Form: 10-Q

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

May 31, 2002

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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

     
[X]   Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended April 30, 2002 or
     
[   ]   Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from ______________ to ______________ .

Commission File Number 0-21180

INTUIT INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   77-0034661

 
(State of incorporation)   (IRS employer identification no.)

2535 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043


(Address of principal executive offices)

(650) 944-6000


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports); and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [  ]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Approximately 211,612,552 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value, as of April 30, 2002

 


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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
ITEM 2 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
ITEM 3 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
ITEM 5 OTHER MATTERS
ITEM 6 EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 3.01
EXHIBIT 10.01
EXHIBIT 10.02


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FORM 10-Q
INTUIT INC.
INDEX

     
    Page
    Number
   
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
ITEM 1: Financial Statements
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2001 and April 30, 2002
 
3
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2001 and 2002
 
4
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended April 30, 2001 and 2002
 
5
 
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
 
6
 
ITEM 2: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
19
 
ITEM 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
35
 
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
ITEM 1: Legal Proceedings
 
37
 
ITEM 5: Other Matters
 
38
 
ITEM 6: Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
 
39
 
Signatures
 
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INTUIT INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                         
            July 31,   April 30,
            2001   2002
   
 
(In thousands; unaudited)
ASSETS
               
Current assets:
               
 
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 450,104     $ 454,791  
 
Short-term investments
    1,119,305       1,297,133  
 
Marketable securities
    85,307       48,469  
 
Customer deposits
    230,410       283,748  
 
Accounts receivable, net
    27,990       69,216  
 
Mortgage loans
    123,241       279,506  
 
Deferred income taxes
    77,948       87,816  
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    33,617       35,091  
 
   
     
 
     
Total current assets
    2,147,922       2,555,770  
 
   
     
 
Property and equipment, net
    185,969       181,442  
Goodwill and intangibles, net
    415,334       310,949  
Long-term deferred income taxes
    145,905       146,020  
Investments
    24,107       13,149  
Other assets(1)
    42,499       16,168  
 
   
     
 
Total assets
  $ 2,961,736     $ 3,223,498  
 
   
     
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current liabilities:
               
 
Accounts payable
  $ 66,400     $ 77,310  
 
Payroll service obligations
    205,067       256,369  
 
Escrow liabilities
    23,373       27,335  
 
Drafts payable
    63,518       67,005  
 
Deferred revenue
    137,305       97,509  
 
Income taxes payable
    82,661       104,293  
 
Short-term note payable
    38,672       17,451  
 
Other current liabilities
    170,966       255,001  
 
   
     
 
     
Total current liabilities
    787,962       902,273  
 
   
     
 
Long-term obligations
    12,413       11,209  
Minority interest
    35       —  
Commitments and contingencies
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Preferred stock
    —       —  
 
Common stock and additional paid in capital
    1,725,490       1,753,768  
 
Treasury stock, at cost
    (8,497 )     (46,488 )
 
Deferred compensation
    (21,720 )     (16,055 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
    28,180       8,996  
 
Retained earnings
    437,873       609,795  
 
   
     
 
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    2,161,326       2,310,016  
 
   
     
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 2,961,736     $ 3,223,498  
 
   
     
 


(1)   Includes $9.5 million and $8.0 million of loans due from affiliates as of July 31, 2001 and April 30, 2002, respectively.

See accompanying notes.

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INTUIT INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                     
        Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
        April 30,   April 30,
       
 
        2001   2002   2001   2002
   
 
 
 
(In thousands, except per share data; unaudited)
Net revenue:
                               
 
Products
  $ 244,709     $ 332,497     $ 736,784     $ 869,907  
 
Services
    161,846       198,355       273,839       381,772  
 
Other
    18,655       14,374       59,669       49,558  
 
   
     
     
     
 
   
Total net revenue
    425,210       545,226       1,070,292       1,301,237  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Costs and expenses:
                               
 
Cost of revenue:
                               
   
Cost of products
    29,345       35,070       118,755       141,314  
   
Cost of services
    39,533       38,628       108,231       112,901  
   
Cost of other revenue
    8,635       6,815       21,240       19,714  
   
Amortization of purchased software
    4,375       1,565       11,220       10,442  
 
Customer service and technical support
    37,538       45,807       116,068       137,899  
 
Selling and marketing
    68,479       89,830       215,146       256,656  
 
Research and development
    52,697       52,908       155,174       156,111  
 
General and administrative
    23,917       29,339       77,614       90,055  
 
Charge for purchased research and development
    238       —       238       —  
 
Charge for vacant facilities
    —       13,237       —       13,237  
 
Acquisition-related charges
    122,575       37,562       205,328       140,748  
 
Loss on impairment of long-lived asset
    —       —       —       27,000  
 
   
     
     
     
 
   
Total costs and expenses
    387,332       350,761       1,029,014       1,106,077  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Income from operations
    37,878       194,465       41,278       195,160  
Interest and other income and expense, net
    15,070       8,308       47,736       28,631  
Gains (losses) on marketable securities and other investments, net
    (11,504 )     1,356       (87,307 )     (9,266 )
Gain on divestiture
    —       8,308       1,639       8,308  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Income before income taxes, minority interest and cumulative effect of accounting change
    41,444       212,437       3,346       222,833  
Income tax provision
    55,294       67,938       38,566       50,893  
Minority interest
    451       18       598       18  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Income (loss) before cumulative effect of accounting change
    (14,301 )     144,481       (35,818 )     171,922  
Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of income taxes of $9,543
    —       —       14,314       —  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (14,301 )   $ 144,481     $ (21,504 )   $ 171,922  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Basic net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of accounting change
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.68     $ (0.17 )   $ 0.81  
Cumulative effect of accounting change
    —       —       0.07       —  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Basic net income (loss) per share
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.68     $ (0.10 )   $ 0.81  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Shares used in per share amounts
    208,715       211,614       207,345       211,724  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Diluted net income (loss) per share before cumulative effect of accounting change
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.67     $ (0.17 )   $ 0.79  
Cumulative effect of accounting change
    —       —       0.07       —  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Diluted net income (loss) per share
  $ (0.07 )   $ 0.67     $ (0.10 )   $ 0.79  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Shares used in per share amounts
    208,715       217,173       207,345       217,667  
 
   
     
     
     
 

See accompanying notes.

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INTUIT INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                       
          Nine Months Ended
          April 30,
         
          2001   2002
   
 
(In thousands; unaudited)
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
 
Net income (loss)
  $ (21,504 )   $ 171,922  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
   
Amortization of goodwill, purchased intangibles and deferred compensation
    213,144       153,318  
   
Depreciation
    45,208       50,580  
   
Net loss from marketable securities and other investments
    87,307       9,266  
   
Charge for purchased research and development
    238       —  
   
Charge for vacant facilities
    —       13,237  
   
Loss on impairment of long-lived asset
    —       27,000  
   
Loss on disposal of property and equipment
    —       1,915  
   
Cumulative effect of accounting change
    (23,857 )     —  
   
Minority interest
    598       18  
   
Deferred income tax expense
    1,755       43  
   
Gain on divestiture
    (1,639 )     (8,308 )
   
Tax benefit from employee stock options
    48,038       30,639  
 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
   
Customer deposits
    (40,266 )     (53,338 )
   
Accounts receivable
    (35,445 )     (40,928 )
   
Mortgage loans
    (85,634 )     (156,265 )
   
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (10,071 )     4,598  
   
Accounts payable
    (14,711 )     10,581  
   
Payroll service obligations
    20,702       51,302  
   
Escrow liabilities
    18,879       3,962  
   
Drafts payable
    52,965       3,487  
   
Deferred revenue
    (25,204 )     (41,024 )
   
Income taxes payable
    (44,369 )     21,632  
   
Other accrued liabilities
    40,932       83,154  
 
   
     
 
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    227,066       336,791  
 
   
     
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
 
Change in other assets
    7,738       (575 )
 
Purchases of property and equipment
    (58,011 )     (48,219 )
 
Proceeds from the sale of marketable securities
    25,238       7,122  
 
Purchases of short-term investments
    (2,581,316 )     (2,085,073 )
 
Liquidation and maturity of short-term investments
    2,501,607       1,905,812  
 
Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired
    (164,059 )     (7,532 )
 
Purchases of long-term investments
    (3,694 )     —  
 
   
     
 
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (272,497 )     (228,465 )
 
   
     
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
 
Principal payments on long-term debt and notes payable
    (2,610 )     (27,484 )
 
Net proceeds under warehouse line of credit
    1,125       —  
 
Net proceeds from issuance of common stock
    65,086       72,586  
 
Purchase of treasury stock
    —       (149,265 )
 
   
     
 
     
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    63,601       (104,163 )
 
   
     
 
Effect of foreign currency translation
    2,481       524  
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    20,651       4,687  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    416,953       450,104  
 
   
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 437,604     $ 454,791  
 
   
     
 

See accompanying notes.

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INTUIT INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)


1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

Intuit Inc. (“Intuit”) has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial statements. The financial statements include the financial statements of Intuit and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain other previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation format.

We have included all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary to give a fair presentation of our operating results for the periods shown. Results for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2002 do not necessarily indicate the results to be expected for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2002 or any other future period. These statements and accompanying notes should be read together with the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2001 included in Intuit’s Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2001.

Use of Estimates

To comply with generally accepted accounting principles, we make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the disclosures made in the accompanying notes. Estimates are used for product returns and exchanges, reserves for rebates, the collectibility of accounts receivable, deferred taxes and other amounts. We also use estimates to determine the remaining economic lives and carrying value of goodwill, purchased intangibles, fixed assets and other long-lived assets. Despite our intention to establish accurate estimates and assumptions, actual results may differ from our estimates.

Net Revenue

For our shrink-wrapped software products, we recognize revenue when we ship products (which is when title passes) — either to retailers or directly to end user customers. We recognize revenue only if payment is probable and we have no significant remaining obligations to the customer. We recognize revenue net of returns reserves based on historical returns experience. In some situations, we receive advance payments from our customers. Revenue associated with these advance payments is deferred until the products are shipped or services are provided. We also reduce revenue by the estimated cost of rebates when products are shipped.

We recognize revenue from payroll processing and payroll tax filing services as the services are performed, provided we have no other remaining obligations. We generally require customers to remit payroll and payroll tax liability funds to us in advance of the applicable payroll due date, via electronic funds transfer. We include in total net revenue the interest earned on invested balances resulting from timing differences between the collection of these funds from customers and the remittance of such funds to outside parties, because this interest income represents an integral part of the revenue generated from our services. We recognize this interest as it is earned.

We defer loan origination revenue and the associated commissions and processing costs on loans held for sale until the related loan is sold. We recognize gains and losses on loans at the time we sell them, based upon the difference between the selling price and the carrying value of the related loans sold. We recognize interest income on mortgage loans held for sale in loan revenue as it is earned, and we recognize interest expenses on related borrowings as cost of revenue as we incur them.

Interest income generated from our general cash and cash equivalents balance is included in other income because this interest income does not result from our operating activities.

We also offer several plans under which customers are charged for technical support assistance. For plans where we collect fees in advance, we recognize revenue over the life of the plan, which is generally one year. We include costs incurred for fee-for-support plans in cost of revenue.

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We recognize revenue from other products and services when it is earned based on the nature of the particular product or service. For products and services that we provide over a period of time, we recognize revenue pro rata based on the contractual time period. However, where we provide or deliver the product or service at a specific point in time, we recognize revenue upon delivery of the product or completion of the service.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Costs incurred with the shipping and handling of our shrink-wrapped software products are recorded as cost of products in our results of operations.

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer service and technical support costs include the costs associated with performing order processing, answering customer inquiries by telephone and through Web sites and other electronic means and providing free technical support assistance to customers. In connection with the sale of certain products, we provide a limited amount of free technical support assistance to customers. We do not defer the recognition of any revenue associated with sales of these products, since the cost of providing this free technical support and related customer service is insignificant. The technical support is provided within one year after the associated revenue is recognized and free product enhancements are minimal and infrequent. We accrue the estimated cost of providing this free support upon product shipment.

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

We consider highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Short-term investments consist of available-for-sale debt securities that are carried at fair value. Available-for-sale debt securities are classified as current assets based upon our intent and ability to use any and all of these securities as necessary to satisfy the significant short-term liquidity requirements that may arise from the highly seasonal and cyclical nature of our businesses. Because of our significant business seasonality, cash flow requirements may fluctuate dramatically from quarter to quarter and require us to use a significant amount of the short-term investments held as available-for-sale securities. See Note 2 for more information about cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments.

Marketable Securities and Other Investments

Our available-for-sale marketable securities are carried at fair value and we include unrealized gains and losses, net of tax, in stockholders’ equity. We use the specific identification method to account for gains and losses on marketable equity securities. Our other long-term investments are stated at cost. See Note 3 for more information about our marketable securities and other investments.

Goodwill, Purchased Intangible Assets and Other Long-lived Assets

We record goodwill when the purchase price of net tangible and intangible assets we acquire exceeds their fair value. We amortize goodwill on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 3 to 5 years. We generally amortize the cost of identified intangibles on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from 1 to 15 years.

We regularly perform reviews to determine if the carrying values of our long-lived assets are impaired. The reviews look for facts or circumstances, either internal or external, that indicate that the carrying value of the asset may not be recovered.

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We measure impairment loss related to long-lived assets based on the amount by which the carrying amount of such assets exceeds their fair values. Our measurement of fair value is generally based on an analysis of future discounted cash flows, based on available information and reasonable and supportable assumptions and projections. The discounted cash flow analysis considers the likelihood of possible outcomes and is based on our best estimate of projected future cash flows. If necessary, we perform subsequent calculations to measure the amount of the impairment loss based on the excess of the carrying value over the fair value of the impaired assets. If market values for the assets were not available, we would calculate the fair value using the present value of estimated expected future discounted cash flows. The cash flow calculations, including the discount rate, would be based on management’s best estimates, using appropriate assumptions and projections at the time. In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (SFAS 142), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” We intend to implement both SFAS 142 and SFAS 144 beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2003. See “Recent Pronouncements” below for more information.

Concentration of Credit Risk

We operate in markets that are highly competitive and rapidly changing. Significant technological changes, changes in customer requirements, the emergence of competitive products or services with new capabilities and other factors could negatively impact our operating results.

We are also subject to risks related to changes in the values of our marketable securities and private equity investments. See Note 3 for a discussion of risks associated with these assets. Our remaining investment portfolio is diversified and consists primarily of short-term investment-grade securities.

We sell a significant portion of our products through third-party distributors and retailers. As a result, we face risks related to the collectibility of our trade accounts receivable. Due to changes in our distribution relationships during fiscal 2002, we are selling an increasing proportion of products directly to retailers, rather than through distributors. At April 30, 2002, our two largest distributors collectively accounted for about 9% of our accounts receivable balance. By comparison, at April 30, 2001, we had one distributor that accounted for approximately 25% of our accounts receivable balance. At April 30, 2002, two of our major retail customers collectively accounted for approximately 20% of our accounts receivable balance whereas our top two retailers at April 30, 2001 accounted for slightly less than 10% of our accounts receivable balance. To appropriately manage this risk, we perform ongoing evaluations of customer credit. Generally, we do not require collateral. We maintain reserves for estimated credit losses and these losses have historically been within our expectations. However, since we cannot necessarily predict future changes in the financial stability of our customers, we cannot guarantee that our reserves will continue to be adequate.

In the normal course of our mortgage business, we enter into loan commitments to extend credit in order to meet the financing needs of our customers. Loan commitments are agreements to lend to a customer as long as all conditions specified in the contract are met. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses and may require the customer to pay a fee. We evaluate each customer’s creditworthiness on a case-by-case basis.

Loan commitments subject us to market risks and credit risks. Market risk is the risk that interest rates may rise after a loan commitment is made. To offset this risk on conventional mortgage loans and government-insured loans that are in process, we utilize mandatory forward sale commitments. At April 30, 2002, we had $200.9 million in mandatory forward sale commitments for future delivery of mortgages to Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Loan commitments also involve credit risk relating to the customer. We use the same credit policies for making credit commitments as we do for the underlying loan product. See Note 5 for more information on loan commitments.

Recent Pronouncements

On June 29, 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

SFAS 141 supersedes APB Opinion No. 16, “Business Combinations,” and eliminates the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for business combinations, thus requiring that all business combinations be accounted for using the purchase method. The requirements of SFAS 141 apply to all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001.

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SFAS 142 supercedes APB Opinion No. 17, “Intangible Assets,” and provides that goodwill and other intangible assets that have an indefinite useful life will no longer be amortized. However, these assets must be reviewed at least annually for impairment. SFAS 142 applies to all business combinations completed after June 30, 2001. For business combinations completed before July 1, 2001, we will adopt SFAS 142 effective August 1, 2002. We are currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 142 on our financial position and statement of operations. We expect the adoption of SFAS 142 to reduce our ongoing quarterly amortization of goodwill expense significantly, commencing with the first quarter of fiscal 2003. However, it is possible that in the future, we would incur less frequent, but larger, impairment charges related to the goodwill already recorded, as well as goodwill arising out of future acquisitions as we continue to expand our business.

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” which applies to financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS 144 supersedes FASB Statement 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of,” and portions of APB Opinion 30, “Reporting the Results of Operations.” SFAS 144 provides a single accounting model for long-lived assets we expect to dispose of and significantly changes the criteria for classifying an asset as held-for-sale. This classification is important because held-for-sale assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of fair value or carrying amount. SFAS 144 also requires expected future operating losses from discontinued operations to be displayed in the period(s) in which the losses are actually incurred, rather than when the amount of the loss is estimated, as presently required. We will adopt SFAS 144 effective August 1, 2002 and do not expect the adoption of SFAS 144 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In November 2001, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) released Issue No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor’s Product,” which applies to annual or interim financial statement periods beginning after December 15, 2001. The release provides that cash consideration (including sales incentives) that we give to our customers or resellers should be accounted for as a reduction of revenue unless we receive a benefit that is identifiable and that can be reasonably estimated. We adopted this new release prospectively to transactions beginning in the quarter ended April 30, 2002. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-09 did not have a material impact on our total net revenue.

Foreign Currency

The functional currency of all our foreign subsidiaries is the local currency. Assets and liabilities of our foreign subsidiaries are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date. Revenue, costs and expenses are translated at average rates of exchange in effect during the reporting period. We report translation gains and losses as a separate component of stockholders’ equity. Net gains and losses resulting from foreign exchange transactions are included in the consolidated statement of operations and were immaterial in all periods presented.

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2. Cash and Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments

       The following schedule summarizes the estimated fair value of our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments:
                   
      July 31,   April 30,
      2001   2002
   
 
(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
 
Cash
  $ 33,427     $ 34,227  
 
Certificate of deposits
    5,600       5,446  
 
Money market funds
    406,077       415,118  
 
Municipal bonds
    5,000       —  
 
   
     
 
 
  $ 450,104     $ 454,791  
 
   
     
 
Short-term investments:
               
 
Corporate notes
  $ 63,723     $ 61,563  
 
Municipal bonds
    1,030,442       1,215,312  
 
U.S. government securities
    25,140       20,258  
 
   
     
 
 
  $ 1,119,305     $ 1,297,133  
 
   
     
 

The following table outlines the estimated fair value of Intuit’s available-for-sale debt securities held in short-term investments classified by the maturity date of the security:

                 
    July 31,   April 30,
    2001   2002
   
 
(In thousands)
Due within one year
  $ 215,205     $ 249,669  
Due within two years
    221,620       216,691  
Due within three years
    —       4,000  
Due after three years
    682,480       826,773  
 
   
     
 
 
  $ 1,119,305     $ 1,297,133  
 
   
     
 

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3. Marketable Securities and Other Investments

We held the following available-for-sale securities at July 31, 2001 and April 30, 2002. The cost basis reflects adjustments for other-than-temporary impairments in value as well as sales of securities:

                                 
            Gross Unrealized        
    Cost  
  Estimated
    Basis   Gains   Losses   Fair Value
   
 
 
 
(In thousands)                                
July 31, 2001
                               
Checkfree Corporation common stock
  $ 35,621     $ 37,215     $ —     $ 72,836  
S1 Corporation common stock
    7,741       2,714       —       10,455  
 
   
     
     
     
 
 
  $ 43,362     $ 39,929     $ —     $ 83,291  
 
   
     
     
     
 
April 30, 2002
                               
Checkfree Corporation common stock
  $ 31,934     $ 12,146     $ —     $ 44,080  
S1 Corporation common stock
    4,924       —       (535 )     4,389  
 
   
     
     
     
 
 
  $ 36,858     $ 12,146     $ (535 )   $ 48,469  
 
   
     
     
     
 

We also held investments in At Home Corporation (which did business as Excite@Home) and 724 Solutions as of July 31, 2001. We designated those investments as trading securities and fluctuations in the market value of these shares were reported in the consolidated statement of operations. We sold all of the shares of these securities during the first quarter of fiscal 2002.

Our remaining marketable securities, which are quoted on the Nasdaq Stock Market, are stocks of high technology companies whose market prices have been extremely volatile and have declined substantially during the past two years. These declines have resulted, and could continue to result, in a material reduction in the carrying value of these assets. This has a negative impact on our operating results. If these securities experience further declines in fair value that are considered other-than-temporary, we will reflect the additional loss in our consolidated statement of operations in the period when the subsequent impairment becomes apparent.

The fair values of our long-term investments (consisting primarily of equity investments in privately held companies) have also declined substantially since our initial investments due to the volatility and economic downturn in the high technology industry.

During the nine months ended April 30, 2002, we sold 280,000 shares of Security First Technologies, now known as S1 Corporation (“S1”), and 250,000 shares of Checkfree Corporation and recognized realized gains of $1.9 million and $1.4 million, respectively. These gains were offset by a realized loss of $1.9 million recorded in connection with the sale of our options to purchase additional shares of S1. In addition, we sold 37,906 shares of 724 Solutions and 1,533,504 shares of Excite@Home and recognized aggregate losses of $1.6 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2002. For our long-term investments, we recorded losses of $3.3 million for other-than-temporary declines in value on our investments recorded at cost and $5.7 million to reflect declines in the market price of our S1 options. This resulted in combined net losses on marketable securities and other investments of $9.3 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2002.

During fiscal 2001, we adopted SFAS 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and hedging activities. It requires us to recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet and record those instruments at fair value. In May 1999, we completed a $50 million investment (970,813 shares) in S1. In connection with this agreement, we received options to purchase 4.8 million additional shares of S1 common stock, at a per-share purchase price of $51.50. These options contained a net-exercise feature. In August 2000, we recorded the cumulative effect of the change in accounting for derivatives for our 4.8 million S1 options held in long-term investments. This resulted in a one-time cumulative effect of $14.3 million, net of income taxes totaling $9.5 million, in the first quarter of fiscal 2001. SFAS 133 requires the derivatives to be carried at fair value, so subsequent fluctuations in the fair value of these options were included in our net income (loss) until we sold them. For the three and nine months ended April 30, 2001 these fluctuations resulted in losses of $3.4 million and $13.4 million net of income taxes, which increased the basic and diluted net loss per share for the periods by $0.02 and $0.06 per share. During the first quarter of fiscal 2002, we sold these options and recorded a realized loss of $1.9 million.

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4. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and purchased intangible assets consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

                         
            Net balance at
    Life in  
    Years   July 31, 2001   April 30, 2002
   
 
 
(In thousands)
Goodwill
    3-5     $ 326,986     $ 240,221  
Customer lists
    3-5       53,423       39,508  
Covenants not to compete
    3-5       3,060       3,174  
Purchased technology
    1-5       24,078       21,468  
Assembled workforce
    2-5       3,598       2,233  
Trade names and logos
    1-15       4,189       4,345  
 
           
     
 
 
          $ 415,334     $ 310,949  
 
           
     
 

Balances presented above are net of total accumulated amortization of $598.1 million at July 31, 2001 and $524.8 million at April 30, 2002. Accumulated amortization declined during the nine-month period due to the retirement of fully amortized goodwill and intangible assets.

As discussed in Note 1, we regularly perform reviews to determine if there are events or circumstances that indicate the carrying values of our goodwill and intangible assets may be impaired. During the second quarter of fiscal 2002, events and circumstances indicated impairment of goodwill and intangible assets that we received in connection with our acquisitions of the Internet-based advertising business that we acquired from Venture Finance Software Corp. in August 2000 (part of our Personal Finance business) and the Site Solutions business that we acquired from Boston Light Corp. in August 1999 (part of our Small Business operations).

