Related Person Transactions - Tax Related Payments (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
RMR LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax distributions	$ 12,127	$ 30,807
ABP Trust \| RMR LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax distributions	$ 10,935	28,472
ABP Trust \| Up C Transaction
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax receivable agreement, percent of payment	85.00%
Liability related to tax receivable agreement	$ 32,061
Current portion of liability related to tax receivable agreement	2,111
ABP Trust and Managed REIT \| RMR LLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Tax distributions	$ 23,062	$ 59,279

Tax Receivable Agreement Obligations, Current

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Represents the carrying amount on the reporting date of the current and non current obligations relating to the tax receivable agreement.

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Represents the percent of cash savings, if any, in US Federal, state and local income tax or franchise tax provided in the Tax Receivable Agreement with a related party.

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- Definition

Amount of cash distribution paid to unit-holder of limited liability company (LLC).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187085-122770

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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