Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements

1.  Presentation of Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Provident Community Bancshares, Inc. (the “Corporation”) and Provident Community Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) were prepared in accordance with instructions for Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include all disclosures necessary for a complete presentation of consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. However, all adjustments which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for the fair presentation of the interim consolidated financial statements have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the results which may be expected for the entire calendar year or for any other period. This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with the Corporation’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. Certain amounts in the prior year’s financial statements have been reclassified to conform to current year classifications.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

The following is a summary of recent authoritative pronouncements that may affect accounting, reporting, and disclosure of financial information by the Corporation.

In April 2011, the criteria used to determine effective control of transferred assets in the Transfers and Servicing topic of the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) was amended by ASU 2011-03.  The requirement for the transferor to have the ability to repurchase or redeem the financial assets on substantially the agreed terms and the collateral maintenance implementation guidance related to that criterion were removed from the assessment of effective control. The other criteria to assess effective control were not changed.  The amendments were effective for the Corporation beginning January 1, 2012 and did not have a material effect on the financial statements.

ASU 2011-04 was issued in May 2011 to amend the Fair Value Measurement topic of the ASC by clarifying the application of existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements and by changing particular principles or requirements for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The amendments were effective for the Corporation beginning January 1, 2012 and are reflected in Note 7.

The Comprehensive Income topic of the ASC was amended in June 2011.  The amendment eliminates the option to present other comprehensive income as a part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity.  The amendment requires consecutive presentation of the statement of net income and other comprehensive income and requires an entity to present reclassification adjustments from other comprehensive income to net income on the face of the financial statements. The amendments were applied retrospectively. In December 2011, the topic was further amended to defer the effective date of presenting reclassification adjustments from other comprehensive income to net income on the face of the financial statements.

Other accounting standards that have been issued or proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standards-setting bodies are not expected to have a material impact on the Corporation’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.