Indicators of impairment for our Internet-based advertising business included a steep decline in demand for online advertising reflecting the industry-wide decline in Internet advertising spending, as well as management’s assessment that revenues and profitability would continue to decline in the future based on analyses and forecasts completed during the second quarter of fiscal 2002. The primary indicator of impairment for our Site Solutions business was management’s decision to transfer the customer base of Site Solutions and collaborate with a third party to provide the website building service. This collaboration, which began in the second quarter of fiscal 2002, eliminated our use of technology purchased from Boston Light.

In each case, we measured the impairment loss based on the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeded their fair value based on lower projected profits and decreases in cash flow. Our measurement of fair value was based on an analysis of the future discounted cash flows as discussed in Note 1. Based on our analyses, in the second quarter of fiscal 2002 we recorded charges of $22.6 million ($17.4 million to acquisition-related charges and $5.2 million to amortization of purchased software) to reduce the carrying value of the assets associated with our Internet-based advertising business to zero, and a charge of $4.7 million ($4.6 million to acquisition-related charges and $0.1 million to amortization of purchased software) to reduce the carrying value of assets relating to our Site Solutions business to zero.

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We classify the following expenses as acquisition-related charges in our consolidated statements of operations:

                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
   
 
    April 30,   April 30,   April 30,   April 30,
    2001   2002   2001   2002
   
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Amortization of goodwill
  $ 37,880     $ 29,170     $ 106,504     $ 93,460  
Amortization of purchased intangibles
    6,458       7,140       18,184       20,946  
Amortization of acquisition-related deferred compensation
    1,233       1,252       3,563       4,336  
Impairment charges
    77,000       —       77,000       22,006  
Other
    4       —       77       —  
 
   
     
     
     
 
 
  $ 122,575     $ 37,562     $ 205,328     $ 140,748  
 
   
     
     
     
 

5. Loan Commitments

The following table summarizes mortgage loan commitments to extend credit at July 31, 2001 and April 30, 2002:

                                 
    July 31, 2001   April 30, 2002
   
 
    Fixed-rate   Variable-rate   Fixed-rate   Variable-rate
   
 
 
 
(In thousands)                                
Conventional prime loans
  $ 303,100     $ 72,500     $ 473,500     $ 143,600  
Sub-prime loans
    4,300       1,200       4,400       2,600  
 
   
     
     
     
 
 
  $ 307,400     $ 73,700     $ 477,900     $ 146,200  
 
   
     
     
     
 

6. Per Share Data

We compute basic income or loss per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. We compute diluted income or loss per share using the weighted average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Common equivalent shares consist of the shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options under the treasury stock method. In loss periods, basic and dilutive loss per share is identical since the impact of common equivalent shares is anti-dilutive.

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7. Comprehensive Net Income (Loss)

SFAS 130, “Reporting Comprehensive Income,” establishes standards for reporting and displaying comprehensive net income and its components in stockholders’ equity. However, it has no impact on our net income or loss as presented in our financial statements. SFAS 130 requires foreign currency translation adjustments and changes in the fair value of available-for-sale securities and short-term investments to be included in comprehensive income (loss).

The components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes, are as follows:

                                 
    Marketable   Short-term   Foreign Currency        
Nine months ended April 30, 2001   Securities   Investments   Translation   Total

 
 
 
 
(In thousands)                                
Beginning balance gain (loss), net of income taxes
  $ 58,561     $ —     $ (2,975 )   $ 55,586  
Unrealized loss, net of income tax benefit of $12,932
    (19,398 )     —       —       (19,398 )
Reclassification adjustment for realized gain included in net loss, net of income tax benefit of $4,685
    (7,027 )     —       —       (7,027 )
Translation adjustment gain
    —       —       2,401       2,401  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Ending balance, net of income tax benefit of $17,617
  $ 32,136     $ —     $ (574 )   $ 31,562  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Nine months ended April 30, 2002                                

                               
(In thousands)                                
Beginning balance gain (loss), net of income taxes
  $ 23,958     $ 4,686     $ (464 )   $ 28,180  
Unrealized loss, net of income tax benefit of $10,759 and $1,823
    (16,139 )     (2,734 )     —       (18,873 )
Reclassification adjustment for realized gain included in net income, net of income tax benefit of $568
    (853 )     —       —       (853 )
Translation adjustment gain
    —       —       542       542  
 
   
     
     
     
 
Ending balance, net of income tax benefit of $13,150
  $ 6,966     $ 1,952     $ 78     $ 8,996  
 
   
     
     
     
 

The following table summarizes comprehensive income (loss) for the periods indicated:

                                   
      Three Months   Nine Months   Three Months   Nine Months
      Ended   Ended   Ended   Ended
      April 30, 2001   April 30, 2001   April 30, 2002   April 30, 2002
     
 
 
 
(in thousands)
Net income (loss)
  $ (14,301 )   $ (21,504 )   $ 144,481     $ 171,922  
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                               
 
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities
    (27,129 )     (26,425 )     5,656       (16,992 )
 
Change in unrealized gain (loss) on short-term investments
    —       —       (1,362 )     (2,734 )
 
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments
    1,295       2,401       (775 )     542  
 
   
     
     
     
 
 
  $ (40,135 )   $ (45,528 )   $ 148,000     $ 152,738  
 
   
     
     
     
 

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8. Acquisition

On November 2, 2001, we acquired substantially all of the assets of OMware, Inc. (“OMware”) for $35.5 million in Intuit stock, approximately $2.6 million in acquisition costs and up to $8 million in Intuit stock to be issued contingent upon the achievement of certain future performance objectives by the business unit. Pursuant to separate agreements, Intuit will pay up to $2 million in cash over two years as part of a senior management performance program. These amounts will be recorded as compensation expense as amounts are earned. We accounted for the acquisition of OMware as a purchase for accounting purposes and allocated approximately $35.6 million to identified intangible assets and goodwill. The identified intangible assets are being amortized over five years.

9. Loss on Impairment of Long-lived Asset

In connection with the sale of our Quicken Bill Manager business in May 2001, we acquired a $27 million long-term asset related to future consideration from the purchasing company, which was recorded as “other assets” on the balance sheet. We were entitled to cash and/or shares of the purchaser’s common stock beginning in February 2002. As discussed in Note 1, we regularly perform reviews to determine if the carrying values of our long-lived assets are impaired. The reviews look for facts or circumstances, either internal or external, that indicate that the carrying value of an asset cannot be recovered. During the three months ended October 31, 2001, events and circumstances indicated impairment of this asset. These indicators included the deterioration of the purchasing company’s financial position (including cash flows and liquidity) and the decreased likelihood that it would receive future funding. We considered the implied fair value of our investment based on the purchasing company’s most recent round of planned funding, as well as the fair value of our investment if funding were received. Based on our analysis we recorded a charge of $27 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2002 to reduce the carrying value of this asset to its fair value of zero.

10. Charge for Vacant Facilities

During the quarter ended April 30, 2002, we concluded that we would not occupy two vacant leased buildings in Mountain View, California and that we would be unable to recover a substantial portion of our lease obligations from sublessors. The resulting $13.2 million charge for vacant facilities has been calculated using management’s best estimates and is based upon the remaining future lease commitments for these facilities at April 30, 2002, net of estimated future sublease income. The estimated costs of abandoning these leased facilities were based on market information and trend analyses compiled by our facilities management team with the help of a commercial real estate brokerage firm retained by Intuit. Actual future cash payments may differ by a maximum of $3.7 million from the reserve balance at April 30, 2002 if we are unable to sublease either of the properties.

11. Gain on Divestiture

In March 2002, we paid $12.0 million to terminate a $20.3 million obligation for an interactive services agreement related to our Quicken Bill Manager business, which we sold in May 2001. We wrote off the $27 million asset acquired in connection with that sale in the first quarter of fiscal 2002 (see Note 9). In connection with the termination of the interactive services agreement, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $8.3 million and related tax expense of $2.7 million in the quarter ended April 30, 2002.

12. Borrowings

As of April 30, 2002, we had one mortgage line of credit with no amounts outstanding. Advances may be drawn for working capital and sub-prime and conventional prime mortgage loans, with the maximum amount based on a formula computation. Advances are due on demand and are collateralized by residential first and second mortgages. Interest is paid on a monthly basis. The maximum outstanding balance permitted under this line is $20 million.

Drafts payable represent funds we advance for mortgages we originate.

13. Industry Segment and Geographic Information

SFAS 131, “Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information,” establishes standards for companies to disclose certain information about operating segments in the company’s financial reports. Consistent with SFAS 131, we have determined our five operating segments, described below, based on factors such as how we manage our operations and how our chief operating decision maker views results.

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Intuit does not track assets by operating segments. Consequently, we do not disclose assets by operating segments. The following unaudited results for the nine months ended April 30, 2001 and 2002 are broken out by our operating segments. Prior period information has been reclassified to conform to the current period financial presentation for comparability.

                                                             
        Small           Personal   Quicken   Global                
Nine months ended   Business   Tax   Finance   Loans   Business                
April 30, 2001   Division   Division   Division   Division   Division   Other (1)   Consolidated
(In thousands)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product revenue
  $ 268,389     $ 333,927     $ 74,894     $ —     $ 59,574     $ —     $ 736,784  
 
Service revenue
    65,986       106,395       10,134       72,206       19,118       —       273,839  
 
Other revenue
    16,719       3,066       38,031       —       1,853       —       59,669  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total net revenue
    351,094       443,388       123,059       72,206       80,545       —       1,070,292  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Segment operating income
    114,908       260,915       23,613       13,728       11,388       —       424,552  
 
Common expenses
    —       —       —       —       —       (166,488 )     (166,488 )
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Sub-total operating income (loss)
    114,908       260,915       23,613       13,728       11,388       (166,488 )     258,064  
 
Realized net losses on marketable securities
    —       —       —       —       —       (87,307 )     (87,307 )
 
Acquisition-related costs
    —       —       —       —       —       (216,786 )     (216,786 )
 
Interest and other income and expense, net
    —       —       —       —       —       47,736       47,736  
 
Gain on divestiture
    —       —       —       —       —       1,639       1,639  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net income (loss) before taxes, minority interest and cumulative accounting change
  $ 114,908     $ 260,915     $ 23,613     $ 13,728     $ 11,388     $ (421,206 )   $ 3,346  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
                                                             
        Small           Personal   Quicken   Global                
Nine months ended   Business   Tax   Finance   Loans   Business                
April 30, 2002   Division   Division   Division   Division   Division   Other (1)   Consolidated
(In thousands)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Product revenue
  $ 314,123     $ 421,900     $ 65,558     $ —     $ 64,627     $ 3,699     $ 869,907  
 
Service revenue
    89,927       128,886       6,322       140,048       15,458       1,131       381,772  
 
Other revenue
    3,875       2,734       39,070       —       3,879       —       49,558  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
   
Total net revenue
    407,925       553,520       110,950       140,048       83,964       4,830       1,301,237  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Segment operating income (loss)
    130,486       345,789       30,787       52,242       16,979       (3,148 )     573,135  
 
Common expenses
    —       —       —       —       —       (186,548 )     (186,548 )
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Sub-total operating income (loss)
    130,486       345,789       30,787       52,242       16,979       (189,696 )     386,587  
 
Realized net losses on marketable securities
    —       —       —       —       —       (9,266 )     (9,266 )
 
Gain on divestiture
    —       —       —       —       —       8,308       8,308  
 
Acquisition-related costs
    —       —       —       —       —       (151,190 )     (151,190 )
 
Charge for vacant facilities
    —       —       —       —       —       (13,237 )     (13,237 )
 
Loss on impairment of long-lived asset
    —       —       —       —       —       (27,000 )     (27,000 )
 
Interest and other income and expense, net
    —       —       —       —       —       28,631       28,631  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
Net income (loss) before taxes, minority interest and cumulative accounting change
  $ 130,486     $ 345,789     $ 30,787     $ 52,242     $ 16,979     $ (353,450 )   $ 222,833  
 
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
 


(1)   Other includes revenue and segment operating income (loss) related to our Construction Business Solutions operations as well as reconciling items such as acquisition-related costs, including amortization of purchased software and charges for purchased research and development, and other common costs not allocated to specific segments.

