INCOME TAXES	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
INCOME TAXES	INCOME TAXES The Company’s effective tax rate was 23.1% and 25.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016, respectively, and 29.1% and 23.2% for the six months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016, respectively. The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the year-ago period, was primarily due to a shift in the geographic mix of earnings. The increase in the Company's effective tax rate during the six months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the year-ago period was primarily due to the impairment of the CPTC loans in December 2016, which were made by one of our Swiss subsidiaries, which has a low tax rate, and a significant portion of the expense associated with the allowance for doubtful accounts recorded in the period being attributable to one of our German subsidiaries, which has a full valuation allowance. The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because the Company’s foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are, on average, lower than the U.S. federal rate, and because the Company’s domestic earnings are subject to state income taxes. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not materially change during the six months ended March 31, 2017; however, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits has increased as a result of positions taken during the current and prior years, and has decreased as the result of the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions.

INCOME TAXES

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

The Company’s effective tax rate was 23.1% and 25.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016, respectively, and 29.1% and 23.2% for the six months ended March 31, 2017 and April 1, 2016, respectively.

The decrease in the Company’s effective tax rate during the three months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the year-ago period, was primarily due to a shift in the geographic mix of earnings.

The increase in the Company's effective tax rate during the six months ended March 31, 2017, compared to the year-ago period was primarily due to the impairment of the CPTC loans in December 2016, which were made by one of our Swiss subsidiaries, which has a low tax rate, and a significant portion of the expense associated with the allowance for doubtful accounts recorded in the period being attributable to one of our German subsidiaries, which has a full valuation allowance.

The Company’s effective income tax rate differs from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily because the Company’s foreign earnings are taxed at rates that are, on average, lower than the U.S. federal rate, and because the Company’s domestic earnings are subject to state income taxes. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not materially change during the six months ended March 31, 2017; however, the amount of unrecognized tax benefits has increased as a result of positions taken during the current and prior years, and has decreased as the result of the expiration of the statutes of limitation in various jurisdictions.