Organization, Consolidation, Basis of Presentation, Business Description and Accounting Policies [Text Block] | Note 1. Description of Operations and Principles of Consolidation Cutera, Inc. (“Cutera” or the “Company”) provides energy-based aesthetic systems for practitioners worldwide. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, distributes and markets energy-based product platforms for use by physicians and other qualified practitioners, enabling them to offer safe and effective aesthetic treatments to their customers. The Company currently markets the following system platforms: excel, enlighten, Juliet, Secret RF, truSculpt xeo truSculpt iD truSculpt flex Juliet Secret RF third Titan, truSculpt 3D, truSculpt flex The Company’s corporate headquarters and U.S. operations are located in Brisbane, California, where the Company conducts manufacturing, warehousing, research and development, regulatory, sales and marketing, service, and administrative activities. The Company markets, sells and services the Company’s products through direct sales and service employees in North America (including Canada), Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Sales and Services outside of these direct markets are made through a worldwide distributor network in over 40 Risks and Uncertainties The Company's future results of operations involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could affect the Company's future operating results and cause actual results to vary materially from expectations include, but are not On January 30, 2020, 19 In March 2020, 19 19 19 19 six June 30, 2020. 19 third may 120 180 Beginning in the second first 2020, 19, not In response to the COVID- 19 2019 8 As a result of the events and impact surrounding the COVID- 19 no June 30, 2020. COVID–19 Unaudited Interim Financial Information In the opinion of the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report reflect all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair statement of its consolidated statements of financial position as of June 30, 2020 2019, three six June 30, 2020, 2019. December 31, 2019 not not 10 December 31, 2019 March 16, 2020. Accounting Policies These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable to interim financial statements. While these statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for fair presentation of the results of the interim period, they do not 10 December 31, 2019 March 16, 2020. The Company uses the same accounting policies in preparing quarterly and annual financial statements. Unless otherwise noted, amounts presented within the Notes to condensed consolidated financial statements refer to the Company’s continuing operations. Note 1 Use of Estimates The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the Company’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported periods. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to warranty obligations, sales commission, allowance for credit losses, and sales allowances, valuation of inventories, fair value of goodwill, useful lives of property and equipment, impairment testing for long-lived-assets, incremental borrowing rates related to the Company’s leases, assumptions regarding variables used in calculating the fair value of the Company's equity awards, expected achievement of performance based vesting criteria, management performance bonuses, fair value of investments, the standalone selling price of the Company's products and services, the period of benefit used to capitalize and amortize contract acquisition costs, variable consideration, contingent liabilities, recoverability of deferred tax assets, and effective income tax rates. Management bases estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, No. 2016 13, 326 2016 13 December 15, 2019, 2020, 2016 13 January 1, 2020 not The Company identified trade receivables and available-for-sale debt securities as impacted by the new guidance. However, the Company determined that the historical losses related to these available-for-sale debt securities are not The Company establishes an allowance for credit losses on trade receivables based on the credit quality of clients, current economic conditions, the age of the accounts receivable balances, historical loss information, and current conditions and forecasted information, and write-off amounts against the allowance when they are deemed uncollectible. The Company’s allowance for credit losses was $1.8 million and $1.4 million as of June 30, 2020 December 31, 2019. three six June 30, 2020, In August 2018, No. 2018 13, 820 3 1 2 3 2020, not Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not In December 2019, No. 2019 12 740 2021, not In March 2020, No. 2020 04, 848 No. 2020 04 No. 2020 04 March 12, 2020 December 31, 2022. No. 2020 04 The Company reviewed all other recently issued, but not not |