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14. Notes Payable and Commitments

In March 2001, our Japanese subsidiary, Intuit KK, refinanced its one-year loan agreement with a Japanese bank for approximately $29.2 million. During the third quarter of fiscal 2002, we elected to pay half the outstanding balance and obtained a three-month extension on the remaining balance of approximately $14.6 million. The loan is denominated in Japanese yen. The interest rate is variable based on the Tokyo inter-bank offered rate or the short-term prime rate offered in Japan. At April 30, 2002, the rate was approximately 0.59%. The fair value of the loan approximates cost as the interest rate on the borrowings is adjusted periodically to reflect market rates, which are currently significantly lower in Japan than in the United States. We are obligated to pay interest only on the loan through July 2002.

15. Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

                 
    July 31,   April 30,
    2001   2002
   
 
(In thousands)        
Accrued compensation and related liabilities
  $ 64,325     $ 94,053  
Reserve for returns and exchanges
    31,510       56,073  
Future payments due for CRI acquisition
    23,969       25,157  
Other acquisition and disposition related items
    18,001       15,669  
Rebates
    10,130       30,029  
Other accruals
    23,031       34,020  
 
   
     
 
 
  $ 170,966     $ 255,001  
 
   
     
 

16. Income Taxes

Intuit computes the provision (benefit) for income taxes by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to recurring operations and other taxable items. Our effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 differs from the federal statutory rate primarily because of a tax benefit related to a divestiture that became available during the second quarter of fiscal 2002.

17. Stockholders’ Equity

Stock Repurchase Program

In May 2001, Intuit’s Board of Directors authorized the company to repurchase up to $500 million of common stock from time to time in the open market over a three-year period. The stock repurchase program is intended to help offset some of the dilution resulting from the issuance of shares under Intuit’s employee stock plans. During the nine months ended April 30, 2002, we had repurchased approximately 3,744,800 shares of our common stock under this program (which became treasury shares) for an aggregate cost of approximately $149.3 million. During this period we reissued 2,708,719 shares of treasury stock in connection with employee stock plans, which were valued at $111.2 million (using the average purchase price per Intuit share).

Repurchases through April 30, 2002 have had no significant impact upon our income or loss per share. Intuit intends to continue using its cash and cash equivalents to fund these repurchases.

18. Benefit Plan

Intuit adopted the Executive Deferred Compensation Plan effective March 15, 2002. The plan allows key employees who meet minimum compensation and job responsibility criteria to defer up to 50% of their salaries and up to 100% of their bonuses and commissions. We have agreed to credit the participants’ contributions with earnings that reflect the performance of certain independent investment funds. We may also make discretionary employer contributions to participant accounts. The timing, amounts and vesting schedules of employer contributions are at our sole discretion. The benefits under this plan are unsecured and are general assets of Intuit. Participants are generally eligible to receive payment of their vested benefit at the end of their elected deferral period or upon termination of

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their employment with Intuit for any reason, including retirement, disability or death. Discretionary company contributions and the related earnings vest completely upon the participant’s disability, death or a change of control of Intuit. During the three months ended April 30, 2002, we made no employer contributions to the plan.

19. Litigation

On March 3, 2000, a class action lawsuit, Bruce v. Intuit Inc., was filed in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division. Two virtually identical lawsuits were later filed: Rubin v. Intuit Inc., was filed on March 8, 2000 in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York and Newby v. Intuit Inc. was filed on April 27, 2000, in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division. The Bruce and Newby lawsuits were consolidated into one lawsuit, In re Intuit Privacy Litigation, filed on July 28, 2000 in the United States District Court of California, Eastern Division. Following Intuit’s successful motion to dismiss several of the claims, an amended complaint was filed on May 2, 2001. A similar lawsuit, Almanza v. Intuit Inc. was filed on March 22, 2000 in the Superior Court of the State of California, San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga Division. An amended complaint in the Almanza suit was filed on October 26, 2000. These purported class actions alleged violations of various federal and California statutes and common law claims for invasion of privacy based upon the alleged intentional disclosure to third parties of personal and private customer information entered at Intuit’s Quicken.com Web site. The complaints sought injunctive relief, orders to disgorge profits related to the alleged acts, and statutory and other damages. In August 2001, Intuit and the plaintiffs’ counsel in all of the cases except Rubin reached an agreement in principle to resolve the cases, subject to court approval, based on terms that are not material to Intuit. The Rubin case was dismissed on November 19, 2001.

Intuit is subject to other legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation, that arise in the normal course of our business. We currently believe that the ultimate amount of liability, if any, for any pending claims of any type (either alone or combined) will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or liquidity. However, the ultimate outcome of any litigation is uncertain, and either unfavorable or favorable outcomes could have a material negative impact. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on Intuit because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

20. Subsequent Events

On May 7, 2002, we entered into a definitive agreement with CBS Employer Services, Inc. (“CBS”) pursuant to which Intuit will acquire all of the outstanding stock of CBS. CBS is a leading provider of full-service outsourced payroll functions for small businesses. Intuit plans to combine its outsourced payroll business with that of CBS under the leadership of CBS’s chief executive officer. Intuit’s payroll processing center in Reno, Nevada and CBS’s payroll processing center in San Bernardino, California will be the largest centers for the combined businesses. Under the terms of the agreement, Intuit will acquire all of the outstanding stock of CBS for approximately $74.5 million in cash and $3.5 million in Intuit stock. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both Intuit and CBS and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, subject to various conditions, including approval of CBS’s shareholders and customary regulatory and other approvals.

On May 8, 2002, we entered into a definitive agreement with The Flagship Group, the parent company of American Fundware, Inc. (“American Fundware”) pursuant to which Intuit will acquire all of the outstanding stock of The Flagship Group. American Fundware offers financial accounting solutions for nonprofit organizations. American Fundware will be operated as a separate business unit of Intuit led by American Fundware’s chief executive officer and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Under the terms of the agreement, Intuit will acquire all of the outstanding stock of The Flagship Group for approximately $22 million in Intuit stock and $4 million in cash. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both Intuit and The Flagship Group and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, subject to various conditions, including approval of The Flagship Group’s shareholders and customary other approvals.

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ITEM 2
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Cautions about Forward Looking Statements

Throughout this Form 10-Q, you will find “forward-looking” statements, or statements about events or circumstances that have not yet occurred. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “plans,” “believes,” “predicts,” or “continue,” and other similar terms. These statements include statements about the seasonality of our businesses, the trends we see in the revenue from our various businesses and in the markets in which we compete, our projected costs and expenses, the effect of changes in our business model and operational processes and our capital needs. The section “Risks That Could Affect Future Results” also contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and our actual results could differ materially. We cannot guarantee future results or that current expectations will be accurate, and we will not update information in this Form 10-Q if any forward-looking statement later turns out to be inaccurate. The important factors that could cause our results to differ are discussed under the section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Risks That Could Affect Future Results,” at the end of Item 2. You should read Item 2 in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q and our fiscal 2001 Form 10-K. We encourage you to read these sections carefully.

Overview

Intuit’s mission is to revolutionize how people manage their financial lives, and how small businesses and accounting professionals manage their businesses. We are the leading provider of small business accounting, tax preparation and personal finance software products and Web-based services that simplify complex financial tasks for consumers, small businesses and accounting professionals. Our principal products and services include Quicken®, QuickBooks®, Quicken TurboTax®, ProSeries®, Lacerte® and Quicken Loans®.

Our businesses are highly seasonal — particularly our tax business, but also small business and personal finance to a lesser extent. Sales of tax products are heavily concentrated in the period from November through April. Sales of personal finance and small business products are typically strongest during the calendar year-end holiday buying season and the beginning of the calendar year, and therefore major product launches for these products usually occur in the fall or early winter to take advantage of these customer buying patterns. These seasonal patterns mean that our total net revenue is usually highest during our second and third fiscal quarters. We typically report a loss in our first and fourth quarters when revenue from our seasonal businesses is relatively lower than our second and third quarters, but operating expenses to develop new products and services continue at relatively consistent levels. Operating results can also fluctuate for other reasons such as changes in product release dates, occasional events such as acquisitions, dispositions, gains and losses from marketable securities, and product price cuts in quarters with relatively high fixed expenses.

Critical Accounting Policies

In preparing our financial statements, we make estimates, assumptions and judgments that can have a significant impact on our net revenue, operating income and net income, as well as on the value of certain assets on our balance sheet. We believe that the estimates, assumptions and judgments involved in the accounting policies described below have the greatest potential impact on our financial statements, so we consider these to be our critical accounting policies. See Note 1 of the financial statements for more information about these critical accounting policies, as well as descriptions of other significant accounting policies.

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•      Net Revenue — Return and Rebate Reserves. As part of our revenue recognition policy, we estimate future product returns and rebate payments. These estimates determine our revenue reserves. We make these estimates based primarily on our past return and rebate experience. We also consider the volume and price mix of products in the retail channel, trends in retailer inventory, economic trends that might impact customer demand for our products (including the competitive environment), the economic value of the rebates being offered and other factors. In the past, actual returns and rebates have not generally exceeded our reserves. However, actual returns and rebates in any future period are inherently uncertain. If we changed our assumptions and estimates, our revenue reserves would change, which would impact the net revenue we report. In addition, if actual returns and rebates are significantly greater than the reserves we have established, the actual results would decrease our future reported revenue. Conversely, if actual returns and rebates are significantly less than our reserves, this would increase our future reported revenue.
 
•      Goodwill, Purchased Intangibles and Other Long-Lived Assets — Impairment Assessments. Under current accounting standards, which will change at the start of our next fiscal year, we make judgments about the remaining useful lives of goodwill, purchased intangible assets and other long-lived assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate an other-than-temporary impairment in the remaining value of the assets recorded on our balance sheet. In order to judge the remaining useful life of an asset, we make various assumptions about the value of the asset in the future. This may include assumptions about future prospects for the business that the asset relates to and typically involves computations of the estimated future cash flows to be generated by these businesses. Based on these judgments and assumptions, we determine whether we need to take an impairment charge to reduce the value of the asset stated on our balance sheet to reflect its actual fair value. Judgments and assumptions about future values and remaining useful lives are complex and often subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in our business strategy and our internal forecasts. Although we believe the judgments and assumptions we have made in the past have been reasonable and appropriate, different judgments and assumptions could materially impact our reported financial results. More conservative assumptions of the anticipated future benefits from these businesses would result in greater impairment charges, which would decrease net income and result in lower asset values on our balance sheet. Conversely, less conservative assumptions would result in smaller impairment charges, higher net income and higher asset values. See Notes 1 “Goodwill, Purchased Intangible Assets and Other Long-lived Assets,” 4 and 9 of the financial statements for more details about how we make these judgments.
 
•      Concentration of Credit Risk — Reserves for Uncollectible Accounts Receivable. We make ongoing assumptions relating to collectibility of our accounts receivable. The accounts receivable amount on our balance sheet includes a reserve for accounts that might not be paid. In determining the amount of the reserve, we consider our historical level of credit losses. We also make judgments about the creditworthiness of significant customers based on ongoing credit evaluations, and we assess current economic trends that might impact the level of credit losses in the future. Our credit losses have generally been less than our reserve. However, since we cannot predict future changes in the financial stability of our customers, we cannot guarantee that our reserves will continue to be adequate. If actual credit losses are significantly greater than the reserve we have established, that would increase our general and administrative expenses and reduce our reported net income. Conversely, if actual credit losses are significantly less than our reserve, this would eventually decrease our general and administrative expenses and increase our reported net income. See Note 1 of the financial statements “Concentration of Credit Risk” for more details about our accounts receivable.
 
•      Income Taxes — Estimates of Effective Tax Rates, Deferred Taxes and Valuation Allowance. When we prepare our consolidated financial statements, we must estimate our income taxes in each jurisdiction where we conduct business. This requires us to estimate our actual current tax exposure and to assess temporary differences that result from differing treatment of certain items (such as deferred revenue) for tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are shown on our consolidated balance sheet. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from future taxable income. To the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. When we establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in an accounting period, we must record a tax expense in our statement of operations.

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Significant management judgment is required to determine our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. Our net deferred tax asset as of April 30, 2002 was $233.9 million, net of the valuation allowance of $11.4 million. We recorded the valuation allowance to reflect uncertainties about whether we will be able to utilize some of our deferred tax assets (primarily consisting of certain net operating losses carried forward by our non-U.S. subsidiaries) before they expire. The valuation allowance is based on our estimates of taxable income by the jurisdiction in which we operate and the period over which our deferred tax assets will be recoverable. If actual results differ from these estimates or if we adjust these estimates in future periods, we may need to establish an additional valuation allowance, which could materially reduce our net income.

