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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Description of Business

Docusign, Inc. (“we,” “our”, “Docusign”, or “us”) was incorporated in the State of Washington in April 2003. We merged with and into Docusign, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in March 2015.

Docusign solutions bring agreements to life, accelerating and simplifying the process of doing business. Docusign’s core offerings — our IAM platform, the world’s leading eSignature solution, and contract lifecycle management (“CLM”) solution — allow organizations to boost productivity, accelerate contract review cycles, and transform agreement data into insights and actions, while providing a better customer experience. For example, Docusign’s innovative IAM platform automates agreement workflows, uncovers actionable insights, and leverages AI capabilities, which enables organizations to create, commit to, and manage agreements, from virtually anywhere in the world, securely.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include those of Docusign, Inc. and our subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Therefore, these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our fiscal 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared on a basis consistent with that used to prepare the audited annual consolidated financial statements and, in our opinion, include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair statement of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows. Our condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 31, 2025 was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. The results of operations for the three months ended April 30, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending January 31, 2026.

Our fiscal year ends on January 31. References to fiscal 2026, for example, are to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2026.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions in the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions made by management include, but are not limited to, the determination of:
the fair value of intangible assets acquired in business combinations;
the average period of benefit associated with deferred contract acquisition costs and fulfillment costs;
the fair value of certain stock awards issued;
the useful life and recoverability of long-lived assets;
the discount rate used for operating leases;
the recognition and measurement of loss contingencies; and
the recognition, measurement and valuation of deferred income taxes.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no changes to our significant accounting policies described in our fiscal 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K that have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”), amending existing income tax disclosure guidance, primarily requiring more detailed disclosure for income taxes paid and the effective tax rate reconciliation. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted and can be applied on either a prospective or retrospective basis. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2023-09 on our income tax disclosures.

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2024-03, "Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)" (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires more detailed information about the types of expenses included in certain expense captions presented on the consolidated statements of operations. Additionally, this amendment requires the disclosure of a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively and the disclosure of the total amount of selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual filings for the Company's fiscal year beginning February 1, 2027, and interim filings for the fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028, and can be applied either prospectively or retrospectively. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2024-03 on our financial statements.