Note 3: Impact of Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Account Standards Update ("ASU") 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. This ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in ASC 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition for deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. ASU 2019-12 also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company's financial statements.

In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-01, Leases (Topic 842): Codification Improvements. These amendments align the guidance for fair value of the underlying asset by lessors that are not manufacturers or dealers in Topic 842 with that of existing guidance. Finally, the ASU exempts both lessees and lessors from having to provide certain interim disclosures in the fiscal year in which a company adopts the new leases standard. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. An entity should apply the amendments as of the date that it first applied Topic 842, using the same transition methodology in accordance with paragraph 842-10-65-1(c). The Company adopted Topic 842 on January 1, 2019 and applied the amendments in ASU 2019-01 as of the same date and it did not have a material impact on its accounting and disclosures.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. These amendments modify the disclosure requirements in Topic 820 as follows:

Removal of the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy; the policy for timing of transfers between levels; and the valuation processes for Level 3 fair value measurements.

For investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value, an entity is required to disclose the timing of liquidation of an investee’s assets and the date when restrictions from redemption might lapse only if the investee has communicated the timing to the entity or announced the timing publicly; and the amendments clarify that the measurement uncertainty disclosure is to communicate information about the uncertainty in measurement as of the reporting date.

Additional disclosure of the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period; and the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements.

The guidance is effective for all entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. An entity is permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of ASU No. 2018-13 and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. The Company has assessed adoption of ASU 2018‑13 and it will not have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements. Topic 326 amends guidance on reporting credit losses for assets held at amortized cost basis and available for sale debt securities. The ASU is intended to provide financial statement users with useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit.

The ASU requires financial assets measured at amortized cost (primarily loans) be presented at the amount net of a valuation allowance for credit losses, and that the income statement include the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets as well as changes in expected losses on previously recognized financial assets. The provisions of this ASU do not specify the method for measuring expected credit losses, and an entity is allowed to apply methods that reasonably reflect its expectations of the credit loss estimate. The new model will be based on relevant information including past events, historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportive forecasts that affect the collectability of the asset. The provisions of this ASU differ from current U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in that current U.S. GAAP generally delays recognition of the full amount of credit losses until the loss is probable of occurring.

This ASU requires that credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down.

This ASU was originally effective for the Company for interim and annual periods beginning in the first quarter of 2020, but on October 16, 2019, FASB approved a final ASU delaying the effective date for smaller reporting companies (as defined by the SEC), such as the Company. In November 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10 which delayed the effective date of this ASU 2016-13 for the Company until fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. In November 2019, FASB issued ASU 2019-11, Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326). This ASU clarifies guidance around how to report expected recoveries in which an organization recognizes a full or partial write-off of the amortized cost basis of a financial asset, but later determines that the write-off, or portion of the amount, will be recovered. This ASU permits organizations to record expected recoveries on Purchased Credit Deteriorated (PCD) financial assets, also. The ASU reinforces existing guidance that prohibits organizations from recording negative allowances for available-for-sale debt securities, as well. This ASU is effective for the Company for fiscal years after December 15, 2022. Early adoption is permitted. The Company was in the process of implementing a third-party software solution to assist in the application of the new standard for implementation in 2023, however this has been put on hold, due to the pending merger of the Company with Northwest Bancshares.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016‑02, Leases. The objective of the amendment is to establish the principles that lessees and lessors shall apply to report useful information to users of financial statements about the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. These changes will increase transparency among companies by recognizing lease assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing additional information about lease arrangements. The amendments in this update were effective for annual and interim periods beginning in the first quarter of 2019. The Company has operating leases in place for some locations as well as equipment. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-10, which provides narrow-scope improvements to the lease standard and ASU 2018-11, which allows entities to choose an additional transition method, under which an entity initially applies the new lease standard at the adoption date and recognizes a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. Under this transitional method, the entity shall recognize and measure the leases that exist at the adoption date and the prior comparative periods are not adjusted. The Company adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2019 using the transitional method. The new standard provides a number of optional practical expedients in transition. The Company has elected the practical expedients that allowed the Company to retain the classifications of existing leases, not re-assess if existing leases have initial direct costs and hindsight when determining the lease term and assessment of impairment. The Company adopted ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019 and recorded a right-of-use asset and lease liability of $3.6 million, based on the present value of the expected remaining lease payments.