Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation and Summary of Accounting Policies All amounts included herein related to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2015 and the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in Callidus Software Inc.'s ("Company") Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 . Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") rules and regulations regarding interim financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all necessary adjustments for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for any subsequent interim period or for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2015. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, which include wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Serbia, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated upon consolidation. Use of Estimates Preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period and the accompanying notes. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, uncertain tax liabilities, allowances for doubtful accounts, the useful lives of fixed assets and intangible assets, goodwill and intangible asset impairments, stock-based compensation forfeiture rates, accrued liabilities, the allocation of the value of purchase consideration for business acquisitions, and other contingencies. These estimates and assumptions are based on management’s best estimates and judgment. Management evaluates such estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis for continued reasonableness, using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic environment. Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively based upon such evaluation. Illiquid credit markets, volatile equity and foreign currency markets and fluctuations in information technology spending by prospective customers can increase the uncertainty inherent in such estimates and assumptions. As future events and their effects cannot be determined with precision, actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Changes in those estimates, if any, resulting from continuing changes in the economic environment, will be reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements in future periods. Revenue Recognition The Company generates revenue by providing software applications as a service ("SaaS") through an on-demand subscription, on-premise perpetual and term licenses and related software maintenance, and professional services. Amounts that have been invoiced are recorded in accounts receivable and in deferred revenue or revenue, depending on whether the revenue recognition criteria have been met. Recurring Revenue. Recurring revenue, which includes software-as-a-service revenue and maintenance revenue, is recognized ratably over the stated contractual period. SaaS revenue consists of subscription fees from customers accessing our cloud-based service offerings. Maintenance revenue consists of fees from customers purchasing support for on-premise solutions. The Company also recognizes revenue associated with customers using its products in excess of contracted usage ("Overages"). Overages are primarily attributed to SaaS products and such Overages are recorded in SaaS revenue. Revenue related to Overages was immaterial during the three and nine months ended in September 30, 2015 and September 30, 2014 . Service and License Revenue. Service and license revenue primarily consist of training, integration and configuration services. Generally, the Company's professional services arrangements are on a time-and-materials basis. Time and material services are recognized as the services are rendered based on inputs to the project, such as billable hours incurred. For fixed-fee professional service arrangements, the Company recognizes revenue under the proportional performance method of accounting and estimates the proportional performance on a monthly basis, utilizing hours incurred to date as a percentage of total estimated hours to complete the project. If the Company does not have a sufficient basis to measure progress toward completion, revenue is recognized upon completion. Service and license revenue also includes revenue from perpetual licenses, which is recognized upon delivery of the product, using the residual method, assuming all the other conditions for revenue recognition have been met. In a limited number of arrangements with non-standard acceptance criteria, the Company defers the revenue until the acceptance criteria is satisfied. Reimbursements, including those related to travel and out-of-pocket expenses, are included in services and license revenue, and an equivalent amount of reimbursable expenses is included in cost of services and license revenue. In general, recurring revenue agreements are entered into for 12 to 36 months, and the professional services are performed within nine months of entering into a contract with the customer, depending on the size of integration. SaaS agreements provide specified service level commitments, excluding scheduled maintenance. The failure to meet this level of service availability may require the Company to credit qualifying customers a portion of their subscription and support fees. Based on the Company's historical experience meeting its service level commitments, the Company does not currently have any liabilities on its balance sheet for these commitments. The Company recognizes revenue when all of the following conditions are met: • Persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; • Delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; • The fees are fixed or determinable; and • Collection of the fees is reasonably assured. If the Company determines that any one of the four criteria is not met, it will defer recognition of revenue until all the criteria are met. Multiple-deliverable arrangements with on-demand subscription. For on-demand subscription agreements with multiple-deliverables, the Company evaluates each element to determine whether it represents a separate unit of accounting. The Company determines the best estimated selling price of each deliverable in an arrangement based on a selling price hierarchy of methods contained in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 605)- Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements. The best estimated selling price for a deliverable is based on its vendor-specific objective evidence (“VSOE”), if available, third-party evidence (“TPE”), if VSOE is not available, or estimated selling price (“ESP”), if neither VSOE nor TPE is available. Total arrangement fees are allocated to each element using the relative selling price method. The Company has currently established VSOE for most deliverables, except for fixed fee service arrangements and on-premise software licenses. The Company considered all of the following factors to establish the ESP for fixed fee service arrangements when sold with its on-demand services: the weighted average actual sales prices of professional services sold on a stand-alone basis for on-demand services; average billing rates for fixed fee service agreements when sold with on-demand services, cost plus a reasonable mark-up and other factors such as gross margin objectives, pricing practices and growth strategy. The Company is currently using cost plus a reasonable mark-up to establish ESP for fixed fee service arrangements. Multiple-deliverable arrangements with on-premise license. For arrangements with multiple-deliverables, including license, professional services and maintenance, the Company recognizes license revenue using the residual method of accounting pursuant to the requirements of the guidance contained in ASC 985-605, Software Revenue Recognition . Under the residual method, revenue is recognized when VSOE for fair value exists for all of the undelivered elements in the arrangement, but does not exist for one or more of the delivered elements in the arrangement. If evidence of fair value cannot be established for the undelivered elements, all of the revenue is deferred until evidence of fair value can be established, or until the items for which evidence of fair value cannot be established are delivered. For maintenance and certain professional services, the Company has established VSOE as a high number of stand-alone sales of this deliverable have been priced within a reasonably narrow range. The Company's revenue arrangements do not include a general right of return relative to the delivered products. For the Company's term-based licenses, if the only undelivered element is maintenance, the entire amount of revenue is recognized over the maintenance period, because the Company does not sell maintenance separately. Sales and other taxes collected from customers to be remitted to government authorities are excluded from revenue. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09 (ASU 2014-09) "Revenue from Contracts with Customers." ASU 2014-09 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in “Revenue Recognition (Topic 605),” and requires entities to recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 may also impact how the Company accounts for certain direct costs associated with its revenues. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted one year earlier. ASU 2014-09 permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company has not elected a transition method and is currently in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on the condensed consolidated financial statements and does not plan to early adopt this standard. |