1.0.0.3 false Allowance for Credit Losses false 1 $ false false iso4217_USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 iso4217_USD_per_shares Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares 0 shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares 0 5 3 bac_AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesDisclosureTextBlock bac false na duration string The allowance for loan and lease losses represents the reserve to cover probable credit losses related to specifically... false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0 <div> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" color="#B23040" size="3"><b>NOTE 7 &#x2013; Allowance for Credit Losses</b></font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">The following table summarizes the changes in the allowance for credit losses for 2009, 2008 and 2007.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; 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MARGIN-LEFT: 4.5em"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"><b>Allowance for credit losses, December&#xA0;31</b></font></p> </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font size="1">&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"><b>$</b></font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"><b>38,687</b></font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial" size="1"><b>&#xA0;&#xA0;</b></font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">$</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">23,492</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">$</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" align="right"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">12,106</font></td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #b23040 1px solid" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">&#xA0;&#xA0;</font></td> </tr> </table> <table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="1%" align="left"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1"><sup style="POSITION: relative; BOTTOM: 0.8ex; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline">(1)</sup></font></td> <td valign="top" align="left"> <p align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">Represents the write-downs on certain pools of purchased impaired loans that exceed the original purchase accounting adjustments.</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"> <font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">n/a = not applicable</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 12px"> &#xA0;</p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 16px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">The Corporation recorded $3.7 billion in provision, including a $3.5 billion addition to the allowance for loan and leases losses, during 2009 specifically for the purchased impaired loan portfolio. The amount of the allowance for loan and lease losses associated with the purchased impaired loan portfolio was $3.9 billion at December 31, 2009.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 16px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">In the above table, the 2009 &#x201C;other&#x201D; amount under allowance for loan and lease losses includes a $750 million reduction in the allowance for loan and lease losses related to $8.5 billion of credit card loans that were exchanged for a $7.8 billion HTM debt security that was issued by the Corporation&#x2019;s U.S. Credit Card Securitization Trust and retained by the Corporation. This reduction was partially offset by a $340 million increase associated with the reclassification to other assets of the December&#xA0;31, 2008 amount expected to be reimbursable under residential mortgage cash collateralized synthetic securitizations. The 2008 &#x201C;other&#x201D; amount under allowance for loan and lease losses, includes the $1.2 billion addition of the Countrywide allowance for loan losses as of July&#xA0;1, 2008. The 2007 &#x201C;other&#x201D; amount under allowance for loan and lease losses includes the $725 million and $25 million additions of the LaSalle and U.S. Trust Corporation allowance for loan losses as of October&#xA0;1, 2007 and July&#xA0;1, 2007.</font></p> <p style="MARGIN-TOP: 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 16px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px" align="justify"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL" size="1">In the previous table, the 2009 &#x201C;other&#x201D; amount under the reserve for unfunded lending commitments represents the fair value of the acquired Merrill Lynch reserve excluding those accounted for under the fair value option, net of accretion and the impact of funding previously unfunded portions. 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