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 condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2016 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 for Callidus Software Inc., doing business as CallidusCloud ("Company"). 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, 2016 . 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, Netherlands, 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 consolidated financial statements in future periods. Revenue Recognition The Company generates revenue by providing software as a service ("SaaS") solutions through 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 SaaS revenue and maintenance revenue, is recognized ratably over the stated contractual period. SaaS revenue consists of subscription fees from customers accessing the Company's cloud-based service offerings. Maintenance revenue consists of fees from customers purchasing licenses and receiving support for such on-premise solutions. The Company also recognizes SaaS and maintenance 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 in the period incurred. Revenue related to Overages was immaterial during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 . Service and License Revenue. Service and license revenue primarily consists of training, integration and configuration services. Generally, the Company's professional services arrangements are billed 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 services 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 are 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 Finance 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 is able to establish VSOE because it has a sufficient history of selling these deliverables at an established price. The Company's revenue arrangements do not include a general right of return relative to the delivered products. Generally, for the Company's term-based licenses, if the only undelivered element is maintenance, the entire amount of revenue is recognized ratably over the maintenance period. Sales and other taxes collected from customers to be remitted to government authorities are excluded from revenue. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments." The guidance addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice for certain cash receipts and cash payments. The amendments in this guidance are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, and interim periods within those fiscal years and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating its expected adoption method and timeline, and the impact this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements. In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-09, "Compensation-Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting," which simplifies the accounting for share-based transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities on the balance sheet, and classification of employee taxes paid on statement of cash flows when an employer withholds shares for tax-withholding purposes. The new standard is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and early adoption is permitted. The Company has elected not to early adopt. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2016-09 on its consolidated financial statements. In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases" which requires the recognition of assets and liabilities arising from lease transactions on the balance sheet and the disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements. Accordingly, a lessee will recognize a lease asset for its right to use the underlying asset and a lease liability for the corresponding lease obligation. Both the asset and liability will initially be measured at the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term. Subsequent measurement, including the presentation of expenses and cash flows, will depend on the classification of the lease as either a finance or an operating lease. Initial costs directly attributable to negotiating and arranging the lease will be included in the asset. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee can make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset to not recognize an asset and corresponding liability. Lessees will also be required to provide additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures regarding the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases. These disclosures are intended to supplement the amounts recorded in the financial statements and provide additional information about the nature of an organization’s leasing activities. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. In transition, lessees are required to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the earliest period presented using a modified retrospective approach. The transition guidance also provides specific guidance for sale and leaseback transactions, build-to-suit leases and amounts previously recognized in accordance with the business combinations guidance for leases. The Company is currently evaluating its expected adoption method and timeline, and the impact of this new standard on its consolidated financial statements. In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, “Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes, (ASU 2015-17)", which simplifies the presentation of deferred income taxes. This ASU requires that deferred tax assets and liabilities, together with any related valuation allowance be classified as non-current in a statement of financial position. The ASU is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption permitted. The Company early adopted ASU 2015-17 effective December 31, 2015 on a prospective basis. Adoption of this ASU resulted in a reclassification of the Company's net current deferred tax liabilities to net non-current deferred tax liabilities in its consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015. No prior periods were adjusted retrospectively. In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" (ASU 2014-09). ASU 2014-09, as amended, 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. The Company is currently in the process of assessing the adoption methodology, which allows the amendment to be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented or with the cumulative effect recognized as of the date of initial application. The Company is also evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2014-09 on its consolidated financial statements and has not determined whether the effect will be material to either its revenue results or its deferred commission balances. 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, but the Company has elected not to early adopt. |