Recent Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

During the nine months ended December 31, 2021, DXC adopted the following Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board:

Date Issued and ASU	Date Adopted and Method	Description	Impact
December 2019 ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”	April 1, 2021 Multiple Methods	This update is intended to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740. The amendments also improve consistent application of and simplify GAAP for other areas of Topic 740 by clarifying and amending existing guidance. The transition method (retrospective, modified retrospective, or prospective basis) related to the amendments depends on the applicable guidance, and all amendments for which there is no transition guidance specified are applied on a prospective basis.	The Company determined that this standard had no material impact to its condensed consolidated financial statements following adoption.
July 2021 ASU 2021-05, “Leases (Topic 842): Lessors–Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments”	Second quarter of fiscal 2022 Prospective	The amendments in this update modify lease classification requirements for lessors, providing that lease contracts with variable lease payments that do not depend on a reference index or a rate should be classified as operating leases if they would have been classified as a sales-type or direct financing lease and resulted in the recognition of a selling loss at lease commencement.	Upon adoption, on a prospective basis, customer leases with variable payments that would have resulted in an upfront loss when meeting sales type lease classification are classified as operating leases upon commencement or modification. Associated revenues, cost of services, or depreciation are subsequently recognized over their related lease terms or useful life. Before adopting this standard, leases with similar variable payments were classified as sales-type leases. These similar leases resulted in the recognition of upfront losses upon commencement or modification prior to the adoption, even when the overall economics of the lease arrangements were expected to be profitable.

Other recently issued ASUs that have not yet been adopted are not expected to have a material effect on DXC’s consolidated financial statements.