Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Dec. 31, 2021

New Accounting Pronouncements And Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

(23) Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2021

ASU 2018-14:  The FASB issued ASU 2018-14, Compensation – Retirement Benefits – Defined Benefit Plans – General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans

This ASU, issued as part of the FASB’s disclosure framework project to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in financial statements, amends the disclosure requirements related to defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans by removing and adding certain disclosures.  

The ASU was effective for public business entities for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020 and Mid Penn adopted this standard effective January 1, 2021 on a prospective basis.

As a result of this ASU, several disclosures were removed from Topic 715, including: (i) disclosures of the amounts in accumulated comprehensive income expected to be recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year, and (ii) the effects of a one-percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates on the aggregate of service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement health care benefit costs.  However, some additional disclosures will be required as a result of this ASU, including the requirement to disclose an explanation for significant gains and losses related to changes in the benefit obligation for the period.  The prospective adoption of this ASU resulted in disclosure changes only to Mid Penn’s defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans in Note 15 – Postretirement Benefit Plans for the year ended December 31, 2021. The adoption of this standard did not impact Mid Penn’s overall financial condition.

ASU 2019-12:  The FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740)

This ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in ASC 740 related to (i) the approach for intra-period tax allocation, (ii) the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period, and (iii) the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The new guidance also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. Finally, it clarifies that single-member limited liability companies and similar disregarded entities that are not subject to income tax are not required to recognize an allocation of consolidated income tax expense in their separate financial statements, but they could elect to do so. ASU 2019-12 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020. ASU 2019-12 did not have a material impact on Mid Penn’s overall financial condition.

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2020

ASU 2018-15: The FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract

This ASU requires an entity in a cloud computing arrangement (i.e., hosting arrangement) that is a service contract to follow the internal-use software guidance in ASC 350-40 to determine which implementation costs to capitalize as assets or expense as incurred. Capitalized implementation costs should be presented in the same line item on the balance sheet as amounts prepaid for the hosted service, if any (generally as an “other asset”). The capitalized costs will be amortized over the term of the hosting arrangement, with the amortization expense being presented in the same income statement line item as the fees paid for the hosted service. ASU 2018-15 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019; early adoption is permitted. Mid Penn adopted ASU 2018-15 effective January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis. ASU 2018-15 did not have a material impact on the results of operations.

ASU 2018-13:  The FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement

This ASU, issued as part of the FASB’s disclosure framework project to improve the effectiveness of disclosures in financial statements, amends the disclosure requirements related to recurring and nonrecurring fair value measurements by removing, modifying, and adding certain disclosures.

As a result of this ASU, several disclosures were removed from Topic 820, including: (i) disclosure of the valuation process for Level 3 fair value measurements, and (ii) amounts of and reasons for transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  However, some additional disclosures are required as a result of this ASU, including the requirement to disclose the changes in unrealized gains and losses included in other comprehensive income for the period related to Level 3 recurring fair value measurements, as well as the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements.  Mid Penn adopted ASU 2018-13 effective January 1, 2020 on a prospective basis.  The adoption of this ASU resulted in disclosure changes only and did not impact Mid Penn’s overall financial condition.

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2019

ASU 2019-04:  The FASB issued ASU 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments

In April 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-04, Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments. With respect to Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, ASU 2019-04 clarifies that the reclassification of a debt security from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale under the transition guidance in ASU 2017-12 would not (1) call into question the classification of other HTM securities, (2) be required to actually designate any reclassified security in a last-of-layer hedge, or (3) be restricted from selling any reclassified security. As part of the transition of ASU 2019-04, entities may reclassify securities that would qualify for designation as the hedged item in a last-of-layer hedging relationship from held-to-maturity to available-for-sale; however, entities that already made such a reclassification upon their adoption of ASU 2017-12 are precluded from reclassifying additional securities. The Company did not reclassify any securities from HTM to AFS upon adoption of ASU 2017-12.

