Basis of Presentation (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of presentation

NOTE 1: BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) of PAR Technology Corporation through its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”, “PAR”, “we”, “us” or “our Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial statements and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Regulation S-X pertaining to interim financial statements as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In the opinion of management, the Company's financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments necessary in order to make the financial statements not misleading and to provide a fair presentation of the Company's financial results for the interim period included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021 (this “Quarterly Report”). Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year or any future periods. The information included in this Quarterly Report should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2021 (“2020 Annual Report”).

The preparation of the financial statements requires management of the Company to make a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, the recognition and measurement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations at fair value, the carrying amount of property, plant and equipment including right-to-use assets and liabilities, identifiable intangible assets and goodwill, the measurement of liabilities and equity recognized for outstanding convertible notes, current expected credit losses for receivables, net realizable value for inventories, and measurement of contingent consideration at fair value. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The Company's estimates are subject to uncertainties, including those associated with market conditions, risks and trends and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Segment Reporting

The Company operates in two distinct reporting segments, Restaurant/Retail and Government. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. The Restaurant/Retail segment provides point-of-sale (“POS”) software and hardware, back-office software, customer loyalty software, and integrated technical solutions to the retail and restaurant industries. The Government segment provides intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions and mission systems support to the United States Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The financial statements also include corporate operations, which are comprised of enterprise-wide functional departments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with a remaining maturity of three months or less, to be cash equivalents, including money market funds.

The Company maintained bank balances that, at times, exceeded the federally insured limit during the nine months ended September 30, 2021. The Company has not experienced losses relating to these deposits and management does not believe that the Company is exposed to any significant credit risk with respect to these amounts.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements and Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes, which is intended to simplify various requirements related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. The Company adopted ASU 2019-12 effective January 1, 2021. In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, application of the standard to the Company's September 2021 convertible note offering resulted in classification to shareholders' equity of a $15.3 million partial release of the Company's deferred tax asset valuation adjustment. Refer to “Note 7 — Debt”.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40), which is intended to reduce the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock, and amend guidance for the derivatives scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity to reduce form-over-substance-based accounting conclusions. ASU 2020-06 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2021, with early adoption permitted. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2020-06 in the first quarter of 2022 and is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on its financial statements.

With the exception of the standards discussed above, there were no other recent accounting pronouncements or changes in accounting pronouncements during the three months ended September 30, 2021 that are of significance or potential significance to the Company.