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ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE
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Accounting standards adopted in current period |
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ASU 2016-02 - Leases.
Issued February 2016
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- New lease accounting model for lessees and lessors. For lessees, virtually all leases will be required to be recognized on the balance sheet by recording a right-of-use asset and lease liability. Subsequent accounting for leases varies depending on whether the lease is classified as an operating lease or a finance lease.
- Accounting applied by a lessor is largely unchanged from that applied under previous guidance.
- Requires additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures with the objective of enabling users of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.
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- Management adopted the guidance on January 1, 2019, and elected certain practical expedients offered by the FASB, including foregoing the restatement of comparative periods upon adoption. Management also excluded short-term leases from the recognition of right-of-use asset and lease liabilities. Additionally, Huntington elected the transition relief allowed by FASB in foregoing reassessment of the following: whether any existing contracts were or contained leases, the classification of existing leases, and the determination of initial direct costs for existing leases.
- Huntington recognized right-of-use assets of approximately $200 million and lease liabilities of approximately $250 million upon adoption, representing substantially all of its operating lease commitments, with the difference attributable to transition adjustments required by ASC Topic 842 relating to previously recognized amounts for deferred rent and lease exit costs (recorded pursuant to ASC Topic 420). Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities were based, primarily, on the present value of unpaid future minimum lease payments. Additionally, the amounts were impacted by assumptions around renewals and/or extensions, and the interest rate used to discount those future lease obligations. Impact to the income statement was not material in the period of adoption.
- Existing sale and leaseback guidance, including the detailed guidance applicable to sale-leasebacks of real estate, was replaced with a new model applicable to all assets, which will apply equally to both lessees and lessors. Under the ASU, if the transaction meets sale criteria, the seller-lessee will recognize the sale based on the new revenue recognition guidance (when control transfers to the buyer-lessor), derecognizing the asset sold and replacing it with a right-of-use asset and lease liability for the leaseback. If the transaction is at fair value, the seller-lessee shall recognize a gain or loss on sale at that time.
- Costs related to exiting an operating lease before the end of its contractual term have been historically accounted for pursuant to ASC Topic 420, with the recognition of a liability measured at the present value of remaining lease payments reduced by any expected sublease income upon the exit of that space. ASC Topic 842 changes the accounting for such costs, with entities evaluating the impairment of right-of-use assets using the guidance in ASC Topic 360. Such an impairment analysis would occur once the entity commits to a plan to abandon the space, which may accelerate the timing of these costs.
- The guidance defines initial direct costs as those that would not have been incurred if the lease had not been obtained. Certain incremental costs previously eligible for capitalization, such as internal overhead, will now be expensed.
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ASU 2017-04 - Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.
Issued January 2017
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- Simplifies the goodwill impairment test by eliminating Step 2 of the goodwill impairment process, which requires an entity to determine the implied fair value of its goodwill by assigning fair value to all its assets and liabilities.
- Entities will instead recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit's fair value.
- Entities will still have the option to perform the qualitative assessment for a reporting unit to determine if the quantitative impairment test is necessary.
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- Effective for annual and interim goodwill tests performed in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted.
- The guidance was adopted in the current period and did not have an impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2018-16 - Derivatives and Hedging - Inclusion of SOFR as Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes.
Issued October 2018
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- Permits use of the OIS rate based on SOFR as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815 in addition to the U.S. Treasury, the LIBOR swap rate, the OIS rate based on the Fed Funds Effective Rate, and the SIFMA Municipal Swap Rate.
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- The guidance was adopted in the current period and did not have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements. |
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ASU 2018-20 - Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors
Issued December 2018
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- The ASU creates a lessor practical expedient applicable to sales and other similar taxes incurred in connection with a lease, and simplifies lessor accounting for lessor costs paid by the lessee.
- Permits lessors, as an entity-wide accounting policy election, to present sales and other similar taxes that arise from a specific leasing transaction on a net basis.
- Requires lessors to present lessor costs paid by the lessee directly to a third party on a net basis – regardless of whether the lessor knows, can determine or can reliably estimate those costs.
