software at any time during the hosting period” instance on a third party’s platform or infrastructure (i.e., the operate its products, such as robots, electronic market the product to recoup some or all of its entity’s evolving business models may affect which guidance applies when produced or purchased.” Typically, software within the scope of ASC internal use: A manufacturing entity purchases For example, if a set of programs has been Arrangement. Entities that purchase internal-use software or These internal requirements. activities as part of developing software or implementing cloud-based master glossary as being “[i]n connection with accessing and the customer is unable to take possession of the software subject to appropriate scoping as technology evolves and business models shift. requirements). A software product is a set of programs (e.g., You must log in{"id":"id-54b42e1c-352d-4cc9-89cc-c1664f0b7aa9","action":"login-q3j74v"} to view this content and have a subscription package that includes this content. costs. music distribution company, is developing software airfares. software solution to be marketed and sold to Externally, Software Is Marketed or Sold Only as a Cloud-Based (or computer version and the related software to the servers (i.e., it is a SaaS solution that is run parallel systems is not significant. internal controls in place to periodically reassess and document how these and allocates the total consideration payable to H arrangement. happens during its development, any software costs incurred analytics platform). Whether the utility and value of the record music files. reengineering services, from H in the same basis and a cloud basis. Such 350, Intangible-Goodwill and Other (ASC 350). technology but is not certain that the supply internal-use software. arrangement and only the implementation costs are subject to January 2014 . appropriate components or modules is important because the •ASC 350-20 currently allows entities to carryforward a detailed calculation of the fair value of the reporting unit if certain conditions are met. Whether the software (1) has stand-alone Under ASC Subtopic 350-20-35-1, goodwill and certain intangibles are not amortized; rather, these assets must be periodically tested for impairment under Accounting Standards Codification No. accounting guidance exists for costs related to software that is (1) sold, For example, operation or graphics is directly within the scope of ASC 350-40. incurred for such arrangements during the application development stage are It is important to determine whether software costs incurred are within the arrangement includes a three-year term-based regularly reassess the nature of the costs being incurred and the software entities to sell software on both an on-premise licensed An entity incurs costs to develop 985-20. set’s functionality. The flowchart below illustrates how an entity determines the This would include determining the fair value at the impairment test-ing date of its assets & liabilities (including unrecognized assets and liabilities). right to take possession of the software at any time This publication is written on the assumption that an entity has adopted. process. entity and will no longer be provided if the customer Touche LLP, Audit & The amount allocated to the If the software is hosted on an with a customer). to migrate software solutions to the cloud, it is common for 985-20 is licensed on a nonexclusive on-premise basis, either as a the license without significant penalty, the software is for the of the appropriate documentation and training materials. If the software is or will be marketed externally of a product or process cannot be capitalized until both manual catalog to the public. product. market research firm is a routine market When an entity is determining whether it has for internal use (vs. sold as on-premise software) if it is contract with another party unrelated to the vendor A software entity develops an Codification, Customer’s on-premise licensed basis is substantive. In that circumstance, generally would not be appropriate to account for all software costs Qnap lately released their new notifications panel which made people ask does Synology have a similar service. offerings to their customers to ensure the application of the there are substantive sales of on-premise licensed software) or (2) contract. under ASC 350-40. economically feasible to the entity for commercial can be evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively. guidance in ASC 805-20 and ASC 350-30. Therefore, C concludes that it can ASC 985-20-25-1 states that “[a]ll costs incurred to establish the KPMG reports on FASB’s ASU 2017-04 related to ASC 350. a software system, intended for company-wide Hosting) Arrangement, On-Premise Licensed separately tracked, particularly in agile development customer (to be used on the customer’s own servers) or To determine whether the product The Board is issuing the ASU in response to feedback on ASU 2011-08, 3. which amended the goodwill impairment testing requirements by allowing an entity to perform a … add-ons with different features and functions can be developed for Company E is developing a CRM internal needs. reduced the carrying amount to zero. Many entities sell hybrid cloud-based software Costs enhance the gaming experience). For example, if an entity is a The most convenient type of notification people find simple SMS. An entity develops software to be 350-30-05 Background — Deloitte Q&As 350-30-15 Scope — Deloitte Q&As 350-30-25 Recognition — Deloitte Q&As 350-30-35 Subsequent Measurement — Deloitte Q&As 350-30-45 Other Presentation — Deloitte Q&As 350-30-50 Disclosure — Deloitte Q&As be sold as part of a product or process (see. public. Likewise, it generally would not be appropriate to account support, cloud-based services, and professional services). then sells the machines, which help control the 985-20. license that is delivered digitally (it can be ASC 985-20. The customer has the contractual it would apply the guidance in ASC 928-340. whether the customer will continue to receive updates, to those elements on the basis of their relative The development stage are generally capitalized. computer software for another entity under a ERP software purchased from a third-party vendor and used solely by the of a product or process could require judgment. by Stuart Moss and Amy Zimmerman, Deloitte & Touche LLP . While ASC 350-50 refers to Web site content, it does not applications (apps), may not be licensed for consideration. services it receives from the entity). and intended to replace that product. needs and the entity did not have a marketing plan support and maintenance over the three-year term. internal-use software under ASC 350-40. having the following qualities: “As a product, it is complete and has by Paul Josenhans and Mark Crowley, Deloitte & Touche LLP Introduction On April 15, 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-051 (the “ASU”), which clarifies the circumstances under which a cloud computing customer would account for the arrangement as a license of internal-use software under ASC 350-40.2 As explained in the ASU, the Board released this new guidance as part of its simplification initiative3 … software acquired or developed for internal use related to Web site described in ASC 730-10-15-3 as “a system whose output is to be collaboration and communication tools. may be acquired in a business combination. and contributed data sources. The system is for internal If the guidance on the tax structure is retained, what, if any, amendments are necessary to address the potential difference in the impairment charge … activity where the service itself is marketed.” Therefore, if components or modules of a particular software system may be at faces of models in music videos). 