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Revenues
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
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Revenues

Note 2 - Revenues

Nature of Products and Services

The following table presents our revenues by primary product and service offering (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 2022

Year Ended December 31, 2021

    

    

Software and

    

    

    

Software and

    

TASER

Sensors

Total

TASER

Sensors

Total

TASER 7

$

224,905

$

$

224,905

$

135,906

$

$

135,906

TASER X26P

 

33,725

 

 

33,725

 

40,629

 

 

40,629

TASER X2

 

24,068

 

 

24,068

 

58,081

 

 

58,081

TASER Consumer devices

 

6,420

 

 

6,420

 

7,132

 

 

7,132

Cartridges

 

181,686

 

 

181,686

 

152,842

 

 

152,842

Axon Body

 

 

124,164

 

124,164

 

 

75,484

 

75,484

Axon Flex

 

 

3,031

 

3,031

 

 

4,155

 

4,155

Axon Fleet

 

 

63,017

 

63,017

 

 

24,319

 

24,319

Axon Dock

 

 

30,086

 

30,086

 

 

24,441

 

24,441

Axon Evidence and cloud services

 

18,752

 

371,889

 

390,641

 

9,159

 

246,005

 

255,164

Extended warranties

 

29,008

 

49,765

 

78,773

 

24,125

 

33,686

 

57,811

Other

 

13,002

 

16,417

 

29,419

 

9,053

 

18,364

 

27,417

Total

$

531,566

$

658,369

$

1,189,935

$

436,927

$

426,454

$

863,381

Year Ended December 31, 2020

    

    

Software and

    

TASER

Sensors

Total

TASER 7

$

107,506

$

$

107,506

TASER X26P

 

41,724

 

 

41,724

TASER X2

 

60,107

 

 

60,107

TASER Consumer devices

 

9,407

 

 

9,407

Cartridges

 

115,193

 

 

115,193

Axon Body

 

 

57,150

 

57,150

Axon Flex

 

 

4,082

 

4,082

Axon Fleet

 

 

20,108

 

20,108

Axon Dock

 

 

19,723

 

19,723

Axon Evidence and cloud services

 

2,935

 

176,797

 

179,732

Extended warranties

 

20,754

 

24,408

 

45,162

Other

 

8,926

 

12,183

 

21,109

Total

$

366,552

$

314,451

$

681,003

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by geography (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 

 

2022

2021

2020

 

United States

    

$

987,975

    

83

%  

$

686,914

    

80

%  

$

535,079

    

79

%

Other Countries

 

201,960

17

 

176,467

20

 

145,924

 

21

Total

$

1,189,935

100

%  

$

863,381

100

%  

$

681,003

 

100

%

Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. We generally have an unconditional right to consideration when we invoice our customers and record a receivable. We record a contract asset when revenue is recognized prior to invoicing, or a contract liability (deferred revenue) when revenue will be recognized subsequent to invoicing.

Contract assets generally result from our subscription programs where we satisfy a hardware performance obligation upon shipment to the customer, and the right to the portion of the transaction price allocated to that hardware performance obligation is conditional on our future performance of a SaaS service obligation under the contract. We recognize a portion of the amount allocated to hardware products shipped to the customer as accounts receivable when invoiced to the customer, and record the remaining allocated value as a contract asset as we have generally fulfilled our hardware performance obligation upon shipment. Unbilled accounts receivable expected to be invoiced and collected within twelve months was $8.9 million as of December 31, 2022, and was included in accounts and notes receivable, net on our consolidated balance sheet.

Contract liabilities generally consist of deferred revenue on our subscription programs where we generally invoice customers at the beginning of each annual contract period and record a receivable at the time of invoicing when there is an unconditional right to consideration.

Deferred revenue is comprised mainly of unearned revenue related to our Axon Evidence SaaS platform, secure cloud-based storage, service-type extended warranties, stand-ready obligations in our cartridge programs, and rights to future CED, camera and related accessories hardware in our subscription programs. Revenue for Axon Evidence and cloud-based storage, our service-type extended warranties and stand-ready cartridge programs is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the subscription term. Revenue for the rights to future hardware is generally recognized at the point in time the hardware products are shipped to the customer.

Payment terms and conditions vary by contract type and geography, but our standard terms are that payments are due within 30 days from the date of invoice.

The following table presents our contract assets, contract liabilities and certain information related to these balances as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022 (in thousands):

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2022

 

2021

 

2020

Contract assets, net

$

242,072

$

210,174

$

84,044

Contract liabilities (deferred revenue)

 

608,040

 

 

451,312

 

 

275,181

Revenue recognized in the period from:

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Amounts included in contract liabilities at the beginning of the period

 

261,271

 

 

177,812

 

 

135,513

During the year ended December 31, 2022, our contract assets balance increased by $31.9 million or 15.2% due to increased sales under subscription plans. Contract liabilities increased $156.7 million or 34.7% for the year ended December 31, 2022 due to increased subscription invoicing for Software and Sensors hardware and services in advance of fulfilling performance obligations to customers.

Contract liabilities (deferred revenue) consisted of the following (in thousands):

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

Total

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

Total

Warranty:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

TASER

$

14,207

$

17,618

$

31,825

$

21,257

$

4,766

$

26,023

Software and Sensors

 

26,229

 

15,338

 

41,567

 

23,175

 

18,137

 

41,312

 

40,436

 

32,956

 

73,392

 

44,432

 

22,903

 

67,335

Hardware:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

TASER

 

49,361

 

12,640

 

62,001

 

12,944

 

28,727

 

41,671

Software and Sensors

 

50,426

 

109,227

 

159,653

 

34,862

 

81,223

 

116,085

 

99,787

 

121,867

 

221,654

 

47,806

 

109,950

 

157,756

Services:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

TASER

 

7,637

 

9,501

 

17,138

 

2,701

 

3,482

 

6,183

Software and Sensors

 

212,177

 

83,679

 

295,856

 

170,652

 

49,386

 

220,038

219,814

93,180

312,994

173,353

52,868

226,221

Total

$

360,037

$

248,003

$

608,040

$

265,591

$

185,721

$

451,312

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

Total

    

Current

    

Long-Term

    

Total

TASER

$

71,205

$

39,759

$

110,964

$

36,902

$

36,975

$

73,877

Software and Sensors

 

288,832

 

208,244

 

497,076

 

228,689

 

148,746

 

377,435

Total

$

360,037

$

248,003

$

608,040

$

265,591

$

185,721

$

451,312

Remaining Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $4.6 billion of remaining performance obligations, which included both recognized contract liabilities as well as amounts that will be invoiced and recognized in future periods. The remaining performance obligations are limited only to arrangements that meet the definition of a contract under Topic 606 as of December 31, 2022. We expect to recognize between approximately 15% - 25% of this balance over the next twelve months, and expect the remainder to be recognized over the following ten years, subject to risks related to delayed deployments, budget appropriation or other contract cancellation clauses.

Costs to Obtain a Contract

We recognize an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer, which consist primarily of sales commissions. These costs are ascribed to or allocated to the underlying performance obligations in the contract and amortized consistent with the recognition timing of the revenue for the underlying performance obligations.

For contract costs related to performance obligations with an amortization period of one year or less, we apply the practical expedient to expense these sales commissions when incurred. These costs are recognized as incurred within sales, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income.

As of December 31, 2022, our assets for costs to obtain contracts were as follows (in thousands):

    

December 31, 2022

December 31, 2021

Current deferred commissions (1)

$

29,405

$

19,962

Deferred commissions, net of current portion (2)

 

93,213

 

54,028

$

122,618

$

73,990

(1)Current deferred commissions are included within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.
(2)Deferred commissions, net of current portion, are included in other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet.

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, we recognized $24.2 million, $16.6 million, and $11.3 million, respectively, of amortization related to deferred commissions. These costs are recorded within sales, general and administrative expenses on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).

Significant Judgments

Our contracts with certain municipal government customers may be subject to budget appropriation, other contract cancellation clauses or future periods which are optional. In contracts where the customer’s performance is subject to budget appropriation clauses, we generally consider the likelihood of non-appropriation to be remote when determining the contract term and transaction price. Contracts with other cancellation provisions or optional periods may require judgment in determining the contract term, including the existence of material rights, determining transaction price and identifying the performance obligations.

At times, customers may request changes that either amend, replace or cancel existing contracts. Judgment is required to determine whether the specific facts and circumstances within the contracts require the changes to be accounted for as a separate contract or as a modification. Generally, contract modifications containing additional goods and services that are determined to be distinct and sold at their SSP are accounted for as a separate contract. For contract modifications where both criteria are not met, the original contract is updated and the required adjustments to revenue and contract assets, liabilities, and other accounts are made accordingly.

Our contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately rather than together may require significant judgment. We consider CED devices and related accessories, as well as cameras and related accessories, to be separately identifiable from each other as well as from extended warranties on these products and the SaaS subscriptions to Axon Evidence and other cloud services.

In contracts where there are timing differences between when we transfer a promised good or service to the customer and when the customer pays for that good or service, we have determined that, with the exception of our TASER 60 installment purchase arrangements, our contracts generally do not include a significant financing component. For the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, and 2020, we recorded interest income of $0.6 million, $1.0 million, and $1.5 million, respectively.

Judgment is required to determine the SSP for each distinct performance obligation. We analyze separate sales of our products and services as a basis for estimating the SSP of our products and services and then use that SSP as the basis for allocating the transaction price when our products and services are sold together in a contract with multiple performance obligations. In instances where the SSP is not directly observable, such as when we do not sell the product or service separately, we determine the SSP using information that may include market conditions, time value of money and other observable inputs. We typically have more than one SSP for individual products and services due to the stratification of

those products and services by customers and circumstances. In these instances, we may use information such as geographic region and distribution channel in determining the SSP.