Note 1 - Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Notes to Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

NOTE 1.  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

We are a financial holding company headquartered in Moorefield, West Virginia.  We offer community banking and trust and wealth management services through our community bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank (“Summit Community”). We provide commercial and retail banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle, Southern and North Central regions of West Virginia, the Northern, Shenandoah Valley and Southwestern regions of Virginia, the Central region of Kentucky, the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware.  

Our accounting and reporting policies conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and to general practices within the banking industry.

Use of estimates:  We must make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in preparing our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.

Principles of consolidation:  The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Summit and its wholly-owned subsidiary.  All significant accounts and transactions among these entities have been eliminated.

Comprehensive income/loss: Comprehensive income/loss consists of net income and other comprehensive income/loss. Other comprehensive income/loss includes unrealized gains and losses on securities available for sale, cash flow hedges, fair value hedges of available for sale securities, other post-retirement benefits and pension plans, which are recognized as separate components of equity.

Cash and cash equivalents:  Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, amounts due from banks (including cash items in process of clearing), interest bearing deposits with other banks and federal funds sold.

Loans held for sale: Loans held for sale are valued at the lower of aggregate carrying cost or fair value. Gains or losses realized on the sales of loans are recognized in noninterest income at the time of sale.

Cash surrender value of life insurance policies: We have purchased life insurance policies on certain employees. Company owned life insurance is recorded at the amount that can be realized under the insurance contract at the balance sheet date, which is the cash surrender value adjusted for other charges or other amounts due that are probable at settlement.

Presentation of cash flows:  For purposes of reporting, cash flows from demand deposits, NOW accounts, savings accounts and short-term borrowings are reported on a net basis, since their original maturities are less than three months.  Cash flows from loans and certificates of deposit and other time deposits are reported net.

Advertising:  Advertising costs are expensed as incurred.

Trust services:  Assets held in an agency or fiduciary capacity are not our assets and are not included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.  Trust services income is recognized on the cash basis in accordance with customary banking practice.  Reporting such income on a cash basis does not produce results that are materially different from those that would result from use of the accrual basis.

Transfer of Financial Assets: Transfers of financial assets are accounted for as sales, when control over the assets has been relinquished. Control over transferred assets is deemed to be surrendered when the assets have been isolated from us, the transferee obtains the right (free of condition that constrain it from taking advantage of that right) to pledge or exchange the transferred assets, and we do not maintain effective control over the transferred assets through an agreement to repurchase them before their maturity date.

Unconsolidated subsidiary trusts:  In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we do not consolidate subsidiary trusts which issue guaranteed preferred beneficial interests in subordinated debentures (Trust Preferred Securities).  The Trust Preferred Securities qualify as Tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes. See Note 13 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of our subordinated debentures owed to unconsolidated subsidiary trusts.

Significant accounting policies:  The following table identifies our other significant accounting policies and the Note and page where a detailed description of each policy can be found.

Mergers and Acquisitions	Note 3	Page 62
Fair Value Measurements	Note 4	Page 65
Debt Securities	Note 5	Page 69
Equity and Other Investments	Note 6	Page 74
Loans and Allowance for Credit Losses on Loans	Note 7	Page 74
Property Held for Sale	Note 8	Page 89
Premises and Equipment	Note 9	Page 89
Lease Commitments	Note 10	Page 89
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	Note 11	Page 90
Borrowed Funds	Note 13	Page 92
Derivative Financial Instruments	Note 14	Page 93
Income Taxes	Note 15	Page 95
Employee Benefits	Note 16	Page 97
Share-Based Compensation	Note 16	Page 97
Earnings Per Share	Note 20	Page 101
Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income	Note 21	Page 102
Revenue From Contracts with Customers	Note 22	Page 103