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Results of Operations

We have categorized the following total net revenue discussion by our business divisions. The table below shows each business division’s percentage of our total net revenue for the three- and nine-month periods ended April 30, 2001 and 2002. Information for fiscal 2001 has been reclassified to conform to fiscal 2002 financial presentation for comparability. See Note 13 of the financial statements for additional information about our business segments, which correspond to the business divisions described below.

                                                                                       
Total Net Revenue   Q3   % Total Net   Q3   % Total Net   Q3 %   YTD   % Total Net   YTD   % Total Net   YTD %
    FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change   FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)                                        
Small Business
                                                                               
 
Product
  $ 71.8             $ 99.9                     $ 268.4             $ 314.1                  
 
Service
    23.5               29.2                       66.0               89.9                  
 
Other
    7.0               0.7                       16.7               3.9                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    102.3       24 %     129.8       24 %     27 %     351.1       33 %     407.9       31 %     16 %
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
Tax
                                                                               
 
Product
    139.9               198.2                       333.9               422.0                  
 
Service
    93.4               117.8                       106.4               128.9                  
 
Other
    0.4               1.3                       3.1               2.7                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    233.7       55 %     317.3       58 %     36 %     443.4       41 %     553.6       43 %     25 %
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
Personal Finance
                                                                               
 
Product
    15.1               10.2                       74.9               65.5                  
 
Service
    4.1               1.6                       10.1               6.3                  
 
Other
    10.8               12.1                       38.0               39.1                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    30.0       7 %     23.9       4 %     (20 )%     123.0       11 %     110.9       9 %     (10 )%
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
Quicken Loans
                                                                               
 
Product
    —               —                       —               —                  
 
Service
    35.2               43.5                       72.2               140.0                  
 
Other
    —               —                       —               —                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    35.2       8 %     43.5       8 %     24 %     72.2       7 %     140.0       11 %     94 %
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
Global Business
                                                                               
 
Product
    17.9               20.5                       59.6               64.6                  
 
Service
    5.6               5.1                       19.1               15.5                  
 
Other
    0.5               0.3                       1.9               3.9                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    24.0       6 %     25.9       5 %     8 %     80.6       8 %     84.0       6 %     4 %
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
Other
                                                                               
 
Product
    —               3.7                       —               3.7                  
 
Service
    —               1.1                       —               1.1                  
 
Other
    —               —                       —               —                  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Subtotal
    —       0 %     4.8       1 %     n/a       —       0 %     4.8       0 %     n/a  
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
     
Total net revenue
  $ 425.2       100 %   $ 545.2       100 %     28 %   $ 1,070.3       100 %   $ 1,301.2       100 %     22 %
 
   
     
     
     
             
     
     
     
         

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Small Business Division

Small Business Division product revenue is derived primarily from QuickBooks desktop software products, financial supplies and our Basic payroll offering. Small Business Division services revenue is derived primarily from our Deluxe and Premier payroll services and from QuickBooks support plans.

Small Business Division total net revenue increased 27% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. Total QuickBooks-related revenue (which includes QuickBooks desktop, QuickBooks Internet Gateway, QuickBooks support plans and QuickBooks for the Web) for the quarter increased 36% compared to the same period last year. QuickBooks desktop product revenue alone grew much faster, experiencing 65% growth that reflected higher average selling prices that were driven by the November 2001 launch of our higher-priced QuickBooks Premier products, as well as higher unit sales. The volume increase was driven by strong upgrade sales, which we believe were due in part to our decision to discontinue technical support and tax table services during calendar 2002 for customers using certain older versions of QuickBooks. We believe that the availability of a range of Intuit Developer Network offerings to QuickBooks 2002 customers may also have contributed to the stronger upgrade sales. Third quarter QuickBooks-related revenue growth also reflected strong results from QuickBooks support plans. In August 2001, we began offering several higher-end support plans, which resulted in significantly higher average selling prices that more than offset declines in volume compared to the third quarter last year. Revenue growth in QuickBooks-related products and services was partially offset by a decline in QuickBooks Internet Gateway revenue. Revenue for this business decreased due to a sharp decline in upfront fees received from Internet Gateway participants, as well as a decrease in transaction-based fees that reflects lower customer demand for Internet Gateway services. Financial supplies revenue increased modestly during the quarter.

Payroll revenue increased 25% from quarter to quarter, reflecting 38% combined growth for the QuickBooks-branded Basic and Deluxe offerings, with revenue for the Premier service roughly flat. Price increases accounted for a significant portion of the Basic and Deluxe revenue growth, although the number of customers for the combined offerings also increased by approximately 17%. We expect payroll revenue growth to be slower during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the first half of fiscal 2002. See “Risks that Could Affect Future Results” at the end of this Item 2.

Small Business Division total net revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 increased 16% compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2001. QuickBooks-related product revenue increased 11%, reflecting higher average selling prices. QuickBooks support revenue increased 47% during the period due to higher average selling prices. Payroll had strong revenue growth, primarily reflecting price increases as well as some unit growth for the Basic and Deluxe offerings, and financial supplies revenue increased modestly.

Tax Division

Tax Division product revenue is derived primarily from Quicken TurboTax federal and state consumer desktop tax preparation products and ProSeries and Lacerte professional tax preparation products. Tax Division services revenue is derived primarily from Quicken TurboTax for the Web online tax preparation services and electronic filing services.

Tax Division total net revenue increased 36% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. Revenue from our consumer tax business increased 43% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. Revenue from TurboTax desktop products increased 26%, due in part to higher average selling prices resulting from the introduction of a higher-priced premium product as well as a price increase for our Deluxe product. Total units also increased approximately 19% from the third quarter of the prior year. Revenue from TurboTax for the Web more than doubled, reflecting a significant price increase as well as 84% unit growth. Electronic filing units and revenue were also up significantly. From fiscal 2000 to 2001, we saw an increasing portion of our annual growth shift from the second quarter to the third quarter, and that trend continued this fiscal year. This trend results in part from more customers using our Web-based tax offerings, which have revenue peaks later in the season. In recent years retail sales have also shifted to later in the tax season.

Revenue from our professional tax preparation products and services increased 19%, with more than half of the growth resulting from our acquisition of Tax and Accounting Software Corporation (“TAASC”) in April 2001 and from higher sales of electronic filing services. Our recent efforts to reduce the unauthorized sharing of professional

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tax products (by hard-coding the purchasing tax preparer’s name in the software) and higher average selling prices for our ProSeries and Lacerte unlimited-use products also contributed to the revenue growth.

Due to the seasonality of the tax business, results for the full season are more meaningful than results for any particular quarter, and results for the first nine months of a fiscal year are generally indicative of results for the full season. Tax Division total net revenue increased 25% in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2001. Revenue from our consumer tax business increased 28% on strength from TurboTax desktop products as well as TurboTax for the Web, which experienced combined paid federal unit growth of 20%. Electronic filing revenue also contributed to the year-over-year growth. Revenue from our professional tax preparation products increased 25%, with significant growth resulting from our acquisition of TAASC, electronic filing services, efforts to reduce unauthorized product sharing and higher average selling prices for our unlimited-use professional tax products.

Although we are encouraged by the year-to-date results for our tax business, revenues for the full tax season are still subject to consumer product returns from our retail distribution channels. While we expect our reserves for returned products will be adequate to cover retailers’ returns of unsold products during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002, higher than expected returns could have a negative impact on revenue for the full season. See “Critical Accounting Policies — Net Revenue — Return and Rebate Reserves” at the beginning of this Item 2.

Personal Finance Division

Personal Finance Division product revenue is derived primarily from Quicken desktop products. Personal Finance Division services revenue is minimal. Other revenue consists of Quicken.com advertising revenue and online transactions revenue.

Personal Finance Division total net revenue decreased 20% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. The decrease reflected continued revenue growth in our online transactions business that was more than offset by a 37% decline in Quicken revenue and a 35% decline in Quicken.com revenue from the third quarter of fiscal 2001 to the third quarter of fiscal 2002. The decrease in Quicken revenue reflected the continuing decline of the personal finance desktop software category as more personal finance functionality becomes available to consumers at no cost on the Internet. The decrease in Quicken.com advertising revenue reflected the industry-wide decline in spending by purchasers of Internet advertising.

Revenue patterns for the Personal Finance Division for the first nine months of fiscal 2001 and 2002 were similar to the third quarter trends described above. Revenue decreased 10%, reflecting declines in Quicken and advertising revenue that were partially offset by an increase in online transactions revenue.

Quicken Loans Division

Quicken Loans Division revenue is derived primarily from gains on the sale of loans and post-closing servicing arrangements in bulk to participating financial institutions, and from loan fees we receive for originating loans. All revenue generated by the division is services revenue.

Quicken Loans Division total net revenue increased 24% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. The volume of loans sold grew 29%, reflecting increased consumer demand to refinance mortgage loans in light of relatively low interest rates. The volume increase came from conventional loans, as the volume for government-funded loans and alternative sub-prime loans declined. This was partially offset by a 5% decline in the average revenue per loan, reflecting a decrease in both average gains on sales of loans and average loan fees. While revenue per loan from conventional loans increased, this was more than offset by decreases for government funded loans and alternative sub-prime loans which have higher margins than conventional loans. We expect the revenue growth rates for Quicken Loans to be lower in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the first half of fiscal 2002 and on a year-over-year basis. Mortgage rate increases, the impact of the economic climate on the housing market and other factors could negatively impact the volume of applications and closed loans, particularly our most mortgage-rate sensitive products such as conventional refinancing loans. See “Risks that Could Affect Future Results,” at the end of this Item 2 and “Interest Rate Risk” in Item 3 below.

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volume more than offset declines in government and alternative sub-prime loan volume. This volume growth was partially offset by a slight decline in the average revenue per loan.

Global Business Division

Global Business Division product revenue is derived primarily from Yayoi small business desktop accounting products in Japan, and QuickBooks, Quicken and QuickTax desktop software products in Canada. Global Business Division services revenue primarily consists of revenue from software maintenance contracts sold with Yayoi software in Japan.

Global Business Division total net revenue increased 8% in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. Revenue from Canada increased 57% period to period. This reflected strong tax season results for QuickTax, due in part to the preliminary success of our efforts to reduce unauthorized sharing of desktop software. Tax revenue growth was partially offset by modest revenue declines for QuickBooks and Quicken. Revenue in Japan declined 17% during the quarter compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001, with increased revenue from Yayoi maintenance contracts more than offset by decreased revenue from Yayoi products and by the effect of discontinuing the QuickBooks product line in Japan in the second quarter of fiscal 2002.

Global Business Division total net revenue increased 4% in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2001. This increase included 15% growth in Canada, reflecting increased revenue for tax products that was partially offset by lower QuickBooks and Quicken revenue. Revenue in Japan decreased 12%, with a decline in QuickBooks revenue that was partially offset by increases for other small business products and services.

                                                                                     
Cost of Revenue   Q3   % of Related   Q3   % of Related   Q3 %   YTD   % of Related   YTD   % of Related   YTD %
    FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change   FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)                                        
Cost of revenue:
                                                                               
 
Cost of products
  $ 29.3       12 %   $ 35.1       11 %     20 %   $ 118.8       16 %   $ 141.3       16 %     19 %
 
Cost of services
    39.5       24 %     38.6       19 %     -2 %     108.2       40 %     112.9       30 %     4 %
 
Cost of other revenue
    8.6       46 %     6.8       47 %     (21 )%     21.2       36 %     19.7       40 %     (7 )%
 
Amortization of purchased software
    4.4       —       1.6       —       (64 )%     11.2       —       10.4       —       (7 )%
 
   
             
                     
             
                 
   
Total cost of revenue
  $ 81.8       19 %   $ 82.1       15 %     0 %   $ 259.4       24 %   $ 284.3       22 %     10 %
 
   
             
                     
             
                 

There are four components of our cost of revenue: (1) cost of products, which includes the direct cost of manufacturing and shipping desktop software products; (2) cost of services, which reflects direct costs associated with providing services, including data center costs relating to delivering Internet-based services; (3) cost of other revenue, which includes costs associated with providing advertising and marketing and online transactions; and (4) amortization of purchased software, which represents the cost of depreciating products or services we obtained through acquisitions over their useful lives.

