Company: CPSS
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001683168-25-001548
Chunk: 61

Company: CONSUMER PORTFOLIO SERVICES, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 61
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 automobile contracts. If we breach any of our representations or
warranties, we will be obligated to repurchase the automobile contract at a price equal to the principal balance plus accrued and unpaid
interest. We may then be entitled under the terms of our dealer agreement to require the selling dealer to repurchase the contract at
a price equal to our purchase price, less any principal payments made by the customer. Subject to any recourse against dealers, we will
bear the risk of loss on repossession and resale of vehicles under automobile contracts that we repurchase.

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In a securitization, the related
special purpose subsidiary may be unable to release excess cash to us if the credit performance of the securitized automobile contracts
falls short of pre-determined standards. Such releases represent a material portion of the cash that we use to fund our operations. An
unexpected deterioration in the performance of securitized automobile contracts could therefore have a material adverse effect on both
our liquidity and results of operations.

Critical Accounting Estimates

We believe that our accounting
policies related to (a) Finance Receivables at Fair Value, (b) Allowance for Finance Credit Losses, (c) Term Securitizations, (d) Accrual
for Contingent Liabilities and (e) Income Taxes are the most critical to understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.
Such policies are described below.

Finance Receivables Measured at Fair Value

Effective January 1, 2018,
we adopted the fair value method of accounting for finance receivables acquired on or after that date. For each finance receivable acquired
after 2017, we consider the price paid on the purchase date as the fair value for such receivable.  We estimate the cash to be received
in the future with respect to such receivables, based on our experience with similar receivables acquired in the past.  We then compute
the internal rate of return that results in the present value of those estimated cash receipts being equal to the purchase date fair value.
Thereafter, we recognize interest income on such receivables on a level yield basis using that internal rate of return as the applicable
interest rate. Cash received with respect to such receivables is applied first against such interest income, and then to reduce the recorded
value of the receivables.

We re-evaluate the fair value
of such receivables at the close of each measurement period. If the re-evaluation were to yield a