(e) Accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets in business combinations
Under U.S. GAAP, goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized, but assessed for impairment at least
annually. Additionally, if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired, the Company and its subsidiaries test for impairment when such events or changes occur.
Under Japanese GAAP, goodwill is amortized over an appropriate period up to 20 years.
(f) Accounting for pension plans
Under U.S. GAAP, the net actuarial gain (loss) is amortized using the corridor approach.
Under Japanese GAAP, the net actuarial gain (loss) is fully amortized over a certain term within the average remaining service
period of employees.
(g) Partial sale of the parents ownership interest in subsidiaries
Under U.S. GAAP, in a transaction that results in the loss of control, the gain or loss recognized in income includes the
realized gain or loss related to the portion of ownership interest sold and the gain or loss on the remeasurement to fair value of the interest retained.
Under Japanese GAAP, in a transaction that results in the loss of control, only the realized gain or loss related to the
portion of ownership interest sold is recognized in income and the gain or loss on the remeasurement to fair value of the interest retained is not recognized.
(h) Consolidated statements of cash flows
Classification in the statements of cash flows under U.S. GAAP differs from that under Japanese GAAP. As significant
differences, purchase of lease equipment, proceeds from sales of operating lease assets, installment loans made to customers and principal collected on installment loans (excluding issues and collections of loans held for sale) are included in
Cash Flows from Investing Activities under U.S. GAAP while they are classified as Cash Flows from Operating Activities under Japanese GAAP.
Under U.S. GAAP, in addition, restricted cash is required to be added to the balance of cash and cash equivalents.
(i) Transfer of financial assets
Under U.S. GAAP, an entity is required to perform analysis to determine whether or not to consolidate trusts or special purpose
companies, collectively called special purpose entities (SPEs) for securitization under the VIEs consolidation rules. If it is determined from the analysis that the enterprise transferred financial assets in a securitization
transaction to SPEs that need to be consolidated, the transaction is not accounted for as a sale.
In addition, if the
transferor transfers a portion of financial assets, the transaction is not accounted for as a sale but accounted for as a secured borrowing unless each interest held by the transferor and transferee meets the definition of a participating interest
and the transfer of a portion of financial assets meets criteria for derecognition of transferred financial assets.
Under
Japanese GAAP, SPEs that meet certain conditions may be considered not to be a subsidiary of the transferor. Therefore, if an enterprise transfers financial assets to these types of SPEs in a securitization transaction, the transferee SPEs are not
required to be consolidated, and the enterprise accounts for the transaction as a sale and recognizes a gain or loss on the sale into earnings when control over the transferred assets is surrendered.
In addition, if the transferor transfers a portion of financial assets, the enterprise accounts for the transaction as a sale
and recognizes a gain or loss on the sale into earnings when the transfer of a portion of financial assets meets criteria for derecognition of transferred financial assets.
(j) Investment in securities
Under U.S. GAAP, unrealized gains and losses from all equity securities are generally recognized in income. In addition, credit
losses on available-for-sale debt securities are recognized in earnings through an allowance, and unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale debt securities related to other factors than credit losses are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), net of applicable income taxes.
Under Japanese GAAP, such unrealized gains and losses from securities other than trading or held-to-maturity are recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), net of applicable income taxes.
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