Summary of significant accounting policies (Policy) |
9 Months Ended |
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Summary of significant accounting policies | |
Accounting estimates | (1) Accounting estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates impacting the condensed consolidated financial statements include accruals that have been established for contingent liabilities, pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of business, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, residual values of tanks, capitalization of customer tank installation costs, amortization methods of intangible assets, valuation methods used to value sales returns and allowances, allowance for expected credit losses, fair value of reporting unit, recoverability of long-lived assets, assumptions used to value business combinations, determination of incremental borrowing rate used to measure right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and lease liability, and fair values of derivative contracts. |
Goodwill, net | (2) Goodwill, net Goodwill is tested for impairment annually during the second fiscal quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not the fair value of a reporting unit is less than the carrying value. Ferrellgas has determined that it has one reporting unit for goodwill impairment testing purposes. Ferrellgas completed its most recent annual goodwill impairment test on January 31, 2025 and did not incur an impairment loss. |
Principles of consolidation and basis of presentation | (3) Principles of consolidation and basis of presentation Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. |
New accounting standards | (4) New accounting standards Recently adopted accounting pronouncements No new accounting standards were adopted during the nine months ended April 30, 2025. Recently issued accounting pronouncements not yet adopted In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures (“ASU 2023-07”), to improve segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures for significant segment expenses. ASU 2023-07 does not change how a public entity identifies its operating segments, aggregates those operating segments, or applies quantitative thresholds to determine its reportable segments. The update is effective on a retrospective basis for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2023-07 starting with our Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2025, and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q starting with our quarterly report for the quarter ended October 31, 2025. The adoption of this guidance will impact our disclosures only and we do not expect it to have a material impact. In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). In addition to new disclosures associated with the reconciliation of the effective tax rate to the statutory rate, ASU 2023-09 requires information related to taxes paid to be disaggregated for federal and state taxes and further disaggregated for specific jurisdictions to the extent they exceed a quantitative threshold. ASU 2023-09 is effective prospectively with an option for retrospective application for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2023-09 as of August 1, 2025. The adoption of this guidance will impact our disclosures only and we do not expect it to have a material impact. 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 (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires the disaggregation, in the notes to the financial statements, of certain cost and expense captions presented on the face of the Company’s Statement of Operations, to provide enhanced transparency to investors. The update may be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. ASU 2024-03 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. The Company plans to adopt ASU 2024-03 starting with our Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2028, and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q starting with our quarterly report for the quarter ended October 31, 2028. The Company is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2024-03 will have on its disclosures. |