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Revenue
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 05, 2021
Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenue REVENUE
Segment Information
Our segment results for the three months ended March 5, 2021 and February 28, 2020 were as follows:
(dollars in millions)Digital
Media		Digital
Experience		Publishing and
Advertising		Total
Three months ended March 5, 2021
Revenue$2,859 $934 $112 $3,905 
Cost of revenue98 319 30 447 
Gross profit$2,761 $615 $82 $3,458 
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue97 %66 %73 %89 %
Three months ended February 28, 2020
Revenue$2,169 $753 $169 $3,091 
Cost of revenue87 277 88 452 
Gross profit$2,082 $476 $81 $2,639 
Gross profit as a percentage of revenue96 %63 %48 %85 %
Revenue by geographic area for the three months ended March 5, 2021 and February 28, 2020 were as follows:
(in millions)20212020
Americas $2,224 $1,797 
EMEA1,052 817 
APAC629 477 
Total$3,905 $3,091 
Revenue by major offerings in our Digital Media reportable segment for the three months ended March 5, 2021 and February 28, 2020 were as follows:
(in millions)20212020
Creative Cloud$2,379 $1,818 
Document Cloud480 351 
Total$2,859 $2,169 
Subscription revenue by segment for the three months ended March 5, 2021 and February 28, 2020 were as follows:
(in millions)20212020
Digital Media $2,731 $2,058 
Digital Experience812 639 
Publishing and Advertising41 35 
Total$3,584 $2,732 
Contract Balances
A receivable is recorded when an unconditional right to invoice and receive payment exists, such that only the passage of time is required before payment of consideration is due. Included in trade receivables on the condensed consolidated balance sheets are unbilled receivable balances which have not yet been invoiced, and are typically related to license revenue or services which are delivered prior to invoicing. As of March 5, 2021, the balance of trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts, was $1.52 billion, inclusive of unbilled receivables of $58 million. As of November 27, 2020, the balance of trade receivables, net of allowances for doubtful accounts, was $1.40 billion, inclusive of unbilled receivables of $84 million.
We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts which reflects our best estimate of potentially uncollectible trade receivables and is based on both specific and general reserves. We maintain general reserves on a collective basis by considering factors such as historical experience, credit-worthiness, the age of the trade receivable balances, current economic conditions and a reasonable and supportable forecast of future economic conditions. As of March 5, 2021 and November 27, 2020, our allowance for doubtful accounts was $21 million for both periods.
A contract asset is recognized when a conditional right to consideration exists and transfer of control has occurred. Contract assets are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets for the current portion and other assets for the long-term portion on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. We regularly review contract asset balances for impairment, considering factors such as historical experience, credit-worthiness, age of the balance, current economic conditions and a reasonable and supportable forecast of future economic conditions. Contract asset impairments were not material for the three months ended March 5, 2021. Contract assets were $51 million and $81 million as of March 5, 2021 and November 27, 2020, respectively.
Deferred revenue primarily consists of billings or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscription services, including non-cancellable and non-refundable committed funds and refundable customer deposits. Deferred revenue is recognized as revenue when transfer of control to customers has occurred. As of March 5, 2021, the balance of deferred revenue was $4.29 billion, which includes $55 million of refundable customer deposits. Arrangements with some of our enterprise customers with non-cancellable and non-refundable committed funds provide options to either renew monthly on-premise term-based licenses or use some or all funds to purchase other Adobe products or services. Non-cancellable and non-refundable committed funds related to these agreements comprised approximately 6% of the total deferred revenue.
As of November 27, 2020, the balance of deferred revenue was $3.76 billion. During the three months ended March 5, 2021, approximately $1.71 billion of revenue was recognized that was included in the balance of deferred revenue as of November 27, 2020.
Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations represents contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized, which includes deferred revenue and unbilled amounts that will be recognized as revenue in future periods. As of March 5, 2021, remaining performance obligations were approximately $11.61 billion. Non-cancellable and non-refundable funds related to some of our enterprise customer agreements referred to in the paragraph above comprised approximately 5% of the total remaining performance obligations. Approximately 74% of the remaining performance obligations, excluding the aforementioned enterprise customer agreements, are expected to be recognized over the next 12 months with the remainder recognized thereafter.
Incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer are capitalized if we expect the benefit of those costs to be longer than one year and primarily relate to sales commissions paid to our sales force personnel. Capitalized contract acquisition costs are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets for the current portion and other assets for the long-term portion on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Capitalized contract acquisition costs were $568 million and $530 million as of March 5, 2021 and November 27, 2020, respectively.
As part of our revenue reserves, we record refund liabilities for amounts that may be subject to future refunds, which include sales returns reserves and customer rebates and credits. Refund liabilities are included in accrued expenses on the condensed consolidated balance sheets. Refund liabilities were $128 million and $127 million as of March 5, 2021 and November 27, 2020, respectively.