Revenue Recognition Contract Liability (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Contract Liability [Abstract]

Contract with Customer, Asset and Liability [Table Text Block]

The table below shows significant changes in deferred revenue of continuing operations (dollars in thousands):

	Deferred revenue
Balance as of October 1, 2018	$	693,272
Amounts bill but not recognized	506,225
Revenue recognized	(484,314		)
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	715,183

The table below shows significant changes in contract assets of continuing operations (dollars in thousands):

	Contract assets
Balance as of October 1, 2018	$	168,595
Revenues recognized but not billed	156,541
Amounts reclassified to accounts receivable	(164,483		)
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	160,653