- Requires lessors to present lessor costs paid by the lessee to the lessor (e.g. through direct reimbursement or as part of the fixed lease payments) on a gross basis
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- Huntington elected to present sales and other similar taxes that arise from specific leasing transactions, when paid by the lessee directly to a third party, on a net basis.
- Management will present property taxes on a gross basis where such taxes are paid by Huntington and reimbursed by the lessee, and has assessed the impact of that change to Huntington’s consolidated financial statements.
- Huntington adopted the guidance concurrent with the adoption of ASU 2016-02 on January 1, 2019. The ASU did not have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2019-01 -
Leases (ASC Topic 842): Codification Improvements
Issued: March 2019
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- Notes that lessors that are not manufacturers or dealers will apply the fair value exception in a manner similar to what they did prior to the implementation of ASC Topic 842.
- Clarifies that lessors in the scope of ASC Topic 942 (Financial Services - Depository & Lending) must classify principal payments received from sales-type and direct financing leases in investing activities in the statement of cash flows.
- Eliminates certain interim transition disclosure requirements related to the effect of an accounting change on certain interim period financial information.
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- The ASU relating to lessor accounting is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
- Huntington adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2019. The ASU did not have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2016-13 - Financial Instruments - Credit Losses.
Issued June 2016
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- Eliminates the probable recognition threshold for credit losses on financial assets measured at amortized cost, replacing the current incurred loss framework with an expected credit loss model.
- Requires those financial assets subject to the new guidance to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected (i.e., net of expected credit losses).
- Measurement of expected credit losses should be based on relevant information including historical experience, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectibility of the reported amount.
- The guidance will require additional quantitative and qualitative disclosures related to the credit risk inherent in Huntington’s portfolio and how management monitors the portfolio’s credit quality.
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- Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years.
- Adoption will be applied through a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective.
- Management adopted the guidance on January 1, 2020 and implemented changes to relevant systems, processes, and controls where necessary.
- Huntington has completed the process of developing credit models with model implementation and validation completed during the fourth quarter of 2019. In addition, management is in the final stages of implementing the accounting, reporting, and governance processes to comply with the new guidance.
- Based on the portfolio composition as of December 31, 2019, the adoption of CECL resulted in an increase to our total ACL of approximately $393 million. The estimated ACL of $1,280 million as of January 1, 2020 represents an increase of approximately 44% from the 2019 year end ACL level of $887 million. The increase in the allowance is largely attributable to the consumer portfolio, given the longer asset duration associated with many of these products, and the use of multiple economic scenarios when determining the Bank’s economic forecast.
- The ASU eliminates the current accounting model for purchased-credit-impaired loans, but requires an allowance to be recognized for purchased-credit-deteriorated (PCD) assets (those that have experienced more-than-insignificant deterioration in credit quality since origination). Huntington did not have any loans accounted for as PCD upon adoption.
- At adoption, Huntington did not record an allowance with respect to HTM securities as the portfolio consists almost entirely of agency-backed securities that inherently have minimal nonpayment risk.
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ASU 2019-04 -
Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments-Credit Losses, Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and Topic 825, Financial Instruments
Issued: April 2019
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- Clarifies various implementation issues related to Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments (ASC Topic 825), Current Expected Credit Losses (ASC Topic 326) and Derivatives and Hedging (ASC Topic 815).
- Provides additional implementation guidance on CECL issues that include, among others, (a) measurement of credit allowance on accrued interest; (b) treatment of credit allowance upon transfers between classifications or categories for loans and debt securities; (c) inclusion of recoveries in determining credit allowance amounts; (d) using projections of rate change for variable rate instruments; (e) vintage disclosures for lines-of-credit; (f) contractual extensions and renewals; (g) consideration of prepayments in calculating effective interest rate; and (h) consideration of costs to sell if the entity intends to sell the collateral when foreclosure is probable.
