Table of Contents ENPHASE ENERGY, INC. NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS • Products Delivered Over Time. The sale of an IQ Gateway and IQ Energy Router includes the Company’s Enlighten cloud-based monitoring service. The full consideration for these products represents a single performance obligation and is deferred at the sale date and recognized over the estimated service period of 7 years. The Company also sells certain communication accessories that contain a service performance obligation to be delivered over time. The revenue from these products is recognized over the related service period, which is typically 5 years. The subscription services revenue generated from each customer’s subscription to the Company’s design and proposal software is recognized on a ratable basis over the contract term beginning on the date that the Company’s service is made available to the customer. The subscription contracts are generally 3 to 12 months in length and billed in advance. When the Company sells a product with more than one performance obligation, such as the IQ Combiner, which includes both hardware and IQ Gateway, the total consideration is allocated to these performance obligations based on their relative standalone selling prices. The Company records certain contra revenue promotions as variable consideration and recognizes these promotions at the time the related revenue is recorded. The Company records upfront contract acquisition costs, such as sales commissions, to be capitalized and amortized over the estimated life of the asset. For contracts that have a duration of less than one year, the Company follows the Topic 606 practical expedient and expenses these costs when incurred. Commissions related to the Company’s sale of monitoring hardware and service are capitalized and amortized over the period of the associated revenue, which is 7 years. Refer to Note 3. “Revenue Recognition,” for additional information related to revenue recognition. Cost of Revenues The Company includes the following in cost of revenues: product costs, warranty, manufacturing personnel and logistics costs, freight costs, inventory write-downs, hosting services costs related to the Company’s Enlighten service offering and design and proposal services, credits recognized from the advanced manufacturing production tax credit (“AMPTC”), depreciation and amortization of manufacturing test equipment and amortization of capitalized software development costs related to the Company’s Enlighten service offering, lead acquisition costs, design and proposal services, and employee-related expenses associated with proposal and permitting services and design and proposal service customer support. A description of principal activities from which the Company recognizes cost of revenue is as follows: • Products Delivered at a Point in Time. Cost of revenue from these products is recognized when the Company transfers control of the product to the customer, which is generally upon shipment. • Products Delivered Over Time. Cost of revenue from these products is recognized over the related service period. Government Grants Government grants represent benefits provided by federal, state, or local governments that are not subject to the scope of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740. The Company recognizes a grant when it has reasonable assurance that it will comply with the grant’s conditions and that the grant will be received. Government grants that are not related to long-lived assets are considered income-based grants, which are recognized as a reduction to the related cost of activities that generated the benefit. In August 2022, the U.S. enacted the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (“IRA”), which includes extension of the investment tax credit as well as credits under AMPTC, to incentivize clean energy component sourcing and production, including for the production of microinverters. The IRA provides for an AMPTC on microinverters of 11 cents per alternating current watt basis. The AMPTC on microinverters decreases by 25% each year beginning in 2030 and ending after 2032. The Company recognized credits under AMPTC as a reduction to cost of revenues in the consolidated statement of operations for the microinverters manufactured in the United States and sold to customers during the year ended December 31, 2023. Such credit is also reflected as a reduction of income tax payable on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet within accrued liabilities. For the year ended December 31, 2023, benefits recognized from AMPTC of $53.5 million were recorded as a reduction to income tax payable Enphase Energy, Inc. | 2023 Form 10-K | 76
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