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CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
12 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2019
Capitalization of Software and Development Costs [Abstract]  
CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

The cost of software that is developed or obtained for internal use is accounted for pursuant to ASC Topic 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other. Pursuant to ASC Topic 350, the Company capitalizes costs incurred during the application development stage of software developed for internal use and expense costs incurred during the preliminary project and the post-implementation operation stages of development. The costs capitalized for each project are included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements.

For costs incurred related to the development of software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed, the Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 985-20, Software - Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed, which specifies that costs incurred internally in researching and developing a computer software product should be charged to expense until technological feasibility has been established for the product. Once technological feasibility is established, all software costs should be capitalized until the product is available for general release to customers.

The Company capitalized $3.5 million and $9.3 million in software development costs for ongoing initiatives during fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. At March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, the Company had a total of $75.4 million and $71.8 million of software costs capitalized, of which $8.7 million and $17.7 million are related to in process software development initiatives, respectively, and the remaining balance represents in-service assets that are being amortized over their useful lives. In connection with these development activities, the Company capitalized interest of $0.3 million in both fiscal 2019 and 2018. The Company amortizes capitalized costs when the products are released for sale. During fiscal 2019 and 2018, $12.5 million and $4.4 million of capitalized costs were placed into service, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development cost expense was $7.6 million, $6.8 million and $9.7 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively and has been included as a component of cost of goods sold within the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss). There were no impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2019 and 2018. Amortization expense in fiscal 2017 includes $4.0 million of impairment charges. The costs capitalized for each project are included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements.