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Note 9 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Note 9 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
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NOTE
9
- RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
In
February 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
02,
 
Leases (Topic
842
)
. The FASB issued this ASU to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under current U.S. GAAP and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public business entities for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods beginning after
December 15, 2018.
Early application of this ASU is permitted for all entities. In
January 2018,
the FASB issued a proposal to allow an additional transition method that would allow entities to
not
apply the guidance in ASU
2016
-
02
in the comparative periods presented in the financial statements and instead recognize a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company has reviewed its current lessee portfolio and is assessing the impact of the new standard on its financial statements, related disclosures, systems, and internal controls. The accounting changes are expected to relate primarily to its leased branches and office space which are currently accounted for as operating leases. Based upon leases that were outstanding as of
June 30, 2018,
the Company anticipates recognizing a right of use asset and a lease liability, but it does
not
expect the new standard to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
In
June 2016,
the FASB issued ASU
2016
-
13,
Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic
326
): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments
, which is essentially the final rule on use of the so-called CECL model, or current expected credit losses. 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, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2019,
with later effective dates for non-SEC registrant public companies and other organizations. Early adoption will be permitted for all organizations for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2018.
The Company has contracted with a
third
-party provider to implement enhanced modeling techniques that incorporate the loss measurement requirements in these amendments as part of adopting the ASU.
 
In
March 2017,
the FASB issued ASU
2017
-
08,
Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic
310
-
20
), Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities.
The amendments shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium. Specifically, the amendments require the premium to be amortized to the earliest call date. The amendments do
not
require an accounting change for securities held at a discount; the discount continues to be amortized to maturity. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after
December 15, 2018.
Early adoption is permitted. The amendments should be applied on a modified retrospective basis, with a cumulative-effect adjustment directly to retained earnings as of the beginning of the period of adoption. The amendments in this ASU will
not
impact the Company’s financial statements, as it has always amortized premiums to the
first
call date.
 
In
June 2018,
the FASB issued ASU
2018
-
07,
Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic
718
), Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based Payment Accounting.
These amendments expand the scope of Topic
718,
Compensation - Stock Compensation, which currently only includes share-based payments to employees, to include share-based payments issued to nonemployees for goods or services. Consequently, the accounting for share-based payments to nonemployees and employees will be substantially aligned. The ASU supersedes Subtopic
505
-
50,
Equity – Equity-Based Payments to Non-Employees. The amendments in this ASU are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after
December 15, 2018.
Early adoption is permitted, but
no
earlier than a company’s adoption date of Topic
606,
Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company will adopt this ASU effective
January 1, 2019.
The amendments are
not
expected to have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements because it does
not
have any stock-based payment awards currently outstanding to nonemployees.