Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

The terms “Cognizant,” “we,” “our,” “us” and “the Company” refer to Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation and its subsidiaries unless the context indicates otherwise. We have prepared the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein in accordance with GAAP and the Exchange Act. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements (and notes thereto) included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. In our opinion, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair statement of the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been included and all adjustments are of a normal and recurring nature. Operating results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected to occur for the entire year.

Sale of Property and Equipment

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we sold an office complex in India for proceeds of $70 million and recorded a gain on the transaction of $62 million, which was reported in "(Gain) on sale of property and equipment" on our unaudited consolidated statement of operations. As of December 31, 2024, the physical assets held for sale related to this office complex were reported in "Other current assets" as disclosed in Note 6 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ended December 31, 2024.

New Accounting Pronouncements


Date Issued and Topic	Effective Date	Description	Impact
December 2023 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures	Annual period starting in 2025 Prospective basis	The standard requires enhanced income tax disclosures primarily related to the income tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information.	We are currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on our disclosures.
November 2024 Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)	Annual period starting in 2027 and interim periods starting in 2028 Prospective basis	The standard is intended to improve financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods.	We are currently evaluating the impact of the new standard on our disclosures.