Cost of products as a percentage of product revenue was roughly flat at 11% and 16% for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to 12% and 16% for the same periods in the prior year. We lowered our per-unit materials, manufacturing and shipping costs for our shrink-wrap software products, resulting in significant cost savings. These savings were offset by increased costs associated with improvements to our product distribution function. During the second quarter of fiscal 2002, we established a new third-party retail distribution relationship for our shrink-wrap software products. This distribution relationship enables us to ship a larger percentage of our products directly to our retailers and allows us to provide inventory to our retail customers on a more timely basis. By providing better service to our retailers, we are reducing product returns and related costs.

Cost of services as a percentage of services revenue decreased to 19% and 30% for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to 24% and 40% for the same periods in the prior year. These decreases were attributable primarily to our Quicken Loans Division, which experienced a significantly lower average cost per loan. The decline in average cost per loan reflected greater operational efficiencies, as well as an increase in total loan

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revenue being spread over a fixed cost base that increased only slightly. Our payroll and Web-based tax businesses, which experienced revenue growth over a relatively fixed cost base, also contributed to these decreases.

Cost of other revenue as a percentage of other revenue increased to 47% and 40% for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002 compared to 46% and 36% for the same periods in the prior year. These increases were primarily due to increased data center costs related to our Personal Finance Division’s online transaction businesses.

Amortization of purchased software decreased in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001 because of the impairments of purchased software assets related to our Internet-based advertising business and Site Solutions business that were recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2002. This resulted in a lower base of assets to be amortized in the third quarter of fiscal 2002. Amortization of purchased software decreased slightly in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 compared to the same period of fiscal 2001. This reflects an increase due to the impairment charges that were recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2002 which was more than offset by the lower third quarter fiscal 2002 amortization. See Note 4 of the financial statements.

                                                                                   
Operating Expenses   Q3   % Total Net   Q3   % Total Net   Q3 %   YTD   % Total Net   YTD   % Total Net   YTD %
    FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change   FY01   Revenue   FY02   Revenue   Change
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)                                        
Customer service and technical support
  $ 37.5       9 %   $ 45.8       8 %     22 %   $ 116.1       11 %   $ 137.9       10 %     19 %
Selling and marketing
    68.5       16 %     89.8       17 %     31 %     215.1       20 %     256.7       20 %     19 %
Research and development
    52.7       12 %     52.9       10 %     0 %     155.2       15 %     156.1       12 %     1 %
General and administrative
    23.9       6 %     29.3       5 %     23 %     77.6       7 %     90.1       7 %     16 %
Charge for purchased research and development
    0.2       0 %     —       0 %     (100 )%     0.2       0 %     —       0 %     (100 )%
Charge for vacant facilities
    —       0 %     13.2       2 %     —       —       0 %     13.2       1 %     —  
Acquisition-related charges
    122.6       29 %     37.6       7 %     (69 )%     205.3       19 %     140.7       11 %     (31 )%
Loss on impairment of long-lived asset
    —       0 %     —       0 %     —       —       0 %     27.0       2 %     —  
 
   
     
     
     
             
     
     
     
         
 
Totals
  $ 305.4       72 %   $ 268.6       49 %     (12 )%   $ 769.5       72 %   $ 821.7       63 %     7 %
 
   
     
     
     
             
     
     
     
         

Customer Service and Technical Support

Customer service and technical support expenses were 8% and 10% of total net revenue for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to 9% and 11% of total net revenue for the same periods of the prior year. During both fiscal 2002 comparison periods, we benefited from continued efficiency in providing customer service and technical support less expensively through Web sites and other electronic means. However, this benefit was partially offset by higher direct sales and support costs in the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002 associated with converting the customers of Tax and Accounting Software Corporation (“TAASC”), a company that we acquired in April 2001, to our ProSeries and Lacerte professional tax products. We expect customer service and technical support expenses to decrease as a percentage of total net revenue during the remainder of fiscal 2002 and in fiscal 2003 as TAASC conversion costs gradually decline and we continue to benefit from lower cost electronic customer service and technical support delivery mechanisms.

Selling and Marketing

Selling and marketing expenses were roughly flat as a percentage of revenue between the comparison periods, reflecting 17% and 16% of total net revenue for the third quarters of fiscal 2002 and 2001, and 20% of total net revenue for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 and 2001. The increase in absolute dollars between the third quarter comparison periods was attributable to several factors, including the expansion of our small business marketing programs related to our new QuickBooks products; incremental marketing expenses for our Construction Business Solutions products (which we acquired in November 2001); expansion of our consumer tax and Quicken Loans distribution channels; and our donation of $3.0 million to The Intuit Foundation, which will be used to benefit the community through contributions to selected non-profit organizations. Between the nine-month comparison periods,

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selling and marketing expenses decreased as a percentage of total net revenue for our Quicken Loans and Payroll businesses due to significant revenue growth. However, these declines were substantially offset by the expansion of our small business marketing programs to support the Right for My Business strategy announced in September 2001, as well as the other factors noted above. We expect selling and marketing expenses to increase as a percentage of total net revenue as we market our new QuickBooks products as well as other products we expect to introduce during the remainder of fiscal 2002. We also expect selling and marketing expenses for our Quicken Loans business to increase in order to maintain demand as mortgage interest rates increase.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses were 10% and 12% of total net revenue for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to 12% and 15% of total net revenue for the same periods of the prior year. During the third quarter of fiscal 2002, we increased research and development spending in our highest-growth businesses — small business, consumer tax and professional tax — by approximately 10% compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2001. In particular, we continued to invest in our Right for My Business strategy, including new QuickBooks Premier products launched in the second quarter of fiscal 2002, the Intuit Developer Network, and other new products that we expect to introduce later in the fiscal year. At the same time, we significantly decreased or stopped spending in less strategic areas and discontinued businesses. We also benefited from improvements in our development process that resulted in higher quality and shorter development times for our new QuickBooks products. The net result was that research and development expenses in the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2002 were flat in absolute dollars and declined as a percentage of total net revenue compared to the same periods of the prior fiscal year. During the remainder of fiscal 2002, we expect to continue significant investments in research and development, particularly in the small business area.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses were 5% and 7% of total net revenue for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to 6% and 7% of total net revenue for the same periods of the prior year. We experienced decreases in bad debt charges for both fiscal 2002 comparison periods compared to the same periods a year ago, as we had greater accounts receivable write offs in fiscal 2001 due to the deteriorating financial condition of many Internet companies with whom we did business. These decreases were offset by increased insurance costs and costs associated with our acquisitions of OMware, Inc. in November 2001 and EmployeeMatters, Inc. in December 2000.

Charge for Vacant Facilities

During the quarter ended April 30, 2002, we concluded that we would not occupy two vacant leased buildings in Mountain View, California and that we would be unable to recover a substantial portion of our lease obligations from sublessors. As a result, we recorded a charge of $13.2 million. See Note 10 of the financial statements.

Acquisition-Related Charges

Acquisition-related charges include the amortization of goodwill, purchased intangible assets and deferred compensation expenses arising from acquisitions, and impairment charges relating to certain acquired assets. These costs decreased to $37.6 million and $140.7 million for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, compared to $122.6 and $205.3 million for the same periods of the prior year. Acquisition-related charges for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 included impairment charges related to our Internet-based advertising business and our Site Solutions business that were recorded in the second quarter of fiscal 2002. See Notes 1 and 4 of the financial statements. Acquisition-related charges in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 also reflected amortization of intangibles associated with the acquisitions of EmployeeMatters, Inc. in December 2000, TAASC in April 2001 and OMware, Inc. in November 2001. Acquisition-related charges for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2001 included impairment charges related to the disposition of our Quicken Bill Manager Business that totaled $77 million.

Amortization expense related to completed acquisitions will continue to have a negative impact on our operating results in future periods. If we complete additional acquisitions or if we are required to accelerate amortization or take impairment charges in the future, there would be an incremental negative impact on operating results. See Note 1 of the financial statements, “Recent Pronouncements,” and “Risks That Could Affect Future Results” in this Item 2.

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Loss on Impairment of Long-lived Asset

The loss on impairment of long-lived asset in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 related to the impairment of assets we received in connection with the sale of our Quicken Bill Manager business in May 2001. See Note 9 of the financial statements. We regularly perform reviews to determine if the carrying values of our long-lived assets are impaired. During the first quarter of fiscal 2002, we recorded a charge of $27 million to reduce the carrying value of this asset to zero.

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

Interest and Other Income and Expense, Net

For the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, interest and other income and expense, net, decreased to $8.3 million and $28.6 million compared to $15.1 million and $47.7 million for the same periods a year ago. These decreases were due to a sharp decline in the interest we earned on our cash and short-term investment balances, reflecting significant decreases in market interest rates during those periods.

Gains (Losses) on Marketable Securities and Other Investments, Net of Taxes

For the third quarter of fiscal 2002, we recorded a gain from marketable securities and other investments, net of taxes, of $1.4 million, compared to a loss of $11.5 million in the same period in the prior year. In the first nine months of fiscal 2002, we recorded a loss of $9.3 million, compared to a loss of $87.3 million for the same period a year ago. See Note 3 of the financial statements. The $9.3 million loss in the first nine months of fiscal 2002 included, among other things, a $7.2 million loss attributable to declines during the period in the market prices of Excite@Home, 724 Solutions and our S1 options, and a loss of $3.3 million for other-than-temporary declines in value relating to certain long-term investments recorded at cost. We considered our shares of Excite@Home and 724 Solutions common stock as trading securities. As a result, market fluctuations were reflected in our consolidated statement of operations for the period. However, we sold all of our remaining shares of these securities, as well as our S1 options, during the first quarter of fiscal 2002. As of April 30, 2002, we continued to hold marketable securities and long-term investments in privately held companies carried at approximately $62 million on our balance sheet, down from approximately $109 million as of July 31, 2001 due to sales and write-downs. We review the values of our investments each quarter and make adjustments as appropriate. If the value of these remaining securities continues to decline significantly in the future, it would have a negative impact on our financial results.

Gain on Divestiture

In March 2002, we paid $12.0 million to terminate a $20.3 million obligation for an interactive services agreement related to our Quicken Bill Manager business, which we sold in May 2001. We wrote off the $27 million asset acquired in connection with that sale in the first quarter of fiscal 2002 (see Note 9 of the financial statements). In connection with the termination of the interactive services agreement, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $8.3 million. See Note 11 of the financial statements. In the second quarter of fiscal 2001, we recorded a pre-tax gain on divestiture of $1.6 million that related to the sale of our Quicken Insurance business.

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Income Taxes

For the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002, we recorded income tax provisions of $67.9 million and $50.9 million on pretax income of $212.4 million and $222.8 million, resulting in effective tax rates of 32% and 23%. This compares to income tax provisions of $55.3 million and $38.6 million on pretax income of $41.4 million and $3.3 million for the same periods of the prior year. Our effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2002 differs from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the tax benefit related to a divestiture that became available during the second quarter of fiscal 2002. Our effective tax rates for the third quarter and first nine months of fiscal 2001 differ from the federal statutory rate primarily due to impairment losses which did not create a tax benefit. At April 30, 2002 and July 31, 2001, we had a valuation allowance of $11.4 million for tax assets of our global subsidiaries based on management’s assessment that we may not receive the benefit of certain loss carryforwards.

Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting For Derivatives, Net

For the quarter ended October 31, 2000, we recorded a cumulative gain of $14.3 million, net of taxes, as a result of a change in accounting principles that recognized the cumulative effect of the fair value of our S1 options as of August 1, 2000. See Note 3 of the financial statements. Subsequent fluctuations in the fair value of these options were included in our net income or net loss.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At April 30, 2002, our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments totaled $1,751.9 million, a $182.5 million increase from July 31, 2001.

We generated $336.8 million in cash from our operations during the nine months ended April 30, 2002. The primary components of cash provided by operations were net income of $171.9 million and adjustments made for non-cash expenses, including acquisition-related charges and deferred compensation of $153.3 million, depreciation charges of $50.6 million and an impairment loss on a long-lived asset of $27.0 million. Other accrued liabilities also increased $83.2 million due to the seasonality of our business. These were partially offset by an increase of $156.3 million in mortgage loans as a result of increased loan volumes for the Quicken Loans division and an increase of $94.3 million in customer deposits and accounts receivable, also due to the seasonality of our business.

Investing activities used $228.5 million in cash for the nine months ended April 30, 2002. We received proceeds of $1,905.8 million from the maturity and sale of certain short-term investments, which were more than offset by purchases of short-term investments of $2,085.1 million. As a result of our continued investment in information systems and infrastructure, we also purchased property and equipment of $48.2 million during the period.

