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Earlier this week, the Financial Accounting Standards Board considered and rejected further deferral of the current expected credit loss accounting standard for those banks that have yet to adopt it.

Tax and Accounting Beyond the Headlines on CECL’s Early Results

Credit loss estimation is complicated, and CECL’s lifetime loss objective makes it even more so. While a robust quantitative impact study is still needed, this study suggests the countercyclical regulatory transition mechanism should be made permanent.

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ABA today expressed support for a Financial Accounting Standards Board proposal that would eliminate the current accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings, or TDRs, but cautioned that proposed expanded disclosure requirements for loan refinancing and restructurings by creditors when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty could “unintentionally introduce additional cost and complexity that outweighs the benefits of eliminating TDRs.”

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The Financial Accounting Standards Board today proposed to eliminate its accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings, or TDRs, while enhancing certain loan disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancing and restructurings by creditors when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty.

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