Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses


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Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses

A contra-account on the balance sheet used for offsetting losses on loan and lease assets.
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It is believed that banks have used earnings management in the past and in the lead up to the 2008 financial crisis by manipulating the allowance for loan and lease losses account on the balance sheet.
Did commercial banks use the loan loss provision account to manage earnings around the 2008 financial crisis?
MANY INTERESTED PARTIES are concerned about the adequacy of depository institutions' (DIs') allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) and the timing of these provisions.
The allowance for loan losses: understanding and applying FASB 5
One of the defining regulatory statements on the ALLL, the 2006 Interagency Policy Statement on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses states, "The ALLL represents one of the most significant estimates in an institution's financial statements and regulatory reports .
Loan and lease loss estimation challenges
The bank's third-quarter net income of $312,000 was primarily due to a net recovery of the allowance for loan and lease losses of $190,000, gains on sale of investment securities of $239,000, and a reduction of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets of $300,000, partially offset by core operating losses of $149,000, an allowance for unfunded loan commitments of $238,000, and extraordinary regulatory costs of $30,000.
Pacific National Bank Reports Positive Third-Quarter Results
A banking institution shall account for an ATRR separately from the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses, and shall deduct the ATRR from "gross loans and leases" to arrive at "net loans and leases.
Final rule--amendment to Regulation K. (Legal Developments)
The bank's second-quarter net income of $239,000 was primarily due to a net recovery of the allowance for loan and lease losses of $78,000, gains on sale of investment securities of $446,000, and a reduction of the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets of $355,000.
Pacific National Bank Reports Second-Quarter Results
For further guidance, institutions should refer to the July 12, 1999, Joint Interagency Letter to Financial Institutions on the allowance for loan losses, as well as the December 1993 Interagency Policy Statement on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses.
Announcements
Tennessee Commerce Bancorp's restatement would increase its allowance for loan and lease losses by up to $16 million - almost doubling its allowance for loan and lease losses.
The Rosen Law Firm Investigates Potential Securities Claims on Behalf of Purchasers of Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. Stock from Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., FIG Partners, LLC, and Odeon Capital Group LLC -- TNCC
FFIEC Interagency Policy Statement on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses Methodologies and Documentation for Banks and Savings Institutions.
Publication of the December 2001 update to the Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual. (Announcements)
5 million to its allowance for loan and lease losses for the first three months of 2010 compared to $500,000 for the same period in 2009.
NorCal Community Bancorp Announces First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
In response to an economic environment that continues to be challenging, we significantly increased our allowance for loan and lease losses.
Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. Announces Record First Quarter 2009 Earnings
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