We used $104.2 million in cash for our financing activities for the nine months ended April 30, 2002. The primary component of cash used was $149.3 million for the repurchase of treasury stock through our stock repurchase program. See Note 17 of the financial statements. This was partially offset by proceeds of $72.6 million received from the issuance of common stock under employee stock plans.

In the normal course of business, we enter into leases for new or expanded facilities in both domestic and global locations. We also evaluate, on an ongoing basis, the merits of acquiring technology or businesses, or establishing strategic relationships with and investing in other companies. We may decide to use cash and cash equivalents to fund such activities in the future. In May 2001, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program covering up to $500 million of common stock over a three-year period. As of April 30, 2002, we had repurchased a total of $157.6 million of common stock since the inception of the program.

We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments will be sufficient to meet anticipated seasonal working capital and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next twelve months.

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The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at April 30, 2002:

                                           
      Payments Due by Period
     
      Less than 1   1-3   4-5   After 5        
      year   years   years   years   Total
(In millions)  
 
 
 
 
Contractual Obligations
                                       
Short-term notes payable
  $ 17.5     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 17.5  
Long-term debt
    —       4.3       2.8       4.1       11.2  
Operating leases
    30.5       52.7       45.0       40.7       168.9  
Other obligations
    25.2       —       —       —       25.2  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total contractual cash obligations
  $ 73.2     $ 57.0     $ 47.8     $ 44.8     $ 222.8  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 

The following table summarizes our commercial commitments at April 30, 2002:

                                           
      Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period
     
      Less than 1   1-3   4-5   After 5        
      year   years   years   years   Total
(In millions)  
 
 
 
 
Other Commercial Commitments
                                       
Line of credit
  $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —  
Loan commitments
    624.1       —       —       —       624.1  
Future sale commitments
    200.9       —       —       —       200.9  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 
 
Total commercial commitments
  $ 825.0     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 825.0  
 
   
     
     
     
     
 

Reserves for Returns and Rebates

Activity in our reserves for returns and exchanges and for rebates during the nine months ended April 30, 2002 and comparative balances at April 30, 2001 were as follows:

                                         
    Balance   Additions           Balance   Balance
    July 31,   Charged to   Returns/   April 30,   April 30,
    2001   Expense   Redemptions   2002   2001
(In thousands)  
 
 
 
 
Reserve for returns and exchanges
  $ 31,510     $ 88,451     $ (63,888 )   $ 56,073     $ 68,654  
Rebates
    10,130       92,155       (72,256 )     30,029       30,340  

Reserves for returns and exchanges were lower as of April 30, 2002 compared to April 30, 2001 despite fiscal 2002 revenue growth due to improved distributor and retail channel inventory management and to channel mix shifts in QuickBooks sales from retail to direct. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Cost of Revenue.”

Recent Pronouncements

On June 29, 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 141, “Business Combinations,” and SFAS 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

SFAS 141 supersedes APB Opinion No. 16, “Business Combinations,” and eliminates the pooling-of-interests method of accounting for business combinations, thus requiring that all business combinations be accounted for using the purchase method. The requirements of SFAS 141 apply to all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001.

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SFAS 142 supercedes APB Opinion No. 17, “Intangible Assets,” and provides that goodwill and other intangible assets that have an indefinite useful life will no longer be amortized. However, these assets must be reviewed at least annually for impairment. SFAS 142 applies to all business combinations completed after June 30, 2001. For business combinations completed before July 1, 2001, we will adopt SFAS 142 effective August 1, 2002. We are currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 142 on our financial position and statement of operations. We expect the adoption of SFAS 142 to reduce our ongoing quarterly amortization of goodwill expense significantly, commencing with the first quarter of fiscal 2003. However, it is possible that in the future, we would incur less frequent, but larger, impairment charges related to the goodwill already recorded, as well as goodwill arising out of future acquisitions as we continue to expand our business.

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets,” which applies to financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS 144 supersedes FASB Statement 121, “Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of,” and portions of APB Opinion 30, “Reporting the Results of Operations.” SFAS 144 provides a single accounting model for long-lived assets we expect to dispose of and significantly changes the criteria for classifying an asset as held-for-sale. This classification is important because held-for-sale assets are not depreciated and are stated at the lower of fair value or carrying amount. SFAS 144 also requires expected future operating losses from discontinued operations to be displayed in the period(s) in which the losses are actually incurred, rather than when the amount of the loss is estimated, as presently required. We will adopt SFAS 144 effective August 1, 2002 and do not expect the adoption of SFAS 144 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In November 2001, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) released Issue No. 01-09, “Accounting for Consideration Given by a Vendor to a Customer or a Reseller of the Vendor’s Product,” which applies to annual or interim financial statement periods beginning after December 15, 2001. The release provides that cash consideration (including sales incentives) that we give to our customers or resellers should be accounted for as a reduction of revenue unless we receive a benefit that is identifiable and that can be reasonably estimated. We adopted this new release prospectively to transactions beginning in the third quarter of fiscal 2002. The adoption of EITF Issue No. 01-09 did not have a material impact on our total net revenue.

Risks That Could Affect Future Results

The factors discussed below are cautionary statements that identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q. Our fiscal 2001 Form 10-K and other SEC filings contain additional details about these risks, as well as other risks that could affect future results.

Our revenue and earnings are highly seasonal, which causes significant quarterly fluctuations in our revenue and net income. Several of our businesses are highly seasonal — particularly our tax business, but also small business and personal finance to a lesser extent. This causes significant quarterly fluctuations in our financial results. Revenue and operating results are usually strongest during the second and third fiscal quarters ending January 31 and April 30. We typically experience lower revenues, and significant operating losses, in the first and fourth quarters ending October 31 and July 31.

Acquisition-related costs can cause significant fluctuation in our net income. Our acquisitions have resulted in significant expenses, including amortization of purchased software (which is reflected in cost of revenue), as well as charges for in-process research and development and amortization of goodwill, purchased intangibles and deferred compensation (which are reflected in operating expenses). Total acquisition-related costs in the categories identified above were $100.7 million in fiscal 1999, $168.1 million in fiscal 2000, $263.4 million in fiscal 2001 (including charges of $78.7 million to write down the long-lived intangible assets related to three acquisitions), $37.6 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 and $140.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2002. Additional acquisitions, and any additional impairment of the value of purchased assets, could have a significant negative impact on future operating results.

Gains and losses related to marketable securities and other investments can cause significant fluctuations in our net income. Our investment activities have had a significant impact on our net income. We recorded pre-tax net gains from marketable securities and other investments of $579.2 million in fiscal 1999 and $481.1 million in fiscal 2000 and pre-tax net losses of $98.1 million in fiscal 2001. We recorded a pre-tax gain of $1.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2002 and a pre-tax loss of $9.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2002. Any additional significant long-term declines in value of these securities could reduce our net income in future periods.

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Recent changes to Financial Accounting Standards Board guidelines relating to accounting for goodwill could make our acquisition-related charges less predictable in any given reporting period. The FASB recently adopted a new standard for accounting for goodwill acquired in a business combination. It continues to require recognition of goodwill as an asset but does not permit amortization of goodwill as previously required. Under the new statement, goodwill is separately tested for impairment using a fair-value-based approach at least annually and also when an event occurs indicating the potential for impairment. The shift from an amortization approach to an impairment approach applies to all acquisitions completed after June 30, 2001. When we adopt the new standard, which we expect will be in the first quarter of fiscal 2003, it will also apply to previously recorded goodwill and our goodwill amortization charges will cease as a result. However, it is possible that in the future, we would incur less frequent, but larger, impairment charges related to the goodwill already recorded and to goodwill arising out of future acquisitions as we continue to expand our business.

Our acquisitions can result in business integration challenges. Our recent acquisitions have expanded our product and service offerings, personnel and geographic locations. A key component of our “Right for My Business” strategy is to continue to expand our product and service offerings in the small business accounting and management segment, and we expect that a significant portion of this expansion will result from acquisitions. Integrating and organizing acquired businesses creates challenges for our operational, financial and management information systems, as well as for our product development processes. If we do not adequately address issues presented by growth through acquisitions, we may not fully realize the intended benefits (including financial benefits) of these acquisitions.

A general decline in economic conditions could lead to reduced demand for our products and services. The recent downturn in general economic conditions has led to reduced demand for a variety of goods and services, including many technology products, and we believe the economic decline was partially responsible for slower than expected growth in our Small Business Division during fiscal 2001 and the first half of fiscal 2002. Although we experienced solid revenue growth in most of our businesses during the third quarter of fiscal 2002, the future economic environment remains uncertain. If conditions decline, or fail to improve, in geographic areas that are significant to us, such as the United States, Canada and Japan, we could see a significant decrease in the overall demand for our products and services that could harm our operating results.

We face competitive pressures in all of our businesses, particularly our consumer tax preparation software business, which can have a negative impact on our revenue, profitability and market position. There are formidable current and potential competitors in the private sector. For example, our primary competitor in the consumer tax preparation market offered its products during part of this tax year at a price of $0 after a rebate. We also face potential competition from publicly funded government entities seeking to competitively enter private markets in the United States for consumer electronic financial services. If federal and/or state governmental agencies are ultimately successful in their efforts to provide tax preparation and filing services to consumers, it could have a significant negative impact on our financial results in future years. We expect competition to remain intense during the remainder of fiscal 2002 and beyond.

If we fail to maintain reliable and responsive service levels for our electronic tax offerings, we could lose revenue and customers. Our online tax preparation and electronic tax filing services face significant challenges in maintaining high service levels, particularly during peak volume service times. For example, we experienced relatively brief unscheduled interruptions in our electronic filing/and or tax preparation services during fiscal 2000 and 2001, and we reached maximum capacity for a short period on April 15, 2002. We do not believe any prior service outages had a material financial impact, prevented a significant number of customers from completing and filing their returns in a timely manner, or posed a risk that customer data would be lost or corrupted. However, we did experience negative publicity in some instances. The exact level of demand for Quicken TurboTax for the Web and electronic filing is impossible to predict, and we could experience adverse financial and public relations consequences if these services are unavailable in the future for an extended period of time, or late in the tax season, due to technical difficulties or other reasons.

It is unlikely that the revenue and profit growth rates experienced by our Quicken Loans Division during the past two years will be sustainable long-term, either on a year-over-year basis or on a sequential quarter basis. Mortgage interest rate increases, the impact of the economic climate on the housing market and other factors could result in significantly lower revenue and profit growth for our mortgage business. Increases in mortgage interest rates and other interest rates adversely affected our mortgage business during fiscal 2000, contributing to a significant revenue decline from fiscal 1999 to fiscal 2000. Conversely, declines in mortgage interest rates during

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fiscal 2001 and the first nine months of fiscal 2002 had a positive impact on revenue. If mortgage rates rise again, this could negatively impact the volume of applications and closed loans, particularly our most mortgage-rate sensitive products such as conventional refinancing loans. Fluctuations in non-mortgage rates also create risks with respect to the loans on our balance sheet and impact our cost of funds to provide loans. In addition, our ability to successfully streamline the online application, approval, and closing process will have a significant impact on our ability to attract customers to our mortgage service, and on our ability to continue increasing the percentage of our mortgage revenue generated through the online channel compared to branch offices. We must also maintain relationships with certain banks and other third parties who we rely on to provide access to capital, and later, purchase and service the loans. If we are unable to maintain key relationships, or if the terms of key relationships change to be less favorable to Intuit, it could have a negative impact on our mortgage business and on Intuit’s financial results.

It is unlikely that the revenue and profit growth rates experienced by our Payroll businesses during the past two years will be sustainable long-term, either on a year-over-year basis or on a sequential- quarter basis. We had strong revenue and profit growth during fiscal 2001, especially during the second half of the year, due to significant price increases, a shift toward a mix of higher-priced products and a large number of new payroll customers as a result of tax law changes for 2000. In the first quarter of fiscal 2002, we again increased prices. We do not expect that future price increases will contribute as significantly to revenue growth as they have in the recent past.

It is too early to provide any assurance that our “Right for My Business” strategy will generate substantial and sustained revenue growth in the small business accounting and business management segments. Sales to both existing customers and new customers of our QuickBooks desktop products during fiscal 2001 and early in fiscal 2002 were lower than expected. We cannot rely solely on this source of revenue to provide sustainable future growth for our Small Business Division. In September 2001, we announced our “Right for My Business” strategy to better address the broader small business management opportunities beyond accounting for companies with fewer than 25 employees. However, it is too early to provide any assurance that this strategy will generate substantial and sustained revenue growth in the small business accounting and management segments. To the extent that growth will result from acquisitions, we will face business integration challenges. See “Risks That Could Affect Future Results — Our acquisitions can result in business integration challenges” above.

