Bank Accounting Advisory Series
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August 2018
Message From the Chief Accountant
I am pleased to present the Office of the Chief Accountant’s August 2018 edition of the
Bank
Accounting Advisory Series (BAAS). The BAAS expresses the office’s views on
accounting
topics relevant to national banks and federal savings associations (collectively, banks or
institutions, unless otherwise specified). We hope you find this publication useful.
This edition reflects Accounting Standards Updates (ASU) issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board (FASB) through March 31, 2018. Because many ASUs have different effective
dates for public business entities (PBE) and institutions that are not PBEs (non-PBE), we have
differentiated staff responses for new ASUs between those that (1) are
already effective for PBEs
and must be adopted by non-PBEs beginning in 2019 (2) while not yet effective for all
institutions, must be adopted by PBEs beginning in 2019 and may be adopted early by other
institutions, or (3) are not yet effective for any institutions but for which
early adoption is
allowed. To differentiate these three scenarios, we have three color schemes—green for content
applicable to both PBEs and non-PBEs, lavender for content applicable to PBEs and early
adopters, and gold for content applicable to early adopters only.
The responses in green,
lavender, and gold text boxes replace the original staff responses for applicable entities and
should not be read in conjunction with the original staff responses.
We have added Topic 12, Credit Losses, to address ASU 2016-13, the FASB’s standard on credit
losses. Topic 12 only applies to institutions that early adopt ASU 2016-13 in 2019. The
following questions have been added, updated, or deleted in the 2018 edition of the BAAS:
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Topic 3B
Lessee Classification
and Accounting
Question 6
Topic 11B
Hedging Activities
Questions 4 and 5
Topic 12A
Credit Losses on Debt Securities
All questions
Topic 12B
Troubled Debt Restructurings
All questions
Topic 12C
Acquired Loans
All questions
Topic 12D
Allowance for Credit Losses
All questions
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Topic 1A
Investments in
Debt and Equity Securities
Question 16
Topic 2A
Troubled Debt Restructurings
Question 8
Topic 3D
Lease Exit Costs
Question 2
Topic 10B
Intangible Assets
Question 7
Topic 10D
Corporate Reorganizations
Question 2
Topic 11B
Hedging Activities
Question 3
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Topic 1A
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities
Question 1
Topic 2C
Commitments
Question 2
Topic 7A
Deferred Taxes
Question 7
Bank Accounting Advisory Series
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August 2018
As part of our annual review process, we made minor edits to
some existing entries and
renumbered others.
Banks are reminded that the BAAS does not represent official rules or regulations of the Office
of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Rather, the BAAS represents the OCC Office of the
Chief Accountant’s interpretations of generally accepted accounting principles and guidance
based on the facts and circumstances presented. Deviations from these interpretations may raise
supervisory concerns.
Sydney S. Menefee
Deputy Comptroller and Chief Accountant
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Bank Accounting Advisory Series
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August 2018
Contents
Message From the Chief Accountant ................................................................ i
Topic 1
Investment Securities ........................................................................................ 1
1A.
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities ..................................................... 1
1B.
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment ............................................................. 12
Topic 2
Loans ................................................................................................................ 22
2A.
Troubled Debt Restructurings ...................................................................... 22
2B.
Nonaccrual Loans ........................................................................................ 48
2C.
Commitments .............................................................................................. 64
2D.
Origination Fees and Costs ......................................................................... 72
2E.
Loans Held for Sale ..................................................................................... 77
2F.
Loan Recoveries .......................................................................................... 87
2G.
Acquired Loans ........................................................................................... 90
Topic 3
Leases .............................................................................................................. 97
3A.
Lessor Classification and Accounting .......................................................... 97
3B.
Lessee Classification and Accounting ........................................................ 105
3C.
Sale-Leaseback Transactions ................................................................... 109
3D.
Lease Exit Costs ....................................................................................... 114
Topic 4
Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses ........................................................ 116
Topic 5
OREO and Other Assets ................................................................................ 146
5A.
Other Real Estate Owned .......................................................................... 146
5B.
Life Insurance and Related Deferred Compensation.................................. 172
5C.
Miscellaneous Other Assets ...................................................................... 176
Topic 6
Liabilities ........................................................................................................ 181
6A.
Contingencies ............................................................................................ 181
6B.
Other Borrowings ....................................................................................... 184
Topic 7
Income Taxes ................................................................................................. 186
7A.
Deferred Taxes .......................................................................................... 186
7B.
Tax Sharing Arrangements ........................................................................ 189
7C.
Marginal Income Tax Rates ....................................................................... 192