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Capitalized Contract Costs | Contract Assets and Deferred Revenue Contract assets represent rights to consideration in exchange for goods or services transferred to a customer when that right is conditional on something other than the passage of time. Deferred revenue represents contract liabilities. Net contract assets (liabilities) are as follows:
Significant changes in the above contract asset and liability balances were as follows:
The company’s incremental direct costs of obtaining a contract consist of sales commissions which are deferred and amortized ratably over the initial contract life. These costs are classified as current or noncurrent based on the timing of when the company expects to recognize the expense. The current and noncurrent portions of deferred commissions are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets and in other long-term assets, respectively, in the company’s consolidated balance sheets. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the company had $6.8 million and $8.7 million, respectively, of deferred commissions. Amortization expense related to deferred commissions was as follows:
Costs on outsourcing contracts are generally expensed as incurred. However, certain costs incurred upon initiation of an outsourcing contract (costs to fulfill a contract), principally initial customer setup, are capitalized and expensed over the initial contract life. These costs are included in outsourcing assets, net in the company’s consolidated balance sheets. The amount of such costs at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 was $61.8 million and $74.4 million, respectively. These costs are amortized over the initial contract life and reported in cost of revenue. Amortization expense related to costs to fulfill a contract was as follows:
The remaining balance of outsourcing assets, net is comprised of fixed assets and software used in connection with outsourcing contracts. These costs are capitalized and depreciated over the shorter of the initial contract life or in accordance with the company’s fixed asset policy. Remaining Performance ObligationsRemaining performance obligations represent the transaction price of firm orders for which work has not been performed and excludes (1) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and (2) contracts for which the company recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice for services performed. At September 30, 2021, the company had approximately $0.8 billion of remaining performance obligations of which approximately 12% is estimated to be recognized as revenue by the end of 2021 and an additional 38% by the end of 2022.
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