As previously reported on a Form 8-K filed on November 20, 2019, Mid Penn early adopted ASU 2019-04, and as part of the adoption, reclassified 113 held-to-maturity debt securities consisting primarily of state and political subdivision obligations and mortgage-backed U.S. government agencies with an aggregate amortized cost of $67,096,000 to the available-for-sale category. All 113 securities were subsequently sold during the fourth quarter of 2019, and Mid Penn realized a pre-tax gain on the sales of $1,779,000.  Proceeds from the sales are primarily intended to fund future loan growth or repay wholesale borrowings.

ASU 2016-02:  The FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases.

The new leases standard applies a right-of-use (“ROU”) model that requires a lessee to record, for all leases with a lease term of more than 12 months, an asset representing its right to use the underlying asset and a liability to make lease payments.  For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a practical expedient is available whereby a lessee may elect, by class of underlying asset, not to recognize an ROU asset or lease liability.  At inception, lessees must classify all leases as either finance or operating based on five criteria. Balance sheet recognition of finance and operating leases is similar, but the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement, as well as the effect on the statement of cash flows, differs depending on the lease classification.

The new leases standard requires a lessor to classify leases as either sales-type, direct financing or operating, similar to existing U.S. GAAP.  Classification depends on the same five criteria used by lessees plus certain additional factors.  The subsequent accounting treatment for all three lease types is substantially equivalent to existing U.S. GAAP for sales-type leases, direct financing leases, and operating leases.  However, the new standard updates certain aspects of the lessor accounting model to align it with the new lessee accounting model, as well as with the new revenue standard under Topic 606.

Lessees and lessors are required to provide certain qualitative and quantitative disclosures to enable users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.  The new leases standard addresses other considerations including identification of a lease, separating lease and non-lease components of a contract, sale and leaseback transactions, modifications, combining contracts, reassessment of the lease term, and re-measurement of lease payments. It also contains comprehensive implementation guidance with practical examples.

On July 30, 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842): Targeted Improvements, which provides an option to apply the transition provisions of the new standard at the adoption date instead of the earliest comparative period presented.  Additionally, the ASU provides a practical expedient permitting lessors to not separate non-lease components from the associated lease component if certain conditions are met.

The amendments for both ASUs are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted. Specific transition requirements apply.

Mid Penn adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2019 using the option to apply the transition provisions of the new standard at the adoption date instead of the earliest period presented as provided in ASU 2018-11.  Additionally, Mid Penn elected to apply all practical expedients as provided in ASU 2016-02, with the exception of the hindsight practical expedient, which was not elected.  As a result of the adoption of this standard on January 1, 2019, Mid Penn recognized (i) an operating lease ROU asset of $11,661,000, (ii) an operating lease liability of $12,866,000, and (iii) an opening adjustment to retaining earnings of $316,000 to eliminate the remaining balance of the deferred sale/leaseback gain on two retail branch locations which had originally been recorded in 2016.  The operating lease liability represents the present value of future payments on twenty-four leased properties within the Mid Penn footprint as of the January 1, 2019 adoption date, while the ROU asset reflects the lease liability, adjusted for deferred/accrued rent balances and the balance of acquisition accounting fair value adjustments of the respective properties as of the adoption date of January 1, 2019.  

Subsequent to the adoption of Topic 842, Mid Penn entered into a lease agreement for one facility under a non-cancelable finance lease which commenced March 1, 2019.  Mid Penn recognized a finance lease ROU asset of $3,597,000 and a finance lease liability of $3,597,000 included in the reported amount of long-term debt as of the lease commencement date.

The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income or the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow.  See Note 8, Leases for more information.

