OCC BULLETIN 2018-2
Subject: Tax Reform
Date: January 18, 2018 To: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Federal Savings Associations, and Federal Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks; Department and Division Heads; All Examining Personnel; and Other Interested Parties
Description: Interagency Statement on Accounting and Reporting Implications of the New Tax LawSummaryThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today issued an interagency statement for supervised financial institutions on accounting and reporting implications of the new tax law1 and certain related matters. Changes required as a result of the new law, which was enacted on December 22, 2017, are relevant to December 31, 2017, financial statements and regulatory reports.
HighlightsThe Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” requires that the effect of changes in tax laws or rates be recognized in the period in which the legislation is enacted. As the new tax law was enacted before December 31, 2017, institutions must record the effects of the new tax law in their December 31, 2017, regulatory reports. This guidance does not represent new rules or regulations, but instead clarifies
Further InformationFor more information or assistance, contact Sydney Menefee, Deputy Chief Accountant, or Rachel Binder, Professional Accounting Fellow, Office of the Chief Accountant, at (202) 649-6280.
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