Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp.BHRB
Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. New Standards Disclosure
Adoption of new accounting standards
In March 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-01, Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Scope Application of Profits Interest and Similar Awards. The amendments in this update seek to improve GAAP by adding an illustrative example that includes four fact patterns to demonstrate how an entity should apply the scope guidance in paragraph 718-10-15-3 to determine whether a profits interest award should be accounted for in accordance with Topic 718. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for both interim and annual financial statements that have not yet been issued or made available for issuance. The Company adopted the standard with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures. This ASU seeks to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of the disclosures. The amendments in this update address investor requests for more transparency about income tax information through improvements to disclosures primarily related to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted for annual consolidated financial statements that have not yet been issued. The Company adopted the standard with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
In March 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-02, Investments - Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323): Accounting for Investments in Tax Credit Structures Using the Proportional Amortization Method. These amendments permit reporting entities to elect to account for their tax equity investments, regardless of the tax credit program from which the income tax credits are received, using the proportional amortization method if certain conditions are met. The ASU is effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, including interim periods with those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted for all entities in any interim period. The amendments in this ASU must be applied on either a modified retrospective or a retrospective basis (except for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (“LIHTC”) investments not accounted for using the proportional amortization method). A reporting entity that has LIHTC investments that are no longer permitted to use (1) the cost method guidance in paragraph 323-740-25-2A, (2) the equity method example in paragraphs 323-740-55-8 through 55-9, or (3) the delayed equity contribution guidance in paragraphs 323-740-25-3 must either use its general transition method (modified retrospective or retrospective) or apply a prospective approach. The Company adopted the standard with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
In June 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-03, Fair Value Measurements (Topic 820): Fair Value Measurements of Equity Securities Subject to Contractual Sale Restrictions. ASU 2022-03 clarifies that a contractual restriction on the sale of an equity security is not considered part of the unit of account of the equity security and, therefore, is not considered in measuring fair value. The amendments also clarify that an entity cannot, as a separate unit of account, recognize and measure a contractual sale restriction. The amendments also require some additional disclosures for equity securities that are subject to contractual sale restrictions. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments in this ASU should be applied prospectively with any adjustments from the adoption of the amendments recognized in earnings and disclosed on the date of adoption. The Company adopted the standard with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
On November 27, 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280), Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. The amendments “improve reportable segment disclosure requirements, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses.” In addition, the amendments enhance interim disclosure requirements, clarify circumstances in which an entity can disclose multiple segment measures of profit or loss, provide new segment disclosure requirements for entities with a single reportable segment, and contain other
disclosure requirements. The purpose of the amendments is to enable “investors to better understand an entity’s overall performance” and assess “potential future cash flows.”
The ASU applies to all public entities that are required to report segment information in accordance with ASC 280. The enhanced segment disclosure requirements apply “retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements.” The significant segment expense and other segment item amounts “disclosed in prior periods shall be based on the significant segment expense categories identified and disclosed in the period of adoption.” The amendments in ASU 2023-07 were effective for all public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted the standard with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASC 326”), as amended, which replaces the incurred loss methodology with an expected credit loss methodology that is referred to as the current expected credit loss methodology. The CECL methodology requires an estimate of credit losses for the remaining estimated life of the financial asset using historical experience, current conditions, as well as future forecasts, including reasonable and supportable forecasts and other forecast periods. CECL generally applies to financial assets measured at amortized cost and some off-balance sheet credit exposures, such as unfunded commitments to extend credit. Financial assets measured at amortized cost are presented as the net amount expected to be collected.
In addition, CECL made changes to the accounting for available-for-sale debt securities. One such change is to require credit losses to be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down on available-for-sale debt securities if management does not intend to sell and does not believe that it is more likely than not that they will be required to sell.
The Company adopted ASC 326 and all related subsequent amendments thereto effective January 1, 2023, using the modified retrospective approach for all financial assets measured at amortized cost and off-balance sheet credit exposures. The adoption of the new CECL standard resulted in a cumulative-effect adjustment that increased the allowance for credit losses for loans by $4.1 million and increased the allowance for unfunded commitments by $274.8 thousand. Retained earnings, net of deferred taxes, decreased by $3.4 million. Results for reporting periods beginning after January 1, 2023, are presented under ASU 2016-13, while prior period amounts continue to be reported in accordance with the incurred loss model under the previously applicable GAAP.
