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Deferred Contract Costs

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Deferred Contract Costs

Deferred Contract Costs

Origination and fulfillment costs from contracts with customers capitalized as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 consisted of the following (in millions):

	September 30, 2019				December 31, 2018
Contract costs on implementations in progress	$	86			$	93
Incremental contract origination costs on completed implementations, net	332				219
Contract fulfillment costs on completed implementations, net	170				163
Total deferred contract costs, net	$	588			$	475

Amortization of deferred contract costs on completed implementations was $48 million and $30 million during the three months and $136 million and $89 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and there were no significant impairment losses in relation to the costs capitalized for the periods presented.

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