In March 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-01, “Leases: Codification Improvements.” This ASU (1) states that for lessors that are not manufacturers or dealers, the fair value of the underlying asset is its cost, less any volume or trade discounts, as long as there isn’t a significant amount of time between acquisition of the asset and lease commencement; (2) clarifies that lessors in the scope of ASC 842 (such as Mid Penn) must classify principal payments received from sales-type and direct financing leases in investing activities in the statement of cash flows; and (3) clarifies the transition guidance related to certain interim disclosures provided in the year of adoption. To coincide with the adoption of ASU No. 2016-02, Mid Penn elected to early adopt ASU 2019-01 on January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on Mid Penn’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

ASU 2018-07: The FASB issued ASU 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting

This ASU makes certain changes to the accounting for nonemployee awards to align the accounting for share-based payment awards issued to employees and nonemployees.  The changes require that the compensation expense associated with nonemployee equity awards with performance conditions be recognized when the achievement of the performance condition is probable, rather than upon achievement of the performance condition.  Additionally, the new ASU requires that equity-classified share-based payment awards issued to nonemployees be measured on the grant date, versus the previous GAAP requirement to re-measure the awards through the performance completion date.  The current requirement to reassess the classification (equity or liability) for the nonemployee awards upon vesting will be eliminated.

The amendments are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption is permitted, including interim periods.

Mid Penn currently issues restricted stock awards to nonemployee directors through the 2014 Restricted Stock Plan (the “Plan”) as more fully described in Note 21, Common Stock.  The single performance condition of the award is that the individual remain a director of Mid Penn through the duration of the vesting period.  Mid Penn adopted this standard on January 1, 2019 and the adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements as the compensation expense related to nonemployee equity awards is immaterial to Mid Penn’s overall financial condition.

Accounting Standards Pending Adoption

ASU 2016-13:  The FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, as further amended.

The ASU requires credit losses on most financial assets measured at amortized cost and certain other instruments to be measured using an expected credit loss model (referred to as the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) model).  Under this model, entities will estimate credit losses over the entire contractual term of the instrument (considering estimated prepayments, but not expected extensions or modifications unless reasonable expectation of a troubled debt restructuring exists) from the date of initial recognition of that instrument.

The ASU also replaces the current accounting model for purchased credit impaired loans and debt securities.  The allowance for purchased financial assets with a more-than insignificant amount of credit deterioration since origination (“PCD assets”) should be determined in a similar manner to other financial assets measured on an amortized cost basis.  However, upon initial recognition, the allowance is added to the purchase price (“gross up approach”) to determine the initial amortized cost basis.  The subsequent accounting for PCD financial assets is the same expected loss model described above.

Further, the ASU made certain targeted amendments to the existing impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities.  For an AFS debt security for which there is neither the intent nor a more-likely-than-not requirement to sell, an entity will record credit losses as an allowance rather than a write-down of the amortized cost basis.  Certain incremental disclosures are required.

Subsequently, the FASB issued ASU 2018-19, ASU 2019-04, ASU 2019-05, ASU 2019-10, and ASU 2019-11 and ASU 2020-02 to clarify, improve, or defer the adoption of ASU 2016-13.

In October 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-10 which deferred the implementation date of ASU 2016-13 for smaller reporting companies (SRCs) until January 1, 2023.  The effective date for larger SEC filers would remain unchanged at January 1, 2020.  Mid Penn qualified as an SRC as of the date this guidance was issued; therefore, Mid Penn has chosen to delay the adoption of ASU 2016-13.  

Mid Penn is currently evaluating the details of this ASU and the impact the guidance will have on Mid Penn’s consolidated financial statements.  Mid Penn expects that it is possible that the ASU may result in an increase in the allowance for credit losses resulting from the change to expected losses for the estimated life of the financial asset, including an allowance for debt securities.  The amount of the change in the allowance for credit losses, if any, resulting from the new guidance will be impacted by the portfolio composition and asset quality at the adoption date, as well as economic conditions and forecasts at the time of adoption.  Mid Penn will continue to collect the required data elements needed to perform the calculation in advance of the January 1, 2023 adoption date.

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