Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements

New Accounting Pronouncements: From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by Peoples as of the required effective dates. The following paragraphs related to new pronouncements should be read in conjunction with "Note 1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies" of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Peoples’ 2020 Form 10-K. Unless otherwise discussed, management believes the impact of any recently issued standards, including those issued but not yet effective, will not have a material impact on Peoples' financial statements taken as a whole.

Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2021-05 - Leases (Topic 842): Lessors - Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments. This ASU addresses stakeholders' concerns by amending the lease classification requirements for lessors to align them with practice under Topic 840. This ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, for all entities. Peoples early adopted this ASU as of September 30, 2021. The adoption of this ASU did not have an impact on Peoples' consolidated financial statements.

ASU 2020-04 - Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This ASU allows relief where the benchmark interest rate is changed on a loan, lease or hedging relationship between March 12, 2020

and December 31, 2022. This ASU was early adopted as of September 30, 2021, and is not expected to have a significant impact on Peoples' consolidated financial statements, but is expected to reduce the accounting burden of assessing contracts impacted by reference rate reform.

ASU 2019-12 - Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The amendments in this ASU simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify US GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. These amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Peoples adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2021. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material effect on Peoples' consolidated financial statements.