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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2026
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Organization and Description of Business

Docusign, Inc. (“Docusign”, “we,” “our” 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 AI-native IAM platform, the world’s leading e-signature solution, and CLM solution — allow organizations to boost productivity, accelerate contract review cycles, and transform agreement data into insights and actions, while providing a customer-centric experience. The Docusign IAM platform is a system of record that enables customers of all sizes to ingest a vast, complex body of agreements into a single repository, build agreement workflows that operate at scale, and take action on high-accuracy insights, from agreement data.

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 2026 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, 2026 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, 2026 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending January 31, 2027.

Our fiscal year ends on January 31. References to fiscal 2027, for example, are to the fiscal year ending January 31, 2027. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. These amounts were not material to any of the prior periods presented.

Change in Presentation of Revenue and Cost of Revenue

Effective in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, we changed the presentation of revenue and cost of revenue in our Consolidated Statements of Operations to combine the financial statement line items labeled “Subscription” and “Professional services and other”. Accordingly, prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation, in all material respects. These reclassifications did not impact total revenue and cost of revenue.

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 2026 Annual Report on Form 10-K that have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2025, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-05, “Financial Instruments—Credit Losses” (“ASU 2025-05”), which provides a practical expedient to measure credit losses on current accounts receivable and current contracts assets. The practical expedient allows companies to assume that current conditions as of the balance sheet date do not change for the remaining life of the asset when measuring credit losses. ASU 2025-05 is effective for annual filings for our fiscal year beginning February 1, 2026 and interim reporting periods in the same annual reporting period. We adopted this standard as of February 1, 2026 and elected to apply the related practical expedient. Adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2024-03, "Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosure" (“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 our 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.

In September 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-06, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other— Internal-Use Software: Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software” (“ASU 2025-06”), which updates the capitalization criteria for internal-use software development costs and removes references to software development stages. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual filings for our fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028 and interim reporting periods in the same annual period. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2025-06 on our financial statements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2025-11, “Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements” (“ASU 2025-11”), which clarifies interim reporting disclosure requirements and improves the navigability of the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 270. ASU 2025-11 is effective for interim reporting periods within our fiscal year beginning February 1, 2028. We are currently evaluating the effect of adopting ASU 2025-11 on our financial statements.