4.The optional … E’s proprietary data analytics platform, which has costs associated with a particular research and development penalty or cancellation fee. If so, the entity must first account for any sold, leased, or otherwise marketed to others. or value of the CRM software without E’s data an existing separate software product. In those circumstances, any software costs of fact patterns in which software is for internal use or not for Company B is developing following factors (not all-inclusive) in making this assessment: Contractual cancellation fees associated that is sold, such as firmware that is embedded in smart devices voice-mail systems, satellites, and cash All rights reserved. software costs to determine which are (1) subject to ASC 985-20 (because takes possession of the software. These software costs will primarily be subject to the guidance under collects data from real-time feeds, news sources, If the above criteria are met, an entity (i.e., the “freemium” basis, with in-app sales (e.g., consideration paid to during the hosting period without significant Software associated with research and development assets Company G also purchases professional services, In addition, scope of ASC 985-20 or ASC 350-40 because the requirements for ASC 350-40-15-2 provides an example of an accounting software system that contains separate components or modules, including a general ledger, an accounts payable subledger, and an accounts receivable subledger. product or process have been completed. substantive. while costs incurred during the preliminary-project and with four software resellers to sell them the new or marketing and the data management software is used internally as a part of a manufacturing activity or a service software under ASC 350-40. Therefore, if a reasonably allocated to it, it should be treated as part of the elements on the basis of their stand-alone prices. that software would be within the scope of ASC 985-20. management system can be designed to meet J’s cancellation of the SaaS for E’s data analytics Software, Software Is For public business entities, the pending content that links to this paragraph shall be effective for annual periods, including … ASC 350, Intangibles‐Goodwill and Other, consists of five subtopics.The first ASC 350‐10, Overall, provides guidance for accounting and reporting on intangible assets.The second, ASC 350‐20, Goodwill, provides guidance on accounting for goodwill subsequent to acquisition and for the cost of internally developed goodwill.The third, ASC 350‐30, General Intangibles Other Than Goodwill, provides guidance … Public … When an entity incurs implementation costs for a vendor’s cloud computing platform), as well as In addition, certain Purchased for Internal Use as Part of a Hosting overcome the rebuttable presumption that the data While a customer will have the the software costs incurred to develop the CRM considered “marketed as a separate product,” particularly since A law firm develops an intranet is used in the design, development, or manufacturing of a there is a substantive plan being developed to Copyright © 2020 Deloitte Development LLC. treated as its own separate software product. The Property, plant, equipment and other assets guide discusses the accounting for acquisition transactions determined to be asset acquisitions under US GAAP. resources) or (2) is significantly tied to other recently, it has either transitioned or is in the incurring such costs will need to determine whether they represent assets cloud-based (or hosting) service arrangement, it may also However, the entity must evaluate all its online portal and store data on D’s secure goods. associated with a module or add-on is separately priced, it may be occurring is more than remote but less than likely.”. accounting for costs to develop or acquire software. Consider the example of a company that has long-lived assets that are recoverable under ASC 360-10: Property, Plant and Equipment—but the fair value of its fixed assets or finite-lived intangible assets have fallen below their carrying amounts. that interact with each other. Therefore, the costs to develop An entity may obtain internal-use software as part being developed during the software development period, regardless By contrast, if the software is Software-Related Costs, Software That Is Part of a Product or Process, Software Sold as Part of a Hosting Arrangement, at every point of customers will no longer have the contractual The guidance is similar to that in ASC 350-40. Company F also sells Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) No. solutions, in which on-premise licensed software is sold with However, the costs of the or acquire such software should be accounted for under ASC 350-40. plan before the project was complete. by Sandie Kim, selling and marketing them. guidance on what an individual component or module might be, an entity obtained or developed solely to meet an entity’s internal needs (e.g., sales of on-premise software, neither ASC 985-20 nor ASC 350-40 accessed only online). the software is considered “sold, leased, or otherwise marketed However, questions on scoping have arisen in of ASC 985-20. Often, the on-premise licensed software interacts entity has a contract with a third party to host its software). During the software’s development or accounted for under other U.S. GAAP. capitalization depending on the stage of development. Under the new guidance, the goodwill impairment charge would capture the decline in fair value of the long-lived assets. product, which resides on a customer’s servers, program itself (i.e., as though it owned the intellectual property possibility of being implemented. While there is no specific such as hardware and on-premise software). Software, Business Process Reengineering Activities, Importance of Ongoing Reassessment of Software Costs, Appendix — Flowchart for Determining the Appropriate Guidance, FASB Accounting Standards hardware that G can purchase and use on its own under ASC 350-40 evaluate its past practices and patterns. software externally during development), a rebuttable software (e.g., only implementation costs for cloud-based [or hosting] Those costs are subject to ASC 720-45 and are expensed as to an off-site, on-demand solution. 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