


ASU		Effective Date
2023-01	Leases: Common Control Arrangements	January 1, 2024
2023-02	Investments – Equity Method and Joint Ventures - Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method	January 1, 2024

Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted

ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting, Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a new accounting standard which requires disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker for each reportable segment. In addition to significant segment expenses that are separately disclosed, the standard requires disclosure of an amount for “other segment items” by reportable segment and a description of its composition. The standard also requires all annual disclosures about a reporting segment’s profit or loss and assets to be provided on an interim basis. This new standard is effective for our 2024 annual financial statements and interim periods beginning in 2025. We continue to assess the effect on our consolidated financial statement disclosures; however, adoption will not impact our consolidated balance sheets or income statements.

ASU 2023-09, Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. In December 2023, the FASB issued a new accounting standard to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The new standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with retrospective application permitted. There will be no impact to our consolidated balance sheets or income statements; however, there will be changes to our consolidated financial statement disclosures, primarily related to the effective tax rate reconciliation and cash paid for income taxes.

All other ASUs issued but not yet adopted were assessed and determined to be not applicable or are not expected to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or financial statement disclosures.

Provision for Income Taxes

For interim tax reporting, we estimate one single effective tax rate for subsidiaries that are subject to tax, which is applied to the year-to-date ordinary income/(loss). Tax effects of significant unusual or infrequently occurring items are excluded from the estimated annual effective tax rate calculation and recognized in the interim period in which they occur.