Significant Accounting Policies | 2. Significant Accounting Policies Basis of Presentation These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company are presented in U.S. dollars in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. The interim financial information provided is unaudited, but includes all adjustments which management considers necessary for the fair presentation of the results for the periods ended September 30, 2020. Operating results for the periods ended September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected through December 31, 2020 and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s prospectus filed with the SEC on March 5, 2020, and the Company’s audited balance sheet and notes thereto included in the Company’s Form 8‑K filed with the SEC on March 16, 2020. Principles of Consolidation The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Liquidity and Capital Resources As of September 30, 2020, the Company had $255,827 in its operating bank account, and working capital of approximately $14,330. The Company's liquidity needs to date have been satisfied through a contribution of $25,000 from Sponsor to cover for certain expenses in exchange for the issuance of the Founder Shares, the loan of up to approximately $300,000 from the Sponsor pursuant to a Note (defined below, see Note 4), and the proceeds from the consummation of the Private Placement not held in the Trust Account. The Company fully repaid the Note in March 2020. In addition, in order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company's officers and directors intend, but are not obligated to, provide the Company Working Capital Loans (defined below, see Note 4). As of September 30, 2020, there was $230,000 outstanding under the Working Capital Loans. Based on the foregoing, management believes that the Company will have sufficient working capital and borrowing capacity from the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor, or certain of the Company's officers and directors to meet its needs through the earlier of the consummation of a Business Combination or one year from this filing. Over this time period, the Company will be using these funds for paying existing accounts payable, identifying and evaluating prospective initial Business Combination candidates, performing due diligence on prospective target businesses, paying for travel expenditures, selecting the target business to merge with or acquire, and structuring, negotiating and consummating the Business Combination. Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has concluded that the specific impact is not readily determinable as of the date of the balance sheet. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. Net Income (Loss) Per Share Net income (loss) per common share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. The Company has not considered the effect of the warrants sold in the Public Offering (including the over-allotment) and private placement warrants to purchase approximately 17,250,000 and 10,033,333 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, respectively, in the calculation of diluted income per share, since their inclusion would be anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method. The Company’s statements of operations includes a presentation of net income (loss) per share for common shares subject to redemption in a manner similar to the two-class method of net income per share. Net income per common share for basic and diluted Class A common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2020 is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account of $188,589 net of franchise taxes of $50,000, working capital up to an aggregate limit of $1,000,000, and income taxes of $11,617 by the weighted average number of Class A redeemable common stock since issuance. Net income per common share for basic and diluted Class A common stock for the period from January 15, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020, is calculated by dividing the interest income earned on the Trust Account of $691,470, net of franchise taxes of $140,548, working capital up to an aggregate limit of $1,000,000, and income taxes of $65,470 by the weighted average number of Class A redeemable common stock since issuance. Net loss per common share for basic and diluted for Class B common stock is calculated by dividing the net loss, which excludes income attributable to Class A common stock, by the weighted average number of Class B common stock outstanding for the periods. All interest income earned on the Trust Account is attributable to Class B common stock. Class B non-redeemable common stock includes the Founder Shares as these shares do not have any redemption features and do not participate in the income earned on the Trust Account. Concentration of Credit Risk Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentration of credit risk consist of cash accounts in a financial institution which, at times, may exceed the Federal depository insurance coverage of $250,000. The Company has not experienced losses on these accounts and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks on such accounts. Fair Value of Financial Instruments The fair value of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under FASB ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. Use of Estimates The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future conforming events. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Cash and Cash Equivalents For purposes of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had no cash equivalents. Class A Common Stock Subject to Possible Redemption As discussed in Note 1, all of the 69,000,000 shares of Class A common stock sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering contain a redemption feature which allows for the redemption of shares of Class A common stock under the Charter. In accordance with FASB ASC 480, redemption provisions not solely within the control of the Company require the security to be classified outside of permanent equity. Ordinary liquidation events, which involve the redemption and liquidation of all of the entity's equity instruments, are excluded from the provisions of FASB ASC 480. Although the Company has not specified a maximum redemption threshold, its Charter provides that in no event will the Company redeem its Public Shares in an amount that would cause its net tangible assets to be less than $5,000,001. The Company recognizes changes in redemption value immediately as they occur and will adjust the carrying value at the end of each reporting period. Increases or decreases in the carrying amount of redeemable shares of Class A common stock shall be affected by charges against additional paid in capital. Accordingly, at September 30, 2020, 66,090,379 of the 69,000,000 shares of Class A common stock included in the Units were classified outside of permanent equity at approximately $10.00 per share. Offering Costs The Company complies with the requirements of the ASC 340-10-S99-1. Offering costs of $38,688,692 consisting principally of underwriters' discounts of $37,950,000 (including $24,150,000 of which payment is deferred) and $738,692 of professional, printing, filing, regulatory and other costs incurred through September 30, 2020 that were related to the Public Offering were charged to additional paid-in capital upon completion of the Public Offering. Income Taxes The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standard Codification, or FASB ASC, 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had a deferred tax asset of approximately $153,000, which had a full valuation allowance recorded against it of approximately $153,000. There were no unrecognized tax benefits as of September 30, 2020. FASB ASC 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. No amounts were accrued for the payment of interest and penalties at September 30, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position. The Company is subject to income tax examinations by major taxing authorities since inception. The Company's current taxable income primarily consists of interest income on the Trust Account. The Company's general and administrative costs are generally considered start-up costs and are not currently deductible. During the three months ended September 30, 2020, and the period from January 15, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020, the Company recorded income tax expense of $11,617 and $65,470, respectively. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and for the period from January 15, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 was approximately 15.7% and 1.7%, respectively, which differs from the expected income tax rate due to the start-up costs (discussed above) which are not currently deductible. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting pronouncements, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. |