Recent Accounting Pronouncements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Accounting Changes And Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Note 13 – Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”. ASU 2016-13 requires an entity to utilize a new impairment model known as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model to estimate its lifetime “expected credit loss” and record an allowance that, when deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset, presents the net amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. The CECL model is expected to result in earlier recognition of credit losses. ASU 2016-13 also requires new disclosures for financial assets measured at amortized cost, loans and available-for-sale debt securities. During 2019, the effective date was extended to fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2022 for public entities that qualify as smaller reporting companies, per the Securities and Exchange Commission definition, which currently includes the Company. Early adoption is permitted. Entities will apply the standard’s provisions as a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is adopted. We have entered into a contract to outsource our current model with a CECL-ready vendor.  Currently we are in the process of validating data, setting assumptions for CECL and modeling our forecast for probabilities of default. The Company plans to run the CECL model parallel to the existing allowance model beginning in the second quarter of 2022. The impact of the adoption is dependent on loan portfolio composition and credit quality at adoption date, as well as economic conditions and forecasts at that time.

In March 2022, FASB issued ASU 2022-02, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures”, effective December 15, 2022. ASU 2022-02 eliminates the TDR accounting guidance set forth in Subtopic 310-40, “Receivables – Troubled Debt Restructurings by Creditors,” for financial institutions that have already adopted the CECL standard. Measurement of expected losses under the CECL model already incorporates loans modified as TDRs. As such, once CECL is implemented, the TDR guidance no longer provides useful information. After implementation, an entity must apply the loan refinancing and restructuring guidance in ASC 310-20, “Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs,” to determine whether a modification results in a new loan or a continuation of an existing loan. Enhanced qualitative and quantitative disclosures will be required for modifications made for borrowers experiencing financial difficulty.

ASC 848, “Reference Rate Reform,” was set forth to eliminate certain reference rates and introduce new reference rates that are based on a larger, more liquid population of observable transactions that are less vulnerable to manipulation. The reference rate reform will discontinue the use of certain widely used reference rates such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR. In response to likely challenges arising from contract modifications due to reference rate reform, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04 in March 2020 to provide optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications. As such, modifications to debt contracts may be accounted for as a continuation of the existing contract by prospectively adjusting the effective interest rate. This amendment can be applied beginning March 12, 2020 and will sunset December 31, 2022.  The Company currently holds, but no longer issues, loan contracts that reference LIBOR.  The Company is evaluating the most effective manner in which to modify those contracts, but does not anticipate material financial impact.

From time to time the FASB issues exposure drafts of proposed statements of financial accounting standards. Such exposure drafts are subject to comment from the public, to revisions by the FASB and to final issuance by the FASB as statements of financial accounting standards. Management considers the effect of the proposed statements on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and monitors the status of changes to and proposed effective dates of exposure drafts.