Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

1. Basis of Presentation:

Peoples Financial Corporation (the “Company”) is a one-bank holding company headquartered in Biloxi, Mississippi. The Company has two subsidiaries, PFC Service Corp., an inactive company, and The Peoples Bank, Biloxi, Mississippi (the “Bank”). The Bank provides a full range of banking, financial and trust services to state, county and local government entities and individuals and small and commercial businesses operating in those portions of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama which are within a fifty mile radius of the Waveland, Wiggins and Gautier branches, the Bank’s three most outlying locations (the “trade area”).

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), the financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2022 and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods presented. The interim financial information should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s 2021 Annual Report and Form 10-K.

The results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reported period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates common to the banking industry that are particularly susceptible to significant change in the near term include, but are not limited to, the determination of the allowance for loan losses, the valuation of other real estate acquired in connection with foreclosure or in satisfaction of loans and valuation allowances associated with the realization of deferred tax assets, which are based on future taxable income.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - The accounting and reporting policies of the Company conform to GAAP and general practices within the banking industry. There have been no material changes or developments in the application of principles or in our evaluation of the accounting estimates and the underlying assumptions or methodologies that we believe to be Critical Accounting Policies as disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Revision of Prior Period Financial Statements – Other investments includes a low income housing partnership in which the Company is a 99% limited partner (the “Investment”). After the Annual Report on Form 10-K was filed on March 25, 2022, the Company identified an error in the historical financial statements related to the accounting for the Investment. The Company accounted for the Investment under GAAP according to ASC 323, Equity Method and Joint Ventures, through the application of the equity method but should have also periodically evaluated the Investment for impairment. Management performed an impairment evaluation on the Investment with assistance from a third-party consultant, who is an expert in accounting for such investments. Based on the evaluation, management determined that the Investment had become impaired in prior years starting 2012 through 2018.

The aggregate amount of the errors at each period end represented 3% or less of our shareholders' equity in all prior periods. In accordance with the guidance set forth in SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 99, Materiality, and SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financials, the Company concluded that the error was not material, to any prior periods, the current period or the trend in earnings from a quantitative and qualitative perspective. However, correcting the cumulative effect of the errors in the current period would have resulted in a material misstatement in the current period and, as such, we have revised our previously reported financial information contained in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2022 to correct the immaterial error. We will also revise previously reported financial information for these immaterial errors in our future filings, as applicable.

The income statements presented have not been affected by the revision.

A summary of revisions to certain previously reported financial information is presented below:

Revised Consolidated Statements of Condition as of December 31, 2021 (in thousands):

	As Reported		Adjustment			As Revised
Other investments	$	2,404	$	(2,054	)	$	350
Total assets		818,813		(2,054	)		816,759
Undivided profits		22,965		(2,054	)		20,911
Total shareholders' equity		91,592		(2,054	)		89,538

Revised Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Three Months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2021
	As Reported		Adjustment			As Revised
Beginning balance undivided profits	$	18,335	$	(2,110	)	$	16,225
Beginning balance total shareholders' equity		94,866		(2,110	)		92,756
Ending balance undivided profits		22,177		(2,110	)		20,067
Ending balance total shareholders' equity		94,460		(2,110	)		92,350

Accounting Standards Update –In March 2022, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update 2022-02 (“ASU 2022-02”), Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326). ASU 2022-02 amends guidance relating to trouble debt restructurings for all entities after they have adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The adoption of this ASU is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.