Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Schedule of Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and New Accounting Pronouncements

During the six months ended September 30, 2019, DXC adopted the following Accounting Standards Updates ("ASU") issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board:



Date Issued and ASU	Date Adopted and Method	Description	Impact
February 2016 ASU 2016-02 "Leases (Topic 842)"	April 1, 2019 Modified retrospective	This update 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. Early adoption of this update is permitted. This update must be adopted using a modified retrospective transition at the beginning of the earliest period presented or at the adoption date recognizing a cumulative adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption and provides for certain practical expedients.	The Company adopted this update utilizing the simplified transition method allowing the Company to not restate comparative periods and apply Topic 842 beginning on April 1, 2019. During adoption, the Company implemented changes in its systems, including the implementation of new lease accounting software, internal controls, business processes, and accounting policies related to both the implementation of, and ongoing compliance with, the new guidance. The adoption resulted in following impacts. The Company recorded increases of $1.7 billion in assets and $1.8 billion in liabilities as of April 1, 2019, due to the recording of operating right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities for lease obligations that were historically classified as operating leases. The Company's cumulative adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings was not material. Additionally, the update did not have a material impact on the statements of operations or statements of cash flows. DXC elected the practical expedient package permitted under Topic 842, which among other things, permits the Company not to reassess historical conclusions related to contracts that contain leases, lease classification and initial direct costs for leases that commenced prior to the adoption date. DXC applied the lessee component election, allowing the Company to account for lease and non-lease components as a single lease component. In addition, DXC made an accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less that do not contain a ‘reasonably certain’ purchase option off the balance sheets. Refer to Note 7 - "Leases" for additional information.
February 2018 ASU 2018-02 - "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income"	April 1, 2019 Retrospective	This update provides an option to reclassify stranded tax effects within accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") to retained earnings in each period in which the effect (or portion thereof) of the change in the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is recorded.	The Company adopted this update and opted to not elect to reclassify any stranded tax effects within AOCI to retained earnings, and as such, the adoption of ASU 2018-02 did not have an effect on its condensed consolidated financial statements. In accordance with its accounting policy, the Company uses the portfolio approach and will release income tax effects from AOCI once the reason the tax effects were established cease to exist (e.g., when available-for-sale debt securities are sold or if a pension plan is liquidated).



January 2017 ASU 2017-04, "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the test for Goodwill Impairment	July 1, 2019 Prospective	This update is intended to simplify goodwill impairment testing by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. Under the new guidance, if a reporting unit’s carrying amount exceeds its fair value, the entity will record an impairment loss based on that difference. The impairment loss will be limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. Previously, if the fair value of a reporting unit was lower than its carrying amount (Step 1), an entity was required to calculate any impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of goodwill with its carrying amount (Step 2). Additionally, under the new standard, companies that have reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts will no longer be required to perform the qualitative assessment to determine whether to perform Step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. As a result, reporting units with zero or negative carrying amounts will generally be expected to pass the simplified impairment test; however, additional disclosure will be required of those companies.	DXC early adopted this guidance on a prospective basis as of July 1, 2019. As a result of adopting this ASU, the Company no longer performs Step 2 while completing its goodwill impairment testing, beginning with its annual goodwill impairment testing performed during the second quarter of fiscal 2020. DXC's impairment testing performed during the second quarter of fiscal 2020 resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $2,887 million consisting of $2,625 million and $262 million in its GBS and GIS reporting units, respectively. See Note 11 - "Goodwill" for additional information.

The following ASUs were recently issued but have not yet been adopted by DXC:



Date Issued and ASU	DXC Effective Date	Description	Impact
June 2016 ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”	Fiscal 2021	This update is intended to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by a reporting entity at each reporting date. To achieve this objective, the amendments in this update replace the existing incurred loss impairment methodology with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. This update must be adopted using a prospective transition approach for debt securities for which an other-than-temporary impairment has been recognized before the effective date.	DXC is currently evaluating its trade receivables and financial arrangements for the potential impact this update may have on its financial statements in future reporting periods.