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DEFERRED COMMISSIONS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of impairment of deferred contract costs

(in thousands)			September 30, 2022						December 31, 2021
Deferred commissions (1)			$	122,673					$	135,911

(1) Included in other long-term assets.

Schedule of amortization of deferred contract costs

			Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands)			2022						2021						2022						2021
Amortization of deferred commissions (1)			$	11,597					$	10,186					$	39,752					$	31,388

(1) Included in selling and marketing expense

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Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs.

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