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Notes to the Financial Statements

For the year ended September 30, 2025. Expressed in Thousands of Eastern Caribbean dollars ($’000), except where otherwise stated.

3 Significant accounting judgements, estimates and assumptions (continued)
Other assumptions (continued)

Deferred taxes (Note 10)
In calculating the provision for deferred taxation, management uses judgement to determine the probability that future
taxable profits will be available to facilitate utilisation of temporary tax differences which may arise.

Judgements
In the process of applying the Bank’s accounting policies, management has made the following judgements, which have the
most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the Financial statements:

Premises and equipment (Note 6)
Management exercises judgement in determining whether costs incurred can accrue sufficient future economic benefits to
the Bank to enable the value to be treated as a capital expense. Further judgement is used upon annual review of the residual
values and useful lives of all capital items to determine any necessary adjustments to carrying value.

Leases (Note 7)
The Bank determines the lease term as the non-cancellable term of the lease, together with any periods covered by an option
to extend the lease if it is reasonably certain to be exercised, or any periods covered by an option to terminate the lease, if it is
reasonably certain not to be exercised.

The Bank has several lease contracts that include extension and termination options. The Bank applies judgement in
evaluating whether it is reasonably certain whether or not to exercise the option to renew or terminate the lease. That is, it
considers all relevant factors that create an economic incentive for it to exercise either the renewal or termination. After the
commencement date, the Bank reassesses the lease term if there is a significant event or change in circumstances that is
within its control that affects its ability to exercise or not to exercise the option to renew or to terminate (e.g., construction of
significant leasehold improvements or significant customisation of the leased asset).

The Bank cannot readily determine the interest rate implicit in the lease, therefore, it uses its Incremental Borrowing Rate
(IBR) to measure lease liabilities. The IBR is the rate of interest that the Bank would have to pay to borrow over a similar
term, and with a similar security, the funds necessary to obtain an asset of a similar value to the right-of-use asset in a similar
economic environment. The IBR therefore reflects what the Bank ‘would have to pay’, which requires estimation when no
observable rates are available or when they need to be adjusted to reflect the terms and conditions of the lease. The Bank
estimates the IBR using observable inputs (such as market interest rates) when available and is required to make certain
specific adjustments (such as credit rating, or to reflect the terms and conditions of the lease).

Assessment of control
Management uses judgement in performing a control assessment review on all retirement plans sponsored by the Bank. This
assessment revealed that the Bank is unable to exercise power over the activities of the plans and is therefore not deemed to
be in control of any of the retirement plans.