Company: CPSS
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001683168-25-001548
Chunk: 873

Company: CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 4
Chunk 873
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 the shortfall
is generally withdrawn from the Spread Account, if any. If the cash collected during the period exceeds the amount necessary for the above
allocations plus required principal payments on the subordinated Notes, if any, and there is no shortfall in the related Spread Account
or other form of Credit Enhancement, the excess is released to us. If the total Credit Enhancement amount is not at the required level,
then the excess cash collected is retained in the Trust until the specified level is achieved. Cash in the Spread Accounts is restricted
from our use. Cash held in the various Spread Accounts is invested in high quality, liquid investment securities, as specified in the
Securitization Agreements. In all of our term securitizations we have transferred the receivables (through a subsidiary) to the securitization
Trust. We report the assets and liabilities of the securitization Trust on our Consolidated Balance Sheet. The Noteholders’ and
the related securitization Trusts’ recourse against us for failure of the contract obligors to make payments on a timely basis is
limited, in general, to our Finance Receivables, and Spread Accounts.

Servicing

We consider the contractual
servicing fee received on our managed portfolio held by non-consolidated subsidiaries to be equal to adequate compensation. Additionally,
we consider that these fees would fairly compensate a substitute servicer, should one be required. As a result, no servicing asset or
liability has been recognized. Servicing fees received on the managed portfolio held by non-consolidated subsidiaries are reported as
income when earned. Servicing fees received on the managed portfolio held by consolidated subsidiaries are included in interest income
when earned. Servicing costs are charged to expense as incurred. Servicing fees receivable, which are included in Other Assets in the
accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets, represent fees earned but not yet remitted to us by the trustee.

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CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Furniture and Equipment

Furniture and equipment are
stated at cost net of accumulated depreciation. We calculate depreciation using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives
of the assets, which range from three to five years. Assets held under capital leases and leasehold improvements are amortized over the
lesser of the estimated useful lives of the assets or the related lease terms. Amortization