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Provision for Credit Losses

A provision that is created (set aside) by an entity, as an amount deducted from income, to adjust its loan...

ACL

It stands for allowance for credit losses; an allowance that constitutes an estimate of a debt/ obligation (credit extended to...

Allowance for Credit Losses

An allowance that constitutes an estimate of a debt/ obligation (credit extended to customers/ buyers) that an entity determines and...

Valuation Allowances

A set of allowances that an entity creates for the purpose of offsetting the amount of an asset such as...

Over-Hedge

In relation to a hedging instrument/ hedged item and corresponding accounting treatment, it describes the situation where the cumulative change...

Hedge Relation

The relation between a hedged item and a hedging instrument. Under hedge accounting, a hedged item exposes the entity to...

Hedged Item

An item that is designated as being hedged such as assets, liabilities, commitments, investments in a foreign operation or highly...

Under-Hedge

In relation to a hedging instrument/ hedged item and corresponding accounting treatment, it describes the situation where the cumulative change...

Hedging Instrument

A designated financial instrument whose fair value or related cash flows are meant to offset changes in the fair value...

Memo Account

Also, memorandum account; an account that has no accounting function, but rather is an information account that is used for...