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Note 10 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements

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Note 10 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Notes to Financial Statements  
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Text Block]
NOTE
10
– RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
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 for enhanced modeling techniques that incorporate the loss measurement requirements in these amendments. The Company is currently working through its implementation plan and will be testing the effectiveness of the new model through analytics and comparison with its existing incurred loss model throughout
2019.
 
In
July 2018,
the FASB issued ASU
2018
-
13,
Fair Value Measurement (Topic
820
): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.
This ASU eliminates, adds and modifies certain disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. Among the changes, entities will
no
longer be required to disclose the amount of and reasons for transfers between Level
1
and Level
2
of the fair value hierarchy, however, entities will be required to disclose the range and weighted average used to develop significant unobservable inputs for Level
3
fair value measurements. ASU
No.
2018
-
13
is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after
December 15, 2019;
early adoption is permitted. Entities are also allowed to elect early adoption of the eliminated or modified disclosure requirements and delay adoption of the new disclosure requirements until their effective date. As ASU
No.
2018
-
13
only revises disclosure requirements, it will
not
have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.