Regulatory and Tax Treatment of Loan Loss Provisions /

Provisioning for loan losses is a method for recognizing the reduction in the value of a hank's loan portfolio. Provisions are an essential element of prudential risk management and capital adequacy measurement and an important market signal. Loan loss provisions constitute a normal operating e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dziobek, Claudia
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Series:IMF Policy Discussion Papers; Policy Discussion Paper ; No. 1996/006
Online Access:Full text available on IMF