The following table illustrates the impact of the adoption of CECL, and the transition away from the incurred loss method, on January 1, 2023. The impact to the ACL is presented at the loan segment level (in thousands):
| January 1, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Reserves under Incurred Loss Model | Reserves under CECL Model | Impact of CECL Adoption | ||||||||||||||||||
| Financial Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Commercial real estate | $ | 15,477 | $ | 18,163 | $ | 2,686 | ||||||||||||||
| Owner-occupied commercial real estate | 635 | 629 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition, construction & development | 2,082 | 1,442 | (640) | |||||||||||||||||
| Commercial & industrial | 438 | 675 | 237 | |||||||||||||||||
| Single family residential (1-4 units) | 2,379 | 4,040 | 1,661 | |||||||||||||||||
| Consumer non-real estate and other | 28 | 215 | 187 | |||||||||||||||||
| Unallocated reserve | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses on loans | $ | 21,039 | $ | 25,164 | $ | 4,125 | ||||||||||||||
| Financial Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Allowance for credit losses on off-balance sheet credit exposure | $ | — | $ | 275 | $ | 275 | ||||||||||||||
The Company adopted ASC 326 using the prospective transition approach for debt securities for which other-than-temporary impairment had been recognized prior to January 1, 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any other-than-temporarily impaired investment securities. The Company did not record an ACL for securities upon adoption.
The Company elected not to measure an ACL for accrued interest receivable and instead elected to reverse interest income on loans or securities that are placed on non-accrual status, which generally occurs when the instrument is 90 days past due, or earlier if the Company believes the collection of interest is doubtful. The Company has concluded that this policy results in the timely reversal of uncollectible interest.
On January 1, 2023, the Company adopted Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2022-02, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326), Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures. ASU 2022-02 addresses areas identified by the FASB as part of its implementation review of the credit losses standard (ASU 2016-13) that introduced the CECL model. The amendments eliminate the accounting guidance for troubled debt restructurings (“TDRs”) by creditors that have adopted the CECL model and enhance the disclosure requirements for certain loan refinancings and restructurings by creditors when a borrower is experiencing financial difficulty. In addition, the amendments require that the Company disclose current-period gross write-offs for financing receivables and net investment in leases by year of origination in the vintage disclosures. The Company adopted the standard prospectively, and it did not have a material impact on the financial statements.
In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-01, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Fair Value Hedging - Portfolio Layer Method. ASU 2022-01 clarifies the guidance in ASC 815 on fair value hedge accounting of interest rate risk for portfolios of financial assets and is intended to better align hedge accounting with an organization’s risk management strategies. In 2017, FASB issued ASU 2017-12 to better align the economic results of risk management activities with hedge accounting. One of the major provisions of that standard was the addition of the last-of-layer hedging method. For a closed portfolio of fixed-rate-prepayable financial assets of one or more beneficial interests secured by a portfolio of prepayable financial instruments, such as mortgages or mortgage-backed securities, the last-of-layer method allows an entity to hedge its exposure to fair value changes due to the changes in interest rates for a portion of the portfolio that is not expected to be affected by prepayments, defaults, and other events affecting
the timing and amount of cash flows. ASU 2022-01 renames that method the portfolio layer method. ASU 2022-01 was effective January 1, 2023.
Newly issued not yet adopted accounting standards
In November 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-08, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Purchased Loans. This ASU amends the accounting for certain acquired loans by expanding the use of the “gross‑up” approach under the CECL model to include purchased seasoned loans. Under this approach, the allowance for expected credit losses is recognized at the acquisition date as an adjustment to the loan’s amortized cost basis, rather than through a provision for credit losses, thereby eliminating a “day‑one” credit loss expense for loans within the scope of the guidance. The amendments do not change the accounting for purchased credit‑deteriorated loans, originated loans, credit card loans, or debt securities. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and are to be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company expects to early adopt this ASU based on the pending LNKB merger.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement (Subtopic 220-40): Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures. This ASU seeks to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions. The amendments in this update are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. This ASU is not expected to have a material impact our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-06, Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. This ASU incorporates certain SEC disclosure requirements into the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. The amendments in the ASU are expected to clarify or improve disclosure and presentation requirements of a variety of Codification Topics, allow users to more easily compare entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosures with those entities that were not previously subject to the requirements, and align the requirements in the Codification with the SEC’s regulations. For entities subject to the SEC’s existing disclosure requirements and for entities required to file or furnish financial statements with or to the SEC in preparation for the sale of or for purposes of issuing securities that are not subject to contractual restrictions on transfer, the effective date for each amendment will be effective two years later. However, if by June 30, 2027, the SEC has not removed the related disclosure from its regulations, the amendments will be removed from the Codification and not become effective for any entity. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2023-06 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 27, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Mar 22, 2024 | |
About New Standards Disclosures
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