Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

4. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consisted of the following at the dates indicated:

	Life in	July 31,
(Dollars in millions)	Years	2019			2018
Equipment	3-5	$	421		$	479
Computer software	2-6	860			812
Furniture and fixtures	5	90			88
Leasehold improvements	3-16	278			325
Land	NA	79			79
Buildings	5-30	368			363
Capital in progress	NA	65			48
		2,161			2,194
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization		(1,381		)	(1,382		)
Total property and equipment, net		$	780		$	812

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NA = Not Applicable

Capital in progress at July 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted primarily of costs related to internal use software projects and various buildings and site improvements that have not yet been placed into service.

As discussed in Note 1, “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies – Internal Use Software,” we capitalize costs related to the development of computer software for internal use. We capitalized internal use software costs totaling $79 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2019; $86 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2018; and $128 million for the twelve months ended July 31, 2017. These amounts included capitalized labor costs of $43 million, $45 million, and $99 million, respectively. Costs related to internal use software projects are included in the capital in progress category of property and equipment until project completion, at which time they are transferred to the computer software category.