Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies | 1. Organization, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies Organization Shift4 Payments, Inc., or Shift4 or the Company, was incorporated in Delaware on November 5, 2019 for the purpose of facilitating an initial public offering, or IPO, and other related transactions, as described below, in order to carry on the business of Shift4 Payments, LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries. The Company is a leading provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions. Through the Shift4 Model an end-to-end payments Shift4 Model small-to-medium-sized businesses Initial Public Offering and Concurrent Private Placement On June 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, declared effective the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 333-238307), Reorganization Transactions In connection with the IPO, the Company completed the following transactions, or the Reorganization Transactions: • The limited liability company agreement of Shift4 Payments, LLC was amended and restated to, among other things, (1) convert all existing ownership interests in Shift4 Payments, LLC (including redeemable preferred units) into a single class of LLC Interests and (2) appoint Shift4 Payments, Inc. as the sole managing member of Shift4 Payments, LLC. See Note 18 for additional information. • The certificate of incorporation of Shift4 Payments, Inc. was amended to, among other things, authorize three classes of common stock: Class A common stock, Class B common stock, Class C common stock, and one class of preferred stock. Class A and Class C common stock have both voting and economic rights while Class B common stock has voting rights but no economic rights. See Note 18 for additional information. • The Company acquired all the LLC Interests held by a former equity owner of Shift4 Payments, LLC in exchange for an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock. See Note 18 for additional information. • The Company acquired a portion of the LLC Interests held by certain affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners, or Searchlight, in exchange for shares of Class B and Class C common stock. The Reorganization Transactions resulted in the Company becoming the sole managing member of Shift4 Payments, LLC. As the sole managing member of Shift4 Payments, LLC, the Company operates and controls all of the business and affairs of Shift4 Payments, LLC. As of June 30, 2020, the Company owned an economic interest of 49.8% in Shift4 Payments, LLC. The remaining 50.2% economic interest is owned by Rook and Searchlight (together, the Continuing Equity Owners). Accordingly, the Company consolidates the financial results of Shift4 Payments, LLC, and reports a noncontrolling interest in its consolidated financial statements representing the economic interest in Shift4 Payments, LLC held by the Continuing Equity Owners. As the Reorganization Transactions are considered transactions between entities under common control, the financial statements for the periods prior to the IPO and Reorganization Transactions have been adjusted to combine the previously separate entities for presentation purposes. Prior to the Reorganization Transactions, Shift4 Payments, Inc. had no operations. Basis of Presentation The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company are unaudited. These interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial information. As such, these financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The December 31, 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was derived from audited financial statements as of that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited; however, in the opinion of management, they reflect all adjustments consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary to state fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP applicable to interim periods. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year or future periods. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in the prospectus dated June 4, 2020 (File No. 333-238307), The consolidated financial statements presented herein include the financial statements of Shift4 Payments, Inc., Shift4 Payments, LLC, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, MSI Merchant Services Holdings, LLC, Harbortouch Financial, LLC, Harbortouch Lithuania, Future POS, LLC, Restaurant Manager, LLC, POSitouch, LLC, Independent Resources Network, LLC, S4-ML Holdings, Liquidity and Management’s Plan The unprecedented and rapid spread of COVID-19 shelter-in non-essential, The Company took proactive measures in April 2020 to reduce costs, preserve adequate liquidity and maintain its financial position. These included limiting discretionary spending across the organization, reducing spending through reprioritizing its capital projects, instituting a company-wide hiring freeze, reducing salaries for management across the organization, furloughing approximately 25% of its workforce and accelerating expense reduction plans related to previous acquisitions. Since mid-March, end-to-end end-to-end COVID-19 As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $450.0 million outstanding under the First Lien Term Loan Facility and was in compliance with the financial covenants under its debt agreements. The Company expects to be in compliance for at least 12 months following issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. See Note 10 for further information on the Company’s debt obligations. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Significant estimates inherent in the preparation of the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include estimates of fair value of acquired assets and liabilities through business combinations, fair value of contingent liabilities related to earnout payments and change of control, allowance for doubtful accounts and noncontrolling interests. Estimates are based on past experience and other considerations reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Additionally, the full impact of the COVID-19 Significant Accounting Policies The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2 to Shift4 Payments, LLC’s consolidated financial statements in the Prospectus. There have been no significant changes to these policies which have had a material impact on the Company’s interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, except as noted below. Noncontrolling Interests The noncontrolling interests represent the economic interests of LLC Interests held by the Continuing Equity Owners. Income or loss is attributed to the noncontrolling interests based on the weighted average LLC Interests outstanding during the period. The noncontrolling interests’ ownership percentage can fluctuate over time as the Continuing Equity Owners elect to exchange LLC Interests for shares of Class A common stock. Equity-based Compensation In connection with the IPO, the Company issued Restricted Stock Units, or RSUs, to certain employees and non-employee Income Taxes As a result of the Reorganization Transactions, Shift4 Payments, Inc. became the sole managing member of Shift4 Payments, LLC, which is not subject to tax in accordance with partnership tax rules. Any taxable income or loss from Shift4 Payments, LLC is passed through to and included in the taxable income or loss of its members, including Shift4 Payments, Inc., following the Reorganization Transactions, on a pro rata basis. Shift4 Payments, Inc. is subject to U.S. federal income taxes, in addition to state and local income taxes with respect to Shift4 Payments, Inc.’s allocable share of any taxable income or loss of Shift4 Payments, LLC following the Reorganization Transactions. Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities from a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company recognizes deferred tax assets to the extent that it believes that these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, the Company considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning Uncertain tax positions are recorded in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes two-step more-likely-than-not The Company records interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in the provision for income taxes in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Basic and Diluted Loss Per Share The Company applies the two-class two-class share-for-share Recent Accounting Pronouncements The Company, an emerging growth company, or EGC, has elected to take advantage of the benefits of the extended transition period provided for in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards which allows the Company to defer adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. Accounting Pronouncements Adopted In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13: Fair Value Measurement—Disclosure Framework (Topic 820) 2018-13 Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02: Leases 2018-10: Codification Improvements to Topic 842, Leases 2018-10, 2018-11: Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements 2018-11 2018-20: Leases (Topic 842) - Narrow Scope Improvements for Lessors 2018-10 2018-20 2016-02. 2018-11 2016-02 of adoption. ASU 2018-11 non-lease In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13: Financial Instruments —Credit Losses (Topic 326) 2016-13 In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment 2017-04 In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract 2018-15 internal-use 2018-15 In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. 2019-12 2019-12 2019-12 In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform the impact of ASU 2020-04 on the | Note 1: Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation Nature of Business Shift4 Payments, Inc., or the Company, was incorporated in Delaware on November 5, 2019. Pursuant to a reorganization into a holding company structure, the Company will be a holding company and its principal asset will be a controlling equity interest in Shift4 Payments, LLC. As the sole managing member of Shift4 Payments, LLC, the Company will operate and control all of the business and affairs of Shift4 Payments, LLC, and through Shift4 Payments, LLC and its subsidiaries, conduct its business. Basis of Presentation The balance sheets are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Separate statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows have not been presented because the Company has not engaged in any activities except in connection with its formation. |