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Discontinued Operations Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Spinoff [Member] | Adient |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Discontinued Operations by Disposal Group - Adient spin-off [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the results of Adient, reclassified as discontinued operations for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in millions). As the Adient spin-off occurred on October 31, 2016, there is only one month of Adient results included in the year ended September 30, 2017.
|  | Year Ended September 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net sales |  | $ | 1,434 |  |  | $ | 16,837 |
Income from discontinued operations before income taxes |  | 1 |  |  | 525 |
Provision for income taxes on discontinued operations |  | 35 |  |  | 2,041 |
Income from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of tax |  | 9 |  |  | 84 |
Loss from discontinued operations |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | (1,600 | )
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes depreciation and amortization, capital expenditures, and significant operating and investing non-cash items related to Adient for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 (in millions):
|  | Year Ended September 30,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Depreciation and amortization |  | $ | 29 |  |  | $ | 331 |
Pension and postretirement benefit expense |  | — |  |  | 113 |
Equity in earnings of partially-owned affiliates |  | (31 | ) |  | (357 | )
Deferred income taxes |  | 562 |  |  | (476 | )
Non-cash restructuring and impairment costs |  | — |  |  | 87 |
Equity-based compensation |  | 1 |  |  | 16 |
Accrued income taxes |  | (808 | ) |  | — |
Other |  | — |  |  | (2 | )
Capital expenditures |  | (91 | ) |  | (395 | )
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] | Scott Safety business [Member] |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Scott Safety assets and liabilities held for sale at September 30, 2017 (in millions):
|  | September 30, 2017 |
Cash |  | $ | 9 |
Accounts receivable - net |  | 100 |
Inventories |  | 75 |
Other current assets |  | 5 |
Assets held for sale |  | $ | 189 |
Property, plant and equipment - net |  | $ | 79 |
Goodwill |  | 1,248 |
Other intangible assets - net |  | 592 |
Other noncurrent assets |  | 1 |
Noncurrent assets held for sale |  | $ | 1,920 |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 37 |
Accrued compensation and benefits |  | 10 |
Other current liabilities |  | 25 |
Liabilities held for sale |  | $ | 72 |
Other noncurrent liabilities |  | $ | 173 |
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale |  | $ | 173 |

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