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The costs of subcontracts for services and other direct costs incurred by the entity on behalf of its clients. These costs are passed through to clients and included in revenue and cost of revenue.

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The amount of trade receivables sold, which the entity does not retain financial and legal obligations, at reporting date.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in revenue recognized for cumulative catch-up adjustment from contract modification which (increases) decreases obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Amount of revenue recognized that was previously included in balance of obligation to transfer good or service to customer for which consideration from customer has been received or is due.

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Cumulative provision for contract losses not offset against related costs accumulated on the balance sheet.

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Amount of transaction price allocated to performance obligation that has not been recognized as revenue.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period in which remaining performance obligation is expected to be recognized as revenue, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Percentage of remaining performance obligation to total remaining performance obligation not recognized as revenue.

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