Note 17 - New Accounting Pronouncements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Accounting Standards Update and Change in Accounting Principle [Text Block]

NOTE 17: NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In June 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-13, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses, have been released in November 2018 (2018-19), November 2019 (2019-10 and 2019-11) and a January 2020 Update (2020-02) that provided additional guidance on this Topic. Among other things, the amendments in this ASU require 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. In addition, the ASU amends the accounting for credit losses on available-for-sale debt securities and purchased financial assets with credit deterioration. For SEC filers meeting certain criteria, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. For SEC filers that meet the criteria of a smaller reporting company (including this Company) and for non-SEC registrant public companies and other organizations, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2022. Early adoption will be permitted for all organizations for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. The Company has formed a committee that is assessing our data and evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2016-13. The Company has also selected a third-party vendor to assist in generating loan level cash flows and disclosures. Based on the results from larger SEC filers and preliminary internal calculations there is likely a significant financial impact of adopting this standard. Estimated amounts and decisions pertaining to implementation of this standard will be evaluated over the next several quarters.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 applies to contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be terminated because of reference rate reform. An entity may elect certain optional expedients for hedging relationships that exist as of December 31, 2022 and maintain those optional expedients through the end of the hedging relationship. ASU 2020-04 can be adopted as of March 12, 2020 or thereafter. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, which further updates the scope of Topic 848. This ASU provides guidance and timelines for the future transition from London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) to alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction based and less susceptible to manipulation. For financial institutions this will likely impact contracts already in place that reference LIBOR as the variable rate component. Items likely to be impacted are interest rate swaps, subordinated debt offerings, certain adjustable-rate loan contracts, certain variable rate investment instruments as well as other variable rate contracts. Current guidance has the use of LIBOR reference rates to end by June 30, 2023. In the meantime, institutions are to identify contracts that reference LIBOR, prepare their current systems for a transition to a new reference rate and to communicate any changes to impacted parties. The Company has identified existing items that reference LIBOR and is in the process of evaluating fall back language in each situation along with working with system providers and other third parties to ensure a successful adoption of new reference rates, which includes the Secured Overnight Financing Rate and the American Interbank Offered Rate. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

The Company considers the applicability and impact of all recently issued FASB ASUs. ASUs that are not noted above were assessed and determined to be not applicable or not significant to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the period ended December 31, 2021.