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Lenders may be required to disclose more information about loan loss reserves

By Cove, Brian P
Publication: The Secured Lender
Date: Sunday, January 1 2006

A proposal being considered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AlCPA) could require lenders to publicly disclose more detailed information about how they account for loan loss reserves.

In November 2005, the AlCPA's Accounting Standards Executive Committee gave preliminary

approval to the proposal which would require lenders to break out the amount they set aside for loan losses by loan category. The proposal would also require that lenders breakdown their loss reserves by type of borrower and geographic location of the borrower.

The Accounting Standards Executive Committee was expected to give final approval to the proposal by the end of 2005. The measure would then require approval by the Financial Standards Accounting Board. Once FASB approves the proposal, it could become effective by December, 2006.

The complete proposal can be found at mw.aicpa.org.

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