Q: § __.42(b)(1) – 1: For small business and small farm loan information that is collected and maintained, what data should be reported?
A: Each institution that is not exempt from data collection and reporting is required to report in machine-readable form annually by March 1 the following information, aggregated for each census tract in which the institution originated or purchased at least one small business or small farm loan during the prior year:
• The number and amount of loans originated or purchased with original amounts of $100,000 or less.
• The number and amount of loans originated or purchased with original amounts of more than $100,000 but less than or equal to $250,000.
• The number and amount of loans originated or purchased with original amounts of more than $250,000 but not more than $1 million, as to small business loans, or $500,000, as to small farm loans.
• To the extent that information is available, the number and amount of loans to businesses and farms with gross annual revenues of $1 million or less (using the revenues the institution considered in making its credit decision).
This Interagency Q&A, and others, was released in July 2016. The 2016 Q&As consolidates and supersedes all previously published “Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment,” and were noted as being effective immediately. They may be found here:
http://www.ffiec.gov/cra/qnadoc.htm