Overview, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies | Note 1. Overview, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies Description of Business DFIN is a leading global risk and compliance solutions company. The Company provides regulatory filing and deal solutions via its software, technology-enabled services and print and distribution solutions to public and private companies, mutual funds and other regulated investment firms, to serve its clients’ regulatory and compliance needs. DFIN helps its clients comply with applicable regulations where and how they want to work in a digital world, providing numerous solutions tailored to each client’s precise needs. The prevailing trend is toward clients choosing to utilize the Company’s software solutions, in conjunction with its tech-enabled services, to meet their document and filing needs, while at the same time shifting away from physical print and distribution of documents, except for cases where it is still regulatorily required or requested by shareholders. The Company serves its clients’ regulatory and compliance needs throughout their respective life cycles. For its capital markets clients, the Company offers solutions that allow public companies to comply with applicable U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulations including filing agent services, digital document creation and online content management tools that support their corporate financial transactions and regulatory reporting; solutions to facilitate clients’ communications with their shareholders; and virtual data rooms and other deal management solutions. For investment companies, including mutual fund, insurance-investment and alternative investment companies, the Company provides solutions for creating, compiling and filing regulatory communications as well as solutions for investors designed to improve the access to and accuracy of their investment information. Services and Products The Company separately reports its net sales and related cost of sales for its software solutions, tech-enabled services and print and distribution offerings. The Company’s software solutions consist of Venue® Virtual Data Room (“Venue”), ActiveDisclosure®, eBrevia, Arc Suite and others. The Company’s tech-enabled services offerings consist of document composition, compliance-related SEC Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) filing services and transaction solutions. The Company’s print and distribution offerings primarily consist of conventional and digital printed products as well as related shipping. Basis of Presentation The accompanying Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of DFIN and all majority-owned subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The financial data presented herein should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s latest Annual Report. In the opinion of management, the financial data presented includes all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Results of interim periods should not be considered indicative of the results for the full year. Significant Accounting Policies Use of Estimates— The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires the extensive use of management’s estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities as well as disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The Company’s significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates are disclosed in the Annual Report. Inventory— The components of the Company’s inventories stated at the lower of cost or market, net of excess and obsolescence reserves for raw materials, at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Raw materials and manufacturing supplies $ 1.5 $ 2.5 Work in process 2.8 2.4 Total $ 4.3 $ 4.9 Property, Plant and Equipment— The components of the Company’s property, plant and equipment, net at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows: June 30, 2021 December 31, 2020 Land $ 0.3 $ 0.3 Buildings 20.2 24.1 Machinery and equipment 87.9 98.4 108.4 122.8 Less: Accumulated depreciation ( 89.7 ) ( 110.8 ) Total $ 18.7 $ 12.0 Depreciation expense was $ 1.7 million and $ 4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $ 3.1 million and $ 5.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 , respectively. Assets Held for Sale —As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had one real estate property, primarily consisting of land and an office building, held for sale with a carrying value of $ 5.5 million. Software —Capitalized software development costs are amortized over their estimated useful life using the straight-line method, up to a maximum of three years . Amortization expense related to internally-developed software, excluding amortization expense related to other intangible assets, was $ 8.1 million and $ 7.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and $ 16.3 million and $ 14.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 , respectively. Investments — The carrying value of the Company’s investments in equity securities was $ 13.3 million and $ 13.4 million at June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively. The Company measures its equity securities that do not have a readily determinable fair value at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. The Company performs an assessment on a quarterly basis to determine whether triggering events for impairment exist and to identify any observable price changes. During the six months ended June 30, 2021 , the Company recorded an unrealized loss of $ 0.2 million resulting from an observable price change of an investment due to an orderly transaction for the identical or a similar investment. Current Expected Credit Loss Reserve — Transactions affecting the current expected credit loss (“CECL”) reserve during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows: June 30, 2021 June 30, 2020 Balance, beginning of year (a) $ 10.5 $ 7.7 Adoption of ASU 2016-13 (b) — 0.5 Provisions charged to expense and reclassifications 3.4 4.3 Write-offs and other ( 0.5 ) ( 1.0 ) Balance, end of period (a) $ 13.4 $ 11.5 (a) As of June 30, 2021, the CECL reserve balance is comprised of a $ 12.2 million provision for accounts receivable and a $ 1.2 million provision for unbilled receivables and contract assets. As of December 31, 2020, the CECL reserve balance was comprised of a $ 10.1 million provision for accounts receivable and a $ 0.4 million provision for unbilled receivables and contract assets. (b) On January 1, 2020, the Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326) Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, and recorded a $ 0.5 million cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings, as further disclosed in the Annual Report. Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements In December 2019, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which modifies Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 740, Income Taxes, to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions for recognizing deferred taxes for investments, performing intraperiod allocation and calculating income taxes in interim periods. ASU 2019-12 also adds guidance to reduce complexity in certain areas, including recognizing deferred taxes for goodwill and allocating taxes to members of a consolidated group. The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company adopted the standard prospectively on January 1, 2021. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |