What is the ASU number related to simplifying the accounting for income taxes that Checkers adopted?
Checkers Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes ("ASU 2019-12"). The standard was issued as part of the Board's simplification initiative. The amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740. The update makes several amendments to Topic 740 including a change in the way an entity recognizes franchise tax. ASU 2019-12 is effective for entities that are not public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. Upon evaluation of the pronouncement, the Company has adopted the standard as of January 4, 2022, and determined it has no material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.
Source: Item 21 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (FDD page 91)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Checkers' 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the company adopted ASU 2019-12, which relates to simplifying the accounting for income taxes. This standard was issued as part of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (FASB) simplification initiative. The amendments in this update simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in ASC 740.
The update makes several amendments to Topic 740 including a change in the way an entity recognizes franchise tax. ASU 2019-12 is effective for entities that are not public business entities for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption was permitted, and Checkers adopted the standard as of January 4, 2022.
Checkers determined that the adoption of ASU 2019-12 had no material impact on its financial statements and related disclosures. For a prospective franchisee, this means that Checkers has already integrated this accounting standard, and it did not significantly change their financial reporting. This adoption aims to simplify income tax accounting by removing exceptions to general principles and changing how franchise taxes are recognized.