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Comprehensive Income (Loss) | 3 Months Ended
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Oct. 27, 2018
Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Comprehensive Income (Loss) The components of AOCI, net of tax, and the other comprehensive income (loss), excluding noncontrolling interest, for the first quarter of fiscal 2019 and fiscal 2018 are summarized as follows (in millions):
| Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
BALANCE AT JULY 28, 2018 | $ | (310 | ) |  | $ | (11 | ) |  | $ | (528 | ) |  | $ | (849 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | (8 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (207 | ) |  | (219 | )
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | 6 |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 5 |
Tax benefit (expense) | 13 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 13 |
Total change for the period | 11 |  |  | (3 | ) |  | (209 | ) |  | (201 | )
Effect of adoption of accounting standards | (168 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (168 | )
BALANCE AT OCTOBER 27, 2018 | $ | (467 | ) |  | $ | (14 | ) |  | $ | (737 | ) |  | $ | (1,218 | )
| Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Available-for-Sale Investments |  | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) Cash Flow Hedging Instruments |  | Cumulative Translation Adjustment and Actuarial Gains (Losses) |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
BALANCE AT JULY 29, 2017 | $ | 373 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | (359 | ) |  | $ | 46 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications attributable to Cisco Systems, Inc. | 18 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 18 |  |  | 44 |
(Gains) losses reclassified out of AOCI | (33 | ) |  | (13 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (45 | )
Tax benefit (expense) | (13 | ) |  | 1 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (14 | )
Total change for the period | (28 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | 17 |  |  | (15 | )
BALANCE AT OCTOBER 28, 2017 | $ | 345 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (342 | ) |  | $ | 31 |
The net gains (losses) reclassified out of AOCI into the Consolidated Statements of Operations, with line item location, during each period were as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  |
|  | October 27, 2018 |  | October 28, 2017 |  |
Comprehensive Income Components |  | Income Before Taxes |  | Line Item in Statements of Operations
Net unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments |  | $ | (6 | ) |  | $ | 33 |  |  | Other income (loss), net
Net unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency derivatives |  | (1 | ) |  | 10 |  |  | Operating expenses
Foreign currency derivatives |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | Revenue—service
Foreign currency derivatives |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | Cost of sales—service
|  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  |
Cumulative translation adjustment and actuarial gains and losses |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | Operating expenses
Cumulative translation adjustment and actuarial gains and losses |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | Other income (loss), net
Total amounts reclassified out of AOCI |  | $ | (5 | ) |  | $ | 45 |  |  |

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- Definition The entire disclosure for comprehensive income, which includes, but is not limited to, 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2134417 + Details
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