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Blucora, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Monday, 11/9/20, at 6:50am ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1068875-20-166   ·   File #:  0-25131

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

11/09/20  Blucora, Inc.                     10-Q        9/30/20   73:8.3M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.08M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     21K 
12: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
13: R2          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     HTML    134K 
14: R3          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets     HTML     31K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
15: R4          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    104K 
                Comprehensive Income (Loss)                                      
16: R5          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    126K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
17: R6          Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of      HTML    134K 
                Cash Flows                                                       
18: R7          Description of the Business                         HTML     30K 
19: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     41K 
20: R9          Acquisitions                                        HTML     72K 
21: R10         Segment Information and Revenues                    HTML    137K 
22: R11         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     43K 
23: R12         Debt                                                HTML     45K 
24: R13         Leases                                              HTML     98K 
25: R14         Balance Sheet Components                            HTML     40K 
26: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     64K 
27: R16         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     24K 
28: R17         Other Loss, Net                                     HTML     43K 
29: R18         Income Taxes                                        HTML     32K 
30: R19         Net Income Per Share                                HTML     45K 
31: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
                (Policies)                                                       
32: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     35K 
                (Tables)                                                         
33: R22         Acquisitions (Tables)                               HTML     67K 
34: R23         Segment Information and Revenues (Tables)           HTML    140K 
35: R24         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     39K 
36: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     36K 
37: R26         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     59K 
38: R27         Balance Sheet Components (Tables)                   HTML     42K 
39: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     61K 
40: R29         Other Loss, Net (Tables)                            HTML     42K 
41: R30         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     28K 
42: R31         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     43K 
43: R32         Description of the Business (Details)               HTML     22K 
44: R33         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Cash   HTML     29K 
                and Cash Equivalents (Details)                                   
45: R34         Acquisitions - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     64K 
46: R35         Acquisitions - Fair Values of Assets Acquired and   HTML     72K 
                Liabilities Assumed (Details)                                    
47: R36         Acquisitions - Identified Intangible Assets         HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
48: R37         Acquisitions - Pro Forma Financial Information      HTML     26K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R38         Segment Information and Revenues - Information on   HTML     83K 
                Reportable Segments (Details)                                    
50: R39         Segment Information and Revenues - Details of       HTML     53K 
                Wealth Management Revenues (Details)                             
51: R40         Segment Information and Revenues - Details of Tax   HTML     68K 
                Preparation Revenues (Details)                                   
52: R41         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Schedule of  HTML     46K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
53: R42         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets - Narrative    HTML     23K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R43         Debt - Schedule of Company's Debt (Details)         HTML     35K 
55: R44         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     82K 
56: R45         Leases - Operating Lease Expense (Details)          HTML     44K 
57: R46         Leases - Supplement Balance Sheet Information       HTML     31K 
                Related to Leases (Details)                                      
58: R47         Leases - Maturities of Operating Lease Liabilities  HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R48         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     48K 
60: R49         Balance Sheet Components - Prepaid Expenses and     HTML     35K 
                Other Current Assets (Details)                                   
61: R50         Balance Sheet Components - Accrued Expenses and     HTML     40K 
                Other Current Liabilities (Details)                              
62: R51         Fair Value Measurements - Schedule of Fair Value    HTML     55K 
                Hierarchy of Financial Assets Carried at Fair                    
                Value and Measured on Recurring Basis (Details)                  
63: R52         Fair Value Measurements - Narrative (Details)       HTML     43K 
64: R53         Fair Value Measurements - Reconciliation of Fair    HTML     28K 
                Value Measured on Recurring Basis (Details)                      
65: R54         Other Loss, Net - Schedule of Other Loss, Net       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R55         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Expense     HTML     24K 
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
67: R56         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     32K 
68: R57         Net Income Per Share - Summary of Dilutive Effect   HTML     51K 
                for Awards with Exercise Price Less than Average                 
                Stock Price (Details)                                            
69: R9999       Uncategorized Items - bcor-20200930.htm             HTML     29K 
71: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    128K 
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70: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     88K 
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