Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Standards

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Standards

Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Standards

In October of 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued guidance that amends the acquirer's accounting for contract assets and contract liabilities from contracts with customers in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022, early adoption is permitted. We early adopted this guidance on January 1, 2022. The early adoption of this standard applied to the acquired unearned revenue and contract costs associated with the IHS Markit merger. The adoption did not have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In March of 2020, the FASB issued accounting guidance to provide temporary optional expedients and exceptions to the current contract modifications and hedge accounting guidance in light of the expected market transition from London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") to alternative rates. The new guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions to transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. The transactions primarily include (1) contract modifications, (2) hedging relationships, and (3) sale or transfer of debt securities classified as held-to-maturity. The Company may elect to adopt the amendments prospectively to transactions existing as of or entered into from the date of adoption through December 31, 2022. We do not expect this guidance to have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.