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Chapter 4 — Measurement of Expected Credit Losses

4.2 Contractual Life

4.2 Contractual Life

ASC 326-20
30-6 An entity shall estimate expected credit losses over the contractual term of the financial asset(s) when using the methods in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-5. An entity shall consider prepayments as a separate input in the method or prepayments may be embedded in the credit loss information in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-5. An entity shall consider estimated prepayments in the future principal and interest cash flows when utilizing a method in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-4. An entity shall not extend the contractual term for expected extensions, renewals, and modifications unless either of the following applies:
  1. The entity has a reasonable expectation at the reporting date that it will execute a troubled debt restructuring with the borrower.
  2. The extension or renewal options (excluding those that are accounted for as derivatives in accordance with Topic 815) are included in the original or modified contract at the reporting date and are not unconditionally cancellable by the entity.
Pending Content (Transition Guidance: ASC 326-10-65-5)
30-6 An entity shall estimate expected credit losses over the contractual term of the financial asset(s) when using the methods in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-5. An entity shall consider prepayments as a separate input in the method or prepayments may be embedded in the credit loss information in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-5. An entity shall consider estimated prepayments in the future principal and interest cash flows when utilizing a method in accordance with paragraph 326-20-30-4. An entity shall not extend the contractual term for expected extensions, renewals, and modifications unless the following applies:
  1. Subparagraph superseded by Accounting Standards Update No. 2022-02.
  2. The extension or renewal options (excluding those that are accounted for as derivatives in accordance with Topic 815) are included in the original or modified contract at the reporting date and are not unconditionally cancellable by the entity.

Footnotes

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The TRG originally discussed this issue at its June 2018 meeting. At that meeting, the TRG agreed with the FASB staff’s recommendation that an entity should not be prohibited from defining prepayments in a manner that best reflects management’s expectation of credit losses.