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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] | The Company’s income from continuing operations before income taxes includes the following components for the periods shown below (in millions):
| Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
United States | $ | 2,119 |  |  | $ | 1,800 |  |  | $ | 1,413 |
Foreign | 510 |  |  | 415 |  |  | 303 |
| $ | 2,629 |  |  | $ | 2,215 |  |  | $ | 1,716 |
Income Tax Provision on Income Before Income Taxes | The Company’s income tax provision (benefit) on income from continuing operations consists of the following for the periods shown below (in millions):
| Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Current |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 420 |  |  | $ | 354 |  |  | $ | 276 |
State | 45 |  |  | 38 |  |  | 41 |
Foreign | 100 |  |  | 98 |  |  | 97 |
| 565 |  |  | 490 |  |  | 414 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (32) |  |  | (6) |  |  | 28 |
State | 1 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 11 |
Foreign | 21 |  |  | 9 |  |  | (36) |
| (10) |  |  | 10 |  |  | 3 |
| $ | 555 |  |  | $ | 500 |  |  | $ | 417 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | A reconciliation of the federal statutory income tax rate to the effective income tax rate for the periods shown below is as follows:
| Fiscal Years Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Federal statutory income tax rate | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | % |  | 21.0 | %
Changes in valuation allowances impacting results | 3.7 | % |  | 4.0 | % |  | 5.3 | %
State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit | 0.9 | % |  | 1.3 | % |  | 1.7 | %
Foreign-derived intangible income | (1.6) | % |  | (1.2) | % |  | (1.2) | %
Stock-based compensation | (2.9) | % |  | (3.6) | % |  | (2.3) | %
Other—net | — | % |  | 1.1 | % |  | (0.2) | %
Effective income tax rate | 21.1 | % |  | 22.6 | % |  | 24.3 | %
Components of Deferred Taxes | The components of the deferred taxes consist of the following (in millions):
| September 30, 2025 |  | September 30, 2024
Deferred tax assets (liabilities): |  |  |
Intangible assets | $ | (1,012) |  |  | $ | (1,008) |
Property, plant and equipment | (99) |  |  | (101) |
Interest expense limitation | 419 |  |  | 279 |
Employee benefits | 131 |  |  | 115 |
Inventories | 99 |  |  | 90 |
Capitalized research and development costs | 86 |  |  | 73 |
Net operating losses | 59 |  |  | 52 |
Other | 14 |  |  | 52 |
Total | (303) |  |  | (448) |
Add: Valuation allowance | (456) |  |  | (318) |
Total net deferred tax assets (liabilities) | $ | (759) |  |  | $ | (766) |
Reconciliation of Beginning and Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in millions):
| 2025 |  | 2024
Balance at October 1 | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 17 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the prior year | 7 |  |  | 1 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 2 |  |  | — |
Reductions based on tax positions related to the prior year | — |  |  | — |
Settlement with tax authorities | — |  |  | (3) |
Lapse in statute of limitations | — |  |  | (1) |
Balance at September 30 | $ | 23 |  |  | $ | 14 |

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