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REVENUE RECOGNITION
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
REVENUE RECOGNITION  
REVENUE RECOGNITION

NOTE 3. REVENUE RECOGNITION

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company views its segment results to be the best view of disaggregated revenue. Refer to Note 4 – Segments.

Remaining Performance Obligations

The remaining performance obligation (“RPO”) represents the aggregate amount of contractual deliverables yet to be recognized as revenue at the end of the reporting period. It is intended to be a statement of overall work under contract that has not yet been performed and does not include contracts in which the customer is not committed. The customer is not considered committed when it is able to terminate for convenience without payment of a substantive penalty. The RPO also includes estimates of variable consideration. RPO estimates are subject to change and are affected by several factors, including terminations, changes in the scope of contracts, periodic revalidations, adjustments for revenue that has not materialized and adjustments for currency.

At June 30, 2026, the aggregate amount of RPO related to customer contracts that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied was $32.2 billion. Approximately 59 percent of the amount is expected to be recognized as revenue in the next two years, approximately 37 percent in the subsequent three years, and the balance thereafter.

During the three months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025, revenue increased by $2 million and $13 million, respectively from performance obligations satisfied (or partially satisfied) in previous periods, mainly due to changes in estimates.

Contract Balances

The following table provides information about receivables, contract assets and deferred income balances:

June 30, 

March 31,

(Dollars in millions)

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2026

Assets

Accounts receivable (net of allowances for credit losses of $5 at June 30, 2026 and $7 at March 31, 2026)(1)

$

1,248

$

1,300

Long-term accounts receivable(2)

121

80

Sales-type leases receivable

166

156

Contract assets(3)

 

57

 

44

Total

$

1,592

$

1,580

Liabilities

Deferred income (current)

$

876

$

888

Deferred income (noncurrent)

 

378

 

390

Total

$

1,255

$

1,279

(1)Includes unbilled receivable balances of $470 million at June 30, 2026 and $431 million at March 31, 2026.
(2)Long-term accounts receivable includes unbilled receivable balances of $42 million at June 30, 2026 and $46 million at March 31, 2026, and is included within Other noncurrent assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.
(3)Contract assets represent services performed by the Company prior to billing the client, which give the Company the right to consideration that is typically subject to milestone completion or client acceptance. They are included within Prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

The amount of revenue recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and June 30, 2025 that was included within the deferred income balance at March 31, 2026 and March 31, 2025 was $392 million and $322 million, respectively.

The following table provides roll-forwards of the accounts receivable allowance for expected credit losses for the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025:

Three Months Ended June 30,

(Dollars in millions)

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2025

Beginning balance

$

7

$

13

Additions (releases)

(1)

(3)

Write-offs

(1)

(1)

Other*

1

Ending balance

$

5

$

9

*

Primarily represents translation adjustments.

The allowance for expected credit losses of long-term accounts receivable, sales-type leases receivable, and contract assets was not material in any of the periods presented.

Major Clients

No single client represented more than 10 percent of the Company’s total revenue during the three months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025. No single client represented more than 10 percent of the Company’s total accounts receivable balance as of June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026, respectively.

Deferred Costs

The following table provides amounts of capitalized costs to acquire and fulfill customer contracts at June 30, 2026 and March 31, 2026:

June 30, 

March 31,

(Dollars in millions)

  ​ ​ ​

2026

  ​ ​ ​

2026

Deferred transition costs

$

748

$

761

Prepaid software costs(1)

 

1,735

 

1,809

Capitalized costs to fulfill contracts

 

218

 

208

Capitalized costs to obtain contracts

 

268

 

268

Total deferred costs(2)

$

2,968

$

3,046

(1)Prepaid software costs include deferred costs for committed multi-year, on-premises software purchase contracts.
(2)Of the total deferred costs, $1,146 million was current and $1,822 million was noncurrent at June 30, 2026, and $1,166 million was current and $1,880 million was noncurrent at March 31, 2026.

The amount of total deferred costs amortized for the three months ended June 30, 2026 was $426 million, composed of $56 million of amortization of deferred transition costs, $275 million of amortization of prepaid software costs and $94 million of amortization of capitalized contract costs. The amount of total deferred costs amortized for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was $414 million, composed of $63 million of amortization of deferred transition costs, $245 million of amortization of prepaid software costs and $106 million of amortization of capitalized contract costs.