Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The following Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU") were recently issued but have not yet been adopted by DXC:

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-12, “Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815).” This amendment was issued to improve the financial reporting of hedge relationships to better portray the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements and to make certain improvements to simplify the application of hedge accounting. ASU 2017-12 will be effective for DXC in fiscal 2020 and early adoption is permitted. The ASU must be adopted by applying the standard to existing hedge instruments at the adoption date. DXC is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of ASU 2017-12 will have on its consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, "Leases (Topic 842)." This amendment is intended to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing virtually all lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about lease arrangements. ASU 2016-02 will be effective for DXC in fiscal 2020 and early adoption is permitted. This ASU must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition and provides for certain practical expedients. DXC is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of ASU 2016-02 will have on its existing accounting policies and the consolidated financial statements in future reporting periods, but expects there will be an increase in assets and liabilities on its balance sheets at adoption due to the recording of right-of-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities, which may be significant. Refer to Note 18 - "Commitments and Contingencies" for information about its operating lease obligations.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606),” which, along with amendments issued in 2015 and 2016, will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance under U.S. GAAP and eliminate industry specific guidance. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is that revenue is recognized when the transfer of goods or services to customers occurs in an amount that reflects the consideration to which DXC expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance also addresses the timing of recognition of certain costs incurred to obtain or fulfill a customer contract. Further, it requires the disclosure of sufficient information to enable readers of DXC’s financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenues, and cash flows arising from customer contracts, and information regarding significant judgments and changes in judgments made.

ASU 2014-09 provides two methods of adoption: full retrospective and modified retrospective. Under the full retrospective method, the standard would be applied to all periods presented with previously disclosed periods restated under the new guidance. Under the modified retrospective method, prior periods would not be restated but rather a cumulative catch-up adjustment would be recorded on the adoption date. The Company will adopt this standard in the first quarter of Fiscal 2019 and expects to adopt using the modified retrospective method.

DXC has performed an initial assessment of the impact of the standard and continues to assess the impact that the guidance will have on accounting policies, processes, systems and internal controls. The Company is currently in the process of implementing the new standard. Based on the implementation efforts to-date, including the assessment of contracts acquired through the combination with HPES, the Company expects the primary accounting impacts to include the following:


•	The Company’s IT and business process outsourcing arrangements comprise a series of distinct services, for which revenue is expected to be recognized as the services are provided in a manner that is generally consistent with current practices.


•	The Company has certain arrangements involving the sale of proprietary software and related services for which vendor-specific objective evidence of fair value may not exist, resulting in the deferral of revenues. Under the new standard, estimates of standalone selling price will be necessary for all software performance obligations, which may result in the acceleration of revenues.


•	The Company currently does not capitalize commission costs, which will be required in certain cases under the new standard and amortized over the period that services or goods are transferred to the customer. However, the Company is currently assessing the impact of the standard on commission plans of the combined company.

As the quantitative impact of adopting the standard may be significantly impacted by arrangements contracted before the adoption date, the Company has not yet reached a conclusion about whether the accounting impact of the new standard will be material to its consolidated financial statements. However, the Company expects continuing significant implementation efforts to accumulate and report additional disclosures required by the standard.

Other recently issued ASUs effective after September 30, 2017 are not expected to have a material effect on DXC's consolidated financial statements.