Read the following texts and table with financial data from an S&P 500 earnings report carefully.Based on the question-answer history (if provided), answer the last question. The answer may require mathematical calculation based on the data provided.


visa inc . notes to consolidated financial statements 2014 ( continued ) september 30 , 2016 note 16 2014share-based compensation 2007 equity incentive compensation plan the company 2019s 2007 equity incentive compensation plan , or the eip , authorizes the compensation committee of the board of directors to grant non-qualified stock options ( 201coptions 201d ) , restricted stock awards ( 201crsas 201d ) , restricted stock units ( 201crsus 201d ) and performance-based shares to its employees and non-employee directors , for up to 236 million shares of class a common stock . shares available for award may be either authorized and unissued or previously issued shares subsequently acquired by the company . the eip will continue to be in effect until all of the common stock available under the eip is delivered and all restrictions on those shares have lapsed , unless the eip is terminated earlier by the company 2019s board of directors . in january 2016 , the company 2019s board of directors approved an amendment of the eip effective february 3 , 2016 , such that awards may be granted under the plan until january 31 , 2022 . share-based compensation cost is recorded net of estimated forfeitures on a straight-line basis for awards with service conditions only , and on a graded-vesting basis for awards with service , performance and market conditions . the company 2019s estimated forfeiture rate is based on an evaluation of historical , actual and trended forfeiture data . for fiscal 2016 , 2015 and 2014 , the company recorded share-based compensation cost related to the eip of $ 211 million , $ 184 million and $ 172 million , respectively , in personnel on its consolidated statements of operations . the related tax benefits were $ 62 million , $ 54 million and $ 51 million for fiscal 2016 , 2015 and 2014 , respectively . the amount of capitalized share-based compensation cost was immaterial during fiscal 2016 , 2015 and all per share amounts and number of shares outstanding presented below reflect the four-for-one stock split that was effected in the second quarter of fiscal 2015 . see note 14 2014stockholders 2019 equity . options options issued under the eip expire 10 years from the date of grant and primarily vest ratably over 3 years from the date of grant , subject to earlier vesting in full under certain conditions . during fiscal 2016 , 2015 and 2014 , the fair value of each stock option was estimated on the date of grant using a black-scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions: . <table class='wikitable'><tr><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>2016</td><td>2015</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>expected term ( in years ) ( 1 )</td><td>4.35</td><td>4.55</td><td>4.80</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>risk-free rate of return ( 2 )</td><td>1.5% ( 1.5 % )</td><td>1.5% ( 1.5 % )</td><td>1.3% ( 1.3 % )</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>expected volatility ( 3 )</td><td>21.7% ( 21.7 % )</td><td>22.0% ( 22.0 % )</td><td>25.2% ( 25.2 % )</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>expected dividend yield ( 4 )</td><td>0.7% ( 0.7 % )</td><td>0.8% ( 0.8 % )</td><td>0.8% ( 0.8 % )</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>fair value per option granted</td><td>$ 15.01</td><td>$ 12.04</td><td>$ 11.03</td></tr></table> ( 1 ) this assumption is based on the company 2019s historical option exercises and those of a set of peer companies that management believes is generally comparable to visa . the company 2019s data is weighted based on the number of years between the measurement date and visa 2019s initial public offering as a percentage of the options 2019 contractual term . the relative weighting placed on visa 2019s data and peer data in fiscal 2016 was approximately 77% ( 77 % ) and 23% ( 23 % ) , respectively , 67% ( 67 % ) and 33% ( 33 % ) in fiscal 2015 , respectively , and 58% ( 58 % ) and 42% ( 42 % ) in fiscal 2014 , respectively. .
Question: in 2016, what was the share based compensation?

211.0