Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2020

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following at:



	April 30, 2020		July 31, 2019
Accrued wages and benefits	$	23,473,000	23,295,000
Accrued contract costs	12,383,000		15,007,000
Accrued warranty obligations	15,504,000		15,968,000
Accrued legal costs	2,880,000		2,835,000
Accrued commissions and royalties	4,131,000		5,114,000
Other	25,190,000		16,365,000
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	83,561,000	78,584,000

Changes in our accrued warranty obligations during the nine months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:



	Nine months ended April 30,
	2020			2019
Balance at beginning of period	$	15,968,000		11,738,000
Reclass to contract liabilities (see below)	—			(1,679,000	)
Provision for warranty obligations	1,628,000			1,320,000
Additions (in connection with acquisitions)	1,000,000			6,431,000
Charges incurred	(3,394,000		)	(4,828,000	)
Warranty settlement and reclass (see below)	302,000			1,281,000
Balance at end of period	$	15,504,000		14,263,000