Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

BASIS OF PRESENTATION 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of MTS Systems Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Significant intercompany account balances and transactions have been eliminated.

The terms "MTS," "we," "us," "the Company" or "our" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context otherwise requires, refer to MTS Systems Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries. 

We have prepared the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States (U.S.) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The information furnished in these consolidated financial statements includes normal recurring adjustments and reflects all adjustments that are, in our opinion, necessary for a fair presentation of such financial statements. The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to SEC rules and regulations. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2019 filed with the SEC. Interim results of operations for the third fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year. 

We have a 5-4-4 week, quarterly accounting cycle with our fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to September 30. Fiscal year 2020 ending on October 3, 2020 will consist of 53 weeks. Fiscal year 2019 ended on September 28, 2019 consisted of 52 weeks. 

Changes to Significant Accounting Policies

The following accounting policies have been updated since our fiscal year 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Leases

As described in Note 2, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), followed by related amendments, on September 29, 2019 under the modified retrospective transition method. Our new lease accounting policy and disclosures related to this guidance are included in Note 5.

Business Acquisitions

We expanded our business acquisitions critical accounting policy to include contingent consideration liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis. See Item II of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information on our critical accounting policy updates related to business acquisitions.

COVID-19

The global spread of COVID-19 has created significant volatility, uncertainty and economic disruption. See Note 17 for further information on our risks and uncertainties related to COVID-19.