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Deferred Costs to Obtain Customer Contracts
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2018
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]  
Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block]
DEFERRED COSTS TO OBTAIN CUSTOMER CONTRACTS

We classify all deferred costs to obtain customer contracts, which consists of deferred commissions, as a non-current asset, included in Deferred Costs, non-current on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. At the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2018 and fiscal year end 2017, we had $37.2 million and $35.0 million of deferred costs to obtain customer contracts, respectively.
Amortization expense related to deferred costs to obtain customer contracts, for the third quarter and first three quarters of fiscal 2018, was $6.2 million and $17.2 million, respectively, and was $5.3 million and $15.2 million, respectively, for the third quarter and first three quarters of fiscal 2017. It was included in sales and marketing expenses in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. There was no impairment loss related to the deferred commissions for either period presented.