Company: CVBF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000950170-25-029985
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Company: CVB FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 298
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 and benefits and a $2.9 million decline in the contra expense for deferred origination costs due to fewer loan originations. Marketing and promotion expense increased over 2022 by approximately $460,000, as these expenses returned to pre-pandemic levels. As we continue to invest in new technology, software expense increased by $548,000, or 4.06%. The increase in technology costs demonstrates our commitment to improving efficiencies and providing an excellent customer experience. These increases were partially offset by a $6.0 million decrease in acquisition expense. The year-over-year decrease also included a $500,000 recapture of provision for unfunded loan commitments recorded in 2023.

Income Taxes 

The Company’s effective tax rate for the year ended December 31, 2024 was 26.00%, compared with 29.80% and 28.30% for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease in the effective tax rate was a result of increased investments in tax credits during 2024 and the impact on taxes in 2023 from the surrender of certain BOLI policies. During the fourth quarter and full year of 2023, our effective tax rate was impacted by more than $6 million in combined income tax expense and penalties resulting from the surrender of various BOLI policies. Our estimated annual effective tax rate also varies depending upon the level of tax-advantaged income from municipal securities and BOLI as well as available tax credits. Refer to Note 9 — Income Taxes of the notes to consolidated financial statements for more information. 

The effective tax rates are below the nominal combined Federal and State tax rate as a result of tax-advantaged income from certain municipal security investments, municipal loans and leases and BOLI, as well as available tax credits for each period. 

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ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION 

Total assets of $15.15 billion at December 31, 2024 decreased by $867.3 million, or 5.41%, from total assets of $16.02 billion at December 31, 2023. Interest-earning assets of $13.53 billion at December 31, 2024, decreased by $934.2 million, or 6.46%, when compared with $14.46 billion at December 31, 2023. The decrease in interest-earning assets was primarily due to a $499.0 million decrease in investment securities, a $368