- Clarifies for Topic 815, among others, that (a) only interest rate risk may be hedged in a partial-term fair value hedge; (b) amortization of fair value basis adjustment may begin before the fair value hedge is discontinued; (c) hedged AFS securities should be disclosed at amortized cost for disclosures related to hedged assets; and (d) contractually specified interest rate should be considered when applying hypothetical derivative method while assessing hedge effectiveness.
- Clarifies among others, that (a) using observable price under measurement alternative provided by ASC Topic 321 is a non-recurring fair value measurement and entities should adhere to non-recurring fair value disclosure requirements of Topic 820; and (b) equity securities without readily determinable fair value accounted for under measurement alternative should be remeasured using historical exchange rates.
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- Effective dates and transition requirements for amendments related to CECL (ASC Topic 326) are the same as effective dates and transition requirements for ASU 2016-13.
- Amendments related to Derivatives and Hedging (ASC Topic 815) are effective as of the beginning of first annual period after the issuance date of this Update (ASU 2019-04). Earlier adoption is permitted, including adoption on any date on or after the issuance of this Update.
- Amendment related to Recognition and Measurement of Financial Instruments (ASC Topic 825) should be applied on a modified-retrospective basis effective for fiscal years, including interim period within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Earlier adoption is permitted.
- Amendments in this Update are not expected to have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2019-05 - Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Targeted Transition Relief
Issued: May 2019
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- Provides entities that have certain instruments within the scope of ASC Subtopic 326-20 with an option to irrevocably elect fair value option, applied on instrument-by-instrument basis. The fair value option does not apply to held-to-maturity debt securities. |
- The effective date is the same as the effective date of ASU 2016-13.
- The ASU did not have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2019-08 - Compensation - Codification Improvements - Share-based Consideration Payable to a Customer
Issued: November 2019
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- The ASU requires that an entity measure and classify share-based payment awards granted to a customer by applying the guidance in Topic 718.
- The amount of share-based payment awards should be recorded as a reduction of the transaction price and is required to be measured on the basis of grant-date fair value of the share-based payment awards in accordance with Topic 718.
- The classification and subsequent measurement of the award are subject to the guidance in Topic 718 unless the share-based payment award is subsequently modified and the grantee is no longer a customer.
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- The Update is effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
- The Update is not expected to have a material impact on Huntington’s Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2019-11 - Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Codification Improvements to Topic 326
Issued: November 2019
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- The ASU clarifies or addresses stakeholders’ specific issues related to ASU 2016-13 as described below:
- Clarifies that the allowance for purchased financial assets with credit deterioration should include expected recoveries. If a method other than a discounted cash flow method is used to calculate allowance, expected recoveries should not result in an acceleration of the noncredit discount.
- Provides transition relief by permitting entities an accounting policy election to adjust the effective interest rate on existing TDRs using prepayment assumptions on the date of adoption of Topic 326 rather than the prepayment assumptions in effect immediately before the restructuring.
- Extends the disclosure relief for accrued interest receivable balances to additional relevant disclosures involving amortized cost basis.
- Clarifies that an entity should assess whether it reasonably expects the borrower will be able to continually replenish collateral securing the financial asset to apply the practical expedient related to collateral maintenance provision.
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- The effective dates for the Update is the same as the effective dates of ASU 2016-13. The ASU was applied on a modified-retrospective basis.
- The Update did not have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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ASU 2019-12 - Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes
Issued: December 2019
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- This Update simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing exceptions to the:
(a) Incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items;
(b) Requirement to recognize a deferred tax liability for equity method investments when a foreign subsidiary becomes an equity method investment;
(c) Ability not to recognize a deferred tax liability for a foreign subsidiary when a foreign equity method investment becomes a subsidiary; and
(d) General methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year.
- This Update also simplifies various other aspects of the accounting for income taxes.
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- This Update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020.
- Early adoption of the ASU is permitted, including adoption in any interim period for which financial statements have not yet been issued. An entity that elects to early adopt in an interim period should reflect any adjustments as of the beginning of the annual period that includes that interim period.
- The Update is not expected to have a material impact on Huntington's Consolidated Financial Statements.
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