Note 2 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]

NOTE

2.

RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

Application of new accounting guidance

In

January

of

2017,

the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board's (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Update ("ASU")

No.

2016

-

09,

Compensation -

Stock Compensation (Topic

718

): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting

. ASU

2016

-

09,

seeks to simplify several aspects of the accounting for employee share-based payment transactions, including income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. As required by ASU

2016

-

09,

all adjustments are reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year,

January 1, 2016.

By applying this ASU, the Company

no

longer adjusts common stock for the tax impact of shares released, instead the tax impact is recognized as tax expense in the period the shares are released. This simplifies the tracking of the excess tax benefits and deficiencies, but could cause volatility in tax expense for the periods presented. The statement of cash flows has been adjusted to reflect the provisions of this ASU. The application of this ASU did

not

have a material impact on the financial statements.

Accounting pronouncements

not

yet applied

● In January of 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017 - 04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350 ): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The amendments are intended to simplify the subsequent measurement of goodwill. The annual, or interim, goodwill impairment test is performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge should be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. In addition, income tax effects from any tax-deductible goodwill on the carrying amount of the reporting unit should be considered when measuring the goodwill impairment loss, if applicable.

The amendments also eliminate the requirements for any reporting unit with a

zero

or negative carrying amount to perform a qualitative assessment and, if it fails that qualitative test, to perform Step

2

of the goodwill impairment test. An entity still has the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary.

The amendments should be applied on a prospective basis. The nature of and reason for the change in accounting principle should be disclosed upon transition. The amendment is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after

December 15, 2019.

Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates after

January 1, 2017.

The Company does

not

expect this ASU to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

● In June of 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 13 , Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326 ): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments . The amendments are intended to improve financial reporting by requiring timelier recording of credit losses on loans and other financial instruments held by financial institutions and other organizations. The ASU requires the measurement of all expected credit losses for financial assets held at the reporting date based on historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. Financial institutions and other organizations will now use forward-looking information to better inform their credit loss estimates.

Many of the loss estimation techniques applied today will still be permitted, although the inputs to those techniques will change to reflect the full amount of expected credit losses. Organizations will continue to use judgment to determine which loss estimation method is appropriate for their circumstances.

The ASU requires enhanced disclosures to help investors and other financial statement users to better understand significant estimates and judgments used in estimating credit losses, as well as the credit quality and underwriting standards of an organization’s portfolio. These disclosures include qualitative and quantitative requirements that provide additional information about the amounts recorded in the financial statements. In addition, the ASU amends the accounting guidance for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration.

The amendment is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after

December 15, 2019.

Early application will be permitted for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after

December 15, 2018.

We are currently evaluating the provisions of the ASU and have formed a committee for the purpose of developing a model that is compliant with the requirements under the ASU. An estimate of the impact of this standard has

not

yet been determined; however, the impact

may

be significant.

● In February of 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 02, Leases (Topic 812 ) . This Update was issued to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The core principle of Topic 842 is that a lessee should recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from leases. All leases create an asset and a liability for the lessee in accordance with FASB Concepts Statement No. 6, Elements of Financial Statements, and, therefore, recognition of those lease assets and lease liabilities represents an improvement over previous GAAP, which did not require lease assets and lease liabilities to be recognized for most leases. For public companies, the amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Although an estimate of the impact of the new leasing standard has not yet been determined, the Company expects a significant new lease asset and related lease liability on the balance sheet due to the number of leased properties the Company currently has that are accounted for under current operating lease guidance.

● In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016 - 01, Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825 - 10 ): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. The new guidance is intended to improve the recognition and measurement of financial instruments. This ASU requires equity investments (except those accounted for under the equity method of accounting, or those that result in consolidation of the investee) to be measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognized in net income. In addition, the amendment requires public business entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes and requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset (i.e., securities or loans and receivables) on the balance sheet or the accompanying notes to the financial statements. This ASU also eliminates the requirement for public business entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value that is required to be disclosed for financial instruments measured at amortized cost on the balance sheet. The amendment also requires a reporting organization to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument specific credit risk (also referred to as "own credit") when the organization has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments. ASU No. 2016 - 01 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for certain provisions. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

● In May of 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014 - 09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which creates Topic 606 and supersedes Topic 605, Revenue Recognition. The core principle of Topic 606 is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. In general, the new guidance requires companies to use more judgment and make more estimates than under current guidance, including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation.

The standard is effective for public entities for interim and annual periods beginning after

December 15, 2017

as deferred by ASU

No.

2015

-

14;

early adoption is

not

permitted. For financial reporting purposes, the standard allows for either full retrospective adoption, , or modified retrospective adoption.. As a bank, key revenue sources, such as interest income have been identified as out of scope of this new guidance. The Company has

not

yet determined the financial statement impact this guidance will have.