Despite our efforts to adequately staff and equip our customer service and technical support operations, we cannot always respond promptly to customer requests for assistance. We occasionally experience customer service and support problems, including longer than expected “hold” times when our staffing is inadequate to handle higher than anticipated call volume, and a large number of inquiries from customers checking on the status of product orders when the timing of shipments fails to meet customer expectations. This can adversely affect customer relationships and our financial performance. In order to improve our customer service and technical support, we must continue to focus on eliminating underlying causes of service and support calls through product improvements and better order fulfillment processes, and on more accurately anticipating demand for customer service and technical support.

We rely on two third-party vendors to handle all outsourced aspects of our primary retail desktop software product launches and to replenish product in the retail channel after the primary launch. To manufacture and distribute our primary retail products at the time of product launches and to replenish products in the retail channel after the primary launch, we have an exclusive manufacturing relationship with Modus Media, and an exclusive distribution arrangement with Ingram Micro Logistics. While we believe that relying on only two outsourcers for product launches and replenishment improves the efficiency and reliability of these activities, relying on any vendor for a significant aspect of our business can have severe negative consequences if the vendor fails to perform at acceptable service levels for any reason.

We rely on one third-party vendor to handle all outsourced aspects of our financial supplies business. We have an exclusive contract with John H. Harland Company to print and fulfill supplies orders for all of our checks and most other products for our financial supplies business. Harland fulfilled orders for about 75% to 80% of our supplies revenue in fiscal 2000 and 2001, and more than 80% of our supplies revenue for both the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal 2002. We believe that relying on one supplies vendor improves customer service and maximizes operational efficiencies for our supplies business. However, if there are significant problems with Harland’s performance, it could have a material negative impact on sales of supplies and on Intuit’s business as a whole.

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significant risk, and we have experienced lawsuits and negative publicity relating to privacy issues. For example, during fiscal 2000 and fiscal 2001, there were press articles criticizing our privacy and security practices as they relate to the connectivity of our desktop software to our Web sites. We have faced lawsuits and negative press alleging that we improperly shared information about customers with third-party “ad servers” for our Web sites. A major breach of customer privacy or security by Intuit, or even by another company, could have serious consequences for our businesses, including reduced customer interest and/or additional regulation by federal or state agencies. In addition, the federal government has developed mandatory privacy and security standards and protocols, and we have incurred significant expenses to comply with these requirements. Additional similar federal and state laws may be passed in the future, and the cost of complying with additional legislation could have a negative impact on our operating results. If Internet use does not grow as a result of privacy or security concerns, increasing regulation or for other reasons, the growth of our Internet-based businesses would be hindered.

Actual product returns may exceed returns reserves, particularly for our tax preparation software. We ship more desktop products to our distributors and retailers than we expect them to sell, in order to reduce the risk that distributors or retailers will run out of products. This is particularly true for our tax products, which have a short selling season. Like most software companies, we have a liberal product return policy and we have historically accepted significant product returns. We establish reserves for product returns in our financial statements, based on estimated future returns of products. We closely monitor levels of product sales and inventory in the retail channel in an effort to maintain reserves that are adequate to cover expected returns. In the past, returns have not generally exceeded these reserves. However, if we do experience actual returns that significantly exceed reserves, it would result in lower net revenue. See “Critical Accounting Policies — Net Revenue — Return and Rebate Reserves” at the beginning of this Item 2.

Our ability to conduct business could be impacted by a variety of factors such as electrical power interruptions, earthquakes, fires, terrorist activities and other similar events. Our business operations depend on the efficient and uninterrupted operation of a large number of computer and communications hardware and software systems. These systems are vulnerable to damage or interruption from electrical power interruptions, telecommunication failures, earthquakes, fires, floods, terrorist activities and their aftermath, and other similar events. Other unpredictable events could also impact our ability to continue our business operations. For our Internet-based services, system failures of our internal server operations or those of various third-party service providers could result in interruption in our services to our customers. Any significant interruptions in our ability to conduct our business operations could reduce our revenue and operating income. Our business interruption insurance may not adequately compensate us for the impact of interruptions to our business operations.

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ITEM 3
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

We do not hold derivative financial instruments in our short-term investment portfolio. Our short-term investments consist of instruments that meet quality standards consistent with our investment policy. This policy dictates that, for short-term investments, we diversify our holdings and limit our short-term investments with any individual issuer in a managed portfolio to a maximum of $5 million.

Marketable Securities

We carried balances in marketable equity securities as of April 30, 2002 that are subject to considerable market risk due to their volatility. If our available-for-sale securities experience further declines in fair value that are considered other-than-temporary, we will reflect the additional loss in our net income in the period when the subsequent impairment becomes apparent. See Note 3 of the financial statements for more information regarding risks related to our investments in marketable securities.

Interest Rate Risk

Interest rate risk represents a component of market risk to us and represents the possibility that changes in interest rates will cause unfavorable changes in our net income and in the value of our interest rate sensitive assets, liabilities and commitments, particularly those that relate to our mortgage and payroll businesses. In a higher interest rate environment, borrower demand for mortgage loans generally declines, adversely affecting our mortgage loan business. Interest rate movements also affect the interest income earned on loans we hold for sale in the secondary market, interest expense on our lines of credit, the value of our mortgage loans and ultimately the gain or loss on the sale of those mortgage loans. In addition, interest rate movements affect the interest income we earn on payroll customer funds we hold and investments we hold in our short-term investment portfolio, as well as the value of our short-term investments.

As part of our risk management programs, we enter into financial agreements and purchase financial instruments in the normal course of business to manage our exposure to interest rate risk with respect to our conventional mortgage loans and our government-insured loans (together, “Prime Loans”), but not with respect to our sub-prime loans or home equity lines of credit. We use these financial agreements and financial instruments for the explicit purpose of managing interest rate risks to protect the value of our mortgage loan portfolio and not for trading purposes.

We actively monitor and manage our exposure to interest rate risk on Prime Loans, which is incurred in the normal course of business. The portfolio of prime loans, including those in the pipeline, and the related forward commitments are valued on a daily basis. We refer to the loans, pipeline, and forward commitments together as the “Hedge Position.” We evaluate the Hedge Position against a spectrum of interest rate scenarios to determine expected net changes in the fair values of the Hedge Position in relation to the changes in interest rates. Based on our analysis of our hedge position at April 30, 2002, we do not believe that short-term changes in interest rates will have a material effect on the interest income we earn on loans held for sale in the secondary market or the value of mortgage loans. See Notes 1, 5 and 12 of the financial statements for more information regarding risks related to our mortgage loans and lines of credit.

A change in interest rates may also potentially have a material impact on the interest income earned on our cash equivalents and short-term investments held at April 30, 2002.

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Impact of Foreign Currency Rate Changes

We translate foreign currencies into U.S dollars for reporting purposes; currency fluctuations can have an impact, though generally immaterial, on our results. We believe that our exposure to currency exchange fluctuation risk is insignificant primarily because our global subsidiaries invoice customers and satisfy their financial obligations almost exclusively in their local currencies. For the three quarters presented there was an immaterial currency exchange impact from our intercompany transactions. Currency exchange risk is also minimized since foreign debt is due exclusively in local foreign currencies. As of April 30, 2002, we did not engage in foreign currency hedging activities.

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PART II
ITEM 1
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On March 3, 2000, a class action lawsuit, Bruce v. Intuit Inc., was filed in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division. Two virtually identical lawsuits were later filed: Rubin v. Intuit Inc., was filed on March 8, 2000 in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York and Newby v. Intuit Inc. was filed on April 27, 2000, in the United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern Division. The Bruce and Newby lawsuits were consolidated into one lawsuit, In re Intuit Privacy Litigation, filed on July 28, 2000 in the United States District Court of California, Eastern Division. Following Intuit’s successful motion to dismiss several of the claims, an amended complaint was filed on May 2, 2001. A similar lawsuit, Almanza v. Intuit Inc. was filed on March 22, 2000 in the Superior Court of the State of California, San Bernardino County, Rancho Cucamonga Division. An amended complaint in the Almanza suit was filed on October 26, 2000. These purported class actions alleged violations of various federal and California statutes and common law claims for invasion of privacy based upon the alleged intentional disclosure to third parties of personal and private customer information entered at Intuit’s Quicken.com Web site. The complaints sought injunctive relief, orders to disgorge profits related to the alleged acts, and statutory and other damages. In August 2001, Intuit and the plaintiffs’ counsel in all of the cases except Rubin reached an agreement in principle to resolve the cases, subject to court approval, based on terms that are not material to Intuit. The Rubin case was dismissed on November 19, 2001.

Intuit is subject to other legal proceedings, as well as demands, claims and threatened litigation, that arise in the normal course of our business. We currently believe that the ultimate amount of liability, if any, for any pending claims of any type (either alone or combined) will not materially affect our financial position, results of operations or liquidity. However, the ultimate outcome of any litigation is uncertain, and either unfavorable or favorable outcomes could have a material negative impact. Regardless of outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on Intuit because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

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ITEM 5
OTHER MATTERS

CHANGES IN EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

On April 17, 2002, we promoted Daniel L. Manack to the position of Senior Vice President, Accountant Business. Mr. Manack joined Intuit as Vice President, Professional Products Group in January 2002. Prior to joining Intuit, he was Senior Vice President of E-Markets Group Operations at Peregrine Systems, Inc. from May 2001 to January 2002 and Senior Vice President at Peregrine Solutions from June 2000 to May 2001. Prior to the acquisition of Harbinger Corporation by Peregine Systems, Inc. in June 2000, Mr. Manack was Executive Vice President of Operations at Harbinger Corporation from January 2000 to June 2000, Senior Vice President — Market Executive of New Clients from February 1999 to January 2000, Senior Vice President of World Professional Services from February 1998 to February 1999 and Vice President & General Manager of Professional Services and Outsourcing Practice from January 1997 to February 1998. Mr. Manack holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering degree from West Virginia University and a Masters Business Administration degree from the University of Dallas.

Effective May 31, 2002, Catherine L. Valentine resigned as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Intuit.

ANNUAL MEETING DATE

The date for Intuit’s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders is currently scheduled for December 12, 2002.

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ITEM 6
EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

We have filed the following exhibits as part of this report:

                                 
            Incorporated By Reference
Exhibit       Filed with this  
No.   Exhibit Description   Form 10-Q   Form   File No.   Date Filed

 
 
 
 
 
3.01   Bylaws of Intuit, as amended and restated effective May 1, 2002   X
10.01†   Intuit Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, effective March 15, 2002   X
10.02†   Amended Secured Balloon Payment Bridge Loan Promissory Note (for the principal amount of $1,044,000) between Intuit and Tom Allanson, dated April 18, 2002   X


†   Management compensatory plan or arrangement.

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Reports on Form 8-K during the third quarter of fiscal 2002 and through the filing date of this Form 10-Q:

        1.    On February 14, 2002, Intuit filed a Form 8-K to report under Item 5 its financial results for the quarter ended January 31, 2002. We included in the 8-K Intuit’s balance sheets and statements of operations as of and for the second quarter ended January 31, 2002.
 
        2.    On May 13, 2002, Intuit filed a Form 8-K to report under Item 5 that on May 8, 2002 Intuit announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire CBS Employer Services, Inc. and to report under Item 5 that on May 9, 2002 Intuit announced that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire The Flagship Group (the holding company of American Fundware, Inc.). We did not file financial statements with this report.
 
        3.    On May 17, 2002, Intuit filed a Form 8-K to report under Item 5 its financial results for the quarter ended April 30, 2002. We included in the report Intuit’s consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations as of and for the third quarter ended April 30, 2002.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

     
  INTUIT INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
 
Date: May 31, 2002 By: /s/ Greg J. Santora
   
    Greg J. Santora
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Authorized Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

     
Exhibit    
Number   Description

 
3.01   Bylaws of Intuit, as amended and restated effective May 1, 2002
10.01†   Intuit, Inc. Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, effective March 15, 2002
10.02†   Amended Secured Balloon Payment Bridge Loan Promissory Note (for the principal amount of $1,044,000) between Intuit and Tom Allanson, dated April 18, 2002


†   Management compensatory plan or arrangement.

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