Revenue Recognition Contract Liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Contract Liabilities [Abstract]

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

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

	Contract assets
Balance October 1, 2018	$	168,595
Revenues recognized but not billed	326,818
Amounts reclassified to accounts receivable	(318,969		)
Balance September 30, 2019	$	176,444

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

	Deferred revenue
Balance October 1, 2018	$	693,272
Amounts bill but not recognized	913,306
Revenue recognized	(904,872		)
Balance September 30, 2019	$	701,706