Revenues
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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Revenues
Note 3
: Revenues
Revenues by type and geography
The following tables disaggregate revenues by type and geography and reconciles them to reportable segments (see note 4)
.
 
  Revenues by type
 
Legal
Professionals
   
Corporates
   
Tax &
Accounting
Professionals
   
Reuters News
   
Global Print
   
Total
 
  Year ended December 31,
 
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020  
  Recurring
 
 
2,523
 
 
 
2,367
 
 
 
1,218
 
 
 
1,143
 
 
 
733
 
 
 
682
 
 
 
576
 
 
 
566
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
5,050
 
 
 
4,758
 
  Transactions
 
 
189
 
 
 
168
 
 
 
231
 
 
 
224
 
 
 
173
 
 
 
154
 
 
 
98
 
 
 
62
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
691
 
 
 
608
 
  Global Print
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
609
 
 
 
620
 
 
 
609
 
 
 
620
 
  Eliminations/Rounding
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(2)
 
 
 
(2)
 
  Total
 
 
2,712
 
 
 
2,535
 
 
 
1,449
 
 
 
1,367
 
 
 
906
 
 
 
836
 
 
 
674
 
 
 
628
 
 
 
609
 
 
 
620
 
 
 
6,348
 
 
 
5,984
 
 
  Revenues by geography
  (country of destination)
 
Legal
Professionals
   
Corporates
   
Tax &
Accounting
Professionals
   
Reuters News
   
Global Print
   
Total
 
  Year ended December 31,
 
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
(1)
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020    
 
    2021
 
        2020  
  U.S.
 
 
2,139
 
 
 
2,027
 
 
 
1,197
 
 
 
1,129
 
 
 
750
 
 
 
704
 
 
 
119
 
 
 
418
 
 
 
424
 
 
 
436
 
 
 
4,629
 
 
 
4,714
 
  Canada (country of domicile)
 
 
64
 
 
 
51
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
10
 
 
 
33
 
 
 
27
 
 
 
4
 
 
 
4
 
 
 
83
 
 
 
81
 
 
 
194
 
 
 
173
 
  Other
 
 
25
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
49
 
 
 
45
 
 
 
90
 
 
 
76
 
 
 
7
 
 
 
9
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
188
 
 
 
166
 
  Americas (North America, Latin America, South America)
 
 
2,228
 
 
 
2,097
 
 
 
1,256
 
 
 
1,184
 
 
 
873
 
 
 
807
 
 
 
130
 
 
 
431
 
 
 
524
 
 
 
534
 
 
 
5,011
 
 
 
5,053
 
  U.K.
 
 
276
 
 
 
249
 
 
 
107
 
 
 
109
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
376
 
 
 
35
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
819
 
 
 
449
 
  Other
 
 
69
 
 
 
60
 
 
 
49
 
 
 
41
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
2
 
 
 
110
 
 
 
105
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
15
 
 
 
244
 
 
 
223
 
  EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
 
 
345
 
 
 
309
 
 
 
156
 
 
 
150
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
17
 
 
 
486
 
 
 
140
 
 
 
57
 
 
 
56
 
 
 
1,063
 
 
 
672
 
  Asia Pacific
 
 
139
 
 
 
129
 
 
 
37
 
 
 
33
 
 
 
14
 
 
 
12
 
 
 
58
 
 
 
57
 
 
 
28
 
 
 
30
 
 
 
276
 
 
 
261
 
  Eliminations/Rounding
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
(2)
 
 
 
(2)
 
  Total
 
 
2,712
 
 
 
2,535
 
 
 
1,449
 
 
 
1,367
 
 
 
906
 
 
 
836
 
 
 
674
 
 
 
628
 
 
 
609
 
 
 
620
 
 
 
6,348
 
 
 
5,984
 
(1)
Revenues from the Reuters News agreement with LSEG’s Refinitiv business were moved from the U.S. to the U.K. in January
2021
following the sale of Refinitiv, a U.S. company, to LSEG, a U.K. company.
Contract liabilities
 
    
December 31,
 
       
     
    2021
    
    2020
    
    2019
 
Deferred revenue
  
 
874
 
  
 
866
 
  
 
833
 
Deferred revenue at December 31
, 2021
increased compared to the balance at December 31
, 2020
as cash payments received or due in advance of satisfying performance obligations exceeded $817 million of revenues recognized from the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period.    
Deferred revenue at December 31
, 2020
increased compared to the balance at December 31
, 2019
as cash payments received or due in advance of satisfying performance obligations exceeded $786 million of revenues recognized from the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of the period.    
Costs to obtain a contract
Amortization of deferred commissions was $139 million and $128 million for the years ending December 31
, 2021
and 2020, respectively, and was recorded within ”Operating expenses” in the consolidated income statement.

 
Remaining performance obligations
As of December 31
, 2021
, remaining performance obligations were $16.7 billion (2020
-
$16.0 billion), including the portion recorded as deferred revenue. The Company expects to recognize these revenues as follows:
 
   
December 31,
 
     
    
                2021
   
                            2020
 
1 year
 
 
25%
 
 
 
25
%
 
Between 1 and 2 years
 
 
13%
 
 
 
13
%
 
Between 2 and 3 years
 
 
8%
 
 
 
8
%
 
Later than 3 years
 
 
54%
 
 
 
54
%
 
The remaining performance obligations later than three
years largely relate to an agreement under which the Reuters News business supplies news and editorial content to LSEG’s Refinitiv business for a minimum amount of revenue through October 1
, 2048
. In 2021
, the Company recorded $339 million (2020
-
$336 million) of revenues under this agreement, which represent the current minimum annual value. However, these revenues may increase further as the contract requires adjustments
 
related to changes in the consumer price index and foreign exchange rates (see note 31). As permitted by IFRS 15,
Revenue from
Contracts with Customers
, the Company excluded performance obligations for contracts with an original expected duration of less than one year from its disclosure.