OCC issues bulletin to community banks on filing of Call Reports

Federal Issues Covid-19 OCC Community Banks Call Report

On March 25, the OCC issued Bulletin 2020-24, which encourages institutions to file March 31 call reports by the filing deadline, but recognizes that Covid-19-related disruptions may cause filing delays. As such the OCC will not take action against institutions affected by Covid-19 for submitting in good faith the March 31 call report within 30 days of the filing deadline.  Further, institutions may amend the filing to correct for unintentional and incidental reporting errors within 30 days of the filing deadline without penalty. Institutions affected by Covid-19 that expect a delay in their March 31 call report submission or anticipate challenges in obtaining director attestations before submission of the call report are encouraged to contact their supervisory office.