BASIS OF PRESENTATION

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The Interim Consolidated Financial Statements present the results of operations, financial position and cash flows of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (referred to in this report as (i) “we,” “us,” “Marriott Vacations Worldwide,” “MVW” or “the Company,” which includes our consolidated subsidiaries except where the context of the reference is to a single corporate entity, or (ii) “MVWC,” which shall refer only to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, without its consolidated subsidiaries). In order to make this report easier to read, we refer throughout to (i) our Interim Consolidated Financial Statements as our “Financial Statements,” (ii) our Interim Consolidated Statements of Income as our “Income Statements,” (iii) our Interim Consolidated Balance Sheets as our “Balance Sheets,” and (iv) our Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as our “Cash Flows.” In addition, references throughout to numbered “Footnotes” refer to the numbered Notes in these Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements, unless otherwise noted. Capitalized terms used and not specifically defined herein have the same meaning given those terms in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (the “2018 Annual Report”). We use certain other terms that are defined within these Financial Statements.

The Financial Statements presented herein and discussed below include 100 percent of the assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and cash flows of Marriott Vacations Worldwide, all entities in which Marriott Vacations Worldwide has a controlling voting interest (“subsidiaries”), and those variable interest entities for which Marriott Vacations Worldwide is the primary beneficiary in accordance with consolidation accounting guidance. References in these Financial Statements to net income attributable to common shareholders and MVW shareholders’ equity do not include noncontrolling interests, which represent the outside ownership of our consolidated non-wholly owned entities and are reported separately. Intercompany accounts and transactions between consolidated companies have been eliminated in consolidation.

These Financial Statements reflect our financial position, results of operations and cash flows as prepared in conformity with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Such estimates include, but are not limited to, revenue recognition, allocations of the purchase price paid in business combinations, cost of vacation ownership products, inventory valuation, goodwill and intangibles valuation, property and equipment valuation, accounting for acquired vacation ownership notes receivable, vacation ownership notes receivable reserves, income taxes and loss contingencies. Accordingly, actual amounts may differ from these estimated amounts.

In our opinion, our Financial Statements reflect all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position, the results of our operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Interim results may not be indicative of fiscal year performance because of, among other reasons, the ILG Acquisition (defined below) and seasonal and short-term variations. These Financial Statements have not been audited. We have condensed or omitted certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP. Although we believe our footnote disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading, the Financial Statements in this report should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto in our 2018 Annual Report.

The accompanying Financial Statements also reflect our adoption of new accounting standards. See Footnote 2 “Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Standards” for additional information.

Reclassifications

We have reclassified the following prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation:

• Reclassified Resort management and other services revenue to Management and exchange revenue;

• Reclassified Resort management and other services expense to Management and exchange expense;

• Consolidated Consumer financing interest expense into Financing expense;

• Reclassified depreciation expense from Marketing and sales expense, Management and exchange expense, Rental expense, and General and administrative expense to Depreciation and amortization expense;

• Reclassified $53 million from Accrued liabilities to Accounts payable;

• Reclassified $58 million from Accrued liabilities to Advance deposits;

• Reclassified $64 million from Accrued liabilities to Deferred revenue;

• Reclassified $3 million from Payroll and benefits liability to Accounts payable;

• Reclassified $2 million from Payroll and benefits liability to Accrued liabilities; and

• Reclassified $20 million of other debt from Debt, net to Securitized debt, net.

Acquisition of ILG

On September 1, 2018, we completed the acquisition of ILG, LLC, formerly known as ILG, Inc. (“ILG”) through a series of transactions (the “ILG Acquisition”), after which ILG became our indirect wholly-owned subsidiary. We refer to our business associated with brands that existed prior to the ILG Acquisition as “Legacy-MVW” and to ILG’s business and brands that we acquired as “Legacy-ILG.” See Footnote 3 “Acquisitions and Dispositions” for more information on the ILG Acquisition.