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Property, Equipment and Technology, Net

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Equipment and Technology, Net

Note 5—Property, Equipment and Technology, Net

Property, equipment and technology, net, consisted of the following:

	September 30, 2017				September 30, 2016
	(in millions)
Land	$	72			$	74
Buildings and building improvements	865				839
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements	1,534				1,382
Construction-in-progress	139				125
Technology	2,533				2,378
Total property, equipment and technology	5,143				4,798
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(2,890		)		(2,648		)
Property, equipment and technology, net	$	2,253			$	2,150

Technology consists of both purchased and internally developed software. Internally developed software primarily represents software utilized by the VisaNet electronic payments network. At September 30, 2017 and 2016, accumulated amortization for technology was $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion, respectively.

At September 30, 2017, estimated future amortization expense on technology was as follows:

Fiscal:		2018				2019				2020				2021				2022 and thereafter				Total
		(in millions)
Estimated future amortization expense		$	265			$	222			$	159			$	107			$	76			$	829

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, equipment and technology was $500 million, $452 million and $431 million for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Included in those amounts was amortization expense on technology of $285 million, $259 million and $251 million for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2155823

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