HAMILTON BANCORP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)
unable to realize its deferred tax assets in the foreseeable future, and accordingly established a full valuation allowance of $5.8 million which equals 100% of the net deferred tax assets at March 31, 2018. At March 31, 2019, the Company again concluded it was more likely-than-not that the Company will be unable to realize its deferred tax asset in the foreseeable future and continued to record a valuation allowance equal to 100% of the net deferred tax assets at March 31, 2019. If, in the future, the Company generates taxable income on a sustained basis sufficient to support the deferred tax assets, the need for a deferred tax valuation allowance could change, resulting in the reversal of all or a portion of the deferred tax asset valuation at that time.
The Company has a federal net operating loss carryforward (NOL) of $10.2 million as of March 31, 2019, which will expire within the period of the years ending March 31, 2030 through 2037, including $4.9 million and $1.9 million of federal NOL assumed in the acquisition of Fraternity and Fairmount, respectively. As a result of the change in ownership, the utilization of Fraternity and Fairmount’s NOL carryforwards is subject to limitations imposed under Code Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code. The state NOL for the Company is $9.6 million and also expires within the same period as the federal NOL. In addition, other tax attributes consisted of charitable contribution carryforwards of $43,446 and AMT credit carryovers of $279,398 at March 31, 2019. Under the Tax Act, the AMT credit carryovers are refundable over a period beginning after December 31, 2107. Charitable contribution carryovers have a limited life of five years.
On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was passed into law. The Tax Act included a broad range of tax reform including changes to tax rates and deductions that were effective January 1, 2018. The primary change for the Company was the lowering of the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% from a maximum rate of 35%. The decrease in the enacted corporate tax rate expected to apply when the Company’s temporary differences are realized or settled resulted in a revaluation of the Company’s net deferred tax asset of $2.3 million with a corresponding charge to income tax expense.
The Company’s tax returns are subject to review and examination by federal and state taxing authorities. The Company’s tax returns are currently open to audit under the applicable statutes of limitations by the Internal Revenue Service for the years ended March 31, 2016 through March 31, 2018. Years in which an NOL is created though are still open for examination. The establishment of a valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets for financial reporting purposes does not affect how the net operating loss carryforwards may be utilized on our subsequent income tax returns. The Company does not have any uncertain tax positions that are deemed material, and did not recognize any adjustments for unrecognized tax benefits.
Note 14: | Regulatory Capital Ratios |
Banks and bank holding companies are subject to various regulatory capital requirements administered by state and federal banking agencies. Capital adequacy guidelines and, additionally for banks, prompt corrective action regulations, involve quantitative measures of assets, liabilities, and certain off-balance-sheet items calculated under regulatory accounting practices. Capital amounts and classifications are also subject to qualitative judgments by regulators about components, risk weighting and other factors.
The Basel III Capital Rules became effective for Hamilton Bank on January 1, 2015 (subject to a phase-in period for certain provisions). Quantitative measures established by the Basel III Capital Rules to ensure capital adequacy require the maintenance of minimum amounts and ratios (set forth in the table below) of Common Equity Tier 1 capital, Tier 1 capital and Total capital (as defined in the regulations) to risk-weighted assets (as defined), and of Tier 1 capital to adjusted quarterly average assets (as defined).
In connection with the adoption of the Basel III Capital Rules, we elected to opt-out of the requirement to include accumulated other comprehensive income in Common Equity Tier 1. Common Equity Tier 1 for Hamilton Bank is reduced by goodwill and other intangible assets, net of associated deferred tax liabilities and subject to transition provisions.
Under the revised prompt corrective action requirements, as of January 1, 2015, insured depository institutions are required to meet the following in order to qualify as “well capitalized:” (1) a common equity Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 6.5%; (2) a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 8%; (3) a total risk-based capital ratio of 10% and (4) a Tier 1 leverage ratio of 5%. As of March 31, 2019, the Bank met all capital adequacy requirements under the Basel III Capital Rules to be considered “well capitalized” under